© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing had the honor of briefly speaking with Oscar De La Hoya, a man who needs no introduction, in the dressing room of Ricky Hatton after the Hatton vs. Lazcano fight in Manchester, England recently. SaddoBoxing: What are your impressions on the Hatton vs. Lazcano bout that we just…
© Tom Hogan Before the Hatton-Lazcano fight, I watched Lazcanoʼs previous two fights to gain an ʽideaʼ of Hattonʼs opponent. Those two fights suggested to me that Lazcano was a ʽslow-starterʼ with a good solid right punch, used the left-uppercut, threw few body-punches, but did include a couple of low ones, and clearly didnʼt like…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing One of Manchester’s favorite sons was in action on the Hatton vs. Lazcano bill this past Saturday at City of Manchester Stadium as Jamie Moore came back from a shoulder surgery to face young Mexican brawler Esau Herrera in a scheduled eight round contest at middleweight. The…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing The second bout of the massive Hatton vs. Lazcano card on Saturday night at City of Manchester Stadium featured towering light middleweights Andrew Facey and Thomas McDonagh. Facey was coming into the bout as the reigning English Champion and at age 36, had experienced his biggest fights…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Our massive coverage of the historic Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano card this past Saturday night in Manchester, England continues with the first of three undercard bouts. A contest for the vacant English Super Bantamweight title opened the show and it was a highly contentious affair between…
© Tom Hogan Saturday night, at a packed City of Manchester Stadium, Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton successfully defeated tough Mexican-American, “The Chosen-Juan†Lazcano in a twelve-round IBO Light Welterweight Title fight. Lazcano enters the ring wearing bright red ‘matador-style’ clothing and a large red sombrero hat, walking alongside trainer Ronnie Shields. Michael Buffer then introduces Hatton…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, the much anticipated re-match between IBF Light Welterweight Titlist Paulie Malignaggi and Lovemore N’Dou saw a tough and frustrating fight for the champion. Lovemore N’Dou ‘The Black Panther’ – wearing white and black – received good support from the applauding…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing There were a total of five title fights on Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, England. “Magic†Matthew Hatton challenged Craig Watson for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Title. I was fortunate to speak with Watson briefly on Friday and he told me “I’m really looking forward to…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Following the conclusion of the “Homecoming†fight between the victorious Ricky Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano the media gathered for an official post-fight press conference. First to answer questions from the press were the combatants from the co-feature title bout, Lovemore N’dou and Paulie Malignaggi. Speculation is that Malignaggi…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Another fight on the card that interested Ricky Hatton for more then one reason was the rematch between IBF title holder Paul “The Magic Man†Malignaggi 25-1 (5) and former titlist Lovemore “The Black Panther†N’Dou 46-10-1 (31). Malignaggi who won the title from Lovemore in June of 2007…
With the excitement in North West England reaching a fever pitch for Ricky Hatton’s much anticipated return to his beloved city of Manchester, there are many questions still to be answered surrounding this massive fight card which will be played out in the open air City of Manchester Stadium before a record breaking 56,000 spectators.
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, at the Trafford Centre, Manchester, England, crowds of fans lined the ‘Orient’ area of the ‘mall’ to watch the weigh-ins for tomorrow night’s “Homecoming†fight night, promoted by Frank Maloney in association with Punch Promotions and Golden Boy Promotions. The weigh-in stage sat below the huge video screen…