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| Tarver, Forrest and Donaire destroy their opposition: All three Champions defend their titles winning by TKO Ringside Report By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
| Two KO’s In Less Than Two Minutes Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| Floyd Mayweather scores TKO win over Ricky Hatton: "Pretty Boy" Floyd Mayweather keeps his title and remains undefeated Fight Results By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
| Felix “Tito” Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr. will face each other at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, and will be produced and distributed live by HBO Pay-Per-View. |
| Roy Jones Jr. “Tito says it won’t last two rounds. I’m going to be nice and give him two more rounds and beat him in four. Felix Trinidad “Jones and I were suppose to fight during the peaks of our careers. I believed back then that I could beat him and the same holds true today. |
| Jones is an eight-time world champion, winning belts in the middleweight, super middleweight, light heavyweight and heavyweight divisions. Trinidad is a five-time world champion that has won titles in the welterweight, junior middleweight and middleweight classes. |
| Snapshot: 2007 The Year in Boxing By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| The Likelihood of Victory Part II Kelly Pavlik vs. Jermain Taylor By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
| The Likelihood of Victory Part III Raphael Marquez vs. Israel Vazquez By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Where does Kelly Pavlik Rank at Super Middleweight? By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao WBC Super Featherweight Championship Saturday, March 15, 2008 LIVE ON PAY-PER-VIEW |
| Mayweather vs. Hatton: After Effects Article By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Outside the Ring – Trinidad vs. Jones Documentary to air on Cox Sports TV Sunday, Dec. 23, @ 11 P.M. ET/8 P.M. PT |
| ‘Contender’ Star Sergio Mora & former Olympian Vicente Escobedo Headline at Morongo Casino Resort & Spa January 11th, 2008 |
| Herman Ngoudjo finally gets World Title shot Saturday, Jan. 5, at Bally’s Main Ballroom, Atlantic City, N.J. Live at 9 p.m. ET/PT on SHOWTIME |
| Darnell "Ding a Ling Man" Wilson vs. B.J Flores in USBA Cruiserweight Championship on ESPN 2’s Friday Night Fights on February 8th at Dover Downs Race Track & Casino |
| World Boxing Council Awards for 2007 January 3, 2008 – Mexico City From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: |
| Lamont & Anthony Peterson, Antonio Mesquita & Jose Antonio Izquierdo Thursday, Jan. 3 2008, Hard Rock Hotel & Casino “SHOBOX: THE NEW GENERATION’’ |
| Trinidad-Jones Featured Pay-Per-View Matches Destined to Produce Slugfests Trinidad-Jones Official Undercard Release |
| The likelihood of Victory Part I Juan Manuel Marquez vs. Manny Pacquiao By: Phil Santos - Overhandright.com |
| In a career that spanned from 1956 to 1975, Eddie Perkins engaged in 99 professional fights. He won seventy five of those contests. He met opponents in over twenty different countries. He truly was a " world " champion. Ediie lost three of his first five bouts but rallied to win seven straight. In 1958 he lost to Cleveland, Ohio's Cecil Shorts. He stopped Shorts in a rematch and then he outscored rugged Franke Ryff. In 1959 Eddie won a decision over Paul Armstead but lost to Carl Hubbard and was then halted by Al Urbina. It would be the only stoppage loss of Eddie's career. Read the Full Story..... |
| EDDIE PERKINS ON HIS WAY TO THE HALL OF FAME Article By: Jim Amato |
| Edwin Valero improves to 23-0 (23 KOs) with the destruction of Zaid Zavaleta in the third round of their scheduled twelve- round Super Featherweight Championship. The contest was the Main Event of “Night Of Champions” broadcast live on PPV from the Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico on Saturday night. Valero, as he always does, came out aggressive and on the attack. Although he claims to train for twelve round bouts, one would never guess it if they watched him fight. To me, he wants to end the fight as quickly as possible. He was throwing punches from every angle, landing on the head and body of Zaid Zavaleta. Zaid, tried to counter Edwin’s attack by throwing and landing several hard shots to the jaw of Valero, but nothing slowed the Champion down. As the ten-second warning was given, Valero landed a solid left that sent Zavaleta down. He was up at eight, was allowed to continue and the bell sounded to end the first round. Read the Full Story..... |
| Valero & Linares Win By KO Article By: Bill Calogero - TheDailySports.com |
| Fighters who lost their “0” in 2007: Who Bounces Back and who Falls Flat in 08” By: Phil Santos – Overhandright.com |
