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…
In less than a week, Dibella Entertainment will put on the first of two action packed fight cards at the Hammerstein Ballroom, which will have the Manhattan Center and fans rocking well into the month of August. With the dynamic line-up of top fighters in over four different weight classes, SaddoBoxing had the privilege of…
With a world title unification showdown against World Boxing Organization (WBO) 168-pound titleholder Joe Calzaghe all but set for later this year, International Boxing Federation (IBF) Super Middleweight Champion Jeff Lacy will first have to defend his crown against former world champion and current International Boxing Organization (IBO) super middleweight kingpin, Robin Reid, on SHOWTIME…
Former two-weight Southern Area champion and European title challenger David Walker has dismissed the affections of the outspoken Deptford light middleweight Anthony Small. Small recently claimed on an Internet site that not only would he like to fight “Kid Dynamite,’ but that his team had actually attempted, unsuccessfully, to make the fight. “I have never…