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With regards to the British super fight between David Haye and Enzo Maccarinelli, Team Haye would like to confirm that at no time did they made any extra demands or try to move the goalposts for the fight that all of Britain wanted to see. From the commencement of negotiations, …

Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is set to fight for the vacated IBF featherweight championship of the world in his next bout, this time he will have a new face in his corner, Freddie Roach. Guerrero stated “I look forward to working with Freddie and his experience will be well appreciated.” …

8 Count Productions, Home of the Best of Chicago Boxing, is preparing for another outstanding year of presenting world class professional boxing for Chicagoland fight fans. Said Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count, “Last year we promoted 18 events and we’re looking at a similar number this year. We had …

Samuel Peter Wins Impressively In Florida Despite being lost amongst the clamor of the controversial first bout, Samuel Peter and James Toney’s rematch was a highly anticipated affair. In the first contest, both rotund combatants dug deep into the inner depths of their soul and put on display a vivid …

In the co-featured bout to Sam Peter vs. James Toney 2 last night in Florida, ex-WBA Light Middleweight Champion Travis Simms got a stoppage win over the reigning WBA Champion, the very tough Jose Antonio Rivera. The bout must have seemed like the third ring of hell for the champion. …

I was a proponent of Sam Peter prior to his fighting James Toney. He was usually good for a KO from time-to-time with one huge punch against his opponent. But that kind of display was bound to fail when classed against a boxing PhD in James Toney and in my …

Ricky Hatton has overcome an arm injury during training sessions for his January 20 Las Vegas debut and continues preparing for his HBO/SKY televised showdown with IBF Light Welterweight Champion Juan Urango. “Ricky lost four sessions of sparring because he damaged his arm,” said father/manager Ray Hatton. “It’s not ideal …

Quotes from both the Sam Peter vs. James Toney 2 contest and also Travis Sims vs. Jose Antonio Rivera Samuel Peter: “You saw what I did tonight,” Peter said. “I taunted him [Toney]. I gave him the Muhammad Ali shuffle, with a little Floyd Mayweather, too. This was my best …

Controversy and boxing are as interwoven as peanut butter is with jelly. The sport’s long and storied history is teeming with assorted instances of disputatious events. One of the latest cases involves the arguable decision that Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter received over James “Lights Out” Toney this past September. …

There were three fight cards of note last night in America, so let’s get to it. The top fight taking place was the final bout of the Showtime super middle tournament between prospects Anthony Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy at the DeSoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS. At stake was …

What If “The Nigerian Nightmare” Was One Of Cus D’Amato’s Catskill Creations? 2007 is rolling and just by looking at January’s schedule alone, this has the potential to be a blockbuster of a year. I have a feeling the staff here at SaddoBoxing is going to be a busy one! …

Both Anthony Hanshaw and Jean Paul Mendy have battled through two opponents during a super middleweight tournament that has it’s climactic finish tonight as the two men square off at the Desoto Civic Center in Southaven, MS, televised by Showtime on it’s Shobox program. Both fighters have near identical records …