Fight Previews
Click for larger image © Joe Ulrey / Saddo Boxing The official weigh-in was held yesterday for tonight’s Thompson Boxing “Path to Glory” fight card at the Doubletree Hotel in Ontario, California. All fighters looked fit and prepared, with only one contestant, Juan Pablo Montes de Oca, failing to make the contracted weight of 145…
This past Tuesday, Lou DiBella, of DiBella Entertainment, was at Gallagher’s Steak House in New York to announce another fantastic card of the monthly Broadway Boxing series to showcase the boxing superstars of tomorrow. The show will be held tonight in the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center The main event will feature Silence Mabuza, 18-1…
This Saturday in Mannheim, Germany Chris Byrd makes the fifth defence of the IBF World Heavyweight Title against a man he knows very well, Wladimir Klitschsko.For Byrd, now 35 years of age, this could be the toughest test of his three and a half year reign which began in December 2002 when he outpointed veteran…
On Friday, April 21, Sky Sports viewers will have the chance to see feisty Irishman Damaen Kelly attempt to take the European Bantamweight title from its newest owner, Italy’s Simone “Boom Boom” Maludrottu in Belfast, Northern Ireland. The Italian, who is taking a rare trip out of his home country to defend the title, has…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Yesterday, the Beverly Hills Hotel in California was the site for the official press conference announcing the third fight between two great warriors, Diego Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo. The fight is being promoted by Bob Arum and Top Rank and will be held at…
In a fight widely ignored here in good old blighty, Olympic Gold Medallist Audley Harrison is back in action this coming Friday against Dominick Guinn on a Goosen – Tutor card from the Agua Caliente Casino in Rancho Mirage, California. For Harrison, this is crunch time. After suffering his first professional defeat last December against…
Don’t Miss SaddoBoxing’s Exclusive Ringside Coverage of This Hotly Anticipated Event! Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing As every boxing fan on the globe is already aware of, an undoubtedly massive fight takes place in Las Vegas tonight at 9PM ET/6PM PT on HBO PPV. For years enthusiasts have wondered what…
A lot has been written about this coming matchup between Floyd Mayweather and Zab Judah, and anticipation is certainly running high among the boxing public even though Judah’s loss against Carlos Baldomir has somewhat deflated interest for this bout. As result of that loss, by and large many boxing pundits think that Judah’s chances of…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at a posh bistro in Bristol, promoter Chris Sanigar held the official weigh-in for tonight’s hotly anticipated fightcard headlined by Commonwealth Flyweight Champion Lee Haskins’ title defense against the vastly more experienced former IBO kingpin Zolile Mbityi of South Africa. The terrific bill taking…
Don’t Bet Against Judah! When Zab Judah, 34-3 (25), lost his WBC Welterweight Championship to Carlos Baldomir back on January 8 of this year, many boxing fans thought that the prescheduled super fight between Judah and Floyd Mayweather, 35-0 (24), would not happen or at least would be postponed to a later date. Mayweather had…
Promoter Chris Sanigar held a press conference in Bristol, England, yesterday heralding the eagerly awaited return of exciting hometown man, Commonwealth Flyweight Champion Lee Haskins. The lightning fast southpaw will be defending his Commonwealth belt for the first time since winning it in February and will Click for larger image© Alex StruttSaddo Boxing face former…
In a year when super fights still go ahead even after a loss for one of the participants, we now see another one as Zab Judah takes on Floyd Mayweather Jnr for the IBF Welterweight title this coming Saturday at the cavernous Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas. Mayweather, a 1996 Olympian is unbeaten…