IBF # 1 Middleweight Sam Soliman relaxed in his hotel room in LA, had this to say about his upcoming fight on the weekend against Winky Wright. “Everything has gone Wright for me in preparation for this bout. Plenty of lead up time – quality sparring – time to acclimatise and importantly plenty of time…
Due to an injury to his left hand, junior welterweight contender Juan Urango has been forced to withdraw from his bout on the December 15th “Global Warfare’ card at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida. The injury, suffered during training, will sideline the unbeaten knockout artist for the rest of 2005, and…
Sölden, Austria – On Tuesday, Dec. 13, two European top heavyweights will go to war at a peaceful location. At the idyllic holiday resort Soelden in the middle of the beautiful Austrian Alps hard hitting Spotlight heavyweight sensation Vladimir Virchis takes on Michael Sprott, a former British champion and owner of two European belts.
Lots of great action took place across the globe this weekend and we’ll start in South Africa where at the Orient Theater in the coastal city of East London, Simpiwie Vetyeka retained his domestic bantamweight title for the fourth time with an eighth round stoppage against Wendy Makhenzi. In Huatabampo, Mexico Esteban Camou bounced back…
It was a busy weekend in the US and there were a good number of fights that took place so let’s get cracking. On a Goosen – Tutor card from the Taichi Palace and Hotel in Lemoore, California, undefeated featherweight Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero lost his NABF title and perfect record via split decision to…
Soulemayne M’Baye, the number one challenger to WBA World Light-Welterweight Champion Ricky Hatton, has ripped into the Hitman accusing him of being a chicken by using politics to avoid a showdown against him. Hatton, also the IBF Champion, won the WBA crown last month by beating Carlos Maussa but is likely vacate the title to…
Magdeburg – Sergej Dzindziruk dethroned reigning WBO jr. middleweight champion Daniel Santos tonight at Bördelandhalle of Magdeburg, Germany with a unanimous decision. In a highly exciting and competitive contest fought between two southpaws on a very high pace Dzindziruk knocked down Santos in round 8 with a right hook to the chin and won by…
Old master Bernard Hopkins’ second try to defeat young gun and now middleweight kingpin Jermain Taylor ended much the same as the first, a close decision loss for “The Executioner”. While the jury is still out on whether or not Hopkins will retire or keep trying to win his former belts back but Taylor should…
Last night on an HBO PPV broadcast from the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Jermain Taylor proved that his first victory over modern day great Bernard Hopkins was no fluke as he retained the WBC, WBA and WBO Middleweight titles. Hopkins, the Philadelphia legend, chose a similar strategy to that pursued during the first meeting…
By Kevin Taylor Despite now being number one in the Boxing Monthly British ratings, Jon Thaxton’s team seem to be having trouble matching the current WBF champion. He has only eight rounds of boxing under his belt in 2005, when he won and retained the WBF title kayoing both Christophe De Busillet and Vasile Dragomir…
***Boxing Photos by Jane Warburton*** Click for larger image© Jane WarburtonSaddoBoxing.com the Nottingham Ice Arena, local favourite Carl “The Cobra” Froch, defended for the forth time his Commonwealth Super Middleweight crown, against South African Ruben Groenewald, a seasoned championship operator with a renewed vigor for the sport. In a fight where the hometown boxer had…
Last night at the Tachi Indian Casino, Robert Guerrero and Gamaliel Diaz were in an intense battle that was decided by one point in a very close split decision. “The Ghost†(16-1-1) tasted defeat for the first time in his young career, but vows to be back in early 2006. “There is no doubt in…