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Dunne, If You Want It, Come And Get It Frank Maloney, promoter of Rendall Munroe, the European Super Bantamweight Champion has decided to answer criticism from Dublin, Ireland based boxer Bernard Dunne’s camp. “At no time has the European champion Munroe declined to fight Bernard Dunne, the former European champ, …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Friday night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England also saw an exciting and entertaining undercard. Former IBO Champion Brian Magee of Belfast faced Simeon Cover of Worksop in a six round super middleweight contest. Cover, of the Ingle’s stable, has …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Newly crowned British Lightweight Champion John Murray could be making his first defence against Martin Gethin after Gethin waged a very exciting fight against Ingle Camp boxer Nadeem Siddique on the undercard of Murray vs. Lee Meager on Friday night at the …

Danny Williams, current British heavyweight champion and the most likely Briton to win a heavyweight world title since Lennox Lewis, gets into the ring on Friday, July 18 to defend his prestigious Lonsdale belt against Essex man John McDermott at Goresbrook Leisure Centre in Dagenham, England. Williams, 39-6 (31), is …

The Cinderella story of Tony Thompson’s world title dreams came crashing to the canvas in the 11th round last night at a packed Color Line Arena in Hamburg, Germany, courtesy of one too many right hands from IBF/WBO/IBO Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko. Thompson began the bout with plenty of gusto, …

Ulises Solis, 27-1-2 (20), led the way on a big card south of the border at Palenque De La Expo in Hermosillo, Mexico as the longtime IBF Light Flyweight Champion outpointed Filipino veteran Glenn Donaire, 17-4-1 (9), by wide margins to retain his crown for the seventh time. Rising light …

It was a big weekend in The Land of Silver and we start off last night in Rio Negro where South American Lightweight Champion Aldo Nazareno Rios, 45-4 (11), enjoyed a rare knockout win by crushing Sergio Daniel Ledesma, 23-14-1 (9), in the first round during a non-title fight at …

Brian Peters Promotions put on a big show last night at the National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and the big three of Andrew Murray, Jim Rock and Bernard Dunne all won their contests on a bill that also saw Darren Corbett and Oisin Fagan enter the winner’s circle as well. …

Last night at the Newport Centre in Newport, Wales, Jamie Arthur completed the first step of his comeback with a second round KO of Dai Davies to win the British Welsh Area Super Featherweight title in thrilling fashion. A star of the 2002 Commonwealth Games, Arthur had fallen on hard …

**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing What a fantastic night of boxing last night at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England! Hennessy Sports promoted the fight night, billed as Strictly Business, in which Mancunians and mates – John Murray and Lee Meager – slugged it out for …

Tonight in Hamburg, Germany, Ukrainian Wladimir Klitschko defends his WBO and IBF Heavyweight titles against Tony Thompson. In this one, Klitschko, for a change, will be facing an opponent almost equal to him in height. The American challenger from Washington DC stands 6 foot 5 inches tall and has a …

It was a big night at the fights last evening at Uniprix Stadium in Montreal but one of the favorite sons of this boxing-mad metropolis went down in defeat as WBA Light Middleweight Champion Joachim Alcine was KO’d in the sixth by cagey longtime former WBO Light Middle/Welterweight Champion Daniel …