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John Joe Nevin put Irish sport on the medals table on Day 9 of the 30th Olympiad in London. The Cavan BC bantamweight beat Mexico’s Oscar Valdez-Fierro 19-13 in a thrilling 56kg quarter-final on Sunday to guarantee at least a bronze medal. The win secured Ireland’s first medal in all …

WealthTV, the latest destination for boxing’s premier live events, announced today that it has secured the live US television rights for an initial twelve world-class professional boxing events scheduled for 2012 and 2013 from Hennessy Sports and GYM Promotions.

Gary Shaw Productions is elated to publicize the signing of undefeated lightweight standout, Jonathan “The Predator” Maicelo (17-0, 10 KOs) of Callao, Peru. Having captured the WBC Latino and WBA Fedecentro lightweight titles, Maicelo is the first Peruvian boxer to ever enter the World Rankings.

Following a defeat to Polish prospect Andrzej Fonfara on points in a 10 round contest, Jamaican Road Warrior Glencoffe Johnson has chosen to call time on his professional career at the age of 43. Johnson’s 70 fight professional career commenced back in 1993 at the age of 24 and saw …

World number one Katie Taylor will meet Natasha Jonas in the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in London tomorrow (August 6th). Liverpool southpaw Jonas saw off the challenge of Seattle lightweight Queen Underwood (USA) at the ExCel this afternoon to set up a Great Britain versus Ireland last-eight duel on …

Hector Garcia and his HG Boxing put on another spectacular evening of boxing Saturday night at the Centro de Convenciones in Mazatlan, Mexico, as local heroes Arturo Santos Reyes and Irma Sanchez won World Boxing Federation title fights. Santos Reyes, 12-2 (4) captured the vacant WBF Super Bantamweight title with …

Michael Conlan is through to the quarter-finals of the 2012 Olympic Games following an impressive win at the ExCel in London tonight. But Adam Nolan bowed out despite an heroic performance in his battle of the southpaws with Russia’s Andrey Zamkovoy, a silver medal winner at the 2009 AIBA World …

In an exclusive telephone interview with Saddoboxing after his controversial ten round majority decision loss to Raymundo ‘Sugar’ Beltran, which cost him his number one WBC ranking and his NABF title belt, Henry Lundy, better known as Hammerin’ Hank insisted he won the bout-and wanted an immediate rematch with Beltran. …

Cruiserweight prospect Dan ‘Bada Bing’ Biddle and his manager Tommy Barnes have called out USBA Cruiserweight champion Garrett Wilson for a future matchup. Biddle looked impressive recently in winning a majority decision over Philadelphia veteran Pedro Martinez at Bally’s Hotel and Casino in Atlantic City, New Jersey, on July 7, …

SaddoBoxing: How did you first become involved with boxing? Zachary Ochoa: “I first became involved in boxing at 10 years old when my dad saw me fighting in the street and decided to take me down to a basement in the projects and teach me how to box”. SB: Who …

Irish team captain Darren O’Neill lost out in his bid to reach the quarter-finals of the Olympic Games in London today. The Kilkenny southpaw was beaten 19-12 by German middleweight Stefan Hartel at the ExCel this afternoon. As expected, neither had to go looking for each in this afternoon’s last-16 …

Once beaten Welterweight contender Steve Upsher Chambers Is seeking an opportunity to take on undefeated Welterweight Keith Thurman for a potential fight on October 6th in Atlantic City. Chambers, 24-1-1 with six knockouts of Philadelphia was offered a fight with Thurman just two weeks before the July 21st scheduled fight.