It was a warm, clear, summer morning in Sydney, Australia, and Herman Ngoudjo was heading to the airport to return to his native Cameroon. Ngoudjo (En-Goo-Jo) had desires of bringing home a medal from the 2000 Olympic Games. But without world-class training, the muscular boxer was eliminated early and would go home empty-handed. “I was…
IBF light welterweight champion Paulie “The Magic Man†Malignaggi has shifted his training camp from sunny Vero Beach, Florida to back home in the Big Apple without missing a beat as he continues preparing for his first title defense January 5 on Showtime Championship Boxing against No. 1 mandatory contender Herman “The Black Panther†Ngoudjo…
Promoter Frank Warren confirmed today that the explosive all-British showdown between big-hitters Enzo Maccarinelli and David Haye is on. WBO world champion Maccarinelli and newly crowned WBC/WBA world champion Haye will clash on Saturday 8 March (venue TBC) to finally decide who is the best cruiserweight in the world. All three titles will be on…
Who do we want to see in the coming year? To take a look into the near future, there are really good match-ups that could take place, but it’s anyone’s guess if they’ll happen. Tony Thompson, 31-1, vs. well, anybody: So long as it’s on TV, we just need to see the guy. He’s supposed…
2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada battles former world heavyweight title challenger Charles Shufford and WBC Youth featherweight champion Manuel Perez defends his title against Matt “Sharp Shooter†Remillard in co-main events on “Champions of Tomorrow,†January 25 at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket, Connecticut.
Famed Butterbean conqueror and New York boxer Mitchell “Cigarette Man†Rose has released a book titled “Mike Tyson Tried to Kill My Daddyâ€.
All the Staff at Saddo Boxing would like to wish all our Readers a Very Merry Christmas and a Great New Year. Lets hope 2008 will be as great a year for the boxing fans as 2007 has been Here is our little gift to you all…. © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing
Whether it’s freezing cold or nice and tropically warm where you are right now, there wasn’t a whole lot of boxing happening last weekend with the holiday season in full swing but there a few things to look forward to this week. Tomorrow on Christmas day, 39 year old Pramuansak “The Machine Gun” Posuwan, 40-1-1-…
In a major Continental upset, Belorussian super feather Sergey Gulyakevich outpointed the heavy handed reigning European Champion Leva Kirakosyan over twelve rounds at Datch Forum in Milan, Italy last night. 26 year old Gulyakevich outboxed the favored Kirakosyan, an Armenian residing in Spain, and managed to avoid the champion’s massive punching power while annexing the…
After a blockbuster year in 2007 featuring seventeen world class professional boxing events, Dominic Pesoli’s 8 Count Productions storms into the new year with “The Month Of The Kings”, an outstanding evening for Chicago fight fans set for Friday, January 25th at Cicero Stadium.
The O. It’s been what was for dinner in 2007 for boxing fans. This year has been a fond swan song for the much coveted goose egg. From the first of this year when bantamweight Jonathan Arias kayoed Jorge Lopez Palafox in Baja California in a single round to two weeks ago when Floyd Mayweather…
Not a whole lot went on last night but there were a few notable bouts to cover and we start at the Salle du Bouvy in La Louviere, Belgium where hometown hero Carmelo Ballone, 20-2-1 (9), stopped Romania’s Eugen Sorin Tanasie, 14-1-1 (6), in the eighth to annex the vacant European Bantamweight title. The belt…