BATTLE AT THE COLISEUM (BATALLA EN EL COLISEO) NEGRON-RODRIGUEZ AND RISING STAR JONATHAN OQUENDO HIGHLIGHT GOLDEN BOY PROMOTIONS’ MAIDEN VISIT TO PUERTO RICO ON OCTOBER 21; TELEFUTURA TO TELEVISE LOS ANGELES, September 26 – The island of Puerto Rico is rich in boxing history, with the names Trinidad, Gomez, Benitez, Ortiz, and Torres instantly recognizable…
MARQUEZ AILING, TITLE DEFENSE AGAINST MABUZA POSTPONED UNTIL NOVEMBER 5 ON SHOWTIME NEW YORK (Sept. 26, 2005) – The International Boxing Federation (IBF) bantamweight title fight between champion Rafael Marquez and IBF No. 1 contender Silence Mabuza, originally scheduled for Saturday, Oct. 1, was postponed Monday when promoter Gary Shaw informed Showtime that Marquez was…
Click for larger image© Curtis McCormick In defense of his WBO Light Welter title, Miguel Cotto engaged in a wall to wall action fight with Ricardo Torres as the main co-feature to the Klitschko – Peter bout in Atlantic City’s Boardwalk Hall and Saddoboxing was there to provide this round by round report complete with…
Full Round by Round Recap with Huge Photo Gallery In an important light welter contest last night on the Atlantic City Klitschko – Peter undercard, New Jersey man Kendall Holt pulled out a controversial unanimous decision against overachieving Ukrainian Vladimir Khodokovski. The bout starts off with the southpaw Khodokovski trying to find a way past…
Full Round by Round Recap of All the Undercard Action Plus Massive Photo Gallery Click for larger image© Curtis McCormick The evening began with unbeaten middleweight Alexander Sipos of Munich, Germany looking to get American experience by taking on journeyman Steve Walker of Hannibal, Missouri. Sipos, 158, studies Walker, who also weighed in at 158lbs,…
It was a night of heavy artillery as an accurate Wladimir Klitschko had to climb off the canvas multiple times to outbusy the “Nigerian Nightmare” Samuel Peter and take a unanimous decision. Peter clubbed the giant Ukrainian to the floor but was himself on very thin ice during a hard hitting twelfth and final round….
**Ringside Report with a Mega Photo Gallery** Guilty Boxing presented another Friday Night Fights to remember at The Orleans in Las Vegas, Nevada. Boxing has been said to be the theatre of the unexpected and last night was no exception as top ten ranked bantamweight Heriberto Ruiz was upset by crafty southpaw Samuel Lopez in…
Local Hero Jamie Moore retained his British title with a four round blast out of game challenger David Walker from London. Both fighters came out jabbing in the opener looking to find their range but it was Moore who began to have some success towards the end of the round, getting through with some clean…
The main event of this week’s Telefutura “Solo Boxeo†broadcast featured former IBF lightweight titlist Javier “Chatito†Jauregui taking on hard punching Filipino Randy Suico in a ten-round contest. Jauregui came out for the first few rounds and showed decent boxing skills as he punched in combinations while moving his upper body well. Suico started…
Felix Flores keeps the WBO Latino Welterweight title but had to climb off the canvas twice to do so on Telemundo’s broadcast from Kissimmee, Florida. Opponent Alejandro Juarez dropped Flores in the very first round but the former two time light welter world title challenger from Juana Diaz, Puerto Rico made a full recovery. In…
Tonight’s opening televised bout of Telefutura’s “Solo Boxeo†boxing series featured perennial contender Ben “Wonder†Tackie winning a hard fought ten-round majority decision over tough and rugged Norberto Bravo. The fight featured a lot of two-way action with both fighters having their moments. Tackie, true to form, seemed to get stronger as the fight went…
The IBF super middleweight title fight between undefeated defending champion Jeff Lacy (20-0, 16 KOs) and hard-hitting No. 7 contender Scott Pemberton (29-3-1, 24 KOs) on Saturday, Nov. 5 on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on west coast) will take place at Caesars Tahoe.