Three-time world champion and current WBA super welterweight champion Daniel Santos will defend his title against undefeated, WBA No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger Yuri Foreman as the featured PPV match on the Pacquiao-Cotto “Firepower†card on Saturday from MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas telecast live on HBO PPV at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.
**With Slideshow and Audio** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a head-to-head final press conference for Matthew Hatton and Lovemore N’Dou. In a Hatton promoted fight night this Friday the 13th, Australian resident N’Duo will defend his IBO Welterweight title for the first…
In July of 2009, the US Congress approved a resolution to pardon Jack Johnson. The House passed the resolution by voice vote a month after the Senate approved it. Yet, when it came time for President Barack Obama to issue a presidential pardon that even his fiercest political rivals agreed was long overdue, he declined…
Shining star and undefeated prospect, Edwin “La Bomba†Rodriguez, rated No. 13 by the NABA, headlines Thursday, November 19 at the Main Street Armory in Rochester (NY). The Dominican Republic-born Rodriguez (12-0, 8 KOs), fighting out of Worcester (MA), faces veteran super middleweight Brian “The Assassin†Norman (17-9, 5 KOs) in the 8-round main event,…
It was a historic night in the Arena Nürnberger Versicherung in Nuremberg, Germany Saturday night, as London’s David “Hayemaker” Haye became the first British-born Heavyweight World Champion since Lennox Lewis and joined Evander Holyfield as the only former Cruiserweight World Champions to own a heavyweight title.
By Per Ake Persson So was ex-heavyweight champ Nikolai Valuev exposed by David Haye and before that by Evander Holyfield and Ruslan Chagaev as “just” a giant, incapable of boxing? Some seem to think so, not me though. I think it´s a case of a fighter who´s getting old, simple as that.
On July 4, 1910, the fight of the 20th century took place in Reno, NV. The reining heavyweight champion, Jack Johnson, and former undefeated heavyweight champion, James J. Jeffries, squared off in Reno for a bout that transcended professional sports. More was on the line than just the Heavyweight Crown on that day.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the Sutton Leisure Centre in St. Helens, England, Promoter Oliver Harrison presented a fight card billed as ‘Blast Zone’ which featured nine contests. As an added attraction, six boxers of note were introduced into the ring including undefeated middleweight prospect Martin Murray, ex-British welter…
Irish eyes will be smilin’ again Nov. 20 when a stable of lucky leprechauns step into the ring for “Autumn Classic,†presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES), at the Twin River Event Center in Lincoln, R.I. New England and EBA super middleweight champion, “Irish†Joey McCreedy (11-3-1, 6 KOs), faces his…
On Wednesday November 4th, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing and Larry Flynt’s Hustler Club-NYC held a press conference at Manhattan’s famous Il Postino Ristorante to announce their new promotional alliance to produce a new series of star-studded boxing events throughout the NYC area. Joe DeGuardia, CEO and founder of Star Boxing was the first to address…
This Tuesday, Manny Pacquiao and Miguel Cotto will make their MGM Grand Arrivals, officially kicking off fight week for “Fire Power”, their sold out welterweight championship mega fight. Pacquiao and Cotto will arrive at the MGM Grand’s Front Lobby Porte Cochere at 11:00 a.m. and 12:30 p.m. PT, respectively. The event is open to the…
WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto spoke with the media about his upcoming title defense against Manny Pacquiao on November 14. Question: What do you think about the history of Puerto Rican boxers and how you fit in? Miguel Cotto: Puerto Rico has a good boxing tradition with Wilfredo Gomez and Benitez, Carlos Ortiz and Felix…