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Photos © Natasha Chornesky/SaddoBoxing In the co-main event to the Shane Mosley – Luis Collazo bout at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas on Saturday, Guyana native Vivian Harris scored a close 114-113, 115-112 (twice) unanimous decision over Californian Juan Lazcano in a WBC Light Welterweight Title Eliminator. Harris bravely …

Photos © Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing This week’s ESPN Friday Night Fights was the host to a great action fight of two undefeated heavyweights at Suffolk Community College in Selden, New York. Local favorite Derric Rossy had hoped to use his size and determination to overcome the smaller, more experienced Eddie Chambers. …

Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Manchester, England’s Ricky Hatton fulfilled his dream of winning a major title in the boxing capital of the world by scoring a unanimous 119-109 decision over Colombia’s Juan Urango at The Paris Hotel and Casino in Las Vegas, NV. Hatton …

Junior Witter completed the first defence of his WBC light welterweight title in effective rather than outstanding style last night when he stopped Arturo Morua, saying afterwards that he will fight Ricky Hatton “as soon as he wants”. At a buzzing Alexandra Palace, Witter pounced mid-way though round nine with …

SCOTLAND’S Barry Morrison last night scored a controversial 12-round split decision over Lenny Daws for the British light welterweight title, despite being wobbled numerous times down the stretch. Fighting on the undercard of Junior Witter’s title defence against Arturo Morua, both fighters sought to impose his will early on. It …

Click for larger image © David Oakley / Saddo Boxing Friday night saw the re-emergence of Howard “The Battersea Bomber” Eastman as a major player in the middleweight division, as the previous king of Europe showed he’s still dominant at domestic level, with a twelfth round knockout of friend Richard …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing DiBella Entertainment’s Broadway Boxing series hosted their final event of 2006 last night at the Manhattan Center in New York City. Sechew Powell was scheduled as the main event which was changed at the eleventh hour due to the recent …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing British welterweight contender Matthew Hatton was in action yesterday afternoon on a Fight Academy bill at the Octagon in Sheffield, England, engaging in a spirited bout with tough as nails Ukrainian light middle Vladimir Borovski over eight rounds. Although possessing …

Click for larger image © Mike McGuigan / Saddo Boxing Little known Aaron Lyons came to Philadelphia PA from Gulfport, MS and extinguished the flame of red hot heavyweight prospect Joey Abell, scoring a shocking knockout at 1:07 of the first round at the Blue Horizon, this past Friday night. …

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing I have a confession to make. After interviewing Joshua Clottey a few days before his first championship title fight against Antonio Margarito, I found myself hoping that he would be crowned the new WBO Welterweight Champion. During the interview, Clottey …

Harry Yorgey suffers three knock downs and a broken nose but Jeremy Yelton is the one who leaves in an ambulance! Click for larger image © Keith McMenamin / Saddo Boxing In the record books it will say that on November 30, 2006 light middleweight Harry Yorgey defeated Jeremy Yelton …

**With Massive Boxing Gallery** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at a packed and noisy Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, British and Commonwealth Super Middleweight Champion Carl Froch faced hated rival Tony Dodson in what must be the grudge match of the year. Hennessy …