Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing This past Saturday at the Aladdin Resort and Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada, Antonio Margarito continued to back up his claim that he is ready for anyone (read: Floyd Mayweather) in boxing’s welterweight division. Many knowledgeable boxing observers figured a well prepared Manuel “Shotgun†Gomez…
2006 will be the last year for one of these fighters! 2005 brought a changing of the guard in boxing as longtime champions and top pound for pound kings either fell hard or had time finally catch up with them and 2006 so far has brought more of the same. 2005 cemented the end of…
Joe Calzaghe, Distinguished Professor and Chair of the Department of Boxing at Champion University, invites all to attend his upcoming fistic lecture on the noble art of self-defense to be held at the Manchester Evening News Arena on Saturday, March 4th. Professor Calzaghe will be joined by second year student Jeff Lacy, upon whom the…
Brian Magee is quietly confident after watching Carl Froch’s lacklustre performance in retaining his Commonwealth title against Australian Dale Westerman at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday night. Magee who was ringside on Friday as a guest of Sky TV allowed himself a few smiles and feels his style and determination will be…
Rex Walker and the North American Boxing Federation are excited about the NABF Women’s Division. The NABF wants to fill their Championship Titles with the best women boxers around. They intend to support their current and future title holders completely; as well as reach out to new and upcoming women athletes. The NABF will reaffirm…
**With Massive Boxing Gallery** Click for larger image © Stefan Christou / Saddo Boxing Making a rare London appearance, British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight champion Carl “The Cobra†Froch overcame a ponderous start to grind down Australian journeyman Dale Westerman in nine tougher than expected rounds at the prestigious York Hall arena in Bethnal Green….
Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez started his professional boxing life eighteen years ago as a super featherweight and struggled through eight losses before meeting Shane Mosley for the IBF Lightweight crown in 1997, getting stopped in the eleventh by a prime “Sugar” Shane. Since then Gomez had lost only one of fourteen contests but on a diet…
“Amazing” Alex Arthur walked into Meadowbank Stadium in his hometown of Edinburgh, Scotland as the reigning British, Commonwealth and European Super Featherweight Champion but needed every bit of his overflowing confidence and experience to walk out the same after the stern challenge of previously unbeaten prospect Ricky Burns. Arthur threw subtlety to the wind as…
Humberto “La Zorrita” Soto dazzled the 6,000 fans in attendance at Estadio Emilio Ibarra in Los Mochis, Mexico, on Friday by berating Colombian southpaw Oscar “El Artista” Leon with a calculated two fisted shelling to defend his WBC Interim Featherweight title. It was a difficult night for the man from Cartagena as he simply could…
Super feather Kevin Kelly, “The Flushing Flash”, rolled back the years Friday night on a shared Top Rank/8 Count promotion bill from Cicero Stadium near Chicago by knocking out seasoned veteran Juan Carlos “Ranchero” Ramirez in the second round. Kelly, 58-6-2 (39), a highly respected former WBC and WBU Featherweight Champion, wasted no time in…
WBO Welterweight Champion Antonio Margarito puts his crown up for grabs tonight at the Aladdin Casino in Las Vegas, facing seasoned Mexican slugger Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez on Top Rank Promotions’ exciting three title fight card. The undercard features such lighterweight luminaries as WBC Light Fly kingpin Brian “The Hawaiian Punch” Viloria, hoping to retain against…
Tonight on a Sports Network card at the Meadowbank Stadium in Edinburgh, Scotland, flashy British, Commonwealth and European Super Featherweight Champion Alex Arthur risks all against the highly accurate boxer and fellow Scotsman Ricky Burns. The heavy handed, charismatic Arthur is calling this his British swan song as he has big post-fight world class plans…