Santa Claus has come down Gary Woolcombe’s chimney early. Woolcombe, who was preparing for an eight round bout on November 30, was given an early Christmas present when Jamie Moore’s European title fight was cancelled.
The meeting was held on neutral ground in Austria, so as not to alert anyone in the boxing scene, but it was all it took to convince the parties of each other – and thus top-rated IBO ‘world’ superwelterweight champion Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs, 21-1 (14 KO’s), put pen to paper, in this case on…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing We laid down the choices, weighed them out, measured them, and then came to the unanimous conclusion. The month of November is one where glory belongs to the Pride of Wales and undisputed super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe. On November 3, Calzaghe faced off against Mikkel Kessler in one…
Aside from the bouts already covered here on SaddoBoxing, it was a real busy weekend around the global fisticuff scene, with most of the action taking place on Friday but the more important action was on Saturday. We’ll cover it all, right here and now, with a little bit of Sunday thrown in for good…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Three of boxing’s biggest and most important players notched impressive victories on the final Showtime Championship Boxing telecast of 2007. Antonio “Magic Man†Tarver, Vernon “The Viper†Forrest and “The Filipino Flash†Nonito Donaire each scored TKO victories before an enthusiastic crowd Saturday at the…
With the WBC welterweight title superfight less than a week away, the world’s media have descended upon Las Vegas where reigning champion Floyd Mayweather and challenger Ricky Hatton have been participating in open workouts prior to their bout on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Mayweather, 38-0 (24), is the favorite to retain his WBC 147 lb…
Citing a “thumb injury”, Eric Harding has pulled out of the feature bout on Thursday, Dec. 6 against 15-2-2 Shaun George. “We’re all extremely disappointed that Harding is not fighting,” stated Hall of Fame Boxing President Donna Brooks.
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Tonight at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket , CT , Antonio “Magic Man†Tarver, 25-4 (18), will headline a rare triple-header event on Showtime Championship Boxing. The twelve round championship bout against Danny Santiago, 29-3-1 (19), will be the second time in the ring for…
Last night, at the Newham Leisure Centre in London, Ian Napa outboxed and outfoxed a hardworking Martin Power to retain his British Bantamweight title. Despite being six inches shorter than his opponent, and having a four inch reach deficit, “Dappa” Napa used a style practiced to negate Power’s advantage, forcing Power to lunge in rather…
Click for larger image © Dwight McCann Two fights. Five knockdowns. Four minutes and 15 seconds of heart-pounding action. In arguably the most thrilling telecast in the six-year history of “ShoBox,†James Kirkland and Alfredo Angulo each scored first-round TKOs in separate bouts Friday on SHOWTIME.
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Santiago 174 – Frank Burnette – Tarver 175.jpg – Danny Satiago 174 and Antonio Tarver 175 pose with Tarver’s IBO light heavyweight belt, Vernon Forrest 153 flexes on the scale as his challenger, Michele Piccirillo 152 looks on. Nonito Donaire 111 and his mandatory challenger…
By Per Ake Persson European welter champ Jackon Osei Bonsu, one most exciting fighters in Europe right now, defends the title against Frenchman Brice Faradji January 12 at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp. Purse bids for European middle champ Sebastian Sylvester´s mandatory defence against WBA # 1 challenger Javier Castillejo will now not take place…