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It is assuring that in the absence of the names Dunne, Lee, Macklin and Duddy, a high quality and entertaining fight card can be presented in Dublin’s National Stadium. On Saturday night, promoter Brian Peters used a brace of national title bouts and a number of fresh young fighters to …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night, at the York Hall, Bethnal Green, Matchroom Sports hosted a fightnight which would see Lightening Lenny Daws make the first defence of his British Light Welterweight Title as he faced Welshman – Jason Cook. Cook goes for it straight from the bell …

© Ed Mulholland / Main Events Former Cruiserweight champion and heavyweight contender Tomasz Adamek, a Polish fighter out of Jersey City, New Jersey, won a unanimous twelve-round decision to retain the IBF International Heavyweight title over challenger Jason Estrada at the Prudential Center in Newark, New Jersey. Adamek moves into …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night, at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, Frank Maloney Promotions hosted an action-packed fight-card which headlined two title bouts. Jason Booth (Nottingham) v Matthew Marsh (West Ham) 12 x 3 British & Commonwealth Super Bantamweight Title It was …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in Cheshire, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a ten card bill which headline two title fights and a title eliminator. Rob Norton (Stourbridge) v David Dolan (Sunderland) British and Commonwealth Cruiserweight Titles Norton and Dolan …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, Barry Hearn of Matchroom Sports promoted a fightnight which headlined two title bouts. Surrey-based Polish boxer Albert Sosnowski won the European Heavyweight title by a unanimous points decision, defeating Italy’s Paolo …

This past Thursday, Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux of Cuba showcased the main event of Dibella’s Broadway boxing card at BB King’s in New York City. The former Olympic champion won gold in 2000 and 2004 before defecting to the United States to pursue his professional boxing career. Rigondeaux won …

It’s unanimous, Jean Pascal defeated Adrian Diaconu to retain the WBC title on Friday at the Bell Centre in Montreal. Pascal, 27, was facing Diaconu, 30, in a rematch bout for the WBC light-heavyweight title. The fight hinged on Pascal using his lightning quick hands to land repeated combinations, yet …

Last Friday in the main event of a nice combined boxing and mixed martial arts card promoted by Marshall Kauffman the Sovereign Center in Reading, Pennsylvania, Julio Cesar Matthews won the biggest fight of his career by defeating Harvey ‘Candy Man’ Jolly. Matthews, 9-0 (5), a southpaw from Reading, Pennsylvania, …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing hosted a live fight card televised on the Versus Network last night at the Manhattan Center’s Grand Ballroom in New York City. Headlining the event was “Mighty” Mike Arnaoutis who lost a controversial twelve-round split decision against Tim …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a great Sunday afternoon atmosphere yesterday at the Colne Municipal Hall in Colne, England, when Steve Wood of VIP Promotions and vipboxing.tv hosted a four-fight bill of local boxers. Trevor Crewe (Sunderland) v Manoocha Salari (Worksop) 4 x 3 Light …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Brentwood Leisure Centre in Essex, England, Hennessy Sports hosted a fightnight billed as ‘Winner Takes It All’. Headlining was to have been the vacant British Middleweight title clash between Darren Barker and ‘Mad Dog’ Wayne Elcock – but …