**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England, Steve Woods / VIP Boxing promoted a fight night of seven contests – on the eve of Ricky Hatton’s ‘HomeComing.’ The ‘Bill’ was to have headlined the much anticipated re-match between Michael Gomez …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Angulo Takes Gutierrez in a War
In a war of wills and attrition, after being hurt considerably by a left hook in round five, Alfredo “Perro” Angulo weathered the storm and came back to stop Richard Gutierrez at 2:48 of the very same round to capture the vacant WBO Inter-Continental Light Middleweight Title. The bout was …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Figueroa v Rodriguez
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing ESPNʼs Spanish-language multimedia brand, ESPN Deportes, hosted their Upfront ʽ08 presentation to the advertising community to announce new programming initiatives and a multiplatform approach to the fall season. Boxing took center stage at the event held at New York Cityʼs Gotham Hall, …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Timothy Bradley vs. Junior Witter
The boil bursts as Bradley outpoints Witter Ricky Hatton once famously referred to light welterweight rival Junior “The Hitter” Witter as being like a boil on his backside. Well, this Saturday night at the Trent FM Arena in Nottingham, England, that boil finally burst as tough Californian puncher Timothy Bradley …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Rendall Munroe vs. Salem Bouaita
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a lively crowd that attended the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham, England last night. A ‘sea’ of fluorescent green work-jackets awaited the arrival of “Boxing Bin-Man” Rendall Munroe in a Frank Maloney promoted ‘One Night Only’ fight-night. …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: NY Daily News Golden Gloves 2008
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing April saw the conclusion of the 81st Annual Daily News Golden Gloves, a tournament that began at the end of January. Each year the famed amateur tournament holds the finals at the WaMu Theater at Madison Square Garden, a highlight that many …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Mark Thompson vs. Maurycy Gojko
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England, Steve Woods of VIP Boxing staged an action-packed night of boxing billed as ʽLights Going Outʼ. The main event featured popular Mark Thompson of Heywood, Lancashire, as he faced Polish Boxer Maurycy …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Andrey Tsurkan vs. Jessie Feliciano
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The ninth installment of Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing series “Punchin’ at the Paradise” could have been renamed “Knockouts at the Paradise” as Andrey Tsurkan stopped Jesse Feliciano inside the distance, a trend all the fighters on the ESPN Friday Night Fights telecast followed in …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Peter Quillin Vs. Antwun Echols
Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Jed Weinstein Presents hosted the fourth annual Box-NYC charity event at New York’s Hammerstein Ballroom. The star studded night was highlighted with live boxing televised on ESPN’s Wednesday Night Fights, fine-dining, a Texas Hold ‘Em poker tournament, model and celebrity …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Bernard Dunne vs. Felix Machado
As one of the appetisers on last weekend’s delicious menu of title fights, a fine domestic card was presented by Brian Peter’s promotions in Castlebar, Co. Mayo, deep in the West of Ireland. With a fine selection of local fighters on show and a host of international opposition, the arena …
Read More »Ringside Report: Cotto & Margarito Pave the Way to July Showdown
Saturday night at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City NJ the fans were treated to a showcase and a slugfest. Miguel Cotto 32-0 (26) proved to be on a different level than Alfonso Gomez 18-4 (8) while Antonio Margarito 36-5 (26) proved he is still an immovable force in the Welterweight …
Read More »Ringside Boxing Report: Martin Rogan Wins First Prizefighter Series From York Hall
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night, Irish-man Martin Rogan became the first ‘Prizefighter’ winner after successfully defeating Alex Ibbs of Stoke in the quarter-final, Dave Ferguson of North Tyneside in the semi-final and bookies favourite – David Dolan of Sunderland, in the final. Ironically, aged …
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