Click for larger image © Jay McGuigan / Saddo Boxing The Blue Horizon was open for bloody business once again, this time featuring young hopefuls on a card consisting of five – four rounders and a six round main event. Joey Abell was promoted to headliner and was ready to give hell again. This time…
At Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales last night, 39 year old Matt Skelton beat Commonwealth Heavyweight Champion Danny Williams to avenge his February defeat, and to pave the way for a title challenge against Russian giant and WBA Champion Nikolay Valuev. Skelton, 20-1, chose to focus his training on developing his boxing skills, after brawling…
Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing World Championship Bout Will Be Replayed First Time on SHO Extreme Monday, July 10, at 11 p.m. ET/PT Cory Spinks used lateral speed and quick hands to narrowly outpoint game, hard-working Roman Karmazin Saturday on SHOWTIME. A slick and savvy Spinks won the International Boxing…
The Savvis Center in St. Louis, MO was the site of former undisputed welterweight champion Cory Spinks’ triumphant return to form as he annexed Roman Karmazin’s IBF Light Middleweight crown on Saturday night during a close and hard fought bout. Below is a detailed blow by blow reading of this important contest, only on www.saddoboxing.com…
The biggest boxing card of the year in Britain takes places tonight at the Millennium Stadium in Cardiff, Wales with Danny Williams putting his Commonwealth Heavyweight title at risk in a rematch against arch rival Matt Skelton. Originally, WBO/IBF Super Middle Champion Joe Calzaghe was supposed to make a triumphant home return on this date…
He’s one of boxing’s best, pound for pound, a charismatic athlete with the talent to beat anyone in the world on any given night. And now, former welterweight and junior welterweight champion Zab Judah – with the co-promotional team of Prize Fight Boxing behind him – is ready to once again conquer the boxing world…
Click for larger image© Tom Casino Showtime Boxing Cory Spinks, promoter Don King and Roman Karmazin pose after Friday’s weigh-in at Kiener Square in downtown St. Louis in the shadow of the Old Courthouse and the Gateway Arch. Both Spinks and Karmazin officially tipped the scales at 153 pounds, one under the division limit. Saturday…
IBF Light Middleweight Champion Roman Karmazin puts his belt at risk on Saturday night against former undisputed welterweight world champion Cory Spinks at the cavernous Savvis Center in St. Louis but the Don King promoted, Showtime televised bill is awash with quality fighters. In addition to Karmazin – Spinks, former world champions Jean Marc Mormeck,…
Roman “Made in Hell’’ Karmazin (34-1-1, 1 ND, 21 KOs) will defend his IBF 154-pound title against former undisputed world welterweight champion Cory “The Next Generation†Spinks (34-3, 11 KOs) in Spinks’ hometown of St. Louis, Missouri, on Saturday, July 8, on SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed in the west coast). The 12-round bout is…
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing Cellarhead Boxer Scott Lawton chose Middlehurst Special School as the location for his first public appearance since becoming English Lightweight Champion less than four weeks ago. Scott was invited by Headteacher Jonathan May to present the prizes at the school’s sports day. Pupils, which range…
Standout Manchester super featherweight John Murray is looking forward to shaking off the ring-rust when he makes his debut at the home of British Boxing next Wednesday, (12th July). The 21-year-old appears on the Hennessy Sports “Fifty-Fifty’ event at the York Hall in Bethnal Green in a six-rounder. It will be his first contest since…
It’s the goal of all professional prizefighters – to be called “Champion’. And to get to that level, it takes years of blood, sweat, and tears, and a commitment to excellence that few can even fathom. Sultan Ibragimov and Ray Austin have paid these dues, and when a winner is declared in their IBF Heavyweight…