Fight Results
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 title by flooring Spain’s Miguel…
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 Sport promoted Friday fightnight. Both…
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), by a wide points decision…
“I have nothing to complain about. The boys did very wellâ€. 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 Latvian Sandris Tomsons, while Poulsen…
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 Monaco was saved by the…
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 home, had lost his last…
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 title challenger Z Gorres went…
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 Varchenko was making her professional…
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 against Nikoloz Berkatsashvili. Matthews, who…
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 Maloney promotion. Much shorter than…
There was some good action last night across the globe aside from what we’ve included in our main reports here at SaddoBoxing and we begin in sunny Australia! The Inglis Auctions Complex in Sydney saw the return of the world’s only professional boxing practicioner of the drunk monkey style, Emanuel Augustus, 36-29-6 (19), as the…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing It was a cold night in Minnesota , but there were two action packed, sizzling fights on Friday night’s ShoBox: The New Generation. Alfredo Angulo stormed into the ring against Ricardo Cortes an undefeated prospect fresh off an impressive first round TKO with another tough…