© Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing SaddoBoxing: Since becoming the undisputed supper middleweight world champion, you have won the British Sports Personality of the Year Award and were awarded a Lifetime Achievement Award; has anything changed for you? Joe Calzaghe: “Not much changes me, Iʼm still the same guy down to earth, but I do…
**With Slideshow** © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was a great atmosphere inside the famous Blackpool Tower, in Blackpool, England, on Saturday night night as Steve Wood’s VIP Boxing promoted a seven-fight card billed as ’Power at the Tower’. At the foot of the Tower the Circus Arena is a stunning venue with tiered…
In a battle of ex-heavyweight champions looking for another crack at world honors, former WBA titlist Nikolay Valuev won that organization’s official eliminator by outfighting past WBO beltholder Serguei Lyakhovich over twelve rounds at Neurmberg Arena in Nuremberg, Germany. At 7 feet tall and weighing 321 pounds, Valuev proved simply too big for Lyakhovich to…
Last night at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik outworked former titlist Jermain Taylor over twelve rounds to win a non-title rematch at 164 lb. Although Taylor fought a far smarter fight this time, he simply wasn’t active enough to win over the judges and dropped a 117-111, 116-112 and…
In Germany this evening, two former world heavyweight champions, looking to put themselves back into title contention, collide. Russian giant Nikolay Valuev, the former WBA Champion, takes on former WBO kingpin Sergei Liakhovich at Nuremberg Arena in a fascinating contest that neither man can afford to lose. The clash will be the first time that…
The much anticipated rematch between WBC/WBO Middleweight Champion Kelly Pavlik and former titlist Jermain Taylor takes place tonight as a 12 round non-title affair at a catchweight of 166 lb at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, with a massive undercard supporting the main event. The pair first clashed in September of last year and…
We start off this week’s installment of Friday night at the fights in France and if you were in Martigues, the venue La Halle des Martigues was the place to be as stocky, Haitian born French Light Middleweight Champ Jimmy Colas, 23-4 (10), pounded his way to the European Union title by flooring Spain’s Miguel…
By Andre Courtemanche You wouldn’t like him when he’s angry. “They used to call me ‘The Incredible Hulk’ in the Marine Corps,” laughs easy-going junior middleweight Mike Martinez. “Sometimes I get mad in there.”
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Bobby Rimmer confirmed this evening that everything has gone great for his two young boxers fighting this Saturday night. Brian Rose and Jack Arnfield are boxing on the Steve Woods (VIP Promotions) fight night billed as ‘Power at the Tower’. A full venue is expected at the famous Blackpool…
Part Two of a multi-part series On Saturday, March 22, WBA Light Welter Champion Gavin Rees is set to make the first defense of his crown when he faces German based Ukrainian Andreas Kotelnik at the International Arena in Cardiff, Wales. While this bout isn’t quite up to the anticipation level of the Haye vs….
Part One of a multi-part series By all accounts, 2007 was a pretty good year for British boxing but it all fell apart at the end when Ricky Hatton was KO’d by Floyd Mayweather and a ring post in early December. Amazingly enough, the first half of 2008 is shaping up to be an even…
The first two Israel Vazquez and Rafael Marquez fights produced the most exciting, bloody, give-and-take slugfests of 2007, and inevitably have led to one of the most highly anticipated rubber matches in boxing history. Now, they battle for the WBC 122-pound title, The Ring Magazine 122-pound crown and super bantamweight supremacy in the third and…