© Jan Sanders / Goossen Tutor Productions Super middleweight Andre Ward mingled with fans and watched his hometown team the Raiders fall to the Kansas City Chiefs 16-10 at the Oakland Coliseum on Sunday.
Banner Promotions held a press conference today in Sao Paulo, Brazil, to announce the signing of Brazil’s top prospect, Alex De Oliveira, to a promotional contract. Now 24 years old, De Oliveira has a professional record of 16-0 with 12 knockouts. He holds the World Boxing Organization’s Latino junior featherweight title and has made five…
During the past three weeks, two Cruiserweight Champions have made news with impressive wins in the heavyweight division. Last Saturday in Germany, David Haye of England won the WBA Heavyweight title by defeating Russian giant Nikolai Valuev. Two weeks earlier, Ring Cruiserweight Champion Tomasz Adamek dethroned Polish Legend Andrew Golota in Lodz, Poland with a…
**With Massive Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Friday night at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke on Trent, England, Hatton Promotions hosted a fightnight which would see Mathew Hatton face South African born Champion Lovemore N’Dou for the first defence of the IBO Welterweight Title which N’Dou won in July this…
Manny Pacquiao solidified his status as a modern day great this evening at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV by unseating reigning WBO welterweight champion Miguel Cotto via a 12th round stoppage. The combatants both came out strong in the opening moments, trading leather with great gusto until Pacquiao broke things open with a…
Miguel Cotto defends his WBO welterweight title tonight against challenger Manny Pacquiao in a hotly anticipated clash at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, NV. Pacquiao, 49-3-2 (37), comes into the bout riding a four year, 10 bout win streak at super feather, lightweight and light welter with the most recent victory coming against Ricky…
Last night at Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, England, IBO welterweight champion Lovemore N’dou and challenger Matthew Hatton fought to a draw. 38 year old N’dou hadn’t been able to spar during training camp due to a cut suffered earlier and inactivity since his title winning effort in July against Phillip N’dou showed up…
New England and EBA super middleweight champion, “Irish†Joey McCreedy (11-3-1, 6 KOs), fights his first real “name†opponent, “The Next Great Champ†winner Otis “Triple OG†Griffin (20-6-2, 8 KOs), in the main event Nov. 20 on the Irish-themed “Autumn Classic†pro boxing show, presented by Jimmy Burchfield’s Classic Entertainment and Sports, Inc. (CES),…
Bronx’s fan-favorite, “The Real Million Dollar Baby” Maureen Shea (13-2, 7KO) has been added to Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing upcoming “Hustler Boxing” card Thursday, December 3 at the Manhattan Center. Shea will square off against Jenna “Cowgirl” Shiver (9-4-1, 2KO) for the Interim WBA Female Super Bantamweight Championship of the World. The bout was made…
By Per Ake Persson Jurgen Braehmer is now “full” WBO light heavy champion as Zsolt Erdei has relinquished the title to go for the WBC cruiser crown against Giacobbe Fragomeni November 21 in Kiel.
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at Hatton Health & Fitness Centre in Hyde, England, Hatton Promotions hosted the official weigh-in ahead of this evening’s fight night staged at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke-on-Trent, England. It was a relaxed and friendly atmosphere in the smart new surroundings of the Hatton…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton’s younger brother, Matthew Hatton, takes on former IBF light welter titleholder Lovemore N’dou tonight at the Fenton Manor Sports Complex in Stoke, England for the IBO welterweight title. The last us Brits would have seen of both of these fighters would have been on the undercard of…