| Maybe it’s due to the physicality of the sport, or the manner in which fighters are beaten between the ropes, whatever it is one loss in boxing can be more damaging to an athlete than in any other sport. If Roger Federer drops a match he was heavily favored to win, or Tiger Woods fails to win a tournament that everyone knows he should have, sports fans collectively assume that these highly skilled pros will resume their winning ways the very next chance they get. Whether it’s an individual or team sport a loss is simply viewed as a bump in the road, something to learn from, after all nobody is perfect right? In fact often times a loss is viewed as beneficial to a team or individuals’ growth and the rectification of flaws can help strengthen prior short comings. Read the Full Story..... |
| Like a crowd-pleasing boxer that never takes a backward step, SHOWTIME will come out swinging in 2008 with back to back fight cards the first week of January. On Saturday, Jan. 5, flashy, charismatic Paulie "Magic Man'' Malignaggi (23-1, 5 KOs), of Brooklyn, N.Y., will make the initial defense of his IBF junior welterweight championship against mandatory challenger and IBF No. 1 contender, Herman "The Black Panther'' Ngoudjo (16-1, 9 KOs), of Montreal, by way of Cameroon, on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). The night before, Friday, Jan. 4, the talented, undefeated, world-ranked Peterson brothers, Anthony (25-0, 18 KOs) and Lamont (23-0, 11 KOs), of Washington, D.C., face dangerous assignments in the 10-round co-featured bouts on the 2008 premiere of ShoBox: The New Generation (11 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast). Anthony, a lightweight who is ranked No. 1 in WBO, No. 6 in WBC and No. 13 in IBF, faces Mexican champion Guadalupe Rosales (25-2, 15 KOs) of San Luis Potosi, Mex. Lamont, who is ranked No. 6 in the WBC and WBO at 140 pounds, will be opposed by fellow unbeaten Antonio Mesquita (34-0, 26 KOs), a Brazilian now residing in Las Vegas. |
| HOLLYWOOD, FL December 12 – In the tradition of the classic baseball movie, Field of Dreams, which states, “Build it, and they will come,” fans have responded to the February 23rd world heavyweight title unification bout between IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and WBO champion Sultan Ibragimov by snapping up tickets for the bout – which will be held at Madison Square Garden in New York City - at a breakneck pace. “We’re ecstatic about the ticket sales so far for Klitschko vs. Ibragimov,” said Leon Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warriors Boxing. “I think this reaction shows that when you put the two best heavyweights in the world in the ring together, the fans will respond.” “We have priced tickets very reasonably and are on track to sell out the Garden", said Tom Loeffler of K2 Promotions. Klitschko vs. Ibragimov, a 12 round heavyweight title unification bout, headlines a historic night of boxing presented by K2 Promotions and Seminole Warriors Boxing and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing. |
| KLITSCHKO VS IBRAGIMOV - TICKETS GOING FAST |
| After a week of pre-fight publicity that saw them hold a press conference in Los Angeles and attend a sold out championship soccer match South of the Border, WBC featherweight champion Jorge "Nino de Oro" Linares and WBA super featherweight champion Edwin "El Aniquilador" Valero are now ready to meet their respective opponents this Saturday, December 15, 2007 at Plaza de Toros in Cancun, Mexico. Read the Full Story..... |
| Linares, Valero Headline Massive Cancun Show Saturday |
| Final Press Conference Quotes Paulie Malignaggi & Herman Ngoudjo Wednesday, Jan. 2, 2008, Gallagher’s Steak House, New York, N.Y. |
| After reading all the brouhaha and alleged facts spread by the supposed insiders regarding the IBF/WBA, and as of now, WBO undefeated lightweight champion Juan “ Baby Bull” Diaz’s cancelled fight with the promising brawler Michael Katsidis I decided to ask the one man who would definitely know what happened or for that matter what did not happen. His name- Willie Savannah. Willie, manager to the undefeated volume punching Diaz, was more than willing to give his thoughts on the matter and I of course was all to ready to lend my ear for the cause. Savannah was adamant that the fight with Katsidis was the only reason why Team Diaz signed a one-fight extension with Don King. The original contract was to expire on December 31, 2007. King approached Savannah asking for an extension of the original contract and after receiving a mild response from the Diaz camp; he then placed Katsidis as the opponent that Juan could and would definitely see next in the squared circle. Team Diaz agreed to that fight and instead of the cliché “ the rest is history” we now know it was just the beginning. JM: Willie, who should be blamed for the debacle that is occurring now regarding your fighter, Juan Diaz? WS: Well Don King did not deal in good faith with us. He did absolutely nothing to make this fight