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Salford southpaw Jamie Moore has stopped Michael Jones in six rounds of their fight tonight at the Altrincham Leisure Centre in England. Moore was seething after losing to Jones in his last fight in November of last year as it appeared that a debatable set of circumstances saw him disqualified …

With great sadness, SaddoBoxing acknowledges the death of former light heavyweight contender Julian “Mr. KO” Letterlough. Letterlough, who gave boxing one of its most memorable fights in recent years against former WBO world light heavyweight champion Julio Gonzalez was apparently shot to death last night. He was thirty-five-years-old at the …

The Klitschko brothers have more in common than their staggering size, PhD’s in sports science and the same parents. They also share a desire not to fight anyone who might fight back. At the moment Vitali Klitschko holds the World Boxing Council heavyweight title and, for reasons understood only by …

Both challengers on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ event at the Nottingham Arena on Saturday night had to make two trips to the scales at the official weigh-in on Friday afternoon. Matthew Barney – who takes on standout British and Commonwealth champion Carl Froch – was the first to step on. …

Undefeated Irish middleweight John Duddy (10-0, 9 KOs) faces veteran Patrick Coleman (29-11, 20 KOs) July 20 in the eight-round main event of a Bobby Hitz-promoted show at 115 Bourbon St. in Chicago. Derry, Ireland native Duddy, now fighting out of Queens (NY), has quickly become one of the most …

None other than the venerable Michael Katz (the man responsible for the infamous monikers “Chicken Kiev” and now “Duck Kiev”) weighed in prominently on the Vitali Klitschko debacle today at MaxBoxing.com: Let me try and not go on another rant against the silly Ring magazine “titles,” but if Vitali Klitschko …

Disregarding the possibility that he might be stripped of his World Boxing Council title and disregarding challenges to his manhood, Ukrainian heavyweight Vitali Klitschko was expected to finalize a contract last night to fight Calvin Brock in September instead of higher-ranked contenders Hasim Rahman or Monte Barrett. WBC president Jose …

Jr. welterweight top contender Andreas Kotelnik will be in action this weekend, other than the majority of his stable mates who are taking several weeks off during the promotional summer break of Universum Box-Promotion during July and August. On Saturday, July 9, the 27-year-old Kotelnik is challenging European title holder …

There was definite tension in the air when British and Commonwealth super middleweight champion Carl Froch and his mandatory challenger Matthew Barney came head to head for the first time on Thursday ahead of their highly anticipated grudge match on the Hennessy Sports “Trailblazers’ promotion at the Nottingham Arena this …

This Friday night, July 8, DiBella Entertainment’s Emanuel Augustus (30-24-6, 15 KO’s) will square off against Ray Oliviera (47-10-2, 22 KO’s) on ESPN/2’s Friday Night Fights in a 10-round welterweight clash from the Hampton Beach Ballroom in Hampton Beach, New Hampshire. Airtime is at 9:00 PM/ET. SaddoBoxing will provide the …

Zab “Super” Judah is the ideal definition of rebuilding from the bottom and ending up on top. Boxing and the welterweight division have evolved over the last few years and Judah has much to do with this. When Judah had the pleasure of fighting Kostya Tszyu in the junior welterweight …

News and Results from the Last Week’s Fight Game. OK, it’s quiz time! What do a World Darts champion, an ex-British and Commonwealth heavyweight boxing champion and this writer have in common? Do you give up? We all went to Eaglesfield School in South London. Yes, it’s well known as …