Hector Garcia and his HG Boxing put on another spectacular evening of boxing Saturday night at the Centro de Convenciones in Mazatlan, Mexico, as local heroes Arturo Santos Reyes and Irma Sanchez won World Boxing Federation title fights. Santos Reyes, 12-2 (4) captured the vacant WBF Super Bantamweight title with a unanimous decision over US-based…
Michael Conlan is through to the quarter-finals of the 2012 Olympic Games following an impressive win at the ExCel in London tonight. But Adam Nolan bowed out despite an heroic performance in his battle of the southpaws with Russia’s Andrey Zamkovoy, a silver medal winner at the 2009 AIBA World Championships in Milan.
In an exclusive telephone interview with Saddoboxing after his controversial ten round majority decision loss to Raymundo ‘Sugar’ Beltran, which cost him his number one WBC ranking and his NABF title belt, Henry Lundy, better known as Hammerin’ Hank insisted he won the bout-and wanted an immediate rematch with Beltran. Lundy spoke eloquently as he…
Cruiserweight prospect Dan ‘Bada Bing’ Biddle and his manager Tommy Barnes have called out USBA Cruiserweight champion Garrett Wilson for a future matchup. Biddle looked impressive recently in winning a majority decision over Philadelphia veteran Pedro Martinez at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on July 7, 2012. Biddle, whose record now…
SaddoBoxing: How did you first become involved with boxing? Zachary Ochoa: “I first became involved in boxing at 10 years old when my dad saw me fighting in the street and decided to take me down to a basement in the projects and teach me how to box”. SB: Who has been the biggest influence…
Irish team captain Darren O’Neill lost out in his bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in London today. The Kilkenny southpaw was beaten 19-12 by German middleweight Stefan Hartel at the ExCel this afternoon. As expected, neither had to go looking for each in this afternoon’s last-16 clash, Hartel finding the target…
Once beaten Welterweight contender Steve Upsher Chambers Is seeking an opportunity to take on undefeated Welterweight Keith Thurman for a potential fight on October 6th in Atlantic City. Chambers, 24-1-1 with six knockouts of Philadelphia was offered a fight with Thurman just two weeks before the July 21st scheduled fight.
John Joe Nevin scored five points in every round to book his ticket into the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games with an accomplished performance over Kazakhstan’s Kanat Abutalipov in London this afternoon. The Cavan BC stand out, a two-time AIBA World bronze medalist, took the first frame 5-2, the second 5-3 and drew the third…
At last year’s Trad TKO Boxing Gym’s Boxers & Celebrities Charity Football Tournament, in aid of the Indee Rose Trust, so many big names turned out to entertain the fans, amongst them a couple of chart toppers, a brace of Soap Opera stars but there can be no surprise that the biggest contingent was from…
WBO number-two ranked Jr. Welterweight contender Ruslan Provodnikov is looking to take on any of the champions or top contenders in his next bout and feels he is just an opportunity away from becoming a world champion. Provodnikov (22-1, 15 KO’s) of Beryozovo, Russia has won five fights in a row which include four impressive…
Paddy Barnes will open his account at the 2012 Olympics versus the experienced Thomas Essomba of the Cameroon on Saturday. Essomba beat (13-10) Abdelali Darra of Morocco this afternoon to set up the weekend’s last-16 clash with the Belfast light-flyweight.
Argentina’s Marcelo Rodriguez has promised to embody the fighting spirit of Mayo native Admiral Brown when he travels to Ireland to challenge Henry Coyle for his WBF Light Middleweight title on August 17th. The two men clash at The Royal Theatre, Castlebar and Rodriquez is clearly aware of the connection between his native land and…