Hard punching ex-European Super Middleweight Champion Dean Francis scored a first round TKO against reigning Commonwealth Light Heavyweight titlist Ovill McKenzie last night at the Marriott Hotel, Bristol, England, capping off a Tony Hay promotion. Challenger Dean Francis entered the ring ahead of the Champion, British based Jamaican Ovill McKenzie and at the start of…
Heavyweight “Fast” Eddie Chambers lived up to his nickname last night on an ESPN Friday Night Fights bill at the Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, NY and belted fellow undefeated prospect Derric Rossy to the point of referee stoppage in the seventh round. The experience and greater skill of Chambers, 28-0 (16), became…
Jamie Clampitt won the vacant IFBA Lightweight Title last night in Providence, RI, handing out a painful lesson to Women’s boxing icon Mia St. John. Despite a significant advantage in experience, St. John was never able to keep the stronger Clampitt at bay or mount a significant offense of her own on the CES Boxing…
Photo © Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing British Masters and Central Area super-bantamweight champion Gary Davis will top the bill at Stoke’s Kings Hall on 24 February when he takes on Jamil Hussain in a contest of six three minute rounds. The likeable scouser made his last outing in September also at the Kings Hall when he…
Giant Photo Gallery © Mark DeSisto/SaddoBoxing Shane Mosley and Luis Collazo both weighed in at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds today in anticipation of their WBC Interim title fight tomorrow night at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Slick southpaw Collazo, 27-2 (13), will be a solid test to see if…
Derek Ennis to Put Undefeated Record on Line Against Allen Conyers in Co-Feature At Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Oklahoma, Friday, Feb. 16, at 11 p.m. ET /PT Looking for a real fight? “ShoBox: The New Generation” will present yet another showdown when Mike “Machine Gun’’ Oliver (17-0, seven KOs) defends his United States Boxing Association…
Photos © Jim Everett “Fast†Eddie Chambers, 27-0 (15), will face Derric Rossy, 15-0 (9), for the vacant USBA Heavyweight Title tonight, Friday, February 9, 2007. The undefeated fighters will headline minutes from Rossy’s home town, live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at Suffolk Community College in Selden , New York . In an exclusive…
Photos © Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing Derric Rossy, 15-0 (9), will face “Fast†Eddie Chambers, 27-0 (15), for the vacant USBA Heavyweight Title tonight, Friday, February 9, 2007. The undefeated fighters will headline live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at Suffolk Community College in Selden , New York . In an exclusive interview with Saddoboxing, Rossy discussed…
Photos © Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing Saddoboxing spoke with Jonathon Reid 34-4 (19) at Casey’s Boxing Gym in Warwick, Rhode Island while he was in town for his upcoming bout with former Commonwealth Light Middleweight Champion, Ossie Duran 22-5 (9). The eight round event is the co-feature for the “Hearts of Fire†fight card which takes place…
One of the most anticipated contests to take place so far this year in England is scheduled for Leeds Town Hall tonight as reigning British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson puts his belt at risk against a man who should provide “Ingemar” with his stiffest test to date, Ricky Burns, on a Frank Maloney Promotion….
For Period Ended February 6, 2007 POUND-FOR-POUND 1. FLOYD MAYWEATHER WELTERWEIGHT 2. MANNY PACQUIAO JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT 3. WINKY WRIGHT MIDDLEWEIGHT 4. JERMAIN TAYLOR MIDDLEWEIGHT 5. BERNARD HOPKINS LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT 6. MARCO ANTONIO BARRERA JUNIOR LIGHTWEIGHT 7. RAFAEL MARQUEZ BANTAMWEIGHT 8. JOE CALZAGHE SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT 9. RICKY HATTON JUNIOR WELTERWEIGHT 10. MIGUEL COTTO WELTERWEIGHT
Photos © Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing Jaime “Hurricane†Clampitt 16-4-1 (7) will face Mia “The Knockout†St. John 43-7-2 (18) for the IWBF World Lightweight Title on Friday, February 9, 2007. The fight billed as “Hearts of Fire†will be held at the Rhode Island Convention Center in Providence, Rhode Island. SaddoBoxing had the chance to catch…