Ringside Boxing

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing At Wolverhampton Civic Hall on Friday night, the action continued after the main British Middleweight title bout between Wayne Elcock and Darren McDermott. It turned out to be a very successful night for Errol Johnson and Bob Plant, with their fighters winning …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Elcock ʽSnatchedʼ it! It was a disappointing night for Dudley body-snatcher Darren McDermott last evening as a bad cut forced a second round stoppage against Britain’s top middleweight Wayne ʽMad Dogʼ Elcock at Civic Hall in Wolverhampton, England on a Hennessy Sports …

Last Friday the 13th at the Mountbatten Center in Portsmouth, England produced a night of boxing that will be hard to beat anytime this year in terms of excitement. Topping the Frank Maloney promoted bill for ʽFriday Fright Nightʼ was Tony ʽOakey Kokeyʼ of Portsmouth and Dean ʽDeanoʼ Francis from …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Deandre Latimore “rocked the house” in an upset victory by scoring a seventh round technical knockout over Sechew Powell at the Hard Rock Café in Times Square, New York City on this week’s ESPN Wednesday Night Fights promoted in association with Warriors …

Seven bouts out of a scheduled eight went off as planned on Friday night, June 6, 2008, at the sovereign Performing Arts Center, in Reading, Pennsylvania promoted by Marshall Kauffman and Top Rank. Spanish channel Telefutura provided commentary in English and Spanish. Attendance was spartan at the fight card as …

Fight Night at the Tank keeps going strong with second show of 2008 Boxing was back in a big way on Thursday night in San Jose, California as Goosen-Tutor Promotions presented the second installment of their 2008 “Fight Night at the Tankʼ season, held at the San Jose Pavilion. Heavyweights …

**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Sweet Science Events hosted a great evening of boxing at Monticello Raceway, in Monticello, New York, on Friday night entitled “Catch a Rising Fist”. In the main event, Darrel “King David” Madison took a big step up in competition and defeated Zuri …

**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing One of Manchester’s favorite sons was in action on the Hatton vs. Lazcano bill this past Saturday at City of Manchester Stadium as Jamie Moore came back from a shoulder surgery to face young Mexican brawler Esau Herrera in a scheduled eight …

**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Our massive coverage of the historic Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano card this past Saturday night in Manchester, England continues with the first of three undercard bouts. A contest for the vacant English Super Bantamweight title opened the show and it was …

© Tom Hogan Saturday night, at a packed City of Manchester Stadium, Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton successfully defeated tough Mexican-American, “The Chosen-Juan” Lazcano in a twelve-round IBO Light Welterweight Title fight. Lazcano enters the ring wearing bright red ‘matador-style’ clothing and a large red sombrero hat, walking alongside trainer Ronnie Shields. …

© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, the much anticipated re-match between IBF Light Welterweight Titlist Paulie Malignaggi and Lovemore N’Dou saw a tough and frustrating fight for the champion. Lovemore N’Dou ‘The Black Panther’ – wearing white and black – received …

© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing There were a total of five title fights on Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, England. “Magic” Matthew Hatton challenged Craig Watson for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Title. I was fortunate to speak with Watson briefly on Friday and he told me …