SaddoBoxing caught up with fast rising British light middleweight Gary Woolcombe of Welling, England. The 25 year old London area box-fighter, 24-1 (9), makes an appearance on Frank Maloney’s promotion tonight from the Newham Lesiure Centre, headlined by the British Bantamweight title rematch between Ian Napa and Martin Power. SaddoBoxing: Do you have an opponent…
© Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Moderator: Kelly Swanson KELLY SWANSON: Thank you operator, and thank you everybody for joining us today for Ricky Hatton’s conference call, his last call before the big fight December 8th. And now without further ado, I’d like to turn the call over to Oscar de la Hoya, President of…
Click for larger image © Dwight McCann JAMES KIRKLAND (20-0, 17 KOs) “I feel good about my conditioning. I made the weight, but I didn’t agree to fight at 152. I agreed to fight at 154. Making the weight was like taking out one of my kidneys.†“I figure out my opponent’s game plan in…
Golden Boy Promotions and Top Rank, in association with Romanza Boxing Productions and MP Promotions, are proud to announce that on Saturday, March 15, 2008, Juan Manuel Marquez will defend his WBC Super Featherweight Title against number one contender Manny Pacquiao at the Mandalay Bay Hotel & Casino on HBO Pay-Per-View.
In what was another promising display of boxing, Danish super featherweight prospect Kim “Golden Boy†Poulsen did what several future world champions couldn’t do, when he knocked down 290-fight British veteran, and former Midlands Area champion, Peter “The Professor†Buckley in the second round on his way to a clear 60-53 verdict from scoring referee…
© Jane Warburton Saddo Boxing British Bantamweight Champion Ian Napa faces old nemesis Martin Power this Friday night on a Frank Maloney promotion at Newham Leisure Centre in London, England. The last time these two met in November, 2005, Power was the reigning British Champion and came out on top via split decision after a…
Boxing Fans From Around the Globe Encouraged to “Vote for Joe!” Voting has opened for the BBC Wales Sports Personality 2007 and World Super-Middleweight Champion Joe Calzaghe is a hot favourite to win the award for a third time on Sunday 2nd December. Calzaghe, who won the award last year and in 2001, is also…
NY Press Conference: Showtime Closes the Season with a Triple-Header **With Slideshow** Click for larger image © Jim Everett / Saddo Boxing Yesterday at the famous Gallagher’s Steakhouse in New York City, Gary Shaw Productions and Showtime held a final press conference to promote their triple-header to close out the 2007 season on Showtime Championship…
Veteran trainer Don Turner believes WBO No. 2 rated middleweight contender “Ireland’s†John Duddy (22-0, 17 KOs) will become his 21st world champion. First, though, Duddy has to get past former European champion and 2-time world title challenger Howard “The Battersea Bomber†Eastman (42-5, 35 KOs) on December 8 in the 10-round main event at…
Former IBA champion and world ranked Cruiserweight Bobby Gunn 18-3 {15 KO’s} is hoping for a fight with former WBC Light Heavyweight and current IBO Cruiserweight champion Tomasz Adamek. Gunn was recently mentioned for a fight with Antonio Tarver, but was passed by for Danny Santiago. “I watched the fight of the Antonio Tarver and…
November 30 in Drummondville will mark the first ever Feminine North American title fight in the history of Quebec. Fighting in her eleventh pro fight, Danielle Bouchard, 8-1-1 (1), originally from Jonquiere, will try to capture her first belt, the WBC International Super Bantamweight title, against Maria Nunez Anchorena, 7-3 (5).
Click for larger image © David Martin-Warr / DKP Two of the greatest boxers in history, Felix “Tito†Trinidad and Roy Jones Jr., will face each other in a battle boxing fans have been waiting for years to see at New York’s famed Madison Square Garden on Saturday, Jan. 19, 2008, and will be produced…