Popular Mexican fighter and former WBC Lightweight World Champion Jose Luis “El Temible†Castillo, 56-8-1 (48), will get back in the ring against Argentina’s Sebastian “Iron†Lujan, 29-5-2 (20), in a 10 round welterweight battle on Wednesday, July 30, live on ESPN2 at 9:00 p.m. ET/6:00 p.m. PT.
Reigning AIBA world welterweight champion Demetrius “Boo Boo†Andrade is prospecting for gold in China. The 20 year old from Providence, RI isn’t there to visit the The Great Wall, purchase a Ming vase in the Temple of Heaven, picnic in Tian’anmen Square, or cruise down the Yangtze River.
IBF Junior Bantamweight Champion Dimitri “The Baby†Kirilov, 29-3-1 (9), will defend his title against former IBF Flyweight Champion and knockout artist Vic “Raging Bull†Darchinyan, 29-1-1 (23), Saturday, August 2, live on Showtime Championship Boxing at 9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast.
ShoBox: The New Generation returns to New York City for the first time in four years with New Jersey’s own Pawel “Raging Bull†Wolak, 21-0 (14) as he puts his undefeated record on the line against ShoBox veteran Ishe “Sugar Shay†Smith, 19-3, (9), in a 10 round junior middleweight bout, Friday, Aug. 1, live…
WBC Female Atomweight Champion, Vinyu Paradorn Gym is getting more popular in Japan after Fuji TV decides to televise live her title defense vs. Momo Koseki, in a rematch on Monday August 11 in Tokyo. Fuji, the number 1 sport channel in Japan, will televise 4 hours of the fight card in Japan, and 2…
From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: “I am a friend of Dr. Ching-Kuo Wu, the new President of AIBA (International Amateur Boxing Association), and have a lot of respect for him and his principles of honesty, integrity and impartiality, as well as his striving for the best in his organization.
WBC Cabofe Heavyweight Champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, 23-4 (15), will square off against Arthur Williams, 44-15 (30), in a ten round bout scheduled for August 21, 2008 at the Tachi Palace Casino in Lemoore, CA. Quezada, riding a 12 fight winning streak, is eager to get back in the ring and climb up the…
By Per Ake Persson Newly crowned European Heavyweight Champion Sinan Samil Sam has relinquished the title rather than go through with a rematch against Italian Paolo Vidoz. It will now be Vidoz vs. British fighter Matt Skelton for the vacant title. Deadline for purse bids or agreement is noon on September 8.
On August 15, at Enoch, Alberta’s River Cree Resort and Casino, the stage will be set for the battle between undefeated British middleweight sensation “Dazzling†Darren Barker, 17-0 (11), and Larry Sharpe, 22-4 (10), of Pine Falls, Manitoba, but looking to steal the show will be local fighters such as super middleweight Jason DeLaronde, 8-0…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing After reports that the ‘Preacher’ had decided to retire hit the news yesterday, Saddoboxing can reveal that actually – Graham was sacked from his position of trainer to the Hitman. Having first taken Hatton ‘under his wing’ eleven years ago – the two had been inseperable forging a strong…
Although everyone knew that last weekend’s bout with Antonio Margarito would be very dangerous fight for Miguel Cotto, I was of opinion that Cotto’s boxing skills would prevail against the one-dimensional Margarito. However, when i saw weight-in I was stunned to see how much Margarito appeared to be the bigger man. He was taller, with…
Former WBO light welterweight champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop†Corley is in a crossroads fight Wednesday night against Ashley “Treasure†Theophane, 21-3 (7), in Rochester, New York.