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Click for larger image © Michael Worden / Saddo Boxing The first of five press conferences to build hype for the December 8, 2007 showdown between Pound for Pound King Floyd Mayweather Jr, 38-0 (24), and the universally recognized Junior Welterweight Champion, Ricky “The Hitman” Hatton, 43-0 (31), was held …

Click for larger image© Jane Warburton Saddo Boxing Under the direction of the 3 Michelin starred Celebrity Chef, Marco Pierre White, Barry survived three weeks of the British reality TV program “Hell’s Kitchen”, holding off nine fellow competitors which included singer Paul Young, TV presenter Anneka Rice and comedian Jim …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Madison Square Garden in New York City was the second stop of a three-city press tour to promote the upcoming World Welterweight title fight set for November 10, 2007 at the “Mecca of Boxing”. The bout dubbed “Fast and Furious” …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This past week in New York City, promoter Frank Warren held a press conference to announce the world title unification fight between undefeated Super Middleweight Champions Joe Calzaghe, 43-0 (32), from Newbridge, Wales and Mikkel Kessler, 39-0 (29), from Copenhagen, …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today, at Hellaby Hall Hotel, Hellaby near Rotherham, England, WBC Light Welter Champion Junior Witter weighed in at a 139 and a half pounds ahead of tomorrow nights’ Hennessy Sports promoted fightnight. Smiling, Witter looked relaxed as he took time …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday, at the Hellaby Hall Hotel in Hellaby near Rotherham, England, WBC Light Welterweight Champion Junior “The Hitter’ Witter came face-to-face with ex-WBA Champion “Vicious’ Vivian Harris as they met for a pre-fight press conference ahead of Hennessy Sports’ Friday …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing This week at the Hard Rock Cafe in New York City, Seminole Warriors Boxing announced the WBO Heavyweight Championship fight between Sultan Ibragimov, 21-0-1 (17), and four time heavyweight world champion Evander Holyfield, 42-8-2 (27), which will take place from …

On 8 September at the Staples Center in Los Angels, two of boxing’s most well known all out action fighters will face off in what is billed as “The Brawl”, but a better title for this event may be, “It’s All About Pride”. Seeing how thus far there has been …

It’s Now Or Never He is a faceless title holder in an increasingly faceless sport, but come September 7 WBC Light Welterweight champion Junior Witter will get the opportunity to stand up and be seen. Witter, 33, is only weeks away from a career defining showdown with number one contender …

Amir Khan puts his unbeaten record on the line when he steps up against Scott Lawton at the Nottingham Arena in six weeks time. Khan will be making his second appearance at 12 rounds on October 6 and just three months after his first attempt resulted in the eighth round …

On Sept 8 Fernando Vargas faces off against Ricardo Mayorga on PPV in a bout of egos and will. Although there is no title at stake, it promises to be an all out war for what many are predicting to be a short night. While the two former world champions …

Recap and Analysis of the Recent Televised Fights in the Bantamweight and Super Bantamweight Divisions After back-to-back weekends of exciting boxing matches, boxing takes a much-deserved rest. There is not another meaningful televised fight until Jermain Taylor versus Kelly Pavlik on September 29, 2007. I do not count the September …