SaddoBoxing has the privilege of speaking with one of boxing’s dynamic duos, Wayne “Pocket Rocket” McCullough and Cheryl McCullough, his wife and manager on his upcoming rematch against Oscar Larios, his reason behind the loss to Scott Harrison, his book coming out in a few months titled, “Wayne McCullough: The …
Read More »Yearly Archives: 2005
Burke out of Meager Showdown.
David Burke has withdrawn from his eliminator for the British lightweight title against Lee Meager on the July 9th Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ event at the Nottingham Arena. “Unfortunately David has injured his back so has had to stop training,” explained show promoter Mick Hennessy. “This means he will now be …
Read More »It\’s a DiBella Weekend.
DiBella Entertainment’s tough 135-pounder Leavander Johnson (33-4-2, 25 KO’s) and Stefano Zoff (43-9-2, 17 KO’s), will battle for the Vacant IBF Lightweight Title on Friday night June 17th at the Palalido Dello Sport in Milano, Italy. Zoff hails from Monfalcone, Italia, so he will be fighting on his home turf, …
Read More »Arturo Gatti Conference Quotes.
Gatti: It’s going to pay off for me again this time. My boxing skills. That’s what everyone forgets that I can do. It was very important for me to win that title. And it was very hard also. Not knowing my opponent and not knowing how he was going to …
Read More »This Month in Boxing History: June 1978 – Ken Norton vs. Larry Holmes.
1978 was a very strange year in the heavyweight division. In February of that year, Leon Spinks in just his eighth professional fight defeated a thirty-six-year-old Muhammad Ali on a split fifteen round point’s decision in Las Vegas. At this time, the number one WBC contender was Ken Norton. Spinks …
Read More »Muhammad Ali Sued by Thief!
In an astonishing series of events, a sixty-six-year-old ex-con from Louisville, Kentucky has filed a lawsuit against all time boxing great Muhammad Ali, asking for five percent of the ex-champions total ring earnings. “I’m being generous,” exclaimed Alvin “Crazy Bird Legs” Johnson, who has just been released from the Luther …
Read More »Daniel Ponce De Leon to Fight for NABO Title.
Well fight fans, you know that you are at the right place to get the most consistent and accurate boxing news when fighters themselves call to let SaddoBoxing.com know of their upcoming fights. This is exactly what super bantamweight contender Daniel Ponce De Leon did earlier this afternoon. De Leon …
Read More »Roberto Duran to be Honored.
The twenty-fifth anniversary celebration of Roberto Duran’s victory over “Sugar” Ray Leonard. June 20, 2005 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the victory Roberto Duran received when he scored a tremendous triumph over “Sugar” Ray Leonard. The exciting win happened on June 20, 1980 in Montreal, Quebec, Canada almost twenty-five years …
Read More »Navarro-Pacquiao Quotes.
CARLOS NAVARRO. “Confidence-wise, I am always the same, so it wasn’t like I got sky high after beating Agapito Sanchez. What that victory did for me which was more important than anything was remind fans and media that I am back in the game and serious about fighting for and …
Read More »McBride on NER Radio.
New England Ringside president Rick Brutti today announced that the twice-weekly New England Ringside Radio Show has expanded into Rhode Island and soon will be the most frequently aired broadcast in boxing. “This is the next step in our expansion throughout New England,” Brutti explained. “We want to provide information …
Read More »Tarver is a Rematch Kind of Guy.
We were all surprised at Antonio Tarver landing that knockout punch so early on Roy Jones Jr. in the second round of their second fight. What was equally surprising was the lack of Tarver’s effort in his first fight with Glen Johnson, or was it? If you look into Tarver’s …
Read More »Review Analysis: Cotto-Abdulaev, Casamayor Raiymkulov.
Miguel Cotto redeemed himself once again! He out-boxed and picked apart Mohamad Abdulaev in such an impressive showing, that Cotto’s next fight should be with either Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, Zab “Super” Judah or the winner of the Gatti-Mayweather Jr. mega-fight coming up on June 25 . It wasn’t quite …
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