Fight Previews
The Young Pup vs. The Old Dog After fighting each other in a controversial contest at the Staples Center in Los Angeles this past September, Samuel Peter and James Toney are set to do it again, this time at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on January 6, 2007. This is a difficult fight to…
Undefeated Philadelphian cruiserweight Steve Cunningham will be in Warsaw, Poland tonight, looking to win the vacant IBF title from local man Krzysztof Wlodarczyk. Cunningham, 19-0 (10), has been facing world class competition for the last two years and holds victories over Guillermo Jones, Kelvin Davis and Sebastiann Rothmann over that time frame.
Click for larger image Ricky Is Happy Living The Dream, But Will Juan Urango Spoil The Party? At the age of twenty-eight, Ricky “The Hitman†Hatton is certainly living the dream he had as a child. Boxing on the top of the bill in fabulous Las Vegas next year, Ricky will see the ambition he…
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 Terrible” boxed well enough before…
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 La Hoya, set for May…
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 years of his career in…
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 on his record since March…
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 Chris Byrd back in April…
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 Zab Judah before an April…
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 final eliminator for the WBC…
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, Joe has done it all…
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 this match-up at the Afan…