Boxing Results

In a battle of ex-heavyweight champions looking for another crack at world honors, former WBA titlist Nikolay Valuev won that organization’s official eliminator by outfighting past WBO beltholder Serguei Lyakhovich over twelve rounds at Neurmberg Arena in Nuremberg, Germany. At 7 feet tall and weighing 321 pounds, Valuev proved simply …

Last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik outworked former titlist Jermain Taylor over twelve rounds to win a non-title rematch at 164 lb. Although Taylor fought a far smarter fight this time, he simply wasn’t active enough to win over the judges and …

We start off this week’s installment of Friday night at the fights in France and if you were in Martigues, the venue La Halle des Martigues was the place to be as stocky, Haitian born French Light Middleweight Champ Jimmy Colas, 23-4 (10), pounded his way to the European Union …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Peterlee Leisure Centre in County Durham, England saw the Commonwealth Light Welterweight Title Contest between the Champion, undefeated London based Nigerian Ajose ‘Ring Marshall’ Olusegun, and local challenger, Nigel Wright, of Hartlepool on a Barry Hearn/Matchroom …

Aside from the results that we’ve already reported on here at SaddoBoxing, there was good action across the globe and we start at The Casino in Montreal, Canada where two important prospects were in action. Welterweight Antonin Decarie, 18-0 (5), dominated former IBF Lightweight title challenger Israel Cardona, 36-9 (28), …

“I have nothing to complain about. The boys did very well”. Short and sweet, so were the words of manager Henrik Risum after his two charges Fawaz Nasir and Kim Poulsen scored wins on Saturday night’s Larsen Boxing promotion in Aabybro, Denmark. Nasir won by third round TKO over game …

In headline event on Saturday night at Lucky Eagle Casino in Rochester, WA, heavyweight Eric Boose of Puyallup, WA defeated Louis Monaco of Denver, CO by TKO in :02 seconds of the fifth round. Boose landed a devastating right hook under Monaco’s chin toward the end of the fourth but …

Last night at the Hard Rock Hotel and Casino, former NABF light welter champion Ben Tackie squared off with recent WBO title challenger Kendall Holt before losing a ten round majority decison by scores of 95-95 and 98-92 (twice) after ten rounds. The seasoned Ghana native now calling The Bronx …

There was a lot of boxing this past Saturday night and this time we start at the Waterfront Hotel in Cebu City, Philippines where there was an important clash at super flyweight. At stake was an IBF official eliminator and it was a battle of the southpaws as former WBO …

Friday night, at the York Hall, Bethnall Green, London – female boxer Laura Saperstein, fighting out of Kentish Town, made her first appearance on a major fight card promoted by Frank Maloney. Saperstein, aka ‘Boxergirl’, faced Ukrainian Olena Varchenko in a 4 x 2 minute light welterweight contest in which …

Last night at the 02 Arena in London, Sports Network in association with Frank Warren staged some exciting boxing in the shape of Derry Matthews, Michael Jennings and Amir Khan. Liverpudlian Derry Matthews, the British Boxing Writers “Young Boxer of the Year”, defended his WBU Featherweight title in impressive fashion …

Tony Oakey finally got his chance to even the score against nemesis Peter Haymer last night at London’s historic York Hall and the British Light Heavyweight Champion grabbed the opportunity with both hands, knocking out the English titlist with a riveting left hook in the ninth round on a Frank …