**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing The arctic temperatures and early evening snowstorm did not dampen the mood at the Don Valley Stadium in Sheffield on Saturday evening as Bradfordʼs Femi “Fire” Fehintola won an all Yorkshire clash by soundly outpointing the very game and durable Jon Baguley over six rounds. There was…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing On Saturday night at the International Arena, in Cardiff, Wales, Joe Calzaghe told Setanta reporters that he was “very excited about the fight [against Hopkins]…I’m really looking forward to it. “I have to go over there and decisively beat him – I have to make sure it’s not a…
2004 U.S. Olympian Jason “Big Six†Estrada (11-1, 2 KOs), coming off of his dominating win by 10-round decision in January against former world heavyweight title contender Charles Shufford, plans to breakaway from the rest of the U.S. heavyweight prospect pack with a convincing performance April 4 on national television against former NABO/NABA/WBC Continental Americas…
© Tom Hogan In classic boxer vs. puncher clash, WBC Lightweight Champion Joel Casamayor came from behind last night at the Morongo Casino in Cabazon, CA to stop WBO titlist Michael Katsidis in the tenth round. 36 year old Casamayor had started the bout on fire, decking Katsidis back to back twice in the very…
Saturday night saw Welshman Gavin Reesʽs first defence of his WBA World Light Welterweight title against Ukranian Andreas Kotelnik at Cardiff International Arena, Wales in a Sports Network promoted Fightnight. Kotelnik, based in Hamburg, Germany, entered the ring ahead of a relaxed Gavin ʽThe Rockʼ Rees. The undefeated Rees won the title from Souleymane MʽBaye…
Popular middleweight Matthew Macklin took on the still dangerous former IBF Light Middleweight Champion Yory Boy Campas last night on a Brian Peters promotion at National Stadium in Dublin, Ireland and the 25 year old Birmingham man walked away with a well deserved unanimous decision after ten solid rounds of action. Campas started the bout…
If Rubin Williams truly was Andre Ward’s first test as a professional, then he passed the exam with relative ease. Fighting in front of a restless home crowd in San Jose on Thursday night, Ward shut out his opponent before a cut forced an end to the bout at the closing of round seven. The…
Former IBA cruiserweight champion Bobby Gunn, 18-3-1 (15), battled to a six round draw with Cory “The Cobra†Phelps 11-3-1 (6), in the main event at the Fort McDowell Casino in Fountain Hills, Arizona. Gunn was cut over his eye only 30 seconds into the first round as an accidental headbutt immediately caused him bleed…
Where, Oh Where, Has Our “Blood And Guts Warrior” Gone? Our illustrious hero, our never say die champion, our hard hitting combatant has ridden off rightfully and honorably into the sunset. He went out just as we knew he would, on his shield. There would be no sadness or sorrow because we saw it coming;…
American literary great Mark Twain once said “It’s not the size of the dog in the fight, it’s the size of the fight in the dog”. Well, that sentence perfectly sums up the performance Newbridge’s Gavin “The Rock” Rees gave when he ripped the WBA light-welterweight title from tough Frenchman Souleymane M’Baye last summer. Despite…
By Per Ake Persson Sinan Samil Sam vs. Matt Skelton for the vacant European heavyweight title have been set for May 30 in Istanbul, Turkey. This will be the second Arena show inside a week in Turkey as Selcuk Aydin faces Lucky Lewele for the vacant WBC International junior welter belt April 25 in Trabzon.
A massive month for Irish Boxing kicks off at the National Stadium in Dublin with the next Ladbrokes.com Fight Night. It’s the first of three big promotions all featuring Irish talent up against men with true world class credentials. Tonight it’s Irish middleweight champ, Matthew Macklin’s turn to take centre stage as he battles former…