I really don’t know what to make of this situation, but it is just crazy. This matter truly befuddles me and if I didn’t comment on it, I wouldn’t be true to myself. One can never accuse Oscar de la Hoya of ducking anyone. This man has fought nothing but the best, check his resume:…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino/Showtime The two boxers widely recognized as the most talented in the exciting cruiserweight division will square off when undefeated World Boxing Council (WBC) champion Wayne “Big Truck†Braithwaite faces his World Boxing Association (WBA) counterpart, Jean-Marc Mormeck, in an eagerly anticipated world title unification bout Saturday, April 2, on…
I just received another update from Wayne and Cheryl McCullough regarding the current status of Wayne’s career following his loss to Oscar Larios for the WBC super bantamweight title. In the wake of the defeat, talk of a rematch with Larios was discussed, possibly in McCullough’s birthplace of Ireland. However, Larios is set to undergo…
Former heavyweight boxing champion Riddick Bowe is tentatively scheduled to fight on March 25, in what would be his second bout since coming back from an eight-year retirement from the ring. The organization that licenses professional boxing in the state said Tuesday that Bowe’s fight against Willie Chapman won’t become official until important paperwork is…
ESPN has returned a legal attack from boxing promoter Don King with a jab of its own. The cable sports network has asked the U.S. District Court in Miami to declare that King has no legal grounds for a defamation suit he filed against ESPN Inc. in January, according to documents filed Tuesday. King asked…
After being notified by his promoters Sports Network last week that the his World Title defence against Italy’s Vincenzo Cantatore in Rome this Saturday had been postponed, Nelson is adamant the fight will take place. “I am led to believe that the Italian Promoters can stage the fight in six weeks time, and that the…
A proposed bout between WBC super lightweight boxing champion Arturo Gatti and undefeated challenger Floyd Mayweather Jr. has been canceled. Donald Tremblay, a spokesman for Gatti’s promoter, Main Events Inc., said Mayweather missed a Friday deadline to sign a contract agreeing to fight Gatti on June 11 in Atlantic City, New Jersey. Main Events will…
What if. What if we could travel through time? What if the internet was never invented? What if we could live forever? What if has no limits; everything has a “what if†attached to it, in one way or another. As a boxing fan, there is one “what if†in particular that has always fascinated…
I just received word from Wayne McCullough and his wife/manager, Cheryl. They informed SaddoBoxing that Ring Magazine (The Bible Of Boxing) has reinstated Wayne at number eight in their ratings, exciting news from the champ! Also, although he would love a rematch against Oscar Larios, Wayne states that he cannot wait on him, due to…
Welcome to another week of boxing fight fans. I hope you have sufficiently recovered from the explosive events of the weekend just passed. You have? Excellent, well without any further ado, let’s get straight to it and see what this new boxing week holds in store. On Thursday in San Antonio, Texas, we will see…
Erik Morales vs. Manny Pacquiao, wow! Asking me to pick between the two is like asking me, what came first the chicken or the egg? I don’t know. For once in my life, I am at a loss for words. Both fighters are evenly matched. Let’s take a closer look at the two fighters and…
WBC lightweight champion of the world Jose Luis Castillo took one step closer to a super fight with Diego Corrales, as well as to proving that he is one of the truly great Mexican fighters by stopping game challenger Julio Diaz in the tenth round. The huge main event at the Mandalay Bay in Las…