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**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted their first televised fight-night. Billed as ‘Euro Glory’, the fight-card was headlined by the European title clash between Matthew Macklin and Amin Asikainen. Matthew Macklin (Birmingham) v Amin Asikainen (Finland) …

**With Slideshow** © Bernard Miller / Saddo Boxing London’s Lenny Daws lost the British light welter title to Motherwell, Scotland’s Barry Morrison when they met in 2007 but with both boxers having very similar ‘stats’ – the rematch at York Hall in Bethnal Green on Friday night proved to be …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England VIP Promotions and vipboxing.tv presented an evening of professional boxing headlined by the vacant British Masters Light-Heavyweight Championship between Liverpool’s Carl ‘Dynamite’ Dilks and Sheffield’s ‘The Peoples Poet’ – Billy Boyle. There …

© Cate McKeating / Saddo Boxing In front of a standing room only crowd on Saturday night at the Pechanga Resort and Casino in Temecula, CA, WBC super middleweight number one contender Andre Ward, 20-0 (13), showed focus and determination by blasting his way to a third round TKO victory …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a full house last night at the packed Brentwood Centre in Essex, England for the Frank Maloney promoted Fightnight headlined by the eagerly awaited contest between John McDermott and Tyson Fury. The night was billed as ‘Colossal’ with McDermott defending …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Eston Sports Academy in Middlesbrough, England, Matchroom Sport hosted a fight night which headlined by the much anticipated Commonwealth Featherweight title rematch between Champion John Simpson of Greenock, Scotland and local man Paul Truscott of Middlesbrough. The fight …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night, at the Velodrome in Manchester, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fight night which would prove to be an all-action bill culminating in another war from returning Mancunian, Michael Brodie. Billed as ‘The Boys Are Back In Town’, the fight card …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Floral Hall in Southport, England, Steve Wood of VIP Promotions presented a fight night which would feature six thrilling contests. The venue is sited in a lovely location – right alongside Marine Lake in the coastal town of …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, at the Sutton Sports Centre in St. Helens, Merseyside, England, Oliver Harrison promoted a fight-night which would see nine all-action contests. The headliner would see popular Martin Murray of St. Helens face Ghanaian boxer Thomas Awinbono in an eight round …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Saturday night at the York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, England, Hennessy Sports promoted a fight night headlined by the British Light Heavyweight title clash between Commonwealth Champion Nathan Cleverly and English Champion Danny McIntosh. Cleverly of Cefn Forest, Wales, enters the …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a typical English summer evening on Friday; rain, rain and more rain! But it didn’t dampen the spirit of fans enjoying an evening of boxing at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in the West Midlands. PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was some great support action at the Seaburn Centre in Sunderland, England on the Frank Maloney promotion headlined by Lee Haskins’ British super flyweight title defense against Ross Burkinshaw on Friday. On the undercard, local man Trevor Crewe faced Bulgarian-born Danny …