The resurgence of Jason Booth continued last night as the British super bantam champion stopped former titleholder Matthew Marsh last night at Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, adding the vacant Commonwealth crown to an already impressive trophy cabinet. It was Marsh leading the way in the early rounds as the Londoner expertly kept…
Last night at the Leisure Centre in Newport, Wales, British super flyweight Lee Haskins defeated Commonwealth king Don Broadhurst to become a double champion. Enjoying a rare height advantage, southpaw Haskins made good use of his awkward skills, keeping Haskins off balance for the entire 12 round bout. It was the greater experience of the…
At the Metro Radio Arena in Newcastle, England last night, WBA light welter titlist Amir Khan made short work of mandatory challenger Dmitriy Salita. Making the first defense of his world title belt, Khan was facing an undefeated yet untested challenger in the form of Salita and that gulf in experience proved to be the…
Last night at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, England, IBO welterweight champion Lovemore N’dou and challenger Matthew Hatton fought to a draw. 38 year old N’dou hadn’t been able to spar during training camp due to a cut suffered earlier and inactivity since his title winning effort in July against Phillip N’dou showed up…
It was the rare domestic bout with far reaching and possibly world level implications last night at Bolton Arena in Bolton, England and the European light middle title clash between champion Jamie Moore and Ryan Rhodes lived up to all expectations. Southpaw Moore took the initiative in the early going, advancing on his older opponent…
**With Slideshow**© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing British super bantamweight champion Jason Booth put together yet another sterling performance in turning back the comeback hopes of Michael Hunter last night at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England on a Frank Maloney promotion. 31 year old southpaw Hunter was attempting to recapture the glory days of…
David Haye has done all the right things via the press to get generate a heavyweight title challenge and has been rewarded with a shot against WBA champion Nickolay Valuev in Nuremberg, Germany on November, 7. But with the same certainty in which that statement can be made, there’s no doubt the former world cruiserweight…
Welshman Nathan Cleverly solidified his hold on the light heavyweight division in the UK by stopping former amateur star Courtney Fry in eight rounds last night at London’s historic York Hall. Fry, who has also fought as a cruiserweight, had the strength and skill to put up good resistance but at age 34, couldn’t cope…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Manchester, England, lightweight John Murray won the division’s biggest domestic showdown as he stopped Jon Thaxton in the fourth round. Local hero Murray regained the British title he lost on the scales in June with one of his…
Audley Harrison managed to rub some of the tarnish off his career last night by winning Prizefighter Heavyweights III at London’s Excel Arena. As usual among this series of three round extravaganzas, there were upsets galore as the original lineup of eight fighters went to work in the opening quarterfinal stage. In a real shocker,…
Last night in front of a strong hometown crowd at Dublin’s O2 Arena, local hero Bernard Dunne was hammered back out of his brief foray into the world class standings by Thai slugger Poonsawat Kratingdaenggym. Having won the WBA super bantam crown in a surprising upset of Ricardo Cordoba at the O2 this past March,…
The O2 in Dublin, Ireland hosts a big occasion later today when local hero Bernard Dunne meets Thailand’s Poonsawat Kratindaenggym. On offer will be Dunne’s WBA super bantam crown, won six months ago in the very same venue against Panama’s Ricardo Cordoba in a major upset. Can Dunne, 28-1 (15), turn the trick again and…