For months after the fact, boxing fans and the worldwide media had only one topic on their minds – the July 16 middleweight championship bout between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins. Who won? Who lost? Who deserved to win? Who deserved to lose? But whether you sided with the new champion – Taylor – believing…
Billy Corcoran will challenge English super featherweight champion Roy Rutherford in a potential barnstormer on the undercard of Junior Witter’s defence of his British, Commonwealth and European light welterweight titles against Colin Lynes at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on October 21st. It will be the 24-year-old’s first foray into Championship class following a…
Golden Boy Promotions, home to the largest collection of established talent and rising stars in the boxing world today, is pleased to announce the signing of welterweight standout Larry Mosley to a promotional deal. “I’ve watched Larry Mosley from his amateur days, and I’ve always been impressed by not only his skill level, but his…
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will replay tonight’s lightweight slugfest between WBC/WBO lightweight champion Diego Corrales and former WBC champion Jose Luis Castillo on Saturday, Oct. 15, at 9 p.m. ET/PT. The two fighters picked up Saturday where they left off on May 7 in Las Vegas. Corrales, who staged a historic rally to knock out Castillo…
A press conference to announce the hotly anticipated rematch between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins was held yesterday at the Copacabana in New York and SaddoBoxings was there. Read on for a full report and exclusive photo gallery. Click for larger image © Ben Mestman At approximately 10:30 am, Jermain Taylor and his team begin…
Photos by Mark DeSisto and Edwin Gonzalez With Honor and Humility it’s Fight Night Live in Las Vegas! At last the date of October 8th finally arrived on our “boxing calendar.” My fight fans from all over the globe know what I am talking about. The rematch of arguably the greatest fight of all time…
Proud Lisa in the Rumble at the Reef As a three-year-old casino, the Silver Reef prides itself on customer service. Near the U.S. and Canadian border, this Washington State gaming institution provides a lap of luxury in the boxing arena. Plush chairs and wallpaper take you back to the remembrances of the 1930’s. VIPs arrive…
After two fights full of crushing left hooks, stinging right crosses and conscious jarring uppercuts brought to viewers across the world on Showtime, both Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales find themselves at a crossroads. What’s next for these two leather merchants? Are the linked by fate to a third bout, much like their precursors…
Undefeated Gary Woolcombe Leads the Way With British Masters Title Winning Effort This weekend was very eventful in the UK and we’ll break down all the action that took place. We start off this past Thursday at the Marriott Hotel in Seaburn on the North East Coast where there were three two minute round contests…
All Eyes are on the Man to Beat at Light Heavyweight After Antonio Tarver’s convincing win last week over Roy Jones Jr. at Tampa, Florida’s St. Pete Times Arena, is it safe to say he’s the man to beat at light heavyweight? Well, of course, since he not only beat Jones in their first fight,…
***With tons of Boxing Action Photos*** Fight fans at the Aladdin Resort in Las Vegas last night won’t soon forget the brawl that took place between middleweights Kelly Pavlik and Fulgencio Zuniga. Twenty-three year old middleweight prospect Pavlik, of Youngstown, Ohio, was given the sternest test in his young boxing career, and passed with flying…
***With Tons of Boxing Action Photos*** Click for larger image© Peter Terry The Blue Horizon is billed as the number 1 boxing venue in the world and tonight’s action went some way to validating that statement. Promoter Vernoca L. Michael put on a show of blood, sweat and tears at the historical Blue Horizon in…