Former light middle contender Marco Antonio Rubio continues his comeback tomorrow night as the hammer fisted man from Gomez Palacio, Mexico makes a hometown appearance against hard luck journeyman Leon Pearson. After riding a wave of success that included one round anihilations of two good fighters, Fitz Vanderpool and Jeffery Hill, the fall from grace…
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING NATIONAL CONFERENCE CALL TRANSCRIPT WBO JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION DANIEL SANTOS, WBC NO. 7 HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER OWEN BECK, IBF NO. 8 HEAVYWEIGHT CONTENDER SERGEI LIAKHOVICH THURSDAY, AUG. 16, 2005 One of the most talented 154-pounders in the world, Daniel Santos (29-2-1, 20 KOs) is scheduled to defend his WBO junior middleweight title in…
Robert Wiggins goes into his contest this Thursday with unbeaten British heavyweight hopeful Audley Harrison a decided underdog. The big Briton has sterling amateur credentials and comes bearing a perfect record in the professional ranks since taking off the headgear in 2001. Harrison has the reach, the skills and the height going for him. On…
Hot Australian prospect Michael “Rocky’ Katsidis takes on Filipino Ranee Ganoy on Friday night for the WBO Asia Pacific Light Welterweight crown at the Convention and Exhibition Centre in Brisbane. Katsidis has been hailed by some observers as Australias best home grown prospect since Jeff Fenech. A high volume puncher and Olympian in Sydney 2000,…
New York Commission suspends Holyfield! The once great heavyweight and cruiserweight world champion Evander Holyfield has had his medical suspension lifted by the New York State Athletic Commission, one which kept him from fighting around the United States, but the same organization has also suspended his license for the State of New York on grounds…
The Hatton’s and Minter’s, the most famous family names in British boxing, will fight it out in the name of honour and charity on September 23 at the Hilton Hotel Park Lane. Matthew Hatton, the younger brother of Ricky the IBF World Light-Welterweight Champion, and Ross Minter, son of all-time British great Alan the former…
Bradford’s Junior Witter moved a step closer to an authentic world title challenge last week when the WBC installed him as the number one contender to their current champion and pound for pound king “Pretty Boy’ Floyd Mayweather. The decision to elevate the British, Commonwealth and European title-holder follows the exclusion of Gianluca Branco –…
Hey, fight fans! Here is yet another addition of the “TKO Boxing Show†found only on Saddoboxing.com. Our tradition of bring you the best fighters in the sport today continues as our special guests for this week’s show are Ricardo “Rocky†Juarez, literally days away from his interim world title fight, and 140-pound prospect Paulie…
The press conference almost led to a fight before the fight, but even though cooler heads prevailed when Shannon Briggs and Ray Mercer squared off in New York City last Monday, this week the temperature will start to approach the boiling point as participants on the August 26 Heavyweight Heat show – which will be…
With Danny Green having signed to fight Scott Pemberton in a bid to secure a third meeting with Markus Beyer, and a November superfight between Joe Calzaghe and Jeff Lacy supposedly a done deal, Anthony Mundine is starting to resemble a little boy that nobody wants to play with. Blessed with phenomenal athletic gifts, speed…
With all the hype surrounding Olympic Silver Medallist Amir Khan another hot young prospect is ready to punch his way back into the spotlight. Super-featherweight star Kevin Mitchell is back! The power-punching youngster from Dagenham injured his left hand in April this year against Karim Chakhim that forced him to stay out of action. The…
Rahman Defeats Barrett, Mayorga Takes WBC Crown, Garcia and Collazo Keep Titles Hasim Rahman had promised to deliver a knockout performance on Showtime’s PPV card from the United Center in Chicago on Saturday night, and send a message to WBC Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko that “The Rock” was coming for the fabled green belt. What…