Worker’s Gymnasium continues to represent hostile territory for Team Australia as three more boxers from Down Under have been defeated in Beijing. On Tuesday, 17 year old flyweight Stephen Sutherland of Melbourne had difficulty scoring points against Tunisian veteran Walid Charif and was beaten 14-2. As with the defeat of boxer Todd Kidd earlier this…
Heavyweight Mark ‘Oaktree’ Brown has been added to the card of the Fight Night Productions event ‘Casino Battle Royale’, which is to be held in Atlantic City, NJ, later this year. Fight Night Productions CEO, Jarvis Robinson, on making the announcement said “I am so pleased to have Mark on the card. I think it…
Last Saturday, August 9, 2008, middleweight Shawn Estrada got the U.S. boxing team off to a great start, winning his preliminary bout against Ezequiel Maderna of Argentina by a final score of 10-2. Estrada could not have asked for a better draw, having previously beat Maderna at the Americas Qualifier in Guatemala by a score…
Power punching Joey “KO Kid†Spina is fighting his way out of a funk that started nearly two years ago when he lost his first pro fight, to Providence cross-town rival The Pride of Providence†Peter Manfredo, Jr., who, ironically, tops the August 22 “August Annihilator†pro boxing card that Spina is fighting on in…
The IBF African light middleweight title will be on the line September 23 when veterans Eromosele “Bad Boy†Albert and Ossie Duran square off in the 12 round main event for the vacant IBF Continental African light middleweight title, headlining “KnockOut Poverty,†presented by Bob Duffy’s Ring Promotions on September 23 at the Hammerstein Ballroom…
Tecate, the No. 1 Mexican cerveza in Southern California, announced today its title sponsorship of the 9th annual Oscar de la Hoya Foundation Celebrity Golf Classic benefiting the Oscar de la Hoya Foundation. One of the most anticipated golf fundraisers of the year, the star-studded event is designed to raise funds for the organization’s various…
On September 12, two of Arena’s hottest rising stars will take their next steps towards the top of the world. Heavyweight sensation Odlanier “La Sombra†Solis is looking to score his 11th win in his 11th pro-fight. The 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist and three-time world amateur champion is returning from a shoulder injury that has…
Legendary promoter Don King arrived in Beijing, China, yesterday and will be holding a press conference there today, Wednesday, August 13, where he will announce his plans to promote a boxing event in Chengdu, China. The boxing card will be staged in November and is planned to be presented at the Chengdu National Stadium. After…
Professional ballroom-style boxing returns to The Riveredge Hotel and Restaurant complex in Reading, Pennsylvania on Saturday, September 13 with an exciting lineup of rising young boxing prospects. The main event will feature undefeated Reading heavyweight Travis “GW Hope” Kauffman, 12-0 (9), against Josh “Griz” Gutcher, 18-9, of Iowa in a eight round bout. After a…
Last month when SaddoBoxing got the opportunity to meet with the U.S. Olympic boxing team at a workout session at Gleason’s Gym in Brooklyn, New York, I have to admit I did a little research on the various fighters to get myself more familiar with the team. I, of course, knew the East Coast amateurs…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Deontay Wilder was born on October 22, 1985 and lives in his hometown of Tuscaloosa, Alabama. He began boxing in 2005 and is coached by Jay Deas. He has a two-year old daughter, Naieya, who suffers from the medical condition Spina Bifida and serves as his biggest influence and…
Despite the disappointment that Olympic Medal contender and current world lightweight champion Frankie Gavin was sent home for being three pounds overweight in Beijing, the remaining ‘Boxing Brits’ have gotten off to great start. The first to box was middleweight James DeGale. The 22 year old DeGale had declared that ‘a medal would be lovely’…