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The World Boxing Association has notified Team Ruiz that James “Lights Out” Toney (68-4-2, 43 KOs) is the mandatory contender for WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-5-1, 28 KOs). Realizing that Ruiz owed a mandatory defense, Team Ruiz had inquired about the WBA’s mandatory contender, and its official …

The WBO light flyweight championship clash between champion Nelson Dieppa and challenger Alex Sanchez ended in round eleven last night when Dieppa launched a huge right hand that decked Sanchez for the full count. The fight was held in Bayamon in Puerto Rico. In worrying scenes, Sanchez had to be …

Injin Chin, the powerful WBC featherweight champion from Korea maintained his status as one of the featherweight divisions top names with a unanimous decision win over Tommy Browne today in Seoul. Chi was too much for the Australian challenger over the distance and the win is Chi’s thirtieth against two …

In his second defense of the WBC light welterweight championship, Arturo Gatti delighted the crowd at Bally’s in Atlantic City by knocking out Jesse James Leija in the fifth round. Gatti used his skills to begin with but the Gatti of old returned before long and Leija found himself on …

IBF light middleweight champion of the world Kassim “The Dream” Ouma retained his title tonight in Atlantic City. Ouma was victorious in the all-African championship clash against Kofi Jantuah who suffered his second defeat. Jantuah started as he meant to go on by throwing his heavy artillery, but the champion …

Tonight in Bayamon in Puerto Rico, Eric “Little Hands of Steel” Morel defeated Juan Alfonso Keb Baas by wide margins over twelve rounds. Morel returned to Bayamon, the site of his defeat at the hands of Lorenzo Parra and the loss of his WBA flyweight championship. Morel first won the …

In a heavyweight attraction on the undercard of tonights Gatti-Leija card in Atlantic City, contender Malik Scott moved his record to twenty-one wins without a loss when he decisioned journeyman David Bostice over eight rounds. Bostice had shared a ring with notable heavyweights such as Jeremy Williams, Lou Savarese and …

I am very pleased to announce that we are not yet at the end of January and already we have managed to achieve more registered members in this single month than in any other to date. At this time, 242 boxing fans from around the world have chosen Saddoboxing.com as …

I remember when I was a relatively small child, back when Tyson ruled the roost, and a new Rocky movie was never far away. Even back then, as I watched Rocky and Ivan Drago pummel each other, I was fully aware that what I witnessed on screen was a virtual …

Veteran campaigner Jesse James Leija has become something of a party crasher of late. In his undisputed light welterweight title challenge to Kostya Tszyu, he almost ruined Tszyu’s homecoming to Australia with a neat early rounds display of educated boxing and moving. Victory against Tszyu was not to be, making …

The title for this motion picture has eerie overtones. The great Salvador Sanchez made a cameo appearance in this film. Shortly afterwards, he lost his life in an a tragic crash. This may well have been his last fight. The movie was dedicated to Salvador. Sadly we will never know …

Merely hours away from the Gatti-Leija event being televised by HBO tonight, we bring you the official weights of the main event participants and those of the chief support attraction. The main event sees Arturo Gatti put his WBC light welterweight title on the line against Jesse James Leija. Both …