**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England, PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions hosted a fight night headlined by a female title bout. The night should have been headlined by local-man Steve Savilles’ defence of the Midlands Lightweight title against Stoke’s Gary…
Saturday night at Madison Square Garden in New York City on the eve of the Puerto Rican Day parade Miguel Cotto proved that he has the heart of a champion retaining his WBO Welterweight title with a hard fought split decision victory over Joshua Clottey in front of nearly 18,000 fans. In a fight that…
Boxing’s NABF female featherweight champion, Jennifer “The Razor” Barber, is as passionate about the sport as passion gets. She sees the setbacks of being a female in the boxing world and dare she allow it to hinder any of her spirits. When this lovely 26 year old fought in France, it forced her to see…
WBC Youth and USNBC featherweight champion Matt “Sharp Shooter†Remillard faces veteran Edel “Cuate†Ruiz on Thursday night at Michael’s Eight Avenue in Glen Burnie, The 23-year-old Remillard (17-0, 9 KOs), fighting out of Manchester, Connecticut, stopped 52-fight veteran and former world title challenger Jesus Perez in three rounds this past April in his first…
Middleweight contender Peter Manfredo Jr. has signed an exclusive promotional contract with Las Vegas-based TKO Boxing Promotions, it was announced today by its President, Chet Koerner. “We’re very proud to be working with Peter as he works his way up the middleweight rankings towards a championship bout. He’s been a world class fighter for a…
Undefeated middleweight prospect Fernando Guerrero fights in his first main event Friday night, headlining the “Boxing’s Future Champions†pay-per-view pro card, in front of his passionate hometown fans at Wicomico Civic Center in Salisbury, Maryland. “We’re excited to launch this series and bring world-class boxing to diehard fans all over,†promoter Brian Young said. “For…
2007 amateur world champion and 2008 U.S. Olympian, Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (4-0, 4KO) will look to improve to a perfect 5-0 when opens up next Friday’s ESPN2 “Friday Night Fights” telecast from the Laredo Entertainment Center, in Laredo, TX. The card is headlined by an intriguing featherweight match-up between Fernando Beltran Jr. (32-3-1, 18KO)…
The mouth watering prospect of two of the Cruiserweight division’s finest former World Champions, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham and Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, facing each other is finally a reality. Promoter Don King Productions confirmed that the fight will take place on the undercard of the Joseph Agbeko – Vic Darchinyan IBF Bantamweight title fight at…
© Mike Worden / Saddo Boxing Moving his way further up the ladder of the featherweight rankings, WBC #3 ranked Juan Carlo Burgos, 22-0 (15), pulled out a scrappy ten round decision over Russia’s Vyacheslav Gusev, 16-2 (3), on Friday night in order to retain his WBC CABOFE title. Dubbed by Thompson Boxing Promotions as…
Aside from Miguel Cotto’s WBA title defense against Joshua Clottey on Saturday, there were a few good shows in America on Friday night. Former WBA light welter Diosbelys Hurtado, 42-3-1 (25), won a 12 round unanimous decision over Manuel Garnica, 25-11 (13), in defense of the WBO Latino strap and Cuban heavyweight prospect Odlanier Solis,…
There was a good bill last night at Centro Banamex in Mexico City with Juan Palacios, 26-2 (21), stopping Eric Ramirez, 26-7-1 (19), in the tenth frame to retain the Interim WBC minimumweight title. Hard punching Nicaraguan Palacios has lived up to his “El Exterminador” nickname by posting his fifth straight stoppage in addition to…
The highly anticipated July 18 fight between Floyd Mayweather and Juan Manuel Marquez has been postponed due to a rib injury sustained by Mayweather while training. The mega-fight was scheduled to take place at MGM Grand in Las Vegas and be televised live on HBO Pay-Per-View.