Fight Previews
It’s an old saying I know, but on November 3, someone’s 0 will go when Joe Calzaghe squares off againt Dane Mikkel Kessler in a 168 pound unification bout at the magnificent Millennium Stadium in Cardiff. Both men have a combined record of a staggering 82 unbeaten fights between them. Both have also been emphatically…
IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Steve Molitor puts his belt at risk for second time when he meets experienced Thai fighter Fashan 3K Battery at Casino Rama in Rama, Ontario, Canada on an Allan Tremblay/Orion Sports promotion. Southpaw Molitor, 24-0 (10), burst onto the world scene with a big win over previously unbeaten European Champion Michael…
On November 10, 2007, Madison Square Garden once again shows why it is the Mecca of boxing. The old ring may have been retired but that has not stopped the venue from having the most exciting cards in all of boxing. This coming November that tradition continues when WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto, 30-0 (25),…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing In preparation for tonight’s Frank Maloney Promotions bill, “National Service”, at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England, British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore and challenger Andrew Facey both made weight yesterday as they prepared to tangle once again. Moore, 27-3 (18), canvassed Facey, 19-4-1…
Tonight at Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle, Germany, WBA Middleweight titlist Felix Sturm puts his belt at risk for the second time when he faces America’s Randy Griffin over twelve scheduled rounds. Sturm, 28-2 (12), is over three years removed from his stellar performance against Oscar De La Hoya in which the newly minted WBO…
Brian Peters puts on a superb bill tonight at National Stadium in Dublin with two middleweights possibly heading for a massive showdown leading the way. Continuing his triumphant return home after a solid career start in America, John Duddy, 21-0 (16), faces a towering 19 year old, 6 foot 3 inch middleweight from Droylesden, England…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, the Rockingham Arms Hotel in Doncaster, England hosted the official weighin ahead of tonight’s Frank Maloney promoted clash between British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson of Leeds and his challenger, ex-British titlist Michael Gomez of Manchester. Gomez arrived early with trainer Bobby Rimmer. I…
Tonight at the Sears Center in the Chicago suburb of Hoffman Estates, IL, Don King Productions puts on a big bill headlined by WBA/WBO Lightweight Champion Juan Diaz clashing with IBF Champion Julio Diaz. It’s an exciting fight that has been brewing for years as Julio has fought through large measures of hard luck to…
In what is surely his last chance at a world title belt, the amazing Evander Holyfield, 42-8-2 (27), will be in action tonight at the Khodynka Ice Palace in Moscow, Russia mounting a challenge to WBO Heavyweight Champion Sultan Ibragimov, 21-0-1 (17). Six days shy of his 45th birthday, Holyfield brings along a mountain of…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing was at the characterful Rockingham Arms Hotel in Doncaster, England, yesterday for the official press conference previewing the Frank Maloney promoted fightnight “Nowhere to Run! Nowhere to Hide!” in which reigning champion Carl Johanneson and former champion Michael Gomez fight for the British Super…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at Madison Square Garden , Don King Productions will present Samuel Peter, 28-1 (22), against Jameel McCline, 38-7-3 (23), for the Interim WBC Heavyweight Championship. The night of boxing has been named, “Faith, Hope, and Glory …Ain’t No Stoppin’ Us Now!†The lengthy…
Four years after stopping Mexican living legend Marco Antonio Barrera in the eleventh round, Filipino star Manny Pacquiao has to once again take on the “Baby Faced Assassin” as the two square off at the Mandalay Bay tonight in Las Vegas. Pacquiao, 44-3-2 (35), first met Barrera, 63-5 (42), as a featherweight but now the…