“The Mensa Mauler,” CHAZZ WITHERSPOON, 1-0 (1 KO), professional boxing’s only heavyweight on a full academic scholarship, returns to the ring fresh from his successful pro debut. Witherspoon will be featured on the 2005 season premiere of “Ballroom Boxing,” Thursday, January 27, at Michael’s Eighth Avenue (7220 Grayburn Drive) in Glen Burnie, MD. The six-foot-four…
Click on the interview archives on the right hand side of your screen and you will find more than twenty top draw interviews conducted by the Saddoboxing.com team with fighters and world champions the world over. Want to find the Australian buzz, check out our Oz-based reporter Greig Johnston and his interviews with Sam Soliman…
It is 145 newly registered members for January so far for Saddoboxing.com with many more to come. On behalf of the Saddoboxing.com team I would like to wish a warm welcome to all of our new members and hope that they enjoy their experience here at the site. The forum is buzzing with boxing talk…
A date is yet to be disclosed but the word is that former three weight world champion and current heavyweight contender James “Lights Out” Toney will return to action very soon. Since making the transition to heavyweight, Toney has made some noise by knocking out heavyweight legend Evander Holyfield and only last September, Toney thoroughly…
“Scotland will be like a ghost town when I knock Harrison out.†Tough words from Victor Polo, the man who will face two-time WBO featherweight champion Scott Harrison later this month. Polo is thought to be a stern enough test for Harrison as the Scotsman looks for a high-profile fight with the featherweight elite such…
Hennessy Sports, the promoter of soon-to-be middleweight title challenger Howard Eastman has called upon the British public to back their man as he goes up against the one and only middleweight champion Bernard “The Executioner” Hopkins. The Staples Center in Los Angeles, USA will host Hopkins’ record middleweight title defense against Eastman and it is…
WBC/IBF super featherweight champion and pound for pound contender Marco Antonio Barrera looks set to return to the ring in May this year against an opponent yet to be disclosed. Barrera won the super featherweight titles against hated rival Erik Morales, a third weight world championship for Barrera. But it seems that Morales is the…
There has apparently been a breakdown in the communications regarding the possibility of a super fight in the lightweight division. WBO world champion Diego “Chico” Corrales was set to fight WBC champion Jose Luis Castillo. The fighting spirits of these two fighters cannot be questioned as they were set to fight one another immediately after…
British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl “Cobra” Froch looks like he’ll have to sit the early part of 2005 out in the cold as yet another high-profile fighter has declined to meet him in a fight. Northern Ireland’s former IBO super middleweight champion Brian Magee was offered the fight against Froch but it hasn’t…
Last Friday January 14th 2005 took place in the Ukrainian city of Donetsk the WBA International – E.B.A. lightweight mandatory title defense between PEDRO MIRANDA (Spain) vs. ANDREY KUDRYAVTSEV (Ukraine) at the Municipal Sport Palace in front of a 6.000 people audience, winning the official challenger Kudryavtsev by TKO on eleventh round. It was a…
Continuing to Build the Boxer Within. Sometimes it takes self-examination/self-evaluation to build a superior athlete and a better person, such is the case for Chris “The Mechanic” Smith. I sat and spoke candidly with the NABA welterweight champion about the obstacles and hurdles he faced to get to where he is today in his boxing…
British promoter Mick Hennessy made a statement today concerning the status of his fighter, Howard Eastman’s challenge to undisputed middleweight champion Bernard Hopkins next month. Hennessy stated that as far as he is aware, Hopkins is only willing to put his WBC middleweight title at stake against Eastman, the only title that he is mandated…