By John “Iceman” Scully Tonight (May 26, 2004) there were two happenings that illustrate just how kids can be taught lessons that will carry over into other aspects of their lives. For the last two weeks I have been having open sparring at my gym. The community center where the gym is located also houses…
Click for larger image © Mark DeSisto / Saddo Boxing Making his first ring appearance in almost two years, Oscar De La Hoya forced referee Jay Nady to step in at 1:25 of the sixth round after bombarding Ricardo Mayorga with a flurry of punches for the TKO victory last night at the MGM Grand…
Click for larger image © Karl Stubbs / Impact Boxing It was a lively crowd that packed the Kings Hall in Stoke-on-Trent, England last night for a night at the fights put on by promoters Impact Boxing. entitled Mayhem. There were two main events, one featuring local Stoke man Scott Lawton looking to defend his…
Ring rust? What ring rust? In his first fight in 20 months, “The Golden Boy’, Oscar De La Hoya showed that he was better than ever, impressively stopping Ricardo Mayorga in six dominating rounds to win the WBC junior middleweight championship at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The end came at…
Exciting World Title Bouts Will Be Replayed First Time On SHO Extreme Monday, May 8, At 11 PM ET/PT Click for larger image © Tom Casino / Showtime Boxing This time, Jose Antonio Rivera left no doubt. Fighting for the first time since disappointing the hometown fans and losing his World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight…
Ricky Hatton landed at Boston’s Logan airport at 1:00 P.M. today. At 5:00 P.M. he was at Suffolk Downs, New Englands’s only thoroughbred racetrack, where a race was named in his honor on Derby Day. The tenth and final race of the day, a six-furlong allowance race, was named the “Ricky Hitman Hatton Classic.â€
“The Hitman” Goes The Distance In Final Manchester Training Session Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Ricky Hatton’s fearless trainer Billy Graham donned the huge bodybelt which symbolizes the final hard workout of every Hatton training camp and the two men went 15 grueling rounds yesterday at Graham’s Phoenix Camp gym…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Question: Is it fair to say, Rick, that by the time you get into the ring, you’ll weigh about 11 stone (154lbs)? Ricky Hatton: “Yeah, a lot of people say “Has it been easier getting down to junior welterweight?’…. it has in a sense that…
Spread out across the globe last night were some decent fights, so lets get busy! There was no world title bout on offer, but a few former major title champions were in action. Ex-IBF Super Flyweight kingpin Felix “El Macho” Machado may have seen his career was ashore as the Venezuelan southpaw came up short…
Both Bouts to Be Replayed on SHO EXTREME Monday, May 8, at 8 PM ET/PT SHOWTIME kicked off its Cinco de Mayo celebration with two action- packed fights Friday on “ShoBox.†In the main event, late substitute Glenn Donaire captured the North American Boxing Association (NABA)/North American Boxing Organization (NABO) flyweight title with a 12-round…
Click for larger image© Jane WarburtonSaddo Boxing Ricky Hatton’s trainer Billy Graham heads to America fully confident of victory going into The Hitman’s WBA Welterweight title challenge of Champion Luis Collazo on a joint Fight Academy/Banner Promotions venture at Boston’s TD Banknorth Garden on Saturday, May 13. Having previously trained World, European, Commonwealth and British…
The Sold-Out signs are now up for Sports Network’s forthcoming championship boxing events on Saturday 13th May at the York Hall and the following week at the Kings Hall in Belfast. Dagenham Destroyer Kevin Mitchell headlines the Brat Pack show alongside young stars Ross Minter and Danny Hunt at the York Hall when he defends…