Fight Previews
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…
When boxing historians look back at the date of June 10th, 2006, one of two results will be crystal clear- it will be the day that light heavyweight Antonio Tarver cements his hall of fame credentials by ending the career of boxing legend Bernard Hopkins, or it will be the day when middleweight great Hopkins,…
It was a fabulous day in Southern California. It was a great day for the beautiful people to come out for the press conference promoting the upcoming fight between two of boxings finest, Bernard Hopkins and Antonio Tarver Hopkins entered the conference room at Hollywood Park’s Turf Club first. He was “dressed to the nines”…
Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing David Haye came in first time at 201 lbs, then came back at 200 lbs. Lasse Johansen 198 lbs. Anthony Small 158 lbs first time, 157 lbs the second time. Kai Kauramaki 156 lbs. Gary Woocombe 154 lbs, Eugenio Monteiro 153 lbs. Javier Abdullah 127,…
Click for larger image© Stefan ChristouSaddo Boxing EBU champion David Haye and Lasse Johanesen today spelt out their intentions in the final press conference before their European Cruiserweight title fight in York Hall this Friday (24 March), while manager Frank Maloney insisted the fight will go ahead, blaming boxing’s “undercurrents of very jealous people†for…
IBF Heavyweight Champion Chris Byrd’s first title defense and fight from under Don King’s promotional thumb will be a rematch in Germany with Wladimir Klitschko, scheduled to take place on April 22 at the SAP Arena in Mannheim. This is very curious. One has to wonder what is going on within the mind of Chris…
This Saturday James “Lights Out” Toney, 69-4-2 (43), challenges Hasim “Rock” Rahman, 41-5-1 (33) for the WBC Heavyweight Championship of the world at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City. Given the current state of the heavyweight division since the departure of Mike Tyson and Lennox Lewis, Toney – Rahman is the most exciting bout in the…
Pugnacious Kicks Off Their 2006 Season on St. Patrick’s Day! Pugnacious Promotions is kicking off their 2006 boxing season at the Armory in Albany, NY on March 17th with a quality fightcard they’re calling “St. Patrick’s Day Showdown.” After an impressive 2005, the upstate New York based company is hoping to do more of the…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Only Three Weeks To Go To The Big Sports Network Bill From Manchester In a fight originally scheduled for November 5, unbeaten super middleweight champions Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy put their perfect records on the line during the early morning hours (2AM British time)…
Australian Shannan Taylor will take a walk in to the Last Chance Saloon on tonight when he challenges unbeaten Armenian Arthur Abraham for his IBF Middleweight Championship. Taylor has challenged for a legitimate world title once before, almost five years ago when “Sugar” Shane Mosley, then acknowledged as one of the best pound for pound…
Tonight, Juan Manuel Marquez 44-2-1 (33), a major player in the featherweight division, will lace up his gloves to fight for a world title. No, he is not fighting Pacquio, Barrera, or Morales as boxing fans would like to see; but rather lesser known WBA Featherweight Champion, Chris John, 36-0-1 (20), in Indonesia. Is this…
This Saturday sees Miguel Cotto return to the ring to defend his WBO Junior Welterweight crown against challenger Gianluca Branco on a Top Rank promotion televised by HBO. This marks the fifth occasion that the WBO titlist has put his belt at risk but by the time Cotto had won his fifteenth fight as a…