Photo ©Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing English lightweight champion Scott Lawton has today tipped his sparring partner Gary Reid to lift the Commonwealth light-welterweight crown. Lawton, who himself challenged for British title honours earlier this year, has been an integral member of Reid’s training camp and will be a member of Reid’s corner team next Friday.. “Everything…
By Per Ake Persson The General Assembly of the EBU was held this past weekend in Kiev, Ukraine. The Council meeting the day before began with a heated discussion on the incidents in Ajaccio June 1 where the officials were attacked by the crowd and members of the promoters´ entourage. It appears that the French…
The contracted IBF championship fight between champion Mohamed Rachman (61-5-5, 31 kos) and Philippine challenger Florante Condes (21-3-1, 20 kos), scheduled for June 16, appears to be headed for a possible second postponement if the champions camp and promoters have their way. With the fight less than two weeks away the purse money has not…
International Boxing Federation (IBF) super lightweight world boxing champion Lovemore “Black Panther†Ndou has arrived in Uncasville, Connecticut in the USA for his first world title defence against Paulie Malignaggi at the Mohegan Sun Casino this coming Saturday night June 16, 2007. 35 year-old Ndou completed his final sparring session on Friday and has been…
Frank Maloney has announced two great shows for British boxing fans in the lead up to the summer holidays. A new venue for Sky’s Friday Fight Night is introduced as Martin Power clashes with Jason Booth to decide the British Bantamweight title on July 6 at Wigan’s Robin Park Arena. Also sharing the top billing…
On June 14, 2007 Cestus Management’s super middleweight powerhouse, Don “Da’Bomb†George, returns to action in Rochester, New York . Top Rank, which promotes Donovan George, is hosting a fight card which features former undisputed heavyweight champion Hasim Rahman. The main and co-main event are to be televised on the Versus Network. The Chicago based…
Saturday night at The Spodek in Katowice, Poland, former WBC Light Heavyweight Champion Tomasz Adamek and four time former world heavyweight title challenger Andrew Golota both won comeback fights in front of a roaring packed house. Adamek put on 23 pounds and won the IBO Cruiserweight title with a sharp punching effort over Panama’s Luis…
At the Convention Center in Hartford on Saturday, two of the top light heavies in the world were in action. Ex-WBC,WBA and IBF Champion Antonio Tarver had his hands full with a fired up Elvir Muriqi enroute to a twelve round majority decision to take the vacant IBO belt while current reigning WBC Champion Chad…
There was some good action on the Miguel Cotto – Zab Judah undercard from Madison Square Garden on Saturday night with several high level contests taking place. In a battle between light middleweight contenders, undefeated prospect Yuri Foreman, 23-0 (8), took a close split decision over fellow divisional aspirant Anthony Thompson, 23-2 (17), over ten…
Saturday night at a packed Madison Square Garden in New York, WBA Welterweight Champion Miguel Cotto tangled with former 140 and 147 lb champion Zab Judah and held onto his title with a hard fought 11th round stoppage victory. It was unquestionably the hardest fight of Cotto’s career and there were several times where the…
Photo ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing SaddoBoxing had the opportunity to speak with legendary trainer Freddie Roach in an exclusive interview during the Cotto – Judah final press conference in New York City . Roach will be working the corner of Bobby Pacquiao this weekend as well as receiving the 2006 trainer of the year award from the…
Photo ©Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing It’s another big fight night at New York’s Madison Square Garden tonight when Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto defends his WBA Welterweight title against American Zab Judah. It’s an interesting bout and I think Cotto’s toughest test in the pro ranks. A pro since 1996, Judah has won titles at two different weights….