Shane Mosley heads our weekend review as the 35 year old looked ten years younger in largely shutting out Luis Collazo last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas. Mosley, 44-4 (37), had a rough start as Collazo’s left hand found range a few times in the early going …
Read More »Championship Boxing Returns to Boise: Corder-Butler, Nwamu-Flores
Championship professional boxing returns to Boise on March 2 with a pair of title matches headlining “Qwest For Greatness,” co-promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing and Knockout Promotions at Qwest Arena. Idaho boxing icon Cleveland Corder faces John Butler (18-2, 7 KOs) in the 12-round main event for the vacant IBC …
Read More »Boxing Round By Round: Carl Johanneson – Ricky Burns
Photos © Jane Warburton/SaddoBoxing Last night at the beautiful Grade One listed Town Hall in Leeds, England, local hero Carl Johanneson faced Scottish challenger Ricky “Rickster” Burns for the British Super Featherweight Championship. Blonde and tattooed, Burns entered the ring alongside longtime British boxing fixture Dean Powell while Johanneson came …
Read More »Boxing News: Ricky Hatton Gives Up IBF Title!
Ricky Hatton’s promoter Dennis Hobson has confirmed the Hitman relinquished his International Boxing Federation light welterweight title Friday night and will now be moving directly on to his mouthwatering Las Vegas showdown with Jose Luis Castillo this summer. Speaking from his home in Jersey, Hobson said: “We informed the IBF …
Read More »Boxing Result: Dean Francis Wins Commonwealth Crown Over Ovill McKenzie
Hard punching ex-European Super Middleweight Champion Dean Francis scored a first round TKO against reigning Commonwealth Light Heavyweight titlist Ovill McKenzie last night at the Marriott Hotel, Bristol, England, capping off a Tony Hay promotion. Challenger Dean Francis entered the ring ahead of the Champion, British based Jamaican Ovill McKenzie …
Read More »Boxing Result: Eddie Chambers Hammers Derric Rossy Over Seven
Heavyweight “Fast” Eddie Chambers lived up to his nickname last night on an ESPN Friday Night Fights bill at the Suffolk County Community College on Long Island, NY and belted fellow undefeated prospect Derric Rossy to the point of referee stoppage in the seventh round. The experience and greater skill …
Read More »Boxing Result: Clampitt, Duran Victorious On Hearts Of Fire Bill
Jamie Clampitt won the vacant IFBA Lightweight Title last night in Providence, RI, handing out a painful lesson to Women’s boxing icon Mia St. John. Despite a significant advantage in experience, St. John was never able to keep the stronger Clampitt at bay or mount a significant offense of her …
Read More »Impact Boxing: Champion Gary Davis To Make Return To Stoke
Photo © Karl Stubbs/Impact Boxing British Masters and Central Area super-bantamweight champion Gary Davis will top the bill at Stoke’s Kings Hall on 24 February when he takes on Jamil Hussain in a contest of six three minute rounds. The likeable scouser made his last outing in September also at …
Read More »Boxing Weigh-In: Mosley And Collazo Hit 147 In Vegas
Giant Photo Gallery © Mark DeSisto/SaddoBoxing Shane Mosley and Luis Collazo both weighed in at the welterweight limit of 147 pounds today in anticipation of their WBC Interim title fight tomorrow night at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, NV. Slick southpaw Collazo, 27-2 (13), will be a …
Read More »Showtime Boxing: Mike Oliver Puts USBA 122 Lb Title On Line Against Gary Stark Jr
Derek Ennis to Put Undefeated Record on Line Against Allen Conyers in Co-Feature At Buffalo Run Casino, Miami, Oklahoma, Friday, Feb. 16, at 11 p.m. ET /PT Looking for a real fight? “ShoBox: The New Generation” will present yet another showdown when Mike “Machine Gun’’ Oliver (17-0, seven KOs) defends …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Eddie Chambers
Photos © Jim Everett “Fast” Eddie Chambers, 27-0 (15), will face Derric Rossy, 15-0 (9), for the vacant USBA Heavyweight Title tonight, Friday, February 9, 2007. The undefeated fighters will headline minutes from Rossy’s home town, live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at Suffolk Community College in Selden , New …
Read More »Exclusive Boxing Interview: Derric Rossy
Photos © Jim Everett/SaddoBoxing Derric Rossy, 15-0 (9), will face “Fast” Eddie Chambers, 27-0 (15), for the vacant USBA Heavyweight Title tonight, Friday, February 9, 2007. The undefeated fighters will headline live on ESPN Friday Night Fights at Suffolk Community College in Selden , New York . In an exclusive …
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