Sadam Ali: record, next fight and profile →
By Thomas Gerbasi - This probably isn’t how Sadam Ali pictured his headlining gig at Madison Square Garden, but things seldom go according to plan in a boxer’s career. If it was the Hollywood version of this Brooklyn story, Ali would have taken gold for the United States in the 2008 Olympics, got a big money in...
BROOKLYN, NY - Current WBA International Welterweight Champion Sadam "World Kid" Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) today hosted a media workout at his gym in Brooklyn ahead of his fight against Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) for the WBO World Junior Middleweight Championship set for this Saturday, Dec. 2 at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, which will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
Sadam Ali Training Photos Gallery - December 2 will mark the end of an era in boxing as four-division and six-time world champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) enters the ring for the final time to defend his WBO World Junior Middleweight Title in a 12-round battle against Sadam "World Kid" Ali (25-1, 14 KOs).
By Lyle Fitzsimmons - His permanent record will show that Miguel Cotto lost the last worthwhile prizefight he was in. Two years ago. He competed against a talented foe 10 years younger while operating on the fringe of a middleweight class in which he’d frequently claimed he barely belonged and rarely felt comfort...
Four division world champion Miguel Cotto will be looking to go out with a bang on Saturday night, when he steps in the ring for the final fight of his long Hall of Fame career. Cotto, with a record of 41-5, with 33 knockouts, will face Saddam Ali ( 25-1, with 14 KO's) at Madison Square Garden in New York City. HBO will televise. Cotto captured the WBO junior middleweight world title in August with a dominant twelve round unanimous decision over Yoshihiro Kamegai.
Miguel Cotto Arrives in New York Photos - December 2 will mark the end of an era in boxing as four-division and six-time world champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) enters the ring for the final time to defend his WBO World Junior Middleweight Title in a 12-round battle against Sadam "World Kid" Ali (25-1, 14 KOs).
Robert Diaz Video Interview - HBO Sports celebrates the holiday weekend with an action-packed tripleheader, including the return of light heavyweight powerhouse Sergey Kovalev, when WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING: SERGEY KOVALEV VS. VYACHESLAV SHABRANSKYY AND SULLIVAN BARRERA VS. FELIX VALERA AND YURIORKIS GAMBOA VS. JASON SOSA is seen SATURDAY, NOV. 25 at 10:00 p.m. (ET/PT) from The Theater at Madison Square Garden in New York City. The HBO Sports team will call all the action, which will be available in HDTV, closed-captioned for the hearing-impaired and presented in Spanish on HBO Latino.
Miguel Cotto Training Camp Photos - Four-division world champion Miguel Cotto (41-5, 33 KOs) hosted a media workout today at the Wild Card Boxing Club in Los Angeles ahead of the final fight of the future Hall of Famer's career, which will be against Sadam "World Kid" Ali (25-1, 14 KOs) for Cotto's WBO World Junior Middleweight Championship. The action will take place at the World's Most Famous Arena, Madison Square Garden, and will be televised live on HBO World Championship Boxing beginning at 10:00 p.m. ET/PT.
At least Sadam Ali is honest. The 2008 Olympian is well aware that he is a huge underdog entering his fight against Miguel Cotto on December 2. And the welterweight contender isn’t afraid to admit that this extremely challenging assignment is “a little scary.”
Last Saturday night, Liam Smith repeated his win over Liam Williams, in a more measured fight than their first meeting, out-boxing Williams at times. Speaking to iFL TV immediately after the fight in Newcastle, Smith reflected: “I thought I put in a very good performance, not one person from the outside expected the way I boxed today. I think not many people thought I could [box].”