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By Jane Warburton October 31st, 2009 All Boxing Articles
**With Slideshow & Audio**
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing
Today, Hatton Promotions held a press conference about their upcoming show on Friday, November 13 at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke.
Headlining the bill is the IBO welterweight title bout between champion Lovemore N'Dou and challenger Mathew Hatton.
On hand at the press conference were Matthew and his brother, former light welter world champion Ricky Hatton along with Hatton Promotions partner Gareth Williams, matchmaker Richard Poxon and Impact Boxing's Scott Lawton. More...
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By Richard Eberline October 31st, 2009 All Boxing Previews
Tonight at Treasure Island Casino in Las Vegas, NV, IBF bantam champ Joseph Agbeko faces the challenge of Yonnhy Perez in what should turn out to be an epic battle.
Agbeko, 27-1 (22), of Ghana, came out of nowhere in 2004 to lose a narrow IBF title challenge to Wladimir Sidorenko in Germany before capturing the vacant Commonwealth crown later that year.
After a two and a half year absence from the ring, Agbeko returned with three bouts in 2007, the last of which won him the IBF bantam crown when stopping Luis Alberto Perez in the seventh.
After a difficult majority decision victory against William Gonzalez last December, Agbeko really hit the limelight when soaking up everything multi-weight champ Vic Darchinyan had to offer in July, banging out a unanimous decision after 12 absolutely furious rounds.
Tonight, the 29 year Bronx resident puts his IBF belt at risk for the third time, facing undefeated Colombian Yonnhy Perez, 19-0 (14). More...
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By Al Bernstein October 30th, 2009 All Boxing Articles
 Sometimes in life you end up viewing something extraordinary—something you might have missed. That happened for me and all the fans that filled up the Mardi Gras Ballroom at the Orleans Hotel in Las Vegas this past Friday. We saw a fight of the year candidate. We were in the right place at the right time.
The match between former cruiserweight champion Arthur Williams and Victor Barragan was expected to be an entertaining and competitive fight.
The 44 year old Williams had been somewhat inactive in the last two years and wanted to show that he still had the skills to fight at a high level. The 28 year old Barragan came in with a decent 10-4 record and he needed a win over a cruiserweight of note to move up the ladder. Both men were successful, even though one lost.
Crown Boxing matchmaker Frank Luca provided a classic match of styles. Williams was the taller fighter who used his length and reach to land from the outside—working in a dash of lateral movement. Barragan is a classic attacker, using jabs to work his way inside for a volley of body shots, and finally a left hook or two to the head.
This style dynamic and both fighter’s desire to win created something more than just an entertaining match-up—it was a wildly exciting and well fought match—one of the best I’ve seen this year.
The early rounds were fought at a very quick pace with Williams landing big shots from the outside and then Barragan working his way inside to blast the body and head. Both men used a wide array of punches that included uppercuts, hooks, jabs and even overhand rights. The pace was brutal and seemed to favor the younger man, but Williams gave as much as he took.
The pace and Barragan’s body shots had their effect on the 44 year old Williams. By the 7th King Arthur had slowed a bit. In that round the Oxnard, California resident came up with some big hooks and straight right hands to stop Williams in his tracks and force the fight to be stopped. More...
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By Boxing Press October 30th, 2009 All Press Releases
Chad Dawson and Glen Johnson, who will battle for the WBC interim light heavyweight title on Nov. 7 in Hartford, Conn., took part in an international teleconference call with members of the media on Thursday.
Dawson (28-0, 17 KOs), from New Haven, Conn., serving his second term as light heavyweight champion, successfully defended the IBF and IBO titles on May 9 in a rematch against former world champion Antonio Tarver, whom he dethroned last October. More...
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By Boxing Press October 30th, 2009 All Press Releases
 Heavyweight powerhouse David Tua, coming off his sensational second round destruction of Shane Cameron, vows to win the world heavyweight title in 2010.
Unfortunately, David had no time to celebrate his great victory, as he spent the days immediately following the bout honoring the loss of his aunt with family and friends in tsunami torn-Samoa.
Terena Carr passed shortly before the Cameron bout, a victim of the devastating tsunami that hit Samoa. David has now returned to New Zealand with his wife and children.
Tua, rated #4 by the WBO, is best known for his victories by devastating knockouts, most notably against former world champions John Ruiz (KO1), Michael Moorer (KO1), Oleg Maskaev (KO11), and Hasim Rahman (KO10).
Gotham Boxing’s President and Tua’s promoter, Cedric Kushner, said, “I think David is the top heavyweight contender in the world and most certainly the most exciting. All David has to do is stay busy and in 2010 he will get his opportunity to become the Heavyweight Champion of the World”. More...
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