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© 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 …

© 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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

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 …

Oh, How The Mighty Have Fallen Boxing is a sport in which one saying always applies, “Make or Break. The sport has a habit of making some of the biggest sports stars to this day, be it from Mike Tyson to Oscar De la Hoya and all fighters who wish …

In every sport that’s played, the participants will always carry the hopes of their nation in their selected sport. It has been proven at times that nothing can be more daunting that getting involved in an already tough test whilst you carry the hopes of the entire nation, and what …

Will “The Cobra” Be Ready If He Beats Reid? With 21 wins, 17 by knockout, no losses and constantly calling out Joe Calzaghe, it is no surprise that British Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch is gaining the boxing media attention that so many other boxers could only dream of. On …

As The Ring’s super middleweight world champion Joe Calzaghe and WBO Cruiserweight Champion Enzo Maccarinelli head into their final week of preparations, I was honoured to be invited up to the Newbridge gym by “Big Mac” himself, to watch him, Calzaghe and promising undefeated light heavyweight prospect Nathan Cleverly work …

Never in my lifetime have us Brits had it so good in the fight game as we’ll have in the next few months with David “Hayemaker” Haye vs. Jean Marc Mormeck, Joe Calzaghe vs. Mikkel Kessler and finally the biggest fight out there for me, Ricky “Hitman” Hatton vs. Floyd …