WBA Heavyweight Champion Nicolai Valuev retained his belt last night at Zurich, Switzerland’s Hallenstadion Arena by posting a close majority decision over former champion Evander Holyfield. Holyfield started off on his toes, staying away from the massive Russian’s long jab with circular motion. When the American veteran did come in, he managed a few right…
© Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro IBF Cruiserweight Champion, Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham will be taking some time out from training camp and preparations for his upcoming title defense to honor his fellow servicemen, past and present, by taking part in the annual New York City Veterans Day Parade on Tuesday, 11th November 2008.
Last night, at the Newham Leisure Centre in London, Ian Napa outboxed and outfoxed a hardworking Martin Power to retain his British Bantamweight title. Despite being six inches shorter than his opponent, and having a four inch reach deficit, “Dappa” Napa used a style practiced to negate Power’s advantage, forcing Power to lunge in rather…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Froch Scythes Down “Reaper Man” Reid British Champion Carl Froch has often been the man calling out Joe Calzaghe and other world champions at super middleweight, but against former WBC titlist Robin Reid last night at the Ice Arena in Nottingham, England, Froch showed that…
Last night British Light Middleweight Champion Jamie Moore went up against awkward challenger, English Champion Andrew Facey in a rematch at Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England. In the build-up to this fight, Moore’s good friend and world’s top light welterweight Ricky Hatton spoke about and indicated what I believed is the case that this…
This past Friday night at Foxwoods in Mashantucket, CT, welterweight Jessie Feliciano challenged reigning USBA titlist Delvin Rodriguez and stopped the heavily favored Dominican in the eighth round. Also on the bill, southpaw welter Said Ouali stopped rival Irving Garcia in the second round. Round one: The highly anticipated bout between Feliciano and Rodriguez starts…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing This past Saturday night at the Olympia in Liverpool, England, hometown hero Derry Matthews defended his WBU Featherweight title for the first time, staving off challenger John Simpson of Scotland. Simpson entered the ring first to the instrumental sounds of “The Firestarter”, while ironically, Derry…
Last night at the Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England, Simone Maludrottu defended his European Bantamweight title against Ian Napa in a Frank Maloney promoted fightnight shown on Sky Sports and billed as “When Opportunity Knocksâ€. Ian “The Dappa” Napa, from Zimbabwe and now based in Hackney, London, entered the ring wearing dark shades, looking…
ESPN’s Friday Night Fights was live form Scranton, PA this past Friday and the newly renovated Scranton CYC Center was filled to the rafters with fight fans eager for the promised action that the fight card offered. The featured bout of the evening was between two hard-hitting cruiserweights as journeyman Darnell “Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson took…
There was big attendance at the newly reconstructed Wembley Arena in London on Saturday night for the European Union Heavyweight title fight between reigning champion Michael Sprott and former Olympic Gold Medallist Audley “A Force” Harrison. Also on offer for the winner was the vacant English Heavyweight title. The unpopular Harrison walked in to the…
Last night on the undercard of the Michael Sprott – Audley Harrison contest at London’s Wembley Arena, Australia’s Michael Katsidis met former British Champion Graham Earl in a thrilling contest for the Interim WBO Lightweight title. Katsidis struck paydirt in the very first round, hammering Earl to the canvas with a sizzling right hand. Earl…
Photo ©Jane Warburton/SaddoBoxing It may have been a cold night but there was warm support at the Kirkcaldy Ice Arena, Fife, Scotland for British and Commonwealth Welterweight Champion Kevin Anderson as he faced challenger Ali Nuumbembe last night on a Barry Hearn Promotion televised by Sky Sports. This marked the third occasion that local hero…