First Council Casino, catBOX Entertainment and C3 Fights presented a great night of professional boxing to a packed house under the all new EvenTTent at First Council Casino in Newkirk, Oklahoma on Friday, March 13, 2009. Among the victors of the seven scheduled bouts at First Council were Oklahoma superstars Native American Boxing Council Super…
On Friday night at Montreal’s Bell Centre, Lucian Bute took another step toward his dream bout against one of the world’s best fighters in the super middleweight division. Since his debut in 2003, Bute has been fighting his way up from a no name in his division to the current IBF Super Middleweight Champion. Showtime…
Last night at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England, lightweight Amir Khan stepped up to take on former multi-weight world champion Marco Antonio Barrera and came away with the biggest win of his career. At 35 years of age, former super bantam, featherweight and super feather champion Barrera proved just too small and faded to…
Last night at the Ostseehalle in Keil, Germany, IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham, 29-0 (23), retained his title for the ninth consecutive time, outpointing previously undefeated American challenger Lajuan Simon, 21-1-2 (12), over twelve rounds. Welterweight Cecilia Braekhus, 11-0 (2), won the vacant WBA and WBC Female titles with a ten round points verdict over…
This past Thursday saw two big WBC title fights at separate venues, with one belt changing hands and one staying with its owner. At The World Memorial Hall in Kobe, hometown hero and reigning WBC Bantamweight Champion Hozumi Hasegawa, 26-2 (10), crushed South African challenger Vusi Malinga, 18-3-1 (11), in the very first round. It…
Last night at Auditorio Centenario in Torreon, Mexico, former WBA and WBC Super Flyweight Champion Cristian Mijares, 36-5-2 (15), tried his hand at bantamweight but was turned back by undefeated Colombian Nehomar Cermeno, 17-0 (10), by split decision for the Interim WBA title. On the undercard, unbeaten heavyweight David Rodriguez, 31-0 (29), flattened Manuel Alberto…
It was a great weekend of boxing Down Under but the most important results actually took place well before the week ever ended as there was a superb fight card this past Wednesday at The Cube in the Sydney suburb of Campbelltown. Local man Leonardo “Lenny Zappa” Zappavigna, 18-0 (13), solidified his status as the…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes, England, Matchroom Sports hosted a fight night headlined by the British Light Welterweight title clash between Paul McCloskey and Dean Harrison. Northern Ireland’s McCloskey won the title last time out defeating Colin Lynes and was to face Scottish…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Kingsway Leisure Centre in Widnes, England, Matchroom Sports hosted a fight night headlined by the British Light Welterweight title clash between Paul McCloskey and Dean Harrison with a superb lineup of undercard bouts. Scottish boxer and British Featherweight titlist Paul Appleby faced Juan…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Britain’s Amir Khan, 19-1 (15), takes on Mexican legend Marco Antonio Barrera in a clash for the WBO lightweight eliminator this Saturday night at the MEN Arena in Manchester, England. The bout is the main event of a stacked card by Frank Warren’s Sports Network, which also features Enzo…
Tonight at Osteehalle in Keil, Germany, IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham puts his belt at risk against undefeated American Lajuan Simon. Abraham, 28-0 (23), won the belt in December, 2005 and has staved off eight challengers during that time, stopping all but three of them and also knocking out nemesis Edison Miranda in a non-title…
IBF super middleweight champion Lucian Bute made his third successful title defense with a devastating fourth round TKO victory over Fulgencio Zuniga Friday night on Showtime’s ShoBox: The New Generation from the Bell Centre in Montreal. The adopted hometown hero dominated from start to brutal finish, landing a powerful left hook to the body that…