**With Boxing Slideshow** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a packed house at ‘The Muni’, otherwise known as Municipal Hall, in Colne, Lancashire, England yesterday for another VIP Promotion by Steve Wood. There were four contests followed by ‘entertainment for the boys’ as part of the ‘JollyBoys Tour’. Young…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton was awarded the prestigious title – ‘Boxer of the Year 2007’ for a third time this week at the British Boxing Board of Control Annual Awards Dinner. It’s been a fantastic year for the Hitman – who is being hailed as the boxer who has successfully ‘lifted’…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Thursday, Ricky Hatton arrived at Las Vegas airport alongside brother Matthew, trainer Billy Graham, agent Paul Speak and strength coach/ nutrionist Kerry Kayes to awaiting photographers and fans. Obviously thrilled to be back in Vegas – the Hitman told Sky Sports; Ed Robinson that it…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Boxing fans across the UK are excitedly awaiting the dream fight between Manchester Hero – Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton and King of Bling – Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather to take place on Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas . Excitement heightened yesterday with the departure of the…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a damp, drizzly morning in Manchester today, but there were plenty of smiles as Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton boarded the BMI flight that would take him to Las Vegas for the fight of his life against Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather. The Hitman along with…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today at Billy ‘The Preacher’ Graham’s Phoenix Camp Gym in Manchester, England, members of the media gathered for the final attended training and interview session before Team Hatton fly out to Las Vegas next week ahead of the much anticipated fightnight billed as ‘Undefeated’ where…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Hear what David Haye had to say about his boxing future in this post fight audio stream, after his sensational win over Jean Marc-Mormeck at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois, France.
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a noisy excited atmosphere tonight at the Palais des Sports Marcel-Cerdan, Levallois, France as French and British fans came together to witness the much-anticipated clash between WBC and WBA Champion Jean-Marc Mormeck of France and David “Hayemaker” Haye of England on a Don…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a beautiful sunny morning in Nottingham earlier this week as SaddoBoxing attended the press conference for the upcoming Carl Froch and Robin Reid clash ahead of this Friday’s fightnight at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England. Hennessy Promotions hosted the event at the…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The culmination of the massive media build-up of Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler came to a head yesterday at the Millenium Stadium in Cardiff as the two super middleweight champions weighed in in front of a large crowd of photographers, TV cameramen and journalists from…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was some great undercard action on the Frank Maloney/VIP bill at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England on Friday night. Young Jack Arnfield made an impressive start to his pro-debut when he made short work of Cambridge-boy, Louis Byrne in the first round…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The Robin Park Arena was packed last night for the shared Frank Maloney/VIP promoted fight night, billed as “National Service’, in which Jamie Moore defended his British Light Middleweight title against Andrew Facey. Mooresy, described as “The Fighters Fighter’ was to face Andrew “Smiley’ Facey…