Saturday, March 29. For the first time in his career Paul McCloskey was taking charge of a ship, one which belonged to a fleet of Brian Peters’ promoted boxing events taking place in recent weeks. McCloskey was calm in the build up. One assumed that with his first big occasion looming ahead of him, the…
As Professional Boxing enjoys a long overdue resurgence and our current champions finally receive the exposure they deserve, there are other men who anonymously prepare to become champions themselves. These men are the less famed and less credited amateur boxers who toil at their trade without payment or recognition. As the final qualifiers draw to…
Some time back, when the secretive lair was finally penetrated and the crown jewels sparkled in the sudden sunlight, I realised with a sense of wonder that every great thing ever said about Nicolino Locche was true. There he was, moving casually and almost contemptuously around the ring, an imperious master of his trade, taunting…
Former WBC Super Middleweight International Champion and WBA title challenger Jaffa “The African Assassin†Ballogou, 45-6 (39), has announced he will to return to the ring in the near future. Ballogou, who had been sidelined by promotional issues since his last fight in June 2006, is close to inking with a new promoter and plans…
British lightweight champion Thaxton (Norwich) challenges European lightweight champion Yuri Romanov (Belarus) at the York Hall in Bethnal Green on a Hennessy Sports show on Friday, April 4th. Sky Sports 1 televise the action live from 9.30pm. Thaxton rates Romanov a far more difficult opponent than Martin Kristjansen (Denmark), who Commonwealth champion Khan boxes on…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Frank Maloney Promotions put on a competitive undercard to support the British Super Featherweight title fight between Andy Bell and Chirs Edwards on Friday night at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England. Chief support came from a short lived encounter between Danny Reynolds of Leeds and Jason Rushton…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Last night at the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, Scotland, former British Champion Michael Gomez successfully defeated Baz Carey in a six round super featherweight contest. Gomez’s trainer Bobby Rimmer told SaddoBoxing this morning that “Michael boxed really well – he did greatâ€.
There was a good show at the Sparkassen Arena in Kiel last night with IBF Middleweight Champion Arthur Abraham putting in a dramatic finish to knockout big-hearted American visitor Elvin Ayala in the twelfth and final round to retain his title for the seventh time. Ayala showed good boxing skills in the early going but…
Light welter prospect Paul McCloskey took and important step last night by claiming victory over former WBC Lightweight Champion Cesar Bazan at the Leisure Complex in Letterkenny. Despite his great experience, Bazan is no longer the fighter he once was in the late 1990’s and was made to order for the Ulster prospect, who rattled…
There were two good cards last night in Scotland with several of the top men in the country in action. At the Scottish Exhibition Centre in Glasgow, ex-Commonwealth Lightweight king and European Union Super Feather titlist Willie Limond returned to the ring for the first time since losing to Amir Khan last July. Local hero…
Former light middleweight world champions Raul Marquez and Bronco McKart went at last night at the Soaring Eagle Casino in Mt. Pleasant, MI in a back and forth battle at middleweight over ten exciting rounds between aging southpaws in the twilight of their careers. McKart tried to use his height and reach advantages to box…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a lively crowd that packed the Metrodome in Barnsley, England last night for the Frank Maloney promoted fight night billed as ‘Northern Rock !’ A full fight-card of eleven exciting contests was to be headlined by Stokes’ Chris Edwards making his first defence of the…