Ricky Hatton will make his ring return in Nottingham on Friday, September 5 – but the world’s top light-welterweight will not be donning the gloves. Instead, ‘The Hitman’ will be in the corner of younger brother, Matthew who meets Scott Woolford in an eight-round welterweight battle.
Newly minted Interim WBA Super Flyweight Champion Rafael Concepcion of Panama will battle Mexican fighter Jorge Arce on Monday, September 15 in Mexico City, Mexico. Last night Damon de Berry of Optimum Sports Agency, who represents Rafael Concepcion, accepted the offer from international matchmaker Sampson Lewkowicz for the proposed bout.
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Raynell Williams credits his being part of the U.S. Olympic boxing team to his mother. He qualified at the final possible event for the U.S. Championships, the lone qualifier for the Olympic Team Trials after considering quitting boxing. His mother insisted that he compete in the final…
© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing The veteran of the U.S. Olympic boxing team, Rau’shee Warren is the only member of this year’s squad that was also on the 2004 team in Athens, Greece. In 2004, Warren was not only the youngest member of the boxing team but also the youngest male athlete on the…
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing For Javier Molina, the youngest member of the U.S. Olympic boxing team, theentire experience has been a dream come true. From watching the Olympics as a child and being inspired by one of the 2000 Olympians, he could not be happier about his achievements. “In 2000, when…
The sole hope of Canada’s Olympic boxing program was overwhelmingly defeated today in Beijing as Adam Trupish absorbed a 20-1 loss at the hands of Kazkhstan’s Bakhyt Sarsekbayev at welterweight. The 29 year old from Tecumseh, Ontario came into the contest as an eight time Canadian champion and had reached the quaterfinals at the 2007…
Day two of the Beijing Olympics proved as fruitless as day one for Team Australia as two more lads from Down Under were sent home without getting near a medal of any kind. Team Captain Gerard O’Mahony had the experience of competing in the 2004 Olympics but lost a tough one at welterweight to Vitalie…
Park Station in Johannesburg, South Africa was the scene of a domestic lightweight title bout last night between reigning champion Amon Baloyi and challenger, Patrick Malinga. Baloyi was the rather inexperienced Gauteng Provincial titlist when he shockingly KO’d long-time champion Irvin Buhlalu for the South African title three months ago and the local man had…
Ryan Wissow, President of the Womens International Boxing Association (WIBA), announces that Jarvis Robinson’s Fight Night Productions ‘Casino Battle Royale’ event, which is to be held in Atlantic City later this year, will feature the vacant WIBA Super Bantamweight World Title fight.
**With Slideshow** © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing It wouldn’t be fair to say that Demetrius Andrade had an easy time on his road to the Olympics, but that’s exactly how he made it look and why he is favored to win a Gold Medal in Beijing, China. The 20 year old stormed through both…
Queensland boxer Jarrod Fletcher had the misfortune of drawing 2005 and 2008 Pan-American Champion, Cuba’s Emilio Correa, on the first day of the 2008 Olympics in Bejing, China and the 24 year old Hervey Bay middleweight was outpointed by the Cuban by a score of 17-4 today. Fletcher won Gold at the 2006 Commonwealth Games…
As British hopefuls prepare for the boxing in Beijing this weekend, today it seems that ʼfavouriteʼ Frankie Gavin is struggling to make the lightweight limit and may not get his olympic-shot at a medal. The Birmingham man has 106 wins to his name out of 127 bouts and was considered a leading candidate for a…