Irish Ropes Promotions has closed its boxing gym in Far Rockaway and opened a new office directly across the street from Madison Square Garden at 1 Ten Plaza on the 36th floor. Irish Ropes promotes one of the hottest fighters in the world, newly crowned IBA World middleweight title-holder “Ireland’s” John Duddy, rated No. 6…
To say that the UK fight game is in the middle of a re-birth would be an understatement. Add to that the fact that we have two bona fide pound for pound top ten fighters in Ricky Hatton and Joe Calzaghe only helps to cement this fact. UK fight fans haven’t had it this good…
British super middleweight champion Carl Froch is looking forward to finally coming face-to-face with long-term rival Tony Dodson. Despite being scheduled to fight three times over the last 18 months the pair have never met before – with Dodson withdrawing each time through injury before a press conference was held. It’s judgement day tomorrow, however,…
2004 US Olympian super featherweight Vicente Escobedo will face Ramon Guevara this Friday night, November 10th at Cicero Chill, it was announced today by Oscar De La Hoya of Golden Boy Promotions and Dominic Pesoli of 8 Count Productions. Said De La Hoya about the eight round Escobedo/Guevara matchup; “Vicente Escobedo is a young man…
There were no suprises during the welterweight championship bout, Saturday night at The Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas, Nevada. IBF Welterweight Champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. took no chances and cruised to a unanimous decision over WBC Welterweight Champion Carlos Baldomir. Two judges had Floyd pitching a 12 round shut out 120-108, while one judge gave…
Defending World Boxing Organization heavyweight champion Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich appeared to be cruising to a decision win in a relatively uneventful contest under a full moon at Phoenix’s Chase Field Saturday night until Shannon “The Cannon” Briggs exploded in the last 30 seconds in the 12th and final round to score two miraculous knockdowns–the…
Carlos Baldomir’s recent impressive victories over Zab Judah and Arturo Gatti meant nothing last night at the Mandalay Bay in Las Vegas as the Argentine’s opponent this time out was Floyd Mayweather Jr, who lived up to his reputation of being the pound for pound best fighter in boxing today and drubbed the reigning WBC…
The Emperor’s Palace Casino in Kempton Park, South Africa was the scene of one of the best fights of the year to date when unheralded domestic featherweight champion Malcolm Klassen shocked those at ringside by outfighting IBF 130lb Champion Gairy St. Claire to take a twelve round decision by comfortable margins. Despite stepping up a…
© Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing Sergei Liakhovich was thirty seconds away from logging a successful defense of his WBO Heavyweight title when the much vaunted punching power of challenger Shannon Briggs turned the contest around sharply and left the champion floored outside of the ring, semi-conscious on a ringside table. After 14 years as…
**WITH MASSIVE BOXING GALLERY** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing There was fantastic support at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England last night for the Maloney Promotions/Fight Academy Championship Boxing event, billed as “Unleashed”, and headlined by British Super Featherweight Champion Carl Johanneson defending against undefeated challenger Femi Fehintola. The audience in…
**WITH MASSIVE BOXING GALLERY** Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Apart from the main event, there were some excellent fights on the Johanneson – Fehintola undercard last night. It was a really entertaining evening, people all around the Barnsley Metrodome stood on their feet, applauding the contests. Welterweight John ‘Fireball’ Fewkes…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing Carlos Baldomir and Floyd Mayweather Jr. showed up in top shape for Friday’s weigh-in at The Mandalay Bay Events Center in Las Vegas, Nevada. WBC Welterweight Champion Baldomir came right in at the welterweight limit of 147 lbs, while IBF Welterweight Champion Mayweather came in…