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 the deck in the fifth,…
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 was soon able to assert…
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 title in the year 2000…
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 even former WBO world champion…
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 their site for the latest…
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 caricature of the real thing….
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 coup de grace of…
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 how great he would have…
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 fighters weighed in precisely at…
Further to the exclusive interview brought to you by this site last week, Rubin “Mr. Hollywood” Williams punished Aaron Norwood for ten full rounds in taking a decision win, moving his record to twenty-six wins against one loss. The best news was yet to come for Williams though as it has been revealed that he…
WBC flyweight champion Pongsaklek Wongjongkam defeated his latest challenger, Noriyuki Komatsu in Japan by a stoppage in the fifth round. The champion showed much of his impressive arsenal in making his latest defense, dropping the challenger on several occasions and cutting him with his sharp and powerful punches. Komatsu had no answer to the champion’s…
Having just witnessed one of the poorest displays of Scott Harrison’s career, I feel dejected, almost let down by what I have just seen. It was a draw on my card, but it could and should have been a much more satisfying result. The fifth round was Harrison’s best of the fight and, rather ironically,…