On Wednesday during a hearing at the headquarters of the British Boxing Board of Control in Cardiff, former British and Commonwealth Champion and recent WBC Heavyweight title challenger Derek Chisora of Finchley has been inevitably and rightly seen his licence to box here in the UK withdrawn. The decision by the BBBofC to strip the…
On Saturday night at the iconic Roberto Clemente Arena in the city of San Juan, Puerto Rico, two time World Featherweight champion Orlando Salido of Mexico once again stopped two weight world champion and big hitting Puerto Rican star Juan Manuel Lopez, this time in the 10th round to retain his WBO Featherweight title. Prior…
Tonight in San Juan, Puerto Rico, former two weight World Champion and big hitting Puerto Rican icon Juan Manuel Lopez will be gunning for retribution against his conqueror, the current WBO Featherweight champion Orlando Salido at the Arena Roberto Clemente, which is to be almost certainly a pro-Lopez house. The first bout, which was a…
On Saturday night at the Esprit Arena in Dusseldorf, Germany, the world’s best Heavyweight, Wladimir Klitchsko, joined the 50 knockout club to retain his WBA Super, WBO, IBF and IBO titles against the former World Cruiserweight champion Jean Marc Mormeck, stopping Mormeck in just four rounds. Prior to the fight, Klitchsko held the height, weight,…
In a detailed examination of the fight game within the United Kingdom, SaddoBoxing correspondent Iain Langmaid casts his long eye over the British scene and what he thinks the future holds for 2012 and beyond. Heavyweight Division: On the World stage, the Heavyweight division is marked by the log jam that is the Ukrainian Klitchsko…
After witnessing his elder brother Vitali get taken the distance for just the fourth time in his 46 fight professional career by the former British and Commonweath Heavyweight champion Derek Chisora and also being spat upon by Chisora prior to the fight, Wladimir Klitchsko returns to the ring to defend his WBA Super, WBO, IBF…
Today it has been confirmed that Liverpool’s David Price and Norwich’s Sam Sexton’s clash for the vacant British and Commonwealth Heavyweight titles has been confirmed for the 19th May at the Aintree Equestrian Centre in Liverpool. The Equestrian Centre forms part of Aintree Horse Racing Racecourse, which will host it’s first fight night after being…
The sport of boxing as a whole is currently digesting the potential fall out from the brawl in Munich between the former British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Derek Chisora and former two-weight World Champion David Haye. The unscheduled clash came after the former’s gallant but ultimately unsuccessful world title challenge against Vitali Klitchsko for the…
Over the weekend, Hennessy Sports have announced that the undefeated former British and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Tyson Fury will face tough Belfast brawler and crowd favourite Martin Rogan at the Odyssey Arena on the 14th April in Fury’s first fight of the year. The 23 year old Fury has not fought since stopping the Canadian…
Late last week it was announced that undefeated former Featherweight World Champion and Cuban amateur star Yuriorkis Gamboa will be facing off against undefeated former WBA Lightweight Champion Brandon Rios at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on the 14th April, in what is widely regarded as one of the most eagerly anticipated match-ups that…
Last week it was announced that Bolton’s Amir Khan has been given an opportunity to regain both his World Boxing Association and International Boxing Federation Light Welterweight titles against the American Lamont Peterson, which shall take place on the 15th May at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. The decision from the WBA and the…
This week, it has been announced by Golden Boy Promotions that Mexican starlet Saul Alvarez will be making the fourth defence of his World Boxing Council Light-Middleweight title against the veteran American and former three weight World Champion Sugar Shane Mosley at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas on the 5th May. Alvarez’s defence against…