Fight Previews
Who was born in Tokyo, raised in Germany and is now residing in Las Vegas? If you said Antwun Echols, you’d be wrong, but the far ranging traveler was born in Memphis, Tennessee and bounced around a number of places including Davenport, Iowa before settling down to his current residence of sunny Dade City in…
Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “I hope that he is true to his word and stands in front of me and trades punches so that we can give the fans what they deserve, which is a great fight. I know that I will win this fight and hope that people watch it…
Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “On May 7, everyone will be witnesses to a tremendous fight that will end with my arm raised in victory. This fight might last one round, six rounds, or ten rounds, but it will be a knockout victory for me.â€-Jose Luis Castillo. On May 7, 2005, live…
Hello again fight fans and thank you for joining us here at SaddoBoxing.com once again for our weekly rundown of the coming week’s action in the world of boxing. Without further ado, we shall begin our preview by looking at Tuesday’s action, which sees Antonio Cermeno vs. Jose Zerpa. Cermeno, the Venezuelan hitman and former…
As I was sitting here on my couch watching “Father of the Bride†on HBO, just to kill the time before the Barrera vs. Fana show starts, I got to thinking about an e-mail I received from a SaddoBoxing.com reader named Mark. Damn! We as fans are privileged to have so many great fighters that…
Some believe that no fight is a formality, while others state that Barrera is wasting precious time by taking on a mandatory obligation against the little known entity of Mzonke Fana. However you perceive this fight, what is certain is that if by any chance Barrera loses, many great fights will evaporate into thin air….
Yesterday, SaddoBoxing was one of the first to report that WBO super featherweight titlist “Mighty†Mike Anchondo had lost his belt on the scales after failing to make the 130-pound limit. This writer has made continual attempts to contact Team Anchondo this morning, but has not received any calls back. Jorge Barrios was gracious enough…
“I’m going to do whatever it takes to make sure I win this fight because everything I’ve worked for is riding on it.â€-Jose Aguiniga. Jose Aguiniga has beaten every man put in front of him in a boxing ring since turning professional in August of 2000, racking up twenty-six victories, twelve early, against very few…
“I’ve been training really hard, I’m ready for this fight and I’m all set to walk through who I’m calling ‘No’ Chance Leggett!â€-Jesus Gonzales. Phoenix, Arizona is a city of over a million people and one of the fastest growing municipalities in the US. It’s also home to a large number of boxers, the best…
As we finish up this last installment of “This Week in Boxing,†we pick up were we last left off. On Friday, April 8th, there is a ton of action, with some very interesting match ups. We make a quick stop in the lovely country of Thailand where former WBC super featherweight champion Sirimongkol Singwangcha,…
Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “This kid is going to get a brutal beat down on Friday.â€-Jorge Barrios on opponent Mike Anchondo. Unless you are from Argentina, you probably have never heard of “La Hiena†(English translation: The Hyena, a nickname he was given as a child because of his very loud…
As far as television is concerned, the Golden Age of boxing was in the1950s. There was boxing on every night, with fighters like Sugar Ray Robinson, Jake LaMotta, Archie Moore and countless others headlining the cards. Being born in the late- 1960s, I missed it, but I can’t help imagining it was nirvana. Of course,…