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Australian middleweight star Sam ‘The King’ Soliman issues an open challenge to the biggest names in the middleweight division. Bernard Hopkins: A true champion who will be long remembered for his hold over the middleweight division. We have called you out on numerous occasions over the past eighteen months, begging …

Rostock – Undefeated Ukrainian bantamweight contender Wladimir Sidorenko beat former world champion Leo Gamez with a unanimous decision over 12 rounds in a WBA bantamweight eliminator on Tuesday in Rostock, Germany. Sidorenko who was headlining the Spotlight Boxing event at Scandlines Arena displayed impressive speed, power and combination punching. But …

Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Romanian light welterweight fighter Leonard ‘The Lion’ Dorin has announced his retirement from professional boxing. During a six year career, Dorin won the WBA lightweight title and successfully defended it before fighting to a contentious draw with IBF lightweight titlist Paul Spadafora, a fight that an overwhelming …

IBF “Super” 140-Pound Champion Kostya “The Thunder Down Under’’ Tszyu vs. Interim IBF Junior Welterweight Champion Sharmba “Little Big Man’’ Mitchell WBO Junior Featherweight Champion Joan “Little Tyson” Guzman vs. WBO No. 13 Junior Featherweight Contender Marcos Licona Saturday, Nov. 6, At 9 PM ET/PT* From Glendale Arena, Phoenix, Arizona …

He came from a fighting family and by the time his boxing career ended in 1971 he was the most beloved British boxer of all time. Only once did he challenge for the world’s title, but he dominated the British heavyweight scene for over fifteen years. His popularity soared even …

MONDAY, OCTOBER 25, 2004 World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will make his first title defense against the guy who most recently knocked out Mike Tyson, Danny Williams, on Saturday, December 11, 2004, at the Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nev. Klitschko: I am really …

SATURDAY, DECEMBER 11 FROM MANDALAY BAY RESORT & CASINO LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW NEW YORK (Oct. 25, 2004) World Boxing Council (WBC) Heavyweight Champion Vitali Klitschko will make his first title defense against the man who most recently knocked out Mike Tyson, Danny Williams, on Saturday, December 11, 2004, at the …

This article contains the opinions of our loyal saddoboxing.com readers. Emanuel Steward, Detroit’s legendary trainer of champions assumed control over the training responsibilities of both Lennox Lewis and Wladimir Klitschko at similarly tender phases of their development. Ironically, it was Steward’s orchestration of Lewis’s first defeat, simplistic but ruthlessly executed …

The vast majority of boxing fans identified the Kellerman name with ESPN’s fast-talking Friday night fights analyst Max Kellerman. However, the name will now forever inspire remembrance of a darker nature due to the brutal murder of Max’s older brother, Sam Kellerman. It is alleged that light heavyweight boxer, James …

Two-Time WBC Lightweight Champion Jose Luis Castillo vs. Former World Champion/WBA & IBF No. 3/WBO & WBC No. 4 130-lb. Contender Joel Casamayor. IBF Super Middleweight Champion Jeff “Left Hook” Lacy vs. WBC & WBO No. 8/IBF No. 14 168-Pound Contender Omar Sheika. Heavyweight Contender Jeremy “Half Man-Half Amazing” Williams …

In 1881, following the assassination of Czar Alexander the second, the Russian Government started an anti-Semitic drive restricting Jewish rights and sponsoring attacks on their people. This led to mass emigration to the USA, Britain and countries within the British Empire with the majority of these uneducated exiles settling close …

The battle for the WBA light-welterweight championship culminated in a right hand from the champion, Vivian Harris that stopped challenger Oktay Urkal in his tracks in the eleventh round. The fight was a rematch between the two that materialized when Harris was unable to negotiate a higher profile defense against …