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Thursday, February 1 AT ARCO ARENA SACRAMENTO. – Vicente Escobedo faces Tiger Smalls. Saturday, Feb 3 AT SILVER SPURS ARENA KISSIMMEE, FL.- Jesus “Matador” Chavez risks the IBF light weight title against Julio “The Kid” Diaz; Tomasz Adamek the light heavyweight WBC against Chad Dawson TV: Showtime

Tickets for the highly anticipated super fight between Oscar De La Hoya and Floyd Mayweather sold out in three hours Saturday afternoon at MGM Grand’s box office and thru TicketMaster’s website.  More than 5,400 tickets for the fight, Saturday, May 5 at MGM Grand in Las Vegas, were devoured by fans eager to help establish the record-breaking live gate of $19 …

Being the son of a former world champion, as well as one of boxing’s most respected contemporary trainers, certainly has its pros and cons for unbeaten middleweight prospect James McGirt, Jr., who has won all 13 of his pro fights with seven knockouts.

Former Commonwealth light middleweight champion Ossie Duran takes on The Contender I star Jonathan “Reid Dawg” Reid in the eight round co-feature on the Febarury 9th “Hearts Of Fire” pro-am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence.

Home-grown heavyweight boxing contender Derric Rossy will put his undefeated record and New York State Heavyweight Championship on the line February 9, at a bout that will take place just a few miles away from his hometown of Patchogue. Click for larger image Rossy joined Suffolk County Executive Steve Levy, …

This past Saturday night at the Honda Center in Anaheim, CA, Jorge Arce won his second consecutive WBC final eliminator and solidified his position as best super flyweight in the world with a dominating twelve round decision over Julio Ler. The action is presented here in an exclusive SaddoBoxing round …

Former WBC heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko will return to the ring in April, more than two years after injuries forced his retirement. Vasyl Samokhvalov, who described himself as an “information adviser” to Klitschko, told The Associated Press on Wednesday that Klitschko would face Oleg Maskaev on April 21 in Moscow.

Many people consider him one of the greatest Jewish warriors since Moshe Dayan. His name is Bruce “The Mouse” Strauss, he is one of the chosen people and now the legendary former boxer has been chosen to be the “main event” at Bosfest, 2007, the roast/tribute/benefit being held for another …

Commonwealth Bantamweight Champion Tshifhiwa Munyai continued his campaign of victory over the best of Britain’s little men last night in London as the six foot, 118 lb South African stopped British Champion Martin Power in a rematch over four one sided rounds at the Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, London. The …

Former two-time WBC lightweight champion Stevie “Lil’ But Bad” Johnston captured the vacant IBA title last night (Friday, Jan. 26) on the “Blood, Sweat & Guts” card, presented by Silverhawk Championship Boxing, at Destiny Nightclub in Orlando, Florida. The crafty Johnston (40-4-1, 18 KOs) won a 12-round majority decision (18-3, …

This past Friday, Tshifhiwa Munyai confirmed his status as world class prospect, successfully defending his Commonwealth Bantamweight crown with a vicious four round pounding of former victim Martin Power on a Frank Maloney Promotion at Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. Power lost his undefeated record to Munyai last year in …

Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night at the Orleans in Las Vegas, Top Rank put on a show that saw headliners Ulises Solis and Will Grigsby reprise their IBF Light Flyweight title contest from just over a year ago. Try as he might, …