Calling in from his training camp in Puerto Rico, super middleweight contender Edison ‘Pantera’ Miranda chuckled when he was read the latest statements from his June 21st opponent, Arthur Abraham, who stated that in their highly controversial first bout in 2006, if he failed to beat a man who had his jaw broken, he would…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing One of Manchester’s favorite sons was in action on the Hatton vs. Lazcano bill this past Saturday at City of Manchester Stadium as Jamie Moore came back from a shoulder surgery to face young Mexican brawler Esau Herrera in a scheduled eight round contest at middleweight. The…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing The second bout of the massive Hatton vs. Lazcano card on Saturday night at City of Manchester Stadium featured towering light middleweights Andrew Facey and Thomas McDonagh. Facey was coming into the bout as the reigning English Champion and at age 36, had experienced his biggest fights…
**With Slideshow** © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Our massive coverage of the historic Ricky Hatton vs. Juan Lazcano card this past Saturday night in Manchester, England continues with the first of three undercard bouts. A contest for the vacant English Super Bantamweight title opened the show and it was a highly contentious affair between…
Ahmet Öner (ARENA Box-Promotion) and Arturo Moral (Stock Eventos) join forces to present a night of high quality boxing this Firday (May 30th) in Barakaldo-Bilbao, Spain. The main event features 8 rounds of world class heavyweight boxing when reigning German heavyweight champion (interim) “Sandman” Konstantin Airich (9-0-1) faces the British champion “Brixton Bomber” Danny Williams…
© Tom Hogan Saturday night, at a packed City of Manchester Stadium, Ricky ‘Hitman’ Hatton successfully defeated tough Mexican-American, “The Chosen-Juan†Lazcano in a twelve-round IBO Light Welterweight Title fight. Lazcano enters the ring wearing bright red ‘matador-style’ clothing and a large red sombrero hat, walking alongside trainer Ronnie Shields. Michael Buffer then introduces Hatton…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, the much anticipated re-match between IBF Light Welterweight Titlist Paulie Malignaggi and Lovemore N’Dou saw a tough and frustrating fight for the champion. Lovemore N’Dou ‘The Black Panther’ – wearing white and black – received good support from the applauding…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing There were a total of five title fights on Saturday night at the City of Manchester Stadium, England. “Magic†Matthew Hatton challenged Craig Watson for the Commonwealth (British Empire) Title. I was fortunate to speak with Watson briefly on Friday and he told me “I’m really looking forward to…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Following the conclusion of the “Homecoming†fight between the victorious Ricky Hatton and challenger Juan Lazcano the media gathered for an official post-fight press conference. First to answer questions from the press were the combatants from the co-feature title bout, Lovemore N’dou and Paulie Malignaggi. Speculation is that Malignaggi…
© Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing Another fight on the card that interested Ricky Hatton for more then one reason was the rematch between IBF title holder Paul “The Magic Man†Malignaggi 25-1 (5) and former titlist Lovemore “The Black Panther†N’Dou 46-10-1 (31). Malignaggi who won the title from Lovemore in June of 2007…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Robin Park Centre, Wigan, England, Steve Woods / VIP Boxing promoted a fight night of seven contests – on the eve of Ricky Hatton’s ‘HomeComing.’ The ‘Bill’ was to have headlined the much anticipated re-match between Michael Gomez and Peter McDonagh but Gomez…
It was a busy night around the world as fighters battled it out for hometown recognition along with regional titles in hopes of taking that next step into global spotlight. Some winning and accomplishing their goal, others sent back to the drawing board. Without any further delay lets see who came out on top as…