For many it was a foregone conclusion that IBF Super Middle Champ Lucian Bute would win his maiden title defense last night at the Bell Centre in Montreal but few expected crafty old William Joppy to make it as far as he did before being stopped at 1:08 of the tenth frame. At 28 years…
Lots went in last night that we aren’t already reporting on here at SaddoBoxing so with no further ado, we hit the continent of Australia where at the Mansfield Tavern in the Brisbane suburbs, Mick “Pony” Shaw, 24-8-2 (7), was held to a draw by unheralded Ipswitch welterweight, Jason Kanofski, 4-1-3 (1). 22 year old…
We start off this week’s installment of Friday night at the fights in France and if you were in Martigues, the venue La Halle des Martigues was the place to be as stocky, Haitian born French Light Middleweight Champ Jimmy Colas, 23-4 (10), pounded his way to the European Union title by flooring Spain’s Miguel…
Aside from the results that we’ve already reported on here at SaddoBoxing, there was good action across the globe and we start at The Casino in Montreal, Canada where two important prospects were in action. Welterweight Antonin Decarie, 18-0 (5), dominated former IBF Lightweight title challenger Israel Cardona, 36-9 (28), by a wide points decision…
There was a lot of boxing this past Saturday night and this time we start at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines where there was an important clash at super flyweight. At stake was an IBF official eliminator and it was a battle of the southpaws as former WBO title challenger Z Gorres went…
The amazing Luis Ramon “Yory Boy” Campas will take part in his 102nd bout when he climbs through the ropes to meet Finnish national boxing hero and former European champ Amin Asikainen at middleweight tonight at the Toolo Sports Hall in Helsinki. 36 year old Campas, 91-10 (73), will be making his first European appearance…
Red hot super bantamweight Steve Molitor retained his IBF title with a superb 12 rounds points verdict against challenger Ricardo Castillo last night at the Casino in Rama, Ontario. A former Mexican champion and ex-WBA title challenger from Mexicali, Castillo used his strength advantage to put Molitor on the back foot but could never pin…
At the Prefectural Gym in Osaka, Japan earlier today, the WBC and WBA Bantamweight Champions kept their titles against stern opposition. WBC kingpin Hozumi Hasegawa turned back the aspirations of European Champion Simone Maludrottu by unanimous decision while WBA ruler Wladimir Sidorenko did the same against challenger Nobutu Ikehara. Southpaw Hasegawa, 23-2 (7), defended his…
In a major Continental upset, Belorussian super feather Sergey Gulyakevich outpointed the heavy handed reigning European Champion Leva Kirakosyan over twelve rounds at Datch Forum in Milan, Italy last night. 26 year old Gulyakevich outboxed the favored Kirakosyan, an Armenian residing in Spain, and managed to avoid the champion’s massive punching power while annexing the…
Where does “The Hitman” Go From Here? Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing 2007 was a bittersweet year for Ricky Hatton as the wildly popular 140 lb British superstar established himself in the states with a decision over Juan Urango before climbing to the heights of the American boxing scene with…
It wasn’t the busiest of weekends in the world of boxing, but there were some good fightcards out there and on this occasion, we’re going to work backwards through time. We start off on Sunday at Challenge Stadium in Perth, Australia, where hometown sensation Danny Green finally managed to cage a full fledged world title…
Father time finally caught up with heavily decorated two weight world champion Virgil Hill as the 43 year old was outperformed by challenger Firat Arslan, losing the WBA Cruiserweight title by a wide points verdict at Freiberger Arena in Dresden, Germany. 37 year old Arslan, a former longtime sparring partner of ex-European Champion Luan Krasniqi,…