© Click Image for more photos from this Event On Saturday night, at the Don Valley Stadium, Sheffield, England, Dennis Hobson promoted a fight-night which – aptly named a ‘Right Royal Rumble’ – featured nine bouts from local boxers. Liam Cameron (Sheffield) v Jason Ball (Doncaster) 8 x 3 Middleweight …
Read More »Senior ABA Championships 2011 – Semi Final (North)
© Click Image for more photos from this Event Senior ABA Championships 2011 – Semi Final (North) Everton Park Sports Centre Yesterday, at the Everton Park Sports Centre, Liverpool, the semi-finals (North) for the Senior Amateur Boxers took place. The afternoon featured 12 contests (the 48kg fight did not go …
Read More »British Boxing Legend – ‘Our Henry’ – dies aged 76.
Sad news for the boxing world again Yesterday as we hear that Sir Henry Cooper has died at the age of 76. Popular Londoner – Sir Henry, was a former British, European and Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion and last boxed in 1971 when he was out-pointed by Joe Bugner. He fought …
Read More »Ringside Report: Rendall Munroe Vs Andrei Isaeu
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the MEN Arena, Manchester, Khan Promotions / Hatton Promotions and Golden Boy hosted a fight-night which featured three Title fights besides the main event. Rendall ‘2Tone’ Munroe (aka The Boxing Binman’) from Leicester, faced Belarusian – Andrei Isaeu …
Read More »Ringside Report: Craig Watson Vs Lee Purdy
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton Saturday night, at the MEN Arena, Manchester, Khan Promotions / Hatton Promotions and Golden Boy hosted a fight-night which also featured Craig Watson’s defence of the British Welterweight Title. Watson of Manchester faced Lee ‘Lights Out’ Purdy of Colchester. This was …
Read More »Weekend Round Up
The Weekend was dominated by the Khan v McCloskey fight-night at Manchester’s MEN Arena, in which Khan retained his WBA Light Welterweight Title when a clash of heads and subsequent cut to McCloskey’s brow deemed Irish ‘Dudey’ unable to continue. The contest will be remembered for the angry back-flack following …
Read More »Ringside Boxing: Murry Vs Carvalho
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton On Saturday night, Martin Murray of St. Helens, retained his WBA International Middleweight Title by fourth round TKO over John Anderson Carvalho of Brazil. Murray got off to a steady start against Carvalho but it wasn’t long before he began to …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Amir Khan vs. Paul McCloskey
© Click Image for more photos by Jane Warburton At the MEN Arena, Manchester, Saturday night – Amir Khan retained his WBA Light Welterweight Title by a Technical Unanimous Decision after Challenger – Paul McCloskey was (controversially) stopped with a cut to the left eyebrow. It was a fantastic atmosphere …
Read More »Boxing Weights: Khan Vs McCloskey
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event Today, at The Triangle Shopping Centre, Manchester, England, Amir Khan (Bolton) and Paul McCloskey (Dungiven) both weighed in at 9 stone 13 pounds ahead of their WBA Light-Welterweight Title Clash tomorrow night. Master of Ceromonies Legend – Michael Buffer introduced …
Read More »Press Conference Audio: Khan Vs McCloskey
Click the above Image for more Photos from this Event This afternoon, at the Town Hall, Manchester, England, media gathered for a Press Conference ahead of Saturday night’s ‘King Khan Returns’ Bill at the MEN Arena, Manchester, when Bolton’s – Amir Khan defends his WBA Light Welterweight Title to Paul …
Read More »UK Weekend Round-Up
In Barnsley, Yorkshireman Neil Beevers won by third round TKO over Sean McKervey of Coventry to take the British Masters Welterweight Title. The Carl Greaves promoted fight-night also featured an international bout between Alexei Collado of Cuba and Jose Saez of Argentina. Collado won by third round TKO in the …
Read More »Shinfield’s Boxing Gym: Rendall Munroe
Click the above Image for more Photos from Jane Warburton Tuesday, Saddoboxing went along to Shinfield’s Gym in Somercotes, Derbyshire, to check in on European and Commonwealth Super-Bantamweight Champion – Rendall Munroe. News came out last week that Munroe had switched promoters and is now under the wing of Hatton …
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