Fight Results
It was a welterweight showdown between Miguel “The Flame” Figueroa and Larry Mosley last night on a Golden Boy East promotion at the New Alhambra in Philadelphia on a ESPN2 Friday Night Fights broadcast. The two waged war for the vacant NABO title but at the end of twelve rounds the ringside officials couldn’t pick…
A war was promised, and on Saturday night at the ExCel arena in London, a war is exactly what we got. Brixton’s Danny Williams is the man of the moment, narrowly out pointing Bedford born bruiser Matt Skelton over twelve punishing rounds live on ITV1 to retain his Commonwealth crown and solidify, once and for…
Bouts at Casino Morongo leave Fans, Boxers Seeing Red © Parimal RohitSaddo Boxing Call it “Red Friday”. On a dry yet breezy Friday evening at the Casino Morongo Resort, just outside Palm Springs in Cabazon, CA, approximately 1,000 fans filled the reservation’s boxing arena, only to witness each winner hail from the red corner. A…
Hells Kitchen At The Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, UK. Matchroom Sport and UK Presents put on a bill headlined by world title prospect Nicky “Cookie” Cook looking to defend his European Featherweight Crown. What transpired was a fierce battle shown live on Sky Sports 1 against the rough and tumble Ukraine fighter Yuri Voronin…
Click for larger image© Simon ShawSaddo Boxing There was loads of great action on the Cook – Voronin undercard at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham on Friday night, as Matchroom Sport and UK Presents put on a great show. The main support bout was a twelve round clash between WBF Light Middle Champion Joszef…
Ballroom Brawl – Not For The Elegant Or Faint Of Heart For the twenty second season, the Irvine Marriott hosted the “Battle in the Ballroom†this past Thursday night. The successful boxing show, put on by Roy Englebrecht Promotions and the first of six fightcards planned for 2006, kicked off the new boxing season with…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing This past Saturday at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Antonio Margarito continued to back up his claim that he is ready for anyone (read: Floyd Mayweather) in boxing’s welterweight division. Many knowledgeable boxing observers figured a well prepared Manuel “Shotgun†Gomez…
**With Massive Boxing Gallery** Click for larger image © Stefan Christou / Saddo Boxing Making a rare London appearance, British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch overcame a ponderous start to grind down Australian journeyman Dale Westerman in nine tougher than expected rounds at the prestigious York Hall arena in Bethnal Green….
Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez started his professional boxing life eighteen years ago as a super featherweight and struggled through eight losses before meeting Shane Mosley for the IBF Lightweight crown in 1997, getting stopped in the eleventh by a prime “Sugar” Shane. Since then Gomez had lost only one of fourteen contests but on a diet…
“Amazing” Alex Arthur walked into Meadowbank Stadium in his hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland as the reigning British, Commonwealth and European Super Featherweight Champion but needed every bit of his overflowing confidence and experience to walk out the same after the stern challenge of previously unbeaten prospect Ricky Burns. Arthur threw subtlety to the wind as…
Humberto “La Zorrita” Soto dazzled the 6,000 fans in attendance at Estadio Emilio Ibarra in Los Mochis, Mexico, on Friday by berating Colombian southpaw Oscar “El Artista” Leon with a calculated two fisted shelling to defend his WBC Interim Featherweight title. It was a difficult night for the man from Cartagena as he simply could…
Super feather Kevin Kelly, “The Flushing Flash”, rolled back the years Friday night on a shared Top Rank/8 Count promotion bill from Cicero Stadium near Chicago by knocking out seasoned veteran Juan Carlos “Ranchero” Ramirez in the second round. Kelly, 58-6-2 (39), a highly respected former WBC and WBU Featherweight Champion, wasted no time in…