**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England, Frank Maloney hosted the second of three title fights. This was the scheduled English Lightweight title fight between John ‘Fireball’ Fewkes and Martin Gethin. Fewkes had a nightmare Thursday when weighing in ahead of the clash….
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Wednesday night at the Aviator Sports Arena in Brooklyn, NY, was the second night in only five days that Sal Musumeci’s Final Forum hosted a televised professional boxing card this time in association with Star Boxing. The ESPN broadcast of “Wednesday Night Fights” featured an action packed…
In the main event of an inaugural seven bout card held Wednesday, August 6, 2008, at B.B. King Blues Club and Grill located on 42nd Street near Times Square in New York City, former WBA and WBO Light Welterweight Champion Randall Bailey of Miami, Florida, scored a vicious first round knockout over Dairo Escalas of…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Aviator Sports Arena in Brooklyn, NY, two local fighters made their debut on the Showtime boxing series, Shobox The New Generation. The main event featured undefeated Pawel Wolak from Mt. Arlington, NJ, taking a step-up in competition against season one Contender star Ishe…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Watford Colosseum in Watford, England, World Sports Organisation promoter Jon Feld hosted a fight night headlined by the 10 round light heavyweight contest between Gary “JJ” Ojuederie and Joey Vegas. This was to be 28 year old Ojuederie’s first defence of the Southern…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Thursday night night at Wolverhampton Civic Hall in West Midlands, England, the First Team Promotions pair of PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson staged another great night of boxing. The last ‘show’ of the season was headlined by popular West Bromwich boxer Young Mutley, aka Lee Woodley, as…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Thursday night, PJ Rowson and Errol Johnson of First Team Promotions hosted their last ʽshowʼ of the season at the Wolverhampton Civic Hall in West Midlands, England. Popular West Bromwich boxer Young Mutley, headlined the show but there was a full undercard which made for another…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night, Danny Williams made his first defence of the British Heavyweight title against John McDermott at a packed, and very warm, Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. In his words – promoter Frank Maloney brought us ‘517 lbs of Raw Power on a Collision Course’. Williams,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing As well as the main bout between Danny Williams and John McDermott at Dagenham last night, there was also a full bill of undercard contests. Featherweight Akaash ʽKash the Bashʼ Bhatia, 12-0 (3), of Harrow scored a third round stoppage over Somerset’s John Vanemmenis, 1-4-1 (0), in…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England also saw an exciting and entertaining undercard. Former IBO Champion Brian Magee of Belfast faced Simeon Cover of Worksop in a six round super middleweight contest. Cover, of the Ingle’s stable, has the trademark ‘fencing style’, but…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Newly crowned British Lightweight Champion John Murray could be making his first defence against Martin Gethin after Gethin waged a very exciting fight against Ingle Camp boxer Nadeem Siddique on the undercard of Murray vs. Lee Meager on Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan,…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing What a fantastic night of boxing last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England! Hennessy Sports promoted the fight night, billed as Strictly Business, in which Mancunians and mates – John Murray and Lee Meager – slugged it out for the British Lightweight title in…