Veteran light heavyweight Rodney Toney has a famous last name, several disappointing outcomes against world-class opponents, and a master’s degree in boxing experience from his 14-year pro career. Friday night in a rematch against Anthony “The Rowdy One” Russell, Toney starts what will likely be his final run towards a …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: David Haye – Tomasz Bonin
Photo gallery ©David Oakley/SaddoBoxing.com This past Friday night at Wembley Arena in London on a Frank Maloney promotion, the “Heavyweight Hayemaker” show was set on fire as David Haye in his heavyweight experiment destroyed Poland’s WBC ranked no.12 fighter, Tomasz Bonin. Sky Sports televised the action live in the UK. …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Melissa Hernandez – Layla McCarter 2
While most eyes in Las Vegas are looking forward to the upcoming mega fight next week, Crown Boxing Inc. and the Orleans Hotel and Casino showed this past Friday night that there is more to an entertaining night of boxing than million dollar promotions and endless hype. In the Mardi …
Read More »Ex-Boxing Champion Chris Byrd To Join Showtime’s ShoBox Team
One of the biggest fight weekends in years will begin this Friday on Showtime when undefeated “Fast” Eddie Chambers faces Dominick Guinn in the main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation” from the Palms Hotel in Las Vegas. Showtime will televise the heavyweight showdown at 11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on …
Read More »Mohegan Sun Boxing: Battle Zone 3 Heats Up!
Undefeated USBA super bantamweight champion Mike “Machine” Oliver headlines “Battle Zone 3” in a 10-round non-title fight against Vernie Torres on May 4 at Mohegan Sun Arena. Hartford-native Oliver (18-0, 7 KOs), rated No. 8 by the International Boxing Federation is coming off of a close title-defense 12-round decision victory …
Read More »Lucky Eagle Boxing: Candy Robertson Added To Bloomfield vs. Boose Card
The Northwest Boxing Association Heavyweight Championship is on the line when Vili “The Tongan Warrior” Bloomfield, who is an Everett, WA native and weighs in around 225 lbs. will face Eric “Night Train” Boose, who hails from Puyallup, WA with a ten win one loss record. The 27 year old …
Read More »European Boxing News: Sinan Samil Sam, Oliver McCall And Felix Sturm
By Per Ake Persson Swedish heavyweight Aldo Colliander has been added to Arena Box Promotion’s big show in Ankara, Turkey, June 16. Colliander thus joins an impressive line up of heavyweights: WBC International champ Sinan Samil Sam takes on ex-world titlist Oliver McCall in the headliner with WBC Latino heavy …
Read More »Boxing Perspective: Floyd Mayweather Jr. vs. Oscar De La Hoya
Fight Of The Century? Floyd Mayweather Jr and Oscar De La Hoya will climb through the ropes on May 5 for what could be the fight of the century. Whether or not this will be the case come May 6 remains to be seen. We have the pound for pound …
Read More »European Boxing Champion David Haye Can Win A World Title “Even at 70%”
David Haye’s dream of becoming the first British boxer to hold the World Heavyweight and Cruiserweight titles moved a step closer at Wembley Arena last night as the 26 year old South Londoner outclassed the talented Tomasz Bonin. Bonin seemed stunned by Haye’s power-punching and the 33 year old Pole …
Read More »British Boxing: Craig Watson, Akaash Bhatia Win On Haye Undercard
By Ben Lettman On the undercard of David Haye’s heavyweight debut against Tomasz Bonin on Friday night, welterweight Craig Watson scored three knockdowns against Robert Lloyd Taylor on his way to a one sided points victory at the Wembley Arena in London. Watson, famous for scoring a knockdown against Amir …
Read More »James Moore Added To Next Broadway Boxing Card
Staten Island’s Gary “Kid” Stark, Jr. (18-1, 8 KO’s) will take center stage in the main event vs. Miami’s Andres Ledesma (13-5, 8 KO’s) on Wednesday night, May 2, when DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing Presented by StubHub returns to the Grand Ballroom at Manhattan Center in New York City. Fighting …
Read More »John Murray: Amir Khan Turned Down Boxing Challenge
Hennessy Sports promoted John Murray is not surprised that his British lightweight rival Amir Khan rejected an offer to fight him this Saturday on potentially the biggest event in boxing history, despite the Olympic Silver medalist’s false claim that he “played’ with him in sparring. Undefeated Manchester star Murray, 22, …
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