Diego “Chico” Corrales and Jose Luis Castillo’s Saturday night boxing match was complete with courage, captivation and commanded our attention with its pure excitement, round after round. Last week, when writing an article about this potential match-up, I indicated the chances of this fight being the inspiration for a second fight. After this clash of…
On the day of the Kentucky derby, it is only fitting that two top thoroughbreds in the lightweight division go head to head. The unification bout between Jose Luis Castillo and Diego Corrales was everything we expected and then some. Diego Corrales survived two knockdowns in the tenth to TKO Jose Luis Castillo in the…
I must apologize fight fans. I was so excited about the Corrales vs Castillo fight, that I forgot to include a piece on the co-featured main event of the televised portion of Showtime’s fight card. Juan Manuel Marquez put his IBF and WBA trinkets on the line against the tough and tricky Colombian southpaw Victor…
By Frank Maloney. In England a couple of weekends ago we had two fight cards which I believe will serve to demonstrate why the sport of boxing will never go away despite any rough spots we are currently experiencing. On that weekend in London, there were two British Southern Area title fights on separate shows….
NER Promotions and Nelaqui Boxing Promotions are co-promoting a pro show Friday night (May 13), headlined by a Universal Boxing Council-Iberamerican super flyweight title match featuring defending champion Ilidio Manuel Julio (33-5-1, 29 KOs), at Los Caracoles Stadium in Cartagena, Columbia. “We recently signed six Latin American fighters, including Ilidio Julio and another fighter on…
Corrales (40-2, 33 KOs), of Las Vegas by way of Sacramento, Calif., who entered the ring as the World Boxing Organization (WBO) 135-pound champion, came from the absolute brink of defeat to take Castillo’s World Boxing Council (WBC) crown with an 11th-round TKO. The referee stopped a sensational, brutal battle in which the two most…
WHAT A FIGHT! I was going to provide a round by round account but, there is really no point. Here is the way every round went. Castillo and Corrales stood in the center of the ring, traded heavy leather, and both hurt each other throughout the fight. There are about five different rounds that could…
Round one: The start of the round is slow as both fighters weigh up the obstacle in front of them. Calzaghe begins to out-jab the taller Veit. The action is subdued until a good exchange erupts at the two minute mark in which Veit lands a good right to Calzaghe’s face. Calzaghe responds with a…
It took a little longer than their first meeting, but the result remained exactly the same. Welsh WBO super middleweight champion of the world Joe Calzaghe took his power to Veit’s Germany, and the result out of the judges’ hands with a dominating display in which Veit finally succumbed to a sixth round technical knockout….
On June 3, WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison will defend his title against Manchester’s Michael Brodie in what will be the opening headliner in a bumper weekend of action, the following night of course being Ricky Hatton’s challenge to Kostya Tszyu. At a glance, it looks like a classic domestic match-up; the brute strength of…
You know it’s a great fight when fighter’s themselves can’t wait to see who wins. A couple of SaddoBoxing.com friends gave yours truly their thoughts on this weekend’s fight. Enjoy. Daniel Ponce De Leon (super bantamweight contender): “I like Jose Luis Castillo to win this fight. I think that it’s going to be a war…
What should have been an easy night for Manuel “Shotgun” Gomez, ended up being a majority draw against late replacement Jose Soto-Karrass. Gomez, looking out of shape, came into the bout extremely overconfident. After a brisk opening three rounds, Gomez looked like he was running out of gas. Soto-Karrass was very consistent with combinations and…