Former WBC and IBF Welterweight kingpin Vernon Forrest sent a late power surge through opponent Elco Garcia in the tenth and final round of their bout this evening at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, California, electrifying the audience at the Goosen – Tutor promoted event. Forrest shocked his less experienced adversary with a…
Welterweight hopefuls Joshua Clottey and Chris “The Mechanic” Smith took care of business tonight in the latest chapter of DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series. The bouts headlined the Manhattan based promoter’s fight card from the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York, much to the delight of those in attendance. Ghana native Clottey’s aggressive, come…
Ex-world title challenger Eric Harding schooled Daniel Judah tonight in Uncasville, Connecticut to take the vacant NABF Light Heavyweight title via unanimous decision. The rusty Judah, older brother of unified world welterweight champion Zab Judah, had not been in the ring for the past year and was unable to solve the evasive style of the…
Welterweight contender Christopher “The Mechanic” Smith steps into the squared circle tonight for the third time this year. The New Yorker faces the well experienced Tomas Barrientes of Mercedes, Texas for the interim NABA belt in the main co-feature from the Turning Stone Casino in Verona, New York. DiBella Entertainment promotes the evening’s entertainment as…
Irish middleweight champion Matt Macklin makes his Philadelphia debut when he takes on Anthony Little in a scheduled eight-round contest Friday evening, Oct. 28, at the New Alhambra, Swanson & Ritner Streets next to Forman Mills, in South Philadelphia.
Heavyweight contender DaVarryl Williamson underwent successful surgery on October 17, 2005 on his right elbow. Surgeons at the world famous Steadman-Hawkins Clinic spent two hours removing a mass of scar tissue, 15 “foreign bodiesâ€, two bone spurs and fluid from the joint.
WE’RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE FIGHTERS READY TO “RUMBLE AT THE ROCK†FRIDAY NIGHT The stage has been set. The fighters are in town, they’re primed for battle, and the show WILL go on at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, Florida on Friday, October 21st. And in spite of Hurricane Wilma, these Warriors…
***Tons of Photos and Full Video of the Conference*** Click for larger image© Simon Shaw Saddoboxing.com Sports Network hosted a press conference today to announce the London debut of Olympic hero turned professional sensation Amir Khan, set for December 10th on the undercard of the promoter’s highly anticipated heavyweight showdown between ex-British Champion Danny Williams…
British, Commonwealth and European Light Welterweight champion Junior “The Hitter†Witter is on the brink of a WBC title challenge to Superstar Floyd Mayweather Jr.. Next up is IBO Champion Colin Lynes which appears to be a routine affair. SaddoBoxing.com was fortunate enough to speak with The Bradford Stylist. His next fight is not to…
Junior Witter – who looked in fantastic shape as he made the weight at the first time of asking this afternoon for his triple title defence against Colin Lynes at the York Hall in Bethnal Green tomorrow night, (October 21st) – intends to win a genuine world title within his next three fights. “This is…
Highly acclaimed amateur John O’Donnell – who has recently moved up to welterweight – will fight at the home of British Boxing for the first time as a professional this Friday, (October 21st). The 19-year-old junior Olympic gold medallist appears in a six rounder on the undercard of Junior’s Witter triple title defence against Colin…
THE TRILOGY CONCLUDES ON DECEMBER 3 LARIOS AND VAZQUEZ TO UNIFY THE SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT CROWN AND SETTLE THE SCORE ON TAYLOR-HOPKINS II UNDERCARD After two fights and two knockouts, Oscar Larios and Israel Vazquez, the two premier super bantamweights in the world, still stand at a stalemate, with neither fighter able to fully claim superiority…