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SaddoBoxing recently caught up with IBF Light Heavyweight Champion Clinton Woods, who took time out from his intense preparation for his career defining third fight with the irrepressible Glen Johnson at the Bolton Area on the 2nd September to talk to us. Topics discussed included his budding rivalry with Joe Calzaghe and the possibility of a rematch with Roy Jones.

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SaddoBoxing: Thanks Clinton for taking the time to talk to SaddoBoxing. Let me start by asking how it feels to be an established world champion making a third defence of the title?

Clinton Woods: "I feel very confident. I've achieved everything I can achieve as a fighter. I feel the next thing will be is getting recognised as number one in the world. I came to boxing for a bit of fun and I've ended up with everything. It’s a fantastic achievement and I just feel on top of the world at the moment." More...

Former British boxer Garry Delaney was jailed for life on Friday 28th July by an Old Bailey judge for the murder of 23 year old Paul Price. The judge Leonard Goldstone ruled that Delaney must serve a minimum of 11 years for what he described as a “Cowardly” attack.

The incident happened in October 2005 when Delaney, 35 years old, was at a disco in the County Hotel in Woodford, Essex. He was asked by a member of staff to help remove Price and his friend who had been refused entry for wearing jeans and trainers. The former boxer, who worked as an East London bouncer, then lifted Price’s friend up off his feet and carried him outside and dropped him into some nearby bushes. More...

After a four year hiatus, hard punching dangerman Pele Reid is planning a return to the boxing ring. For the past four years, the 32 year old has fought internationally on the K1 kick boxing circuit and now wants to prove himself on the British heavyweight boxing scene. He feels his K1 experience has hardened him mentally and physically, and he is a much improved boxer from the one who last boxed in October 2002.

Reid came to boxing in the mid 1990’s from a martial arts background with no amateur experience to speak of. It was renowned Sheffield trainer Brendan Ingle who took Reid under his wing and moulded him into a dangerous boxer. In the ring, Reid ran up a record of 13 wins in a row by stoppage and began to create a real buzz among the British fight fans.

It wasn’t meant to be and in 1999 Reid was thrown in too deep against in-form British champion Julius Francis and was stopped on his feet inside three rounds. The tough-love matchmaking continued and he was served up to world class Orlin Norris in his next fight and stopped inside a round. Other set backs followed but he kept a reputation as a dangerous, if vulnerable hitter. In some ways, his fighting DNA was not dissimilar to that other British powder-keg, Herbie Hide. More...