The contracts for the WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and Odlanier Solis have been signed this week. The fight will take place on March 19th at Cologne’s Lanxess Arena. Solis’ promoter Ahmet Oner is looking forward to the fight and convinced that his fighter will end the Klitschko’s reign. …
Read More »WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and Odlanier Solis going to purse bid?
Solis: “Klitschko is trying to take advantage of me – I will make him pay for that!” After a promising start, negotiations between K2 / KMG on the one side and ARENA Sports-Promotion on the other side for the WBC heavyweight championship between Vitali Klitschko and mandatory challenger Odlanier Solis …
Read More »Boxing In Britain: Setterfield, Connor Headline Surbiton Fight Card
Sutton’s Danny “Cassius” Connor and Redhill’s “Dynamo” Daryl Setterfield are back in action this coming Saturday, the 18th December, at the Bruce Baker promoted “Christmas Punch” event at the Tolworth Recreation Centre in Surbiton. The pair of Surrey battlers, who both train at Johnny Eames Ultrachem TKO Boxing Gym in …
Read More »Shinfields Gym: Ovill McKenzie
Click the above Image for more Photos Last week, Saddoboxing.com went along to Shinfields Gym, Somercotes, Derbyshire, to see how Ovill McKenzie is shaping up ahead of his clash with Tony Bellew on the 11th December. McKenzie will face Bellew for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Light-Heavyweight Title. ‘Bomber’ Bellew of …
Read More »Hatton Boxing: Edwards vs. Croes Added To Chrimbo Special
Commonwealth flyweight champion Chris Edwards has been added to Hatton Promotions Christmas spectacular on Saturday night (dec 4) Edwards will face Middlesbrough boxer Francis Croes on the dinner show taking place at Manchester’s Palace Hotel.
Read More »Hennessy Boxing: Newly Minted WBC Champ Froch Back In England
Carl ‘The Cobra’ Froch and his coach Robert McCracken put together a master class performance which the power-punching strongman Arthur Abraham had no way of overcoming in Helsinki at the weekend. Froch, who moves into second place on the Super Six: World Boxing Classic scoreboard behind tournament leader and WBA …
Read More »Star Boxing: Jean Marc Mormeck Returns To Ring In Paris
On Thursday December 2nd, at the Halle Carpentier Arena in Paris France, former two-time cruiserweight champion, and now IBF #10 and WBA #12 heavyweight rated contender, Jean Marc Mormeck (35-4, 22KO’s) will look to take one step closer towards challenging for a heavyweight world title, when he takes on fellow …
Read More »European Boxing News: Dimitrenko, Sosnowski, Konecny, Chagaev, Balzsay
By Per Ake Persson Alexander Dimitrenko´s mandatory defence of the European heavyweight title against Albert Sosnowski has now been announced for December 4 (as previously reported) with Schwerin as site. Dimitrenko, from Ukraine, living in Germany and now a German citizen is making the first defence of the title. It´s …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: David Haye vs. Audley Harrison
Click the above Image for more Photos Last night, at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, David Haye retained his WBA Heavyweight Title by a third round demolition of Audley Harrison. It had been an ‘odd’ start to the fight; Harrison looked nervous and both men were over-cautious, hardly throwing …
Read More »Boxing Result: David Haye Stops Audley Harrison In Manchester
Tonight at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, WBA heavyweight champion David Haye made short work of former mentor and ex-European champion Audley Harrison. The skills displayed by Haye and Harrison, not to mention respective achievements, during their careers to this point firmly positioned Haye as the favorite by very …
Read More »Boxing Preview Analysis: David Haye vs. Audley Harrison
Click the above Image for more Photos The Manchester Evening News Arena for the second time this year hosts a World Heavyweight Championship fight when the battle of Britain takes place between David Haye and Audley Harrison tonight. For Haye, this is the second defence of the championship he won …
Read More »Boxing Weights: David Haye vs. Audley Harrison
Click the above Image for more Photos from the Weigh In Yesterday, at The Lowry, Salford Quays, England, fans gathered to see the official weigh-in ahead of tonights World Heavyweight Title clash between David Haye and Audley Harrison. The under-card weighed in first. But as Audley Harrison and David Haye …
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