**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There might have been a super-fight in Las Vegas last night – but here in the UK in our own ʽVegasʼ of the North, (albeit mainly slot-machines taking pennies and twenty pences!), Blackpool Tower played host to another action-packed bill from promoter …
Read More »Boxing Result: Ricky Hatton Dominates Paulie Malignaggi At MGM Grand
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions IBO Light Welterweight Champion turned back the clock last night in Las Vegas at the MGM Grand, pounding out a vintage high-pressure performance against IBF titlist Paulie Malignaggi for ten rounds until the New Yorker’s corner threw in the towel just seconds into …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Dean Harrison vs. Chris Long
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing First Team’s PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson put on another entertaining afternoon of boxing on Sunday when they hosted a full card of eight contests, billed as “Crunch-time at Lunch-time”, which included two title bouts at the Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England. …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Welterweight Prizefighter
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the famous York Hall, Bethnal Green, in the East End of London, Barry Hearn of Matchroom Sports hosted another episode of the “Prizefighter Series”. This time it was the turn of the welterweights as eight boxing hopefuls lined up …
Read More »Boxing Result: Bernard Hopkins Turns Back The Clock To School Kelly Pavlik
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions Bernard Hopkins continues to defy the restrictions of time that mere mortals in the boxing world are subject to as the 43 year old former World Middleweight Champion took current WBC/WBO Middleweight titlist Kelly Pavlik back to the woodshed last night for an …
Read More »Boxing Result: Vitali Klitschko Reclaims WBC Title In Berlin
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Last night at the O2 Arena In Berlin, Germany, Vitali Klitschko regained the WBC Heavyweight title that he never lost in the ring by stopping Samuel Peter after seven rounds of combat. Peter began the bout pressing Klitschko but was taking punishment from the …
Read More »Boxing Result: Chad Dawson Defeats Antonio Tarver For Top Spot At Light Heavy
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing It was a story of youth vs. experience last night at the Palms Casino in Las Vegas, NV and this time, youth won out as Chad Dawson proved to have too much in the arsenal for veteran Antonio Tarver to handle over the course …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: De La Rosa, Guerrero Win In Salisbury On ShoBox
Click for larger image © Cheryl Nemazie Four undefeated prospects stepped into the ring Friday’s but only two boxers walked out with their perfect records intact as James De la Rosa earned a unanimous decision over Tim Coleman and Fernando Guerrero outpointed Tyrone Watson on ShoBox: The New Generation.
Read More »Boxing Result: Mosley KO’s Mayorga In Final Round
© Tom Hogan/Golden Boy Promotions Former world champions Ricardo Mayorga and Shane Mosley may not be top caliber light middleweights anymore but they refuse to go away quietly as they rocked the Staples Center in Los Angeles last night with a thrilling back and forth epic that saw both men …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Matt Attack
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Sunday at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan , England, Steve Wood of VIP Promotions hosted another great afternoon of boxing. Billed as “Matt Attack” – the event headlined “Bolton’s One Man Riot” – Alex Matvienko, as he faced Lee “Brown Sugar” …
Read More »Boxing Result: Marquez, Forrest Win In Las Vegas
© Tom Hogan / Golden Boy Promotions Reversing his shocking loss to Sergio Mora this past June, Vernon Forrest regained the WBC Light Middleweight title in the rematch, decisioning the former Contender star to take a wide points verdict while Juan Manuel Marquez made the transition to lightweight by stopping …
Read More »Boxing in Ukraine: Kotelnik Retains WBA Light Welter Belt In Lviv
It took Andreas Kotelnik almost eight years to win a world title and the 30 year old showed that he isn’t ready to part with it yet, outpointing southpaw challenger and longtime Japanese Light Welter titlist Norio Kimura in dominating fashion at the Sportspalace in Lviv, Ukraine last night. Hometoen …
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