SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING TO PRESENT IBF/IBO SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP, IBF BANTAMWEIGHT TITLE IBF Super Middleweight Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy vs. IBF No. 5 Contender Scott “The Sandman†Pemberton IBF Bantamweight Champion Rafael Marquez vs. IBO Bantamweight Champion/IBF No. 1 Contender Silence “African Spice†Mabuza
SHOWTIME NETWORKS and DIRECTV TEAM UP TO DELIVER AN EXCLUSIVE “FIRST†FOR FIGHT FANS Interactive TV (ITV) Boxing Portal Initiated for Corrales vs. Castillo Rematch NEW YORK (Sept. 27, 2005) – Showtime Networks Inc. and DIRECTV have teamed up to deliver the first-ever Interactive TV (ITV) Boxing portal. Showtime, America’s No. 1 Boxing Network, will…
Continuing to demonstrate his good works outside the ring, undefeated NABF featherweight champion Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero (16-0-1 9KOs) will be a guest speaker Sept, 30 2005 at Cesar Chavez elementary in San Jose’s Eastside school district.
Click for larger image© Curtis McCormick A monumentally important heavyweight bout took place Saturday night at Atlantic City’s historic Boardwalk Hall between former WBO Champion Wladimir Klitschko and undefeated rising contender Samuel Peter and SaddoBoxing was there to bring this report and massive photo gallery. Samuel Peter came into the ring first to the reggae…
James Toney takes a playful swipe at the heavy bag after arriving in Reno Monday for his important IBA heavyweight title defense against Dominick Guinn Saturday on SHOWTIME. In the co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9:15 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast), IBF heavyweight champion Chris Byrd defends against DaVarryl Williamson. Click for larger…
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…