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Photos ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing.com Foxwoods Resort & Casino celebrated their 100th professional boxing card with high action this past Saturday. The “Foxwoods Fight Centennial” co-promoted by Banner Promotions and Don King Productions headlined a World Lightweight title unification match between undefeated WBA Champion Juan “Baby Bull” Diaz and WBO Champion Acelino …

Photos ©Tom Casino/Showtime Classic fights, career defining moments and hard-hitting action from the most compelling and unforgettable prizefights of 2006 are recapped in “Showtime Championship Boxing: 20 Years Later” premiering Saturday, May 5, 2007, at 10:30 p.m. ET/PT on Showtime. The 30-minute program features highlights from Showtime Championship Boxing’s 20th …

British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch has gone under the knife to rectify a long-term ligament problem after WBO champion Joe Calzaghe refused a £1.6 million offer to defend against him on a Hennessy Sports event this summer. The undefeated 29-year-old, who should shortly find himself in the …

Malcolm “The Show Stopper’’ Tann (23-2, 12 KOs) has signed to fight hard-hitting, undefeated heavyweight Cristobal “The Nightmare” Arreola (19-0, 17 KOs) in an eight-round bout Friday, May 4 on “ShoBox: The New Generation,” it was announced Tuesday. Tann, who has never been knocked out, replaces Devin Vargas, who was …

Photos courtesy Hennessy Sports Hennessy Sports promoted John Murray and John O’Donnell continued to soak up their US experience yesterday when they sparred four times world champion “Sugar’ Shane Mosley. The “Golden Pair’ stepped in with the current WBC welterweight champion shortly after watching their US co-promoter Oscar de la …

Polish power puncher Pawel “Raging Bull” Wolak (14-0, 9 KOs) adds diversity and brings even more excitement to the “Tomorrow’s Champions” pro boxing show, presented by Irish Ropes Promotions and featuring unbeaten middleweight sensation “Ireland’s” John Duddy, on May 18 at the famed Beacon Theatre in Manhattan. The Poland-native Wolak, …

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 …

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. …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …