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….
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,…