Tonight in Bayamon, Puerto Rico, WBO light welterweight champion Miguel Cotto remained unbeaten by scoring a fifth round stoppage of former champion DeMarcus Corley. It was a very good action fight with both fighters having great success. The ending was somewhat controversial due to what was perceived as the local …
Read More »SaddoBoxing.com Writers Predict Cotto-Corley.
Big things are happening in the light welterweight division. In 2005, we will certainly see Kostya Tszyu fight Ricky Hatton in one of England’s richest and most significant fights. Meanwhile, stateside we now know that Arturo Gatti will meet Floyd Mayweather Jr. in a real super-fight. Preceding all of this …
Read More »Tiozzo Blasts Michalczewski.
Tonight at the Color Line Arena in Germany, WBA light heavyweight champion from France Fabrice Tiozzo thwarted the comeback of Germany’s Dariusz Michalczewski. Tiozzo unleashed a vicious volley of punches to send Michalczewski down and out in the sixth round of a scheduled twelve for Tiozzo’s WBA title. Michalczewski, once …
Read More »Soto Beats Reyes.
Omar Soto of Mexico took a 12-round unanimous decision over former world champion Daniel Reyes of Colombia in their IBF mini-flyweight title elimination bout Friday. The win puts Soto in a title bout later this year against IBF champion Muhammad Rachman of Indonesia. The 25-year-old Soto (15-2-1 with 10 knockouts) …
Read More »Results From Lowell.
George Khalid Jones (21-2-1, 13 KOs), Paterson, NJ W12UDEC (117-111, 116-114, 115-113) (Jones retains NABA light heavyweight championship). SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHTS – Rob Kucher (1-0), New York, NY WUDEC4 (40-36, 40-36, 40-36) Jose Sabino (1-1), Catlettsburg, KY. SUPER WELTERWEIGHTS – Favio Medina (6-1-1, 3 KOs), Tilton, NH WSDEC4 (38-36, 38-36, 37-38) …
Read More »Round by Round: Terry Smith-Fernely Feliz.
The main event of the Friday Night Fights card in Oklahoma tonight culminated in the heavyweight clash between Terry Smith and Fernely Feliz. The following is a thorough account of all the round by round action as it happened in this intriguing heavyweight showdown. Round one: Smith looks in better …
Read More »Round by Round: Carlos Quintana-Nurhan Suleyman.
The prelude to the main event of the Friday Night Fights card in Oklahoma featured undefeated welterweight Carlos Quintana in against Nurhan Suleyman. Quintana was touted as a good prospect before a contractual dispute with former promoter Don King had him sidelined for a considerable stretch of his career. Read …
Read More »Round by Round: Allan Green-Sebastian Hill.
Before the main event of the Friday Night Fight card held at the Buffalo Run Casino in Oklahoma tonight, we have a couple of fights to report on. Firstly, a light heavyweight bout took place between undefeated contender Allan Green and veteran Sebastian Hill. Green took the win with a …
Read More »Skelton Stops Moli.
British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion Matt Skelton lit up the Wembley Conference Centre in London, England tonight by stopping Argentinean challenger Fabio Moli in six rounds. Skelton, who has only sixteen professional fights to his credit since joining boxing from the mixed martial arts world, now owns the WBU heavyweight …
Read More »How “Super” Can Zab Judah Be?
Once again, Zab Judah has managed to get his name to pop up in all conversations regarding boxing. The only difference is, this time it is for the right reason. With his back against the wall, and in a must win-situation, he delivered in the clutch. In what was a …
Read More »Lear Out for Another Six Weeks!
Trainer Johnny Eames told SaddoBoxing in an exclusive that British super featherweight Kevin Lear had to pull out of his scheduled contest tonight in London with Paul Halpin due to breaking a hand in training. Eames expects Lear to be sidelined for six weeks as the injury heals. This comes …
Read More »Woods-Hoye Internet Broadcast.
After three brave challenges for a world title, Clinton Woods hopes fourth time will be the charm when he takes on feared Detroit puncher Rico Hoye for the vacant IBF light-heavyweight title at the Magna Arena, Rotherham, in a bout fittingly called “Destiny,” the exciting encounter will be broadcast delayed …
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