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Miguel Angel Cotto 32-0 welterweight champ Cotto backed away from Margarito when the punishment became severe. Amir Khan Popular but overhyped Khan’s 18-0 lightweight record fell to Breidis Prescott in only 54 seconds. Britain had to relive Jerry Quarry vs. Jack Bodell all over again. Marcos Ramirez Ramirez blew a …

Rising lightweight star Breidis Prescott signed with ARENA Box-Promotion and Decubas Presents, LLC. Brescott, ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner and Ricardo Decubas just finalized the deal in Miami, Florida. Prescott recently made a noise by knocking out promising prospect Amir Khan in one round in Manchester, UK.

Same old, same old… I can only draw one conclusion from watching Audley Harrison’s ‘career’; the man likes upsetting us. Ever since striking gold in 2000, Harrison has subjected the boxing watching public to what can only be described as a fistic cure for insomnia. The latest instalment in the …

As Amir Khan just crushingly found out, there is truth to the old boxing adage: ‘You can’t put muscles on chins’. It seems the ability to absorb a punch is something a boxer must be born with. Training can improve a fighter’s skills, power, fitness and ability to recover when …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, undefeated Commonwealth Lightweight Champion Amir Khan suffered a sensational first round knockout at the hands of Colombian slugger Breidis Prescott for the WBO Intercontinental crown. The end came for Khan inside …

Hot lightweight prospect Amir Khan tops the bill tonight at the Manchester Evening News Arena in Manchester, England when he faces dangerous Colombian Breidis Prescott. At stake is the WBO Intercontinental Lightweight title, but more importantly both men’s unbeaten records are on the line. Khan, 21 from Bolton, England, is …

Undefeated Commonwealth lightweight champion and 2004 Olympic silver medallist Amir Khan returns to the ring tomorrow Saturday, September 6, at Manchester’s MEN Arena, with a new trainer and a new television broadcast partner. Khan, 18-0 (14), from Bolton, will be making his fifth title defense against undefeated Colombian knockout artist …

Jorge Rubio, the new trainer for undefeated star of British boxing, Amir Khan, has promised to help deliver a world title to the 21-year-old hot-shot. Rubio, the Florida based Cuban, met the media yesterday at a workout with Khan in Khan’s Boxing Gym in Bolton, England. He stated that Khan …

Lightweight sensation Amir Khan has confirmed that Jorge Rubio has been appointed as his new trainer. The undefeated star of British boxing, currently world-rated No. 2 by the WBO and No. 4 by the WBC, recently went to America and met with a number of top trainers but gelled best …

Alex Matvienko is on the verge of becoming Bolton’s next professional boxing champion. Matvienko get his big chance when he boxes Lee Edwards for the vacant British Masters light middleweight title at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Sunday, September 14. Commonwealth lightweight champion Amir Khan is the talk …

British lightweight title challenger John Murray is offering to be Amir Khan’s next opponent on September 6, 2008. Former unbeaten English champion Murray faces fellow Manchester boxer Lee Meager for the vacant British Lightweight title at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Friday July 11, 2008. Hennessy Sports …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On the heels of Amir Khan successfully defeating tough Irish-Mancunian Michael Gomez on Saturday night in a grueling Commonwealth Lightweight title clash at Birmingham’s National Indoor Arena in England, SaddoBoxing asked trainer Bobby Rimmer this morning how he and Gomez were both feeling after …