Fight Previews
June is the showcase month for the light welterweight division and current IBF champion Ricky Hatton began it by setting the standard bar almost insurmountably high by overwhelming ring legend Kostya Tszyu. On June 25, we have the showdown between Arturo Gatti and Floyd Mayweather for the WBC title, as well as a chance to…
The lightweight division has one classic encounter to call upon this year, the Diego Corrales-Jose Luis Castillo fight. As HBO presents the real heavyweight night of boxing this Saturday, another lightweight classic may evolve between former WBA super featherweight champion Joel Casamayor and undefeated contender Almazbek Raiymkulov. This fight pits Raiymkulov’s youth and brute strength…
It is only right that the next big star to come out of Puerto Rico seek for his revenge on the eve of the Puerto Rican day parade. On Saturday, June 11, the twenty-four-year-old native of Caguas makes his Madison Square Garden debut. For the first time in five years, Miguel Cotto will take on…
Those of you that log on every week to see the SaddoBoxing debate articles know that I am not displaying stellar form of late. I lost big last week as Ricky Hatton did the supposedly impossible and dominated Kostya Tszyu before making the former undisputed light welterweight champion give up on his stool after eleven…
Miguel Cotto will be entering Saturday night’s fight with a lot of weight on his shoulders. Cotto must follow Ricky Hatton’s great show, face a former opponent who defeated him in his Olympic days, conquer the challenge of making another positive impression on the junior welterweight division, fight on a card that rivals a Mike…
Joel Casamayor is on the road of rebuilding, even though many considered him an established boxer with a future championship reign. Being located in the lightweight division can lead to second place acclaim, as Diego Corrales, Jose Luis Castillo and even Acelino Freitas are featured names in a competitive weight Click for larger image ©…
This weekend, Miguel Cotto faces amateur nemesis Mohamad Abdulaev in a rematch of their Olympic bout in Sydney 2000. Here is why I think that the Uzbekistani can repeat that result. Since very early in his pro career Cotto has been touted as the next big thing by his promoter, Top Rank. Bob Arum has…
Just days before he takes on opponent Louis Brown, and having also being recently signed by DiBella Entertainment promotions, Dmitriy “Star of David” Salita is well on his way to boxing stardom. This young and talented junior welterweight is prepared to do battle with the game Louis Brown, and he is not taking a “Loss”…
Well fight fans, what a great weekend for the Brits as now the world has a face to identify when someone says “British boxing,†and he is known as the “Hitman.†Add in to that Scott Harrison looked exciting, and the scene on the other side of the pond is definitely heating up. There are…
Hatton finally receives a chance to prove that he is not only a legitimate light welterweight of this generation, but the definitive light welterweight of his time as he takes on an all-time great in Kostya Tszyu. The fight is to take place in Hatton’s own MEN arena in England at the unusual hour of…
We British know our boxing, we love our boxing and so it is no surprise that IBF light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu received an enthusiastic welcome from the British fight community. After all, Tszyu’s reputation stretches far beyond that of a world champion, the man is a boxing legend and his gracing of a British…
At their best, these two fighters are world-class forces in the featherweight division, at their worst; they have vulnerabilities that hardly make them a sure thing in any world class fight they contest. Harrison is the rough, solid puncher who looks to outwork his opponent, while the technically sound Brodie has a dynamic style capable…