Unbeaten super middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr. (17-0, 9 KOs) took a week off after his September 5th win by eight-round decision veteran Thomas Reid in New York City. McGirt, rated No. 36 by the World Boxing Council, went right back into training at McGirt’s Gym, owned by his father/trainer James “Buddy†McGirt, Vero Beach…
Crossing the Buffer Zone This past Friday night at Joseph Donofrio’s “Boxing Under the Stars” at Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hills, MI saw several good fights, including the victory of light welterweight Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner, whom SaddoBoxing interviewed a few days earlier, over Marteze Logan. There were a sprinkling of local celebrities…
A few weeks back I had been sitting around thinking about 2007 thus far in the sport of boxing and the fights yet to come in these last few months when I decided for a change of pace. I wanted to do an overview of the sport and direction it could be turning within the…
Darren Barker is getting ready for his Octiber 5th comeback by sparring with WBA and WBC super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler this week. The Barnet Southern Area middleweight champion has not fought since death of his brother, Gary, in a car accident last December. Undefeated Barker, who won a gold medal at the 2002 Commonwealth Games,…
By Per Ake Persson Spanish website espabox.com writes that the rematch between ex-WBA middleweight champs Mariano Carrera and Javier Castillejo will go ahead November 13 in Germany and not October 20 on the Sturm vs Griffin show in Halle / Westfalen. WBA and WBC super middle champ Mikkel Kessler is now sparring with Brit Darren…
When Scott Lawton enters the ring on 6th October he will be contesting the Commonwealth title currently held by Amir Khan. The British Boxing Board of Control have confirmed in writing to Impact Boxing that all obstacles to Khan putting the belt on the line had been removed and that the two men were now…
Former amateur star Daniel Herdman make his professional debut on October 5 and is confident his style will be a hit in the paid ranks. The Stevenage boxer, who trains out of Woodford, will be operating at light-middleweight and gets his pro career started at the home of British boxing, the York Hall in Bethnal…
From Friday, Sept. 28 through Monday, Oct. 1, Showtime will host Free Preview Weekend, when the premium network will be available in a record 54 million homes nationwide. Free Preview Weekend on Showtime affords an opportunity for many non-subscribers to experience all of the hard-hitting sports and acclaimed original programming on the network as the…
Jon Thaxton feels he has a point to prove in the second defence of his British Lightweight Title against Dave Stewart at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, on October 5. Thaxton is looking forward to facing his fellow Hennessy Sports boxer at the home of British boxing after admitting he was bothered by flu in…
If the saying “styles make fights†holds any truth, then Don King Productions has found the perfect replacement opponent for World Boxing Council (WBC) Light Heavyweight Champion Chad Dawson in hard-hitting Epifanio Mendoza ( 28-4-1 , 24 KOs ). Mendoza, who opened his professional career with 16 consecutive knockouts, likely will give the younger Dawson…
Cerveza Tecate, one of Mexico’s leading beer brands, today announced its primary sponsorship of the October 6 rematch between Philippine boxing superstar Manny Pacquiao and Mexico’s WBC Super Featherweight Champion, Marco Antonio Barrera, in Las Vegas. Four years after their first encounter, Manny “Pac Man Destroyer†Pacquiao and Marco Antonio “Baby Face Assassin†Barrera, will…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a noisy, excited atmosphere at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Saturday night for the VIP Promotions fightnight put on by Steve Wood and featuring popular boxers Stuart McFadyen, Brian Rose and Alex Matvienko. Stuart “The Burnley Banger’ McFadyen faced Wolverhamptons’…