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Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion – Matt Skelton, was scheduled to fight Audley Harrison this Saturday at ExCel, London, but with just a week to go before the fight – he was forced to “pull-out’ with a hand injury. Danny Williams has stepped-up to take the fight against Harrison and, at such …

Click for larger image © Mike McGuigan / Saddo Boxing Little known Aaron Lyons came to Philadelphia PA from Gulfport, MS and extinguished the flame of red hot heavyweight prospect Joey Abell, scoring a shocking knockout at 1:07 of the first round at the Blue Horizon, this past Friday night. …

World class professional boxing will return to Cicero Stadium on Friday, December 22nd as super lightweight contender Jose Miguel Cotto, brother of world champion Miguel Cotto, will face Miguel Angel Huerta in the ten round main event of Christmas Brawl it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 …

In front of a full capacity crowd of screaming and cheering boxing fans at the Lansing Convention Center in Lansing, Michigan, Colorado lightweight Adrian “Juanito” Mora (17-0-1 9, KO’s) folded game but outgunned Anthony Ivy (7-11, 3 KO’s) in the second round of their scheduled eight round bout last night. …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing I have a confession to make. After interviewing Joshua Clottey a few days before his first championship title fight against Antonio Margarito, I found myself hoping that he would be crowned the new WBO Welterweight Champion. During the interview, Clottey …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, Miguel Cotto successfully made the transition from light welter to welterweight, battering reigning WBA 147 lb Champion Carlos Quintana over the course of five rounds to the point where the southpaw declined …

In a classic defensive performance, former undisputed light middleweight kingpin Ronald “Winky” Wright stifled the comeback hopes of Ike Quartey last night in Tampa, Florida. Fighting in front of a hometown audience for the first time since 1992, Wright proved just too sharp for the ex-welterweight world champion, competing in …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On the Cotto – Quintana undercard in Atlantic City, WBO Welterweight titlist Antonio Margarito was on the way to getting sorely outboxed before a fourth round hand injury curtailed the efforts of challenger Joshua Clottey, who finished the twelve round …

Last night on the undercard of Wright – Quartey, former IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy returned to the ring for the first time since taking a sustained one sided beating at the hands of Joe Calzaghe nine months ago, posting a controversial win over ex-European titlist Vitali Tsypko in …

“If I Fought Floyd At 154, It Would Just Be Better For Me!” Antonio Margarito defends his WBO Welterweight title tonight against Joshua Clottey at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City but as a guy who has called out every other champion within reach, the tall 28 year old would prefer to …

Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing Saddoboxing had the opportunity to have an exclusive phone interview with Joshua Clottey 29-1 (18) who will face Antonio Margarito 33-4 (24) in his first major championship bout for the WBO Welterweight title this weekend at Boardwalk Hall, Atlantic City, NJ. Clottey …

Carlos “Indio” Quintana is prepared as one can get for his upcoming title fight tonight at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, as he faces undefeated former 140-pound WBO titleholder Miguel Cotto for the vacant IBF Welterweight belt in what will be Cotto’s first bout at that weight. With more to …