“Knezevic Scared Of Another Hiding!†says Manager “Old cougars hunt best,†smiled newly crowned Austrian superwelterweight champion Gotthard “The Cougar’ Hinteregger and the 39-year-old continues his comeback with an appearance at Vienna’s City Hall on October 28. Hinteregger’s fight will constitute the main attraction of an amateur meeting, but further professional fights could still be…
Where Will The Top 10 Be At This Time Next Year? I am going to go straight to the meat of the subject, so to speak. We all know how bad off the once most prestigious division in the sport has been as of late. Well, actually the last couple of years. So we don’t…
Bradford’s Junior Witter is on the verge of making history. On our next event on Friday 15th September at the historic Alexandra Palace, he attempts to become the first ever British super lightweight to win a WBC title, the most prestigious in the sport. This will be the first time the championship has been contested…
James Toney is one of the all time greats. For nearly two decades, this warrior has fought many of the best fighters of his generation from Middleweights to heavyweights. Against Sam Peter, one of the Heavyweight division heavy-handed sluggers, Toney escaped danger time and time again. In a close fight that saw him on the…
“Independence Brawl” Set For Aragon Ballroom in Chicago on 15 September Abner Mares, a 2004 Mexican Olympian, currently residing in Montebello, California, will battle in an eight round bout. Currently his record stands at a perfect 8-0 with five knockouts. His most recent win was a unanimous decision over Omar Adorno on February 24th at…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Exciting Bouts Will Be Replayed First Time on SHO Extreme Monday, Sept. 4, At 11 PM ET/PT Samuel Peter proved to be James Toney’s worst nightmare Saturday on SHOWTIME. In a hard-fought heavyweight brawl that featured excellent exchanges and few clinches, Peter registered a hotly…
Click for larger image © Mike Cleary / BoxingPhotographs.com Tonight in Bolton, England IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods kept his belt in a stirring slugfest with former titlist Glen Johnson via a split decision victory. It was the pair’s third contest against each other and the Fight Academy promoted Woods, 40-3-1 (24), ceded the…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Guerrero Takes IBF Feather Belt From Aiken On Undercard James Toney’s improbable run at heavyweight finally ran out of steam tonight at the Staples Center in Los Angeles, CA as Samuel Peter successfully leveraged his strength and youth advantages to win a WBC Title Eliminator…
Click for larger image © Mike Cleary / BoxingPhotographs.com Frenchman Souleymane M’baye lead the way on the undercard of Woods – Johnson III in Bolton, England tonight with a WBA Light Welter title winning effort against ex-lightweight world champ Raul Balbi of Argentina. M’baye, 35-1 (20), peppered Balbi, 54-8-1 (37), through the contest, canvassing the…
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….