Yesterday, Captain of the British boxing squad, David Price, caused the shock of the competition so far by stopping Russian favourite Islam Timurziev in the second frame of their first round super heavyweight contest. Prior to the fight, Price – the eldest of the team – said how ʼhonouredʼ he …

Billy Joe and Bradley Sauders move into second round of competition After a fantastic 3 out of 3 for British boxers in Beijing, sadly, the team suffered itʼs first defeat yesterday when bantamweight Joe Murray lost out to Yu Gu of China. Murray – brother of John, recently crowned British …

Despite the disappointment that Olympic Medal contender and current world lightweight champion Frankie Gavin was sent home for being three pounds overweight in Beijing, the remaining ‘Boxing Brits’ have gotten off to great start. The first to box was middleweight James DeGale. The 22 year old DeGale had declared that …

As British hopefuls prepare for the boxing in Beijing this weekend, today it seems that ʼfavouriteʼ Frankie Gavin is struggling to make the lightweight limit and may not get his olympic-shot at a medal. The Birmingham man has 106 wins to his name out of 127 bouts and was considered …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England, World Sports Organisation promoter Jon Feld hosted a fight night headlined by the 10 round light heavyweight contest between Gary “JJ” Ojuederie and Joey Vegas. This was to be 28 year old Ojuederie’s …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England, World Sports Organisation promoter Jon Feld presented a night of boxing which would be memorable in more ways than one! Although not the main event, home-boy Ojay Abrahams faced Jamie Ambler of Aberystwyth …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing After reports that the ‘Preacher’ had decided to retire hit the news yesterday, Saddoboxing can reveal that actually – Graham was sacked from his position of trainer to the Hitman. Having first taken Hatton ‘under his wing’ eleven years ago – the two had …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Thursday night night at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in West Midlands, England, the First Team Promotions pair of PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson staged another great night of boxing. The last ‘show’ of the season was headlined by popular West Bromwich boxer Young …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night, PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions hosted their last ʽshowʼ of the season at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in West Midlands, England. Popular West Bromwich boxer Young Mutley, headlined the show but there was a full …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night, at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall, British Boxing Board of Control Chairman Charlie Giles presented Ron Gray with a ʽplaqueʼ bearing Gray’s name – identical to the plaque that is displayed on the wall for honorary members of the ʽBlack Country Wall …

Itʼs sure to be another great night of boxing action this Thursday night at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in West Midlands, England. PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions are staging their last event of the season with a full ʽbillʼ which sees former British Champion ʽYoung Muttleyʼ …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, Danny Williams made his first defence of the British Heavyweight title against John McDermott at a packed, and very warm, Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. In his words – promoter Frank Maloney brought us ‘517 lbs of Raw Power …