The hottest young heavyweight in the world, Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter, and one of the craftiest pugilists in history, James “Lights Out†Toney, will meet in a World Boxing Council-ordered re-match on Saturday, Jan. 6, in the Hard Rock Live at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Fla. The main event…
Click for larger image © Teddy Blackburn WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor pictured along with his trainer Emanuel Steward. The pair prepare for Taylor’s title defense against Kassim Ouma, set for Saturday, December 9 at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas.
One day before Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito co-headline a terrific world championship doubleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, a spectacular 2006 season of late night Friday fistic festivities will end on Dec. 1 when unbeatens Mario Santiago and Timothy Bradley co-headline the final presentation of the year on “Shobox: The New Generation.’’ Santiago (16-0, 11…
The huge “Gloria Dominicana” boxing event which will be held on December 18 at the Sports Palace is loaded with Dominican boxing talent besides main event star and national hero Joan Guzman. The undefeated WBO super featherweight champion is just one of seven Dominican boxers who will be fighting out of the red corner on…
Francisco Lorenzo will face Cristobal Cruz in the co-main event at Cicero Stadium this Friday night, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions. The super featherweight bout is part of December Frenzy, a nine bout evening of world class professional boxing presented by 8 Count Productions and Bob Arum’s Top…
IWBF lightweight and featherweight champion Missy “The Fury” Fiorentino takes on six-time world title challenger Belinda “Brown Sugar” Laracuente in a six-round, non-title super featherweight bout on Friday night’s (December 1) “Jingle Bell Pop” pro-am show at the Rhode Island Convention Center in downtown Providence.
When I was a kid, the person in my life that I most looked up to, besides my father, was a boxer. My father was the greatest person walking the face of the earth in my eyes, something he remained to be until the day he died, but I am talking outside of him. My…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing In 2006, SHOWTIME continued to live up to its billing as America’s No. 1 Boxing Network by televising the most compelling championship fights on the first Saturday of every month. The memorable 20th anniversary year of SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will conclude in sensational style on…
Last month Ring Magazine’s Light Welterweight Champion, Ricky Hatton, came a hair’s breath from signing to face WBC Light Middleweight Champion Oscar De La Hoya at 147 lbs before the “Golden Boy” chose to pull the trigger on the much anticipated showdown with Floyd Mayweather instead. This was confirmed to SaddoBoxing by Hatton’s manager, his…
The Young Pup vs. The Old Dog After fighting each other in a controversial contest at the Staples Center in Los Angeles this past September, Samuel Peter and James Toney are set to do it again, this time at the American Airlines Arena in Miami on January 6, 2007. This is a difficult fight to…
Undefeated WBO junior welterweight champion Joan Guzman, who heads a spectacular, pre-Christmas boxing show in his native Dominican Republic on December 18, isn’t getting a holiday cream puff as an opponent. Instead of taking on a lightly-regarded challenger in the “Fight Before Christmas” card in Santo Domingo, Guzman and his manager, Jose Nunez, have elected…
Demetrius Hopkins Takes Number One IBF Light Welter Spot On Undercard Juan Manuel Marquez continued his relentless march towards forcing a fight with troubled WBO Featherweight Champion Scott Harrison with a devastating ninth round KO of Filipino boxer Jimrex Jaca last night at Dodge Arena in Hildalgo, Texas on a Golden Boy promotion. Former WBA/IBF…