Boxing Photos
**With Massive Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Yesterday afternoon, Frank Maloney Promotions held the weigh-in for their big show taking place tonight Saturday, December 8 at Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England. The event drew a selection of local fight figures as well as the camps of the eight combatants who will participate…
**With Slideshow and Full Audio Stream** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Yesterday in Wigan, England, promoters Frank Maloney and Steve Wood held a press conference for their “Home Guard” show this Saturday at the Wigan Arena, facing off the eight fighters that will clash in four title fights. The British Light Middleweight title will…
**With Slideshow and Audio Interview** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing At the MGM Grand Arena’s Media Center in Las Vegas, press representatives from around the world gathered for the official press conference of Ricky Hatton and Floyd Mayweather, along with the undercard contestants for the fightnight billed as ‘Undefeated’ On…
**With Slideshow** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Tuesday once the media questioning at the MGM arena had ended, Saddoboxing was fortunate to go along and watch Ricky train at his base in Las Vegas. The gym, though small – had everything Team Hatton needed and it was clear that…
Bad Blood Grudge Match Reaches Boiling Point In LA ***With Slideshow*** Click for larger image © Jorge Garcia Vargas And Mayorga Make Weight, Cintron vs. Feliciano on the Undercard The ten year career of Fernando Vargas will come to a close tonight in a bad blood bout that could even eclipse the raw hate on…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Today at Billy ‘The Preacher’ Graham’s Phoenix Camp Gym in Manchester, England, members of the media gathered for the final attended training and interview session before Team Hatton fly out to Las Vegas next week ahead of the much anticipated fightnight billed as ‘Undefeated’ where…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing “Nigerian Nightmare†reports to camp a full eight weeks before his October 6 title challenge. The hungry tiger has waited so long for this meal that he is already sharpening his fangs, months before the kill. Mandatory #1 Heavyweight challenger Samuel “The Nigerian Nightmare†Peter…
***Massive Boxing Weigh-in Gallery*** Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing During a wildly exciting weigh-in at the Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton promised the assembled 800 strong throng of vocal British fans that he will bring two more world titles back to England after Saturday night’s fight. Hatton scaled one…
Click for larger image © Paul Speak / Team Hitman Promoter Dennis Hobson of Fight Academy arrived in Las Vegas yesterday and immediately met with the star of his promotional stable, Ricky Hatton, who is in town preparing for his hotly anticipated IBF/IBO Light Welterweight title showdown with Juan Urango.
Click for larger image © Tom casino / Showtime Boxing Miguel Cotto weighed 146 pounds. Antonio Margarito, Joshua Clottey and Carlos Quintana each tipped the scales at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds. Cotto faces Quintana for the vacant WBA welterweight title and Margarito defends his WBO 147-pound belt against Clottey Saturday on SHOWTIME (9…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing On Saturday, Dec. 2, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING will televise an outstanding world championship doubleheader featuring two of boxing’s most dynamic performers, Miguel Cotto and Antonio Margarito, live at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City (9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the west coast).
Click for larger image © Teddy Blackburn WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Jermain Taylor pictured along with his trainer Emanuel Steward. The pair prepare for Taylor’s title defense against Kassim Ouma, set for Saturday, December 9 at the Alltel Arena in Little Rock, Arkansas.