From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: On September 24 in New York, United States District Judge Deborah A. Batts granted the WBC’s motion to stay the lawsuit brought on behalf of Oleg Maskaev and Dennis Rappaport Productions, Ltd. against the WBC and other parties, relating to the purse split for the Maskaev vs. Samuel Peter fight…
Heavyweight contender Jameel “Big Time†McCline (38-7-3, 23 KOs) will face newly crowned World Boxing Council interim heavyweight champion Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter (28-1, 22 KOs) at Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Oct. 6. McCline was supposed to meet Vitali Klitschko on Sept. 22 in Munich, Germany, but Klitschko pulled out less than two…
Prediction: September 29 is Jermain Taylor’s Coming Out Party I am not a big Jermain “Bad Intentions” Taylor fan. I have no problem admitting that. This is because, in my opinion, he is an HBO-creation: over-hyped by HBO to be the next future superstar, so that HBO could make money off him. This hype and…
Donofrio Boxing’s “Boxing Under the Stars” took place this past Friday at the Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hills, MI and was an action-filled night. With four professional fights that didn’t go the distance, it was a host of battles all night long. Shortly before the card took place, SaddoBoxing had the opportunity to…
Sheffield sports fans look to get behind their “Man Of Steel” Tickets for the “He’s Back” promotion are literally flying out of the door. Fight Academy boss Dennis Hobson stated today “It’s great that the Sheffield people are getting behind Clinton on his return to the ring. Clinton’s been out for a year but it’s…
Dave Stewart has been training in the Alps for his attempt to follow in the footsteps of his heroes Jim Watt and Ken Buchanan. Stewart aims to become British lightweight champion just like his fellow Scotsmen Buchanan and Watt did in the sixties and seventies. Stewart, from Ayr but based in east London, challenges Norwich’s…
Undefeated WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson and IBF Bantamweight title challenger Joseph Agbeko worked out for the media at the Washington Neighborhood Center in Sacramento, CA on Wednesday in preparation for their hotly anticipated fights this Saturday, September 29 at the Arco Arena in Sacramento. In what is sure to be a riveting slugfest,…
Two of boxing’s all-time greats and true superstars, Roy Jones Jr. and Felix “Tito†Trinidad, will work Don King’s stellar fight card Saturday night at at Sacramento’s Arco Arena. The future Hall of Famers will join Don King at the final press conference on Thursday promoting Saturday’s world championship twin-bill in Northern California. Jones and…
Peter McDonagh has his first fight this year on October 5th aiming to put himself in the frame for the British Lightweight Title. Norwich’s Jon Thaxton defends his British Title against Dave Stewart (Ayr/London) at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, on a Hennessy Sports show in partnership with Title Sponsors GoldenPalace.net. Sky Sports will…
Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (17-0, 9 KOs) took a week off after his September 5th win by eight-round decision veteran Thomas Reid in New York City. McGirt, rated No. 36 by the World Boxing Council, went right back into training at McGirt’s Gym, owned by his father/trainer James “Buddy†McGirt, Vero Beach…
Crossing the Buffer Zone This past Friday night at Joseph Donofrio’s “Boxing Under the Stars” at Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hills, MI saw several good fights, including the victory of light welterweight Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner, whom SaddoBoxing interviewed a few days earlier, over Marteze Logan. There were a sprinkling of local celebrities…
A few weeks back I had been sitting around thinking about 2007 thus far in the sport of boxing and the fights yet to come in these last few months when I decided for a change of pace. I wanted to do an overview of the sport and direction it could be turning within the…