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SaddoBoxing traveled to Impact Boxing headquarters yesterday to speak with lightweight Scott Lawton, who is in training to defend his Midlands Area title against Coventry’s Baz Carey on Saturday, May 6. On a bill the burgeoning promotional outfit is calling Mayhem, the contest takes place at Kings Hall in Stoke-On-Trent, …

Sugar Ray Leonard cast a spell on me as I watched the 1976 Montreal Olympics. That’s right, through that black and white TV sitting on a cheap, tubular, brass-looking, stand. He moved me, a nine year old from the suburbs with a powerful imagination. Beads of sweat charted ticklish routes …

The Ten Most Exciting Fighters In The History Of Boxing Let’s tell the truth for a second. What would we as boxing fans rather see? A classic boxing match or a fight, that no matter what the outcome, had us on our toes from bell to bell? I appreciate a …

New Boxing Reality Show May Hit TV Screens In 2007 Dutch production company No Brain No Gain today announced that it had finalized plans for a reality based American TV show that will feature average fans getting the opportunity to climb in the ring with current boxing champions. “We’re very …

There have been some excellent fights in the world cruiserweight division in the recent months. The most important of which was the surprise victory of O’Neil Bell, who took the title of undisputed divisional champion away from the highly rated and favoured Frenchman Jean Marc Mormeck via a tenth round …

For a man who supposedly just had his career defining fight, Joe Calzaghe now has the chance to make perhaps any fight in the world at super middleweight or light heavyweight, if he wishes. Fresh off the back of one of the most stunning performances ever to have been witnessed …

Star Boxing and Golden Boy Co-Promote June 10 Showdown on HBO PPV Antonio Tarver & Bernard Hopkins will kick off a 4 city media tour beginining Tuesday, March 21 in New York & Philadelphia with stops in Tampa (Wednesday, March 22) and Los Angeles (Thursday, March 23). Tarver vs. Hopkins, …

It was January 27, 2006, at Cicero Stadium in Cicero, Illinois. The final bell rang, ending a wild ten round contest. Super bantamweight prospect Antonio Escalante, 11-0 (7), had been dropped by his opponent Jose Andres Hernandez, 19-3 (13). But Escalante proved he had the heart of a champion and …

Unbeaten Cruiserweight Lasse Johansen made it clear today that he is not coming to England for a holiday or a quick pay day against David Haye.   The thirty-year old Dane has followed Haye’s career closely since they were in the amateur ranks together and he knows he can beat …

Amazing Now And Forever!   I am a fan of nostalgia. Anything old. Movies, books, etc… I even make my family go to those old historic mansion tours with me, although I should probably stop because no one ever seems to have a good time but me. I even owned …

“It could have been the hotdog guy and Walcott would have taken his advice.” Over 100 championship belts; three kids in the Olympic trials; the reigning women?s World Amateur Welterweight Champion; two U.S Boxing Championships; five National Golden Glove titles; and an 18-0 welterweight pro, Jason LeHoullier, who is starting …

In Bayamon, Puerto Rico, Miguel Cotto extended his WBO Light Welterweight Championship reign by taking apart a solid challenger in Italy’s Gianluca Branco. The Puerto Rican superstar was dominant from the first bell and despite Branco’s best efforts, the European fighter could not take Cotto’s power. After eight rounds of …