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On the strength of his superb victory over Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler last month, undisputed super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe won his second straight BBC Wales Sports Personality of The Year award. The “Italian Dragon” collected 77% of the vote, beating out an army of Welsh sports figures, including stablemate and WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Mccarinelli….
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing We laid down the choices, weighed them out, measured them, and then came to the unanimous conclusion. The month of November is one where glory belongs to the Pride of Wales and undisputed super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe. On November 3, Calzaghe faced off against Mikkel Kessler in one…
Some of the Big Apple’s best and brightest boxing prospects will showcase their talents December 13 on the “Holiday Hits†pro boxing show, co-promoted by Ring Promotions and Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing, at The Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton was awarded the prestigious title – ‘Boxer of the Year 2007’ for a third time this week at the British Boxing Board of Control Annual Awards Dinner. It’s been a fantastic year for the Hitman – who is being hailed as the boxer who has successfully ‘lifted’…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Thursday, Ricky Hatton arrived at Las Vegas airport alongside brother Matthew, trainer Billy Graham, agent Paul Speak and strength coach/ nutrionist Kerry Kayes to awaiting photographers and fans. Obviously thrilled to be back in Vegas – the Hitman told Sky Sports; Ed Robinson that it…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Boxing fans across the UK are excitedly awaiting the dream fight between Manchester Hero – Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton and King of Bling – Pretty Boy Floyd Mayweather to take place on Saturday, December 8 at the MGM Grand, Las Vegas . Excitement heightened yesterday with the departure of the…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing After emerging victorious from the biggest PPV fight of all time against modern day great Oscar De La Hoya this past May, is WBC Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather headed for a shocking upset against Ricky “Hitman” Hatton on December 8? Mayweather has a long history of rubbishing Hatton and…
NABF Cruiserweight Champion and WBC’s number one ranked contender Matt “Too Smooth” Godfrey, 16-0 (9), was ready and set to settle any doubts that Jeremy “Half Man Half Amazing” Williams, 42-5 (35), had about his validity as a future star of the sport this coming Saturday in a bout scheduled to take place in Connecticut’s…
It was the 16 of August, 2003 and the stage was set for Danny Green to win his first world title. Everything was going according to plan. The hard punching pressure fighter from Perth, Australia had travelled to Nuerburgring Racetrack in Nuremberg, Germany to fight WBC Super Middleweight Champion Markus Beyer. Beyer’s record standing at…
Tragedy strikes the lightweight division and changes the face of boxing forever While it is no secret that boxing is a dangerous and sometimes lethal sport, on no night over the last half century have those two factors delivered more impact then that of November 13 1982. That was the night when WBA Lightweight Champion…
Click for larger image © Teddy Blackburn / Golden Boy Promotions Forgive me for being bluntly open in my prediction of the outcome of this Saturday’s Mosley vs. Cotto WBA Welterweight title fight at Madison Square Garden, but I just don’t see Cotto winning this one. The way I see it, the only clear advantage…
As kids growing up in the Kahn household, there were two things we had to endure that no children should be subjected to. The first was my father’s insistence to be what he called a “hip” dad and use every expression known to youth, so he could, as he would try to explain to my…