Undefeated light middleweight contender Joachim Alcine of Quebec, Canada returns to the ring this Saturday in Montreal as he goes up against Marco Antonio Avendano in a battle for the NABA light middleweight championship. Alcine has won his last six fights by stoppage, even getting rid of former world champion …
Read More »Judah Will Face Carlos Baldomir.
Undisputed world welterweight champion Zab Judah will be in the ring at the end of this month at the Savvis Center in St. Louis. On September 30, Judah will face Argentinian Carlos Baldomir in defense of the titles. Baldomir is thirty-four, with nine losses and tellingly, only twelve stoppages in …
Read More »Hatton in Unification with Maussa?
Reports out of England depict an IBF/WBA light welterweight showdown between Ricky Hatton and newly crowned WBA champion Carlos Maussa. The Colombian Maussa shocked the boxing world this past June as he knocked out Vivian Harris in eight rounds to become a surprise champion. Meanwhile, Ricky Hatton, who has been …
Read More »Andre Ward to Fight on Tarver-Jones III Card.
Olympic gold medallist Andre Ward continues his fledgling professional career next month as he makes yet another under-card appearance on a Roy Jones fight card. As part of Jones’ Square Ring Promotions company, Ward will get maximum exposure as a support feature to the light heavyweight showdown between Jones and …
Read More »Preview Analysis: Erik Morales-Zahir Raheem/Manny Pacquiao-Hector Velazquez.
I hate to use a line from a Hollywood blockbuster to introduce this thought, but at least it comes, fittingly enough, from a tale of warriors. In Troy, when Achilles mounts his horse, the young boy trailing in his footsteps details the mighty warrior that Achilles must set out to …
Read More »Julio Gonzalez on the \”TKO Boxing Show.\”
This week, we bring our dedicated fight fans on SaddoBoxing.com the world over a monster edition of the number one boxing talk show on the internet. We get the proceedings underway with a recap of Guillermo Jones’ destruction of Wayne Braithwaite last Saturday night, then we bring in our own …
Read More »King Presents Santos-Wyatt and Hill-Brudov.
Don King Productions in association with Savvis Center will present a world championship boxing card on Friday, Sept. 30 featuring Virgil “Quicksilver” Hill taking on undefeated and No. 1-ranked mandatory contender Valery Brudov for the vacant World Boxing Association cruiserweight championship and Daniel “El Pillin” Santos defending his World Boxing …
Read More »Gonzalez Ready for Woods.
He is perhaps the most exciting fighter in the light heavyweight division, he won the championship against the man Roy Jones Jr. wouldn’t fight, and he rebounded from losing his title to beat two of the top 175-pound contenders. Now Julio Gonzalez is a little over 2 days away from …
Read More »Guerrero Sparring with Pacquiao.
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero is in great shape and looks to be razor sharp for his title defense Sept 16th at The Palace in Lemoore Ca. “The Ghost” is gaining great experience, sparring with the explosive 3 time world champion Manny Pacquia0, 122 lb champion Isreal Vasquez, and former 2 …
Read More »Anderson-Okine to Make History.
For the first time in the History of Scottish boxing 3 judges and a referee will decide the outcome of a Commonwealth Title fight. The British Boxing Board of Control recently gave way to the age old tradition that a British or Commonwealth Title fight in the UK would be …
Read More »Erik “El Terrible” Morales: One of Boxing’s True Mythical Figures.
La Sona Norte in Tijuana is the toughest area in a poverty-stricken town known for its hard streets, and even harder residents. It is a place where hope for a better life is not readily accessible to the “common” man, but lawlessness, prostitution, alcoholism, and mind altering chemicals are. Not …
Read More »McCullough Becomes U.S. Citizen.
Wayne McCullough, originally from Belfast, Northern Ireland, became an American Citizen on Friday September 2, 2005. Wayne was sworn in along with 90 candidates at the Lloyd George Courthouse in Las Vegas. Wayne said, “Even though I was born in Belfast, I have spent the last 12½ years living in …
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