On November 10, 2007, Madison Square Garden once again shows why it is the Mecca of boxing. The old ring may have been retired but that has not stopped the venue from having the most exciting cards in all of boxing. This coming November that tradition continues when WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto, 30-0 (25),…
Tonight at the Eastern Michigan University Convocation Center in Detroit, Michigan, Contender alum Cornelius “K-9†Bundrage, 26-3 (15), will face Nelson Manchego, 12-7-1 (8), in a 10 round light middleweight bout. K-9 has remained active since the second season of the Contender series ended in 2006. In January, he defeated Chris Smith on ESPN’s Friday…
Tonight at Cicero Stadium in Chicago, IL, Tecate sponsors Solo Boexo, televised live on the Telefutura network starting at 8 PM. The bill is toped by the always exciting former world super flyweight champion Martin “El Gallito” Castillo, 32-2 (17), who faces the hard punching Jonathan Perez, 13-2 (10), on a shared 8 Count/Top Rank…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Tonight at the Robin Park Arena, in Wigan, England, one of trainer Bobby Rimmers’ young boxers, light welter Jack Arnfield, is appearing on the undercard of Frank Maloney’s Jamie Moore vs. Andrew Facey rematch and SaddoBoxing had the good fortune to briefly speak with Rimmer…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing In preparation for tonight’s Frank Maloney Promotions bill, “National Service”, at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England, British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore and challenger Andrew Facey both made weight yesterday as they prepared to tangle once again. Moore, 27-3 (18), canvassed Facey, 19-4-1…
ShoBox: The New Generation will celebrate its 100th telecast with arguably the finest match-up and most significant heavyweight fight in the series’ distinguished six-year history. The heavyweight “Battle for the Ages†will pit “Fast†Eddie Chambers (29-0, 16 KOs) against Calvin “The Boxing Banker†Brock (31-1, 23 KOs) in anInternational Boxing Federation (IBF) heavyweight title…
WBC/WBA super middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler may think he’s the new sheriff in town, but WBO/The Ring magazine super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe is ready to lay down the law in arguably the biggest world title unification showdown of non-heavyweight champions since the Sugar Ray Leonard-Tommy Hearns welterweight rumble of 1981.
By Per Ake Persson It´s official I: IBF middle champ Arthur Abraham defends the title December 8 in Basle. Opponent will be Brit Wayne Elcock, who scored a big upset in beating Howard Eastman to win the national title. As previously reported, European super middle king Cristian Sanavia fights Danilo Haussler in one of the…
Team Ruiz has formally petitioned the World Boxing Association, on behalf of two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman†Ruiz (42-7-1, 29 KOs), rated No. 3 by the WBA, to request reconsideration of its October 10, 2007 ruling that ordered an elimination fight between No. 1 rated Nicolay Valuev and No. 2 Sergei Liakhovich to…
Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing, just coming off of a momentous Sold Out event last Thursday in Manhattan is about to repeat last weeks success on November 9 when their popular fight series “Punchin’ at the Paradise” returns for it’s sixth installment. America’s number one Hispanic fight network Telefutura will broadcast the event live.
Martin Castillo, 118 vs. Jonathan Perez, 118, ten rounds Giovanni Segura, 110 vs. Wilfrido Valdez, 111, ten rounds Jorge Paez Jr., 145 vs. Aaron Drake, 142, six rounds Guadalupe Diaz, 145 vs. Jonathan Rodriguez, 145, six rounds Miguel Angel Figueroa, 133 vs. Cory Hall, 130, four rounds Eric Estrada, 122 vs. Greg Dzuibek, 123, four…
Are you ready to be big? Then get ready for Retador Azteca, a new boxing reality series, set to debut in the coming year. It will feature up-and-coming fighters in the featherweight division from Mexico versus the rest of North America. SaddoBoxing got the exclusive on this show from producer Ed Rosa, a noted publicist…