As I sat down to watch the concluding chapter of the Erik Morales – Manny Pacquiao saga, a palpable feeling of agitation literally swept over me. Had I been so inclined, I could have polished off half a pack of Benson & Hedges before Larry Merchant had even concluded his mercilessly unintelligible pre-match analogy. I…
Andre Ward Stays Unbeaten And Julio Gonzalez Survives Scare In San Jose On the road to an eventual Gold Medal in the 2004 Athens Olympics, it wasn’t the jab of Andre Ward that captured him fans all across the nation; It was his charm. Tales of the baby faced boy wonder training hard since the…
In a stunningly swift manner, Manny Pacquiao made short work of Erik Morales within three rounds tonight at the Thomas And Mack Arena in Las Vegas during the pair’s third and certainly last fight. After making the super featherweight 130 lb limit the day before, Morales had appearing frail at the weigh-in ceremony Click for…
For the second consecutive bout, ex-two time WBA Heavyweight Champion John Ruiz found Germany to be an inhospitable land as the American dropped a split decision to undefeated Hamburg based Uzbek fighter Ruslan Chagaev at the Burgwachter Castello in Dusseldorf. At stake was the top spot in the WBA rankings, a mandatory challenger position for…
Click for larger image© Karl Stubbs Impact Boxing Jimmy Doherty, nicknamed the “Whirlwind’ on account of the frantic high-energy start he made to his pro boxing career in November 2005, took time out of his busy training schedule to marry fiance Bliss Price in a church ceremony held in Congleton yesterday. Doherty, with a record…
**With Massive Photo Gallery** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Fantastic atmosphere for Frank Maloney promoted bouts and topping the bill was David Haye versus Giacobbe Fragomeni for the European cruiserweight eliminator (WBC Final Eliminator) at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, London. Round 1 Immediately Fragomeni seizes the centre ring and…
Click for larger image © Natasha Chornesky / Saddo Boxing Both Eric Morales and Manny Pacquiao weighed in at 129 pounds for their highly anticipated rubber match, scheduled for Saturday night at the Thomas & Mack Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. Morales quickly put to rest any lingering questions regarding his ability to make the…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Irrepressible Australian middleweight Sam “King” Soliman continued his winning ways as he turned back Enrique Ornelas last night at the Soboba Casino in San Jacinto, CA via majority decision 95-94 (twice) and 95-95 on a Goosen-Tutor promotion aired by Showtime. In a closely contested struggled,…
Last night on a Maloney Promotion at York Hall in London, European Champion David Haye pulled out a hard fought win against old amateur nemesis, Italy’s Giacobbe Fragomeni, posting a ninth round stoppage but only after coming through numerous difficulties. Fragomeni spent the first half of the contest walking Haye down, using his much smaller…
One of boxing’s longest reigning champions has done it again as Pongsaklek Wonjongkam, 63-2 (31), defended his WBC Flyweight title last night in Korat, Thailand by outpointing challenger Monelisi Myekeni, 21-3 (8), over twelve rounds. Myekeni, handled by top South African trainer Nic Durandt, came into the contest as the WBC International beltholder and a…
On the heels of the Dr. Theodore Atlas Dinner on Thursday night, boxing trainer and ESPN fight analyst Teddy Atlas continues the huge humanitarian efforts in memory of his father on Saturday morning, November 18, when the Atlas Foundation distributes 14,000 pounds of food – turkeys with all the trimmings – to Staten Island’s less…
This Saturday night, the Thomas and Mack Centre in Las Vegas hosts the third showdown between warriors Manny Pacquiao and Erik Morales at super featherweight. The big unknown coming into this fight is how much does Morales actually have left? During his last contest against Pacquiao this past January, “El Terrible” boxed well enough before…