Jon Thaxton is one of the most exciting fighters in Britain regardless of weight class. The stocky, Norwich based fighter has faced some of the country’s best lightweights and light welters but he’s probably best known for giving Ricky Hatton perhaps the Mancunian’s toughest fight to date. Thaxton will be facing undefeated lightweight Jorge Daniel…
On Wednesday, 17 May at Aussie Stadium in Sydney, two of the biggest names in Australian boxing will clash in what is seen to be the biggest fight in the history of Australia. In one corner you have former rugby league star Anthony Mundine. No one in the world today could have dreamed that he…
This Saturday evening in Boston, Manchester’s Ricky Hatton makes his first appearance at 147 pounds when he takes on WBA Welterweight champion Luis Collazo. The 27 year old Hatton is unbeaten in forty professional fights with thirty knockouts. He is also a former WBA and IBF junior welterweight champion having beaten the great Kostya Tszyu…
Click for larger image © Jane Warburton / Saddo Boxing Legendary British trainer Billy Graham has coached many accomplished boxers during his career such as Carl Thompson, Michael Brodie, Michael Gomez and others but the Manchester based “Preacher” is at the height of his powers at the moment with his fighter Ricky Hatton posed to…
The countdown is on and the premier light heavyweight in the world, Antonio “Magic Man’ Tarver is now a little over a month away from one of the biggest fight of his career on June 10th at Boardwalk Hall in Atlantic City, New Jersey against middleweight legend Bernard Hopkins. A little over a month, or…
Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero, 16-1-1 (9), got some good work in today with Bobby Pacquiao, brother of Filipino star Manny Pacquiao and IBF Super Bantamweight Champion Israel Vasqez. “Everything went well today,” said Guerrero. “I worked on my body attack and did some adjustments on my footwork. The rest of this camp is going to…
By Tom Donelson Sergio Mora may not be the best fighter in the world and he may never succeed in winning a championship but against Archak TerMelikestian, he showed the heart that he demonstrated over several weeks in The Contender program.
Professional boxing will return to Daytona Beach for the first time in more than a decade as the Daytona Cubs, in conjunction with the Manolo Corporation, have officially announced “Fight Night at the Jack.†The event is set for Saturday, May 27, 2006, at 7:00 P.M. at Jackie Robinson Ballpark..
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…