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It’s the big battle before the huge war. On the eve of Ricky Hatton’s WBC and Ring Magazine welterweight championship showdown against Floyd Mayweather Saturday night, his countrymen will be fighting in force Friday night against hard-nosed battlers from around the world on a card aptly titled “BRITISH INVASION: THE …

Dominican-born heavyweight prospect Nagy Aguilera, New York’s newest rising star, will be in action again December 13 on the “Holiday Hits” pro boxing show, co-promoted by Ring Promotions and Cedric Kushner’s Gotham Boxing, at The Roseland Ballroom in Manhattan.

Undefeated and world ranked light heavyweight Tavoris Cloud of Tallahassee, Florida will return to the ring at “December Fury” on Friday, December 14 at Cicero Stadium, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.

Hot off the heels of a stellar crowd pleasing performance at the Staples Center, in Los Angeles by Star Boxing’s Jesse Feliciano, Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing is still going strong with not one, not two, but three back-to-back events in a breathtaking two nights.

Santa Claus has come down Gary Woolcombe’s chimney early. Woolcombe, who was preparing for an eight round bout on November 30, was given an early Christmas present when Jamie Moore’s European title fight was cancelled.

The meeting was held on neutral ground in Austria, so as not to alert anyone in the boxing scene, but it was all it took to convince the parties of each other – and thus top-rated IBO ‘world’ superwelterweight champion Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs, 21-1 (14 KO’s), put pen to …

© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing We laid down the choices, weighed them out, measured them, and then came to the unanimous conclusion. The month of November is one where glory belongs to the Pride of Wales and undisputed super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe. On November 3, Calzaghe faced off …

Aside from the bouts already covered here on SaddoBoxing, it was a real busy weekend around the global fisticuff scene, with most of the action taking place on Friday but the more important action was on Saturday. We’ll cover it all, right here and now, with a little bit of …

Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Three of boxing’s biggest and most important players notched impressive victories on the final Showtime Championship Boxing telecast of 2007. Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver, Vernon “The Viper” Forrest and “The Filipino Flash” Nonito Donaire each scored TKO victories before an …

With the WBC welterweight title superfight less than a week away, the world’s media have descended upon Las Vegas where reigning champion Floyd Mayweather and challenger Ricky Hatton have been participating in open workouts prior to their bout on Saturday, December 8, 2007. Mayweather, 38-0 (24), is the favorite to …

Citing a “thumb injury”, Eric Harding has pulled out of the feature bout on Thursday, Dec. 6 against 15-2-2 Shaun George. “We’re all extremely disappointed that Harding is not fighting,” stated Hall of Fame Boxing President Donna Brooks.

Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Tonight at Foxwoods Resort Casino in Mashantucket , CT , Antonio “Magic Man” Tarver, 25-4 (18), will headline a rare triple-header event on Showtime Championship Boxing. The twelve round championship bout against Danny Santiago, 29-3-1 (19), will be the second …