© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing So, Floyd Mayweather has retired, again!. I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking that what he probably means is…â€I’ve retired (unless something interesting crops up!)†It seems the five-weight champion is no longer ‘happy’ to fight and retires at the height of his game with a perfect 39-0…
© Tom Hogan Before the Hatton-Lazcano fight, I watched Lazcanoʼs previous two fights to gain an ʽideaʼ of Hattonʼs opponent. Those two fights suggested to me that Lazcano was a ʽslow-starterʼ with a good solid right punch, used the left-uppercut, threw few body-punches, but did include a couple of low ones, and clearly didnʼt like…
© Tom Hogan Saturday night, at a packed City of Manchester Stadium, Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton successfully defeated tough Mexican-American, “The Chosen-Juan†Lazcano in a twelve-round IBO Light Welterweight Title fight. Lazcano enters the ring wearing bright red ‘matador-style’ clothing and a large red sombrero hat, walking alongside trainer Ronnie Shields. Michael Buffer then introduces Hatton…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, the much anticipated re-match between IBF Light Welterweight Titlist Paulie Malignaggi and Lovemore N’Dou saw a tough and frustrating fight for the champion. Lovemore N’Dou ‘The Black Panther’ – wearing white and black – received good support from the applauding…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing There were a total of five title fights on Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, England. “Magic†Matthew Hatton challenged Craig Watson for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Title. I was fortunate to speak with Watson briefly on Friday and he told me “I’m really looking forward to…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Following the conclusion of the “Homecoming†fight between the victorious Ricky Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano the media gathered for an official post-fight press conference. First to answer questions from the press were the combatants from the co-feature title bout, Lovemore N’dou and Paulie Malignaggi. Speculation is that Malignaggi…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England, Steve Woods / VIP Boxing promoted a fight night of seven contests – on the eve of Ricky Hatton’s ‘HomeComing.’ The ‘Bill’ was to have headlined the much anticipated re-match between Michael Gomez and Peter McDonagh but Gomez…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, at the Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, crowds of fans lined the ‘Orient’ area of the ‘mall’ to watch the weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s “Homecoming†fight night, promoted by Frank Maloney in association with Punch Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The weigh-in stage sat below the huge video screen…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday the City of Manchester Stadium, England, played host to the official press conference ahead of Saturday’s ‘Homecoming’ fight night. Entering the stadium, I stopped by to see how the ‘pitch’ was progressing in preparation for the fight and with just two days to go, the huge…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today (Thursday) at the City of Manchester Stadium, England, media came together for the official press conference ahead of Saturdays’ ‘HomeComing’ Fightnight. Hosted by Frank Maloney, the press conference saw Ricky Hatton, Juan Lazcano, Paulie Malignaggi, Lovemore N’Dou, Matthew Hatton and Craig Watson all at the same table! That…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night sees another Steve Woods / VIP Boxing promoted fight night at the Robin Park, Wigan, England. It is sure to be another action-packed night – the ‘bill’ consists of seven contests: Heavyweight: Scott Mitchell versus Paul Bonson Light Middleweight: Chris Johnson versus Darren Gethin Light Middleweight: Brett…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Fighting as the co-feature this Saturday on the Ricky “Hitman†Hatton and Juan Lazcano “Homecoming†card is a rematch between IBF Light Welterweight Champion Paulie Malignaggi and former title holder Lovemore N’dou. Malignaggi outboxed N’dou over twelve rounds last year claiming the title by scores…