Reports indicating that former undisputed light welterweight champion Kostya Tszyu might return to the ring to fight conqueror Ricky Hatton might be a tad premature. Tszyu is quoted as saying that “if” he returns to the ring, a Hatton fight would be his first course of action. However, due to Tszyu’s current age of thirty-five,…
Promoter Don King announced today his longtime friend “Big†George Foreman has accepted his invitation to be an analyst for his pay-per-view boxing telecast of Global Glory at the United Center on Aug. 13. The main event, for the interim World Boxing Council heavyweight championship, pits former unified heavyweight world champion and No. 1-ranked WBC…
On August 6, 2005, live from the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa Bay, Florida, former United States Olympian, and current IBF super middleweight titlist Jeff “Left Hook†Lacy will defend his crown, which he won on October 2, 2004, via an impressive eighth round TKO over solid veteran contender Syd “The Jewel†Vanderpool. The…
World champion boxer Floyd Mayweather Jr. was acquitted Friday of hitting and kicking his former girlfriend during a 2003 argument outside a Las Vegas nightclub. Mayweather showed no reaction as the verdict was read in Clark County District Court. “I was nervous, extremely nervous, because my life was on the line,” Mayweather told reporters outside…
WBO heavyweight champion of the world Lamon Brewster will take his show on the road after knocking out Poland’s Andrew Golota in a single round earlier this year. Brewster, sporting a record of thirty-two wins against two losses will look to demonstrate his explosive left-hook power against European standout Luan Krasniqi. Krasniqi, represented by German…
Ring legend and former multi-weight world champion Tommy “Hitman” Hearns returned to action at the grand old age of forty-six last night. In his native Detroit, Hearns hardly turned back the years but managed to turn back the attendance of his fans as he took on unknown cruiserweight John Long. Long could not come out…
SaddoBoxing readers I assure you that you will be extremely glad that you checked in with your favorite boxing site today. It is our honor and our pleasure to bring you two of the modern age’s boxing greats. Today’s “TKO Boxing Show” features none other than the Aztec warrior himself, “Ferocious” Fernando Vargas. Our second…
Last night, from La Paz, Mexico and in front of thousands of his countrymen, Jorge “Travieso” Arce (now 40-3-1, with 30 KOs) captured the interim WBC flyweight title via a three-round destruction of tough and rugged Angel Priolo (now 30-2-0, with 20 KOs). Arce’s all out action style and heavy-hands overwhelmed Priolo, prompting the referee…
Translated from Spanish to English by Sergio Martinez. “There will be no easy fights or inferior opponents for me. I will fight the best available lightweights when I move up. The public can be assured that they will always be entertained and that I will always give them great fights.‖Erik “El Terrible†Morales intends to…
Tomas Villa of Midland, Texas brought a modest won-lost record into his match-up with undefeated hot prospect David Martinez but left the ring at the Iseleta Casino in Albuquerque, New Mexico wearing the black and gold NABA super bantamweight title belt. In the end it was the twenty-two-year-old’s iron will that brought Martinez down as…
The roundcard girls won’ be the only knockouts in the ring at the St. Pete Times Forum in Tampa, FL on August 6! Promoter Gary Shaw announced today a quintet of undefeated contenders who will be highlighting the nine-bout undercard of the Jeff Lacy-Robin Reid IBF/IBO super middleweight championship. SHOWTIME will televise the main event…
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch will have an enforced two-month break from gym duties having gone under the knife to repair a damaged knuckle on his right hand earlier this week. The Nottingham boxing hero suffered the injury – a ruptured extensor hood – in April this year against Henry Porras in…