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Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It was a noisy, excited atmosphere at the Robin Park Arena in Wigan, England on Saturday night for the VIP Promotions fightnight put on by Steve Wood and featuring popular boxers Stuart McFadyen, Brian Rose and Alex Matvienko. Stuart “The …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing When I arrived at the Town Hall in Manchester on Friday at around 10.00 am, fans had already started to gather outside in Albert Square – despite the fact that Ricky Hatton was not scheduled to appear outside until 12.00 …

Promoter Don King, in association with Maloof Sports & Entertainment, will present two world championship boxing matches at Arco Arena on Saturday, Sept. 29. The main event will feature World Boxing Council light heavyweight champion “Bad” Chad Dawson making the second defense of his crown against Colombian knockout artist Epifanio …

Joe DeGuardia’s Star Boxing today announced a spectacular fight card coming Thursday, October 18 to The Grand Ballroom at The Manhattan Center, NYC. The main event features Vinny Maddalone, 27-4, (19KO’s), returning to the ring after losing a bloody battle against legendary former Heavyweight Champion Evander “The Real Deal” Holyfield …

Two-time world heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (41-7-1, 28 KOs) has offered to replace injured Oleg Maskaev on October 6 against Samuel Peter (28-1, 22 KOs). “I’m calling out Peter,” Ruiz said, “or any of the other top heavyweights in the world. If Peter wants to step-up and prove …

From WBC President Jose Sulaiman: World Boxing Council heavyweight world champion Oleg Maskaev, from Kazakhstan-Russia, suffered a multiple disc herniation injury which will cause him to be inactive for at least for the next three or four months, according to his lawyer, which would lead the heavyweight division to 14 …

One of boxing’s most exciting young warriors, Edison Miranda has captured the hearts of the fight world since his United States debut in 2005. Now, on Tuesday, October 30th, at the Seminole Hard Rock Live Arena in Hollywood, “Pantera’ begins his long-awaited assault on the super middleweight division when he …

Pain Served In the headline fight of Donofrio Boxing’s ” Boxing Under the Stars” on Friday night at the Meadow Brook Music Festival in Rochester Hill, MI, light welterweight Lanardo “Pain Server” Tyner made good on his promise to impress when he stepped in the ring with seasoned veteran Marteze …

Friday night at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, Frank Maloney Promotions put on a great show headlined by British Bantamweight Champion Ian Napa’s title defense against ex-Commonwealth and English Flyweight Champion Lee Haskins. In round one, southpaw Haskins took centre ring and found his range between taunting Napa and …

Beaches and boxing. Although the two are rarely mentioned in the same breath, the sweet science will meet the sandy shores of the Caribbean Friday, Nov. 16, 2007, on Showtime. In the main event, two undefeated super middleweights and former amateur stars will invade the beautiful Caribbean island of St. …

Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing It is the most anticipated fight in Britain since Lennox Lewis took on Evander Holyfield and he most anticipated fight in the boxing world since Felix Trinidad and Oscar De La Hoya squared off in 1999. The bout billed as …

SaddoBoxing spoke to Manchester based trainer Bobby Rimmer last night to find out how undefeated light middleweight Brian Rose, 5-0 (1), is doing ahead of tonight’s clash at the Robin Park Centre in Wigan, England. SaddoBoxing: Who is Brian Rose fighting at Wigan? Bobby Rimmer: “Brian is fighting Lee Noble …