IBF Pan Pacific Light Heavyweight Champion Danny Green meets PABA Champion Paul Murdoch tonight at the State Netball and Hockey Centre in Melbourne, Australia. The hammer fisted ex-WBC Interim Champion is making his second foray into the light heavyweight ranks after tangling with such top super middleweights as Eric Lucas, Markus Beyer and Anthony Mundine….
Ricky Hatton grew up in a large, grim council estate on the edge of Manchester known as Hattersley. The development was built in the 1960’s, intended as a large overspill estate by the Manchester City council. As a small boy, he trained in the basement of the pub he and his family lived in and…
“We’ll Be Going After Mayweather!” Having completed his final day’s training, former two-division world champion Ricky ‘The Hitman’ Hatton needs only to keep an eye on his weight as he counts down the hours to Saturday night, when he will cross swords with unbeaten IBF junior welterweight champion Juan Urango. His trainer Billy Graham has…
***Massive Boxing Weigh-in Gallery*** Click for larger image © Curtis McCormick / Saddo Boxing During a wildly exciting weigh-in at the Paris Hotel, Las Vegas, Ricky Hatton promised the assembled 800 strong throng of vocal British fans that he will bring two more world titles back to England after Saturday night’s fight. Hatton scaled one…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Looking more and more like a genuine contender than a prospect, undefeated southpaw Juan Manuel Lopez scored an impressive, one-sided sixth-round TKO over Cuauhtemoc Vargas in Friday’s main event on “ShoBox: The New Generation.†The co-feature between Victor Ortiz and Manuel Cordova ended in a…
Hennessy Sports Proudly Present First Defence @ Alexandra Palace Saturday 20th January 2007 In association with GoldenPalace.com Doors 6.30pm, Boxing Starts 7.00pm FINAL RUNNING ORDER 6×3 Light Middleweight George Hillyard vs. Tony Rendall (Canning Town) (Birmingham)
One of boxing’s most recognizable females, Mia “The Knockout” St. John, will fight in New England for the first time on February 9 when she defends her IFBA lightweight title against two-time world champion Jaime “The Hurricane” Clampitt in the 10-round main event on the “Hearts Of Fire” pro-am show at the Rhode Island Convention…
While celebrated the Christmas and New Year festivities, Martin “Too Much” Power, 19-1 (8), has been relentlessly training in preparation for his red hot rematch with Tshifhiwa Munyai, 12-0-1 (7), for the Commonwealth Bantamweight title at Goresbrook LC in Dagenham, England. This is Power’s first fight since being controversially stopped by the gangly South African…
It took Ricky Hatton three seconds to decide to turn down a six figure offer to appear on Celebrity Big Brother – and now he says sibling Matthew, 25, doesn’t need his big brother watching over him, either. “Magic’ Matthew – 3 years younger than his world champion brother – steps up in class on…
Ricky Hatton – Manchester, England’s walking weapon of mass destruction – will be ably supported by some of the hottest young sharpshooters in British boxing when he challenges Juan Urango for the IBF and IBO junior welterweight titles in Las Vegas Saturday night. Not only will the Hitman’s younger brother, “Magic’ Matthew, step up to…
Two title belts were around the waists of three different Silverhawk fighters last night when they left the ring following winning performances in “Super Fights” at Knox Arena in Olive Branch, Mississippi. “Super Fights” was co-promoted by Silverhawk Championship Boxing and Knockout Promotions.
Click for larger image This Saturday night, Manchester’s Ricky Hatton makes his Las Vegas debut when he tries to annex his old IBF Junior Welterweight Championship from unbeaten Colombian, Juan Urango. Come fight night, Hatton will be stepping into the ring following eight months of inactivity, the longest of his professional career. Unbeaten in 41…