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Ahead of their vacant British Lightweight title clash on Friday, July 11, 2008 at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England, combatants Lee Meager, 21-2 (8), and John Murray, 24-0 (12), will come face to face at a press conference in Manchester as the first step to decide just who will …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Arriving at the doorway of the Wednesbury Boxing Academy, I was still wondering why I hadn’t visited the gym before. I used to live locally, so Wednesbury is a place I’ve been to many times. The front of the single-storied building looked fairly small …

Entering into the early 2000’s, boxing was in a state of desperation. Having fallen from the mind of the public, largely due to the lack of accessibility, it seemed that boxing was on the verge of returning underground. Pay Per View and high-ticket prices quenched any thirst the general public …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Promoter Mick Hennessy must be suffering the worst headache right now as his ‘Battle of the Midlands’ fight-night tomorrow night sees another change of venue. Having already been re-scheduled for the SkyDome in Coventry – the event will now take place at Wolverhampton Civic …

Canastota plays host to boxingʼs retired royalty for 2008 Induction into the International Boxing Hall of Fame, located in Canastota, New York, has become what many refer to as “Boxingʼs Ultimate Prize”. Ultimately, enshrinement there is more important than titles, more important than headlining pay per views and more important …

History is in the making as the boxing scene is buzzing about the recent retirement of Floyd Mayweather and its effect on the Oscar De La Hoya. As De La Hoya eagerly searches for a worthy opponent, he will find one in former Middleweight champion, Ronald “Winky” Wright, of whom …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing This week, at ‘Mbargo’ in the SkyDome Arena, Coventry, England, media were in attendance for the official press conference hosted by Hennessy Sports which saw Wayne Elcock and Darren McDermott come face to face ahead of their ‘clash’ on June 20. Billed …

Three of a kind of the boxer Vittorio Panariello, from Naples, got the qualification to the 2008 Olympic Games in Peking due to his victory at the tournament in Athens this past April or third place against the Slovak Rudolf Dydi in the bantamweight category at 54 kgs. Parrinello, from …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing So, Floyd Mayweather has retired, again!. I’m sure I’m not the only one thinking that what he probably means is…”I’ve retired (unless something interesting crops up!)” It seems the five-weight champion is no longer ‘happy’ to fight and retires at the height of his …

© 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 …

The date of March 27, 2008, doesn’t immediately jump out as a landmark moment in boxing history. Verno Phillips decisioning away Corey Spinks’ IBF Junior Middleweight title was a shock to some, but certainly nothing historic . Yet the story for some isn’t in the fight itself, but the way …

© 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 …