happen. It isn’t Juan’s fault or my fault as to why we can’t fight Katsidis, it was Don that didn’t deal with us or Katsidis in good faith. I heard that Katsidis is suing Don. Then HBO pulled the plug because they got nervous that Don was going to sue them even though it was HBO that said they wanted the fight in the first place. They (HBO) were the one that said to give King one more fight by March 31st and that they would put up 1.5 million in the contract for it so we did it. JM: Looking back, did you see any sign that this fight wasn’t going to go occur as first thought? WS: Well hell, he told me at least a month in advance of the purse bid (November 27) that he wasn’t going to bid on the fight. I thought he was f*cking joking. He contacted my lawyer and told him to get me to Florida to discuss options on Juan and I responded with “that wasn’t going to be an option.” So I think he basically decided to purge Juan because I wouldn’t go to Florida and on top of that threatened to sue us in New York if we don’t sign with him. JM: So who was the last fight suppose to be with under DKP before the one fight extension request came up? WS: It was supposed to be with Julio Diaz. But even right before the Julio fight we were having problems with this. He was getting ready to cancel the fight two days before the fight when we were already in Chicago. He said “ I’ll cancel the motherf*cker” because he wanted more options on Diaz. It was another intimidation tactic. I said ‘ let us know so we know what train to catch to go home.” I spoke with Kerry Davis and asked for the worse case scenario. He said that Diaz wouldn’t be able to get in the ring. I said that was fine, but now here we go again. JM: So the fight with Nate Campbell, it is an all go? WS: Well, we signed and gave the contract to Don to fight Nate Campbell around December 30th and we haven’t heard one thing back from King since then. We don’t have a signed contract or anything from King. I don’t know if Campbell signed up or not. We are training in the hopes that the fight does come off but I wouldn’t bet my last dollar on it because there isn’t a signed contract. I don’t think the fight is going to happen. I haven’t heard from the Campbell either. As of 2:15 today, I don’t have a signed contract from King so I don’t know what the delay is. Isn’t that amazing? But pretty soon, we’re going to have to send him something saying that there has been a breach of contract or null and void or something because we don’t have anything. We’re just training right now just in case the fight does come off. JM: And what is going on with the WBO and possibly stripping Diaz of their title? WS: Well they want to strip Juan of the belt because he isn’t fighting Katsidis. How the hell can we fight Katsidis if HBO won’t do the fight and Don won’t allow the fight? They want to give the belt to a guy that hasn’t even thrown a punch to earn it. Now I heard that Don doesn’t want to do the Campbell fight as a unification bout because he wants to get the other organizations to strip Juan of his belts. That is the signal that I’m getting. We had an agreement that Don would do all reasonable efforts to ensure that all the belts would be defended at that one time, but I hear from the WBO that Don has not made any effort to make this promise occur. I heard someone say that when the WBO spoke with Don, he said “ the hell with Juan” and I believe he is hoping that all the organizations strip Juan of his belts. JM: Well aside from all of this, what plans do you and Diaz hope to have as far as possible opponents in the near future? WS: Well we want the winner of Juan Marquez and Manny Pacquaio. We would love to do that fight. We are also interested in doing David Diaz. I even heard Barrera is coming back too. There are a lot of guys out there for us. JM: Have you guys thought about moving up to 140 and if so who would you target? WS: We want Ricky Hatton. I’ve heard he’s coming back down to that weight and that’s whom we want. It would be a real great fight. JM: What about IBF junior welterweight champion Paulie Malignaggi? WS: No. We saw Paulie fight the last time and that wasn’t anything we were impressed with. So no. JM: Do you have any final thoughts you would like to pass in relation to the King negotiations? WS: Yes I do. There isn’t a day and night that goes by where I don’ kick myself in the ass for doing this last fight with Don. He is being totally unfair by keeping a young Katsidis down and a young Mexican kid from the barrio in Juan Diaz from making money and following their dreams. Don King just can’t do business straight up and down. He just can’t. That’s it. I would like to thank Mr. Savannah for his time on this piece and hopefully this sheds a bit more light on a murky situation. Only in America. |
| WILLIE SAVANNAH SOUNDS OFF Interview By: John Martinez - Boxingrealm.com 1-14-08 |
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