Former WBO Jr. Welterweight champion DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley, 31-4-1 (17), is in training for another world title challenge on September 15, 2006. DeMarcus was kind enough to take time out of his busy schedule to grant SaddoBoxing this exclusive interview. He talks about why he is now working with former opponent, Floyd Mayweather Jr’s…
In a fight of high enough stature to be for a version of the World Heavyweight Championship, veteran James Toney takes a risk this weekend when he fights Nigerian powerhouse Samuel Peter in Los Angeles tonight. Peter, from Akwaibom, Nigeria, has only 1 defeat in 27 bouts with 22 knockouts. At only 25, he is…
Emanuel Augustus Gets Even Against Courtney Burton On Undercard Super middle hotshot Allan Green got a good test tonight in the form of veteran southpaw Emmett Linton, who pushed the hometown hero hard over the course of their ten round bout at the Osage Million Dollar Elm Casino in Tulsa, Oklahoma on a Garrett Promotion….
Dynamic Duo Will Be Ringside For Toney vs. Peter Don King, Wilfried Sauerland and Nikolai “Giant Russian” Valuev will be at the Biltmore Hotel in Los Angeles on Saturday to host a press conference prior to attending the heavyweight showdown between James “Lights Out” Toney and Samuel “Nigerian Nightmare” Peter at the Staples Center.
ESPN2 fan favorite and Butler, Pennsylvania heavyweight, Brian “The Beast” Minto (26-1 15KO’s), is looking for a high profile match in either November or December. Minto, who has compiled an impressive record in just 3+ years wants to land a fight with either either notable heavyweights Evander Holyfield or German Luan Krasniqi, or a crusierweight…
Click for larger image © Mike Cleary / Boxingphotographs.com Fight Academy’s IBF Light-Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods had to strip naked to make weight today ahead of his defence against Glen Johnson. Official Weights… Clinton Woods = 12st 7lb – Glen Johnson = 12st 4lb Souleymane M’baye = 9st 13.5lb – Raul Balbi = 10st Amir…
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Don King introduced his self proclaimed 8th Wonder of the World, Nikolai “Giant Russian†Valuev to New York City on Tuesday on the first of a four city press tour covering Chicago, Los Angeles and Las Vegas. The tour is promoting the WBA Heavyweight Champion…
Big Champions Supporting Little Champions From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: The WBC is proud to announce the launching of this program in support of all those little champions around the world that serve as an example of courage and desire. This program will consist of a world campaign in which boxing personalities, especially world champions,…
“You would think that as a former world champion, the man would have a bit more class,†said Brendan Ingle yesterday. The Wincobank legend – recently voted by Ring Magazine as one of the top ten trainers in the world – was responding to comments made about his charge Junior Witter by Roger Mayweather in…
In another fabulous main event on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), three-time world champion James “Lights Out†Toney faces Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter in a WBC heavyweight elimination bout on Saturday, Sept. 2. So who is going to triumph? The experts, by a margin of 2-1, say Toney…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing James “Lights Out” Toney weighed 233 pounds, and Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare” Peter tipped scales at 257 at Thursday’s weigh-in at STAPLES Center. Afterward, the boxers exchanged words and had to be separated. Toney and Peter collide in Saturday’s main event at STAPLES on SHOWTIME…
IBF light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods’s promoter Dennis Hobson has agreed to offer a $50,000 side bet to Saturday’s Bolton Arena challenger Glen Johnson. “I’ll put my money where my mouth is,†said Hobson. “If Johnson wants a side-bet I’m game. I bet $50,000 that Clinton will beat him Saturday night.†At Thursday’s final press…