Boxing Previews

This Saturday night, the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas hosts the third showdown between warriors Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales at super featherweight. The big unknown coming into this fight is how much does Morales actually have left? During his last contest against Pacquiao this past January, “El …

Is 154 Too High For Floyd? The fight looks a dead-cert to happen (although in boxing you never know for sure until the two fighters are in the ring together) and we fans can’t wait. Of course, I’m talking about the boxing extravaganza that is Floyd Mayweather vs. Oscar De …

Tonight in Dublin, Ireland, popular domestic prospect Bernard Dunne steps up in class to faces former European, Commonwealth and British Super Bantamweight Champion Esham Pickering for the vacant European title. For Dunne, 21-0 (13), this marks his litmus test at continental level after the Dublin man started the first three …

European Champion Michael Hunter gets a shot at the big time tonight in his hometown of Hartelpool, England when the tall, two fisted threshing machine meets unbeaten Canadian stylist Steve Molitor on a Matchroom Promotions bill for the vacant IBF Super Bantam title. Hunter, 26-0-1 (12), hasn’t had a blemish …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The legendary Madison Square Garden in New York City will play host to the first title defence of IBF Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko this Saturday night on HBO. Klitschko is coming off a masterful performance in Germany against the difficult …

The dream year of Argentinean Carlos Baldomir continues this Saturday evening at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas when he defends his WBC Welterweight Championship against pound for pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr. Cast your mind back to January. In what was seen by many as a routine defence by …

Bermondsey’s David Haye will make the third defence of his European crown against unbeaten Italian Giacobbe Fragomeni on Friday, November 13 at the world-renowned York Hall in Bethnal Green, London. In an announcement made earlier this week, promoter Frank Maloney confirmed that the cruiserweight clash has been sanctioned as a …

Seven months after the biggest win of his career, Joe Calzaghe returns to the MEN Arena in Manchester, England this Saturday night to make the 19th defence of his World Super Middleweight title against relative unknown Sakio Bika. Unbeaten in 41 bouts, a unified world champion and former ABA Champion, …

Click for larger image © Rhun Leeding / Saddo Boxing With a week to go until Pembroke Dock’s Scott Gammer makes his first defence of the British Heavyweight Championship against East London’s Micky Steeds, everyone is predicting a close fight. Steed, 8-1, hailing from the Isle of Dogs, goes into …

After damning and vilifying Jose Luis Castillo for coming five pounds overweight for their aborted third contest, Diego Corrales has just done the same thing as Castillo while weighing in for his third bout with Joel Casamayor! For his first attempt, Corrales weighted in at 140 lb, a full five …

Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing The Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada held the press conference for this Saturday’s big fight between archrivals Diego Corrales and Joel Casamayor, who face each other for the third time, a contest that Showtime will broadcast. …

Rosemont’s All State Arena plays host this Saturday to the 2nd defence of Nikolai Valuev’s WBA World Heavyweight Championship. In the opposite corner on the Don King promotion will be fringe contender Monte Barrett. Much has been made of Valuev’s size and he has unfairly in the past been looked …