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© Lawrence Lustig Audley Harrison today insisted he can still become World Heavyweight Champion. Harrison, 37, admits he has failed to fulfill his potential after winning Olympic gold in 2000 but believes victory at next month’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III will catapult him back to title level.

The draw for Prizefighter Heavyweights III has been made by boxing legend Mike Tyson. “Iron Mike” conducted the draw at the Mandalay Bay Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas earlier today, alongside Matchroom Sport Chairman Barry Hearn. “I’m looking forward to it and this is going to be very exciting, …

The destiny of the eight Prizefighter Heavyweights III contenders lies in the hands of one of the greatest fighters of all time: Mike Tyson. Iron Mike will be conducting the draw for the quarter-finals of the next Prizefighter event later today in Las Vegas. “’I’m looking forward to making the …

© Lawrence Lustig The hugely successful Prizefighter event, scheduled for Friday, October 2 and featuring the cream of British heavyweights, will now take place at ExCel, London following unprecedented demand for tickets.

© Lawrence Lustig Matchroom Sport’s Prizefighter Heavyweights III was officially launched today. A press conference was held at London’s Waldorf Hotel with all eight competitors present for what promises to be the most exciting event of the Prizefighter Series so far. The eight-man, one-night knockout tournament features some of the …

Matchroom Sport’s hugely successful Prizefighter returns in October with a new look and arguably the most exciting crop of British heavyweights ever assembled under one roof. Taking place at London’s iconic boxing venue, the York Hall in Bethnal Green, on Friday, October 2, Prizefighter – the Heavyweights III – features …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, two British boxers fought on an historical boxing occasion due to the number of people that had packed in the venue. Paul Butlin and Michael Sprott boxed on the undercard of the Wladimir …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, at the Veltins-Arena, Gelsenkirchen, Germany, 61,000 people enjoyed a night of boxing and entertainment in the home of Schalke F.C. It was indeed the biggest and most lavish boxing event I’ve ever witnessed. There were seven fights in total – …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing All eyes in the boxing world will be on Veltins Arena tonight in Gelsenkirchen, Germany as WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko puts his belts and top standing in the division on the line against WBA champion in recess Ruslan Chagaev. Klitschko, 52-3 (46), comes …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing At 2.00 PM this afternoon, at the impressive Karstadt Sports Store in Dortmund, Germany, media and fans gathered to witness the official weigh-in of Wladimir Klitschko and Rusland Chagaev ahead of tomorrow night’s heavyweight contest at Veltins Arena in Gelsenkirschen. Introduced by …

Earlier this week at a press conference held at Real Hypermarket in Gelsenkirchen, Germany, Irish boxer Andy Lee confirmed to SaddoBoxing that he was ‘feeling great’ and ‘looking forward to Saturday night’ when he is scheduled to fight Latvian Olegs Fedotovs in an eight round middleweight contest at Veltins Arena. …

The luck of Wladimir Sidorenko finally ran out last night at Burg-Waechter Castello in Dusseldorf as the WBA Bantamweight Champion was outpointed by Panama’s Anselmo Moreno after twelve rounds. Moreno, 22-1-1 (8), leveraged a sizable height advantage and southpaw stance to keep the normally hyper-busy Sidorenko, 21-1-2 (7), off his …