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Express & Star 8 Jan 11
Steve Saville will continue his career next month with a two-year deadline to leave his mark in boxing – but has vowed to retire if he loses again.
The 34-year-old faced an uncertain future after losing the Midlands lightweight title to Amir Unsworth in three rounds last month, his fifth straight defeat since winning the area crown in 2008…
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Jane Warburton Saddo Boxing 8 Dec 10
Midlands lightweight champion Steve Saville was counted out as he defended his title against Amir Unsworth at the Doncaster Dome on 3 December.
By round three Saville had taken a number of solid body-punches when Unsworth…
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Express & Star 27 Nov 10
Wednesfield lightweight Steve Saville has teamed up with Wednesfield Football Club to get himself in shape for the first defence of his Midlands title.
‘The Wednesfield Bomber’ will put the area crown – after two years as champion – up-for-grabs for the first time against Amir Unsworth at the Doncaster Dome next Friday.
And Saville has enlisted the help of his local football club as an extra fitness tool ahead of fight night, offering conditioning work in return for the players of the West Midlands League outfit…
Boxing
Express & Star 6 Nov 10
Wolverhampton’s Midlands lightweight champion Steve Saville has been cleared to defend his title against Amir Unsworth at the Doncaster Dome on December 3.
Saville is set to defend his crown for the first time, won in September 2008, after nine months out of the ring since losing to Karl Place in March…
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Express & Star 2 Oct 10
Steve Saville the local boxer known as ‘The Wednesfield Bomber’, could remain the Midlands lightweight champion despite plans to strip him of the title.
The British Boxing Board of Control has declared the title vacant, although Saville is still in possession of the belt he won by beating Baz Carey in November 2008…
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Express & Star 4 Sep 10
Steve Saville has vowed never to gamble with his health again in his attempts to save his career. The lightweight is looking to return to the ring in the winter and, with talks on-going to strike a deal with his former promoters ‘First Team,’ could defend his Midlands title on a hometown bill at the Civic Hall in late November.
A fight in Belgium, 10-rounds against WBC Youth Intercontinental champion Jean Pierre Bauwens, has also been put to him.
‘The Wednesfield Bomber’ has not been seen or heard of since mysteriously pulling out of a crack at International Masters light welterweight champion and former Birmingham City footballer Curtis Woodhouse at two days notice in April, with the reason given by promoters that he had simply failed to make the weight…
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Express & Star 23 Apr 10
Steve Saville has more in common with opponent Curtis Woodhouse than you think as he prepares to tackle the former Birmingham City footballer. ‘The Wednesfield Bomber’ will look to rip the International Masters light welterweight title from the ex-Blues and England under-21 midfielder at Rotherham’s Magna Centre on Sunday, after coming in as a late replacement at literally days notice.
Both come into the contest as established professional fighters, although Woodhouse’s exploits outside of the ring and on the field of play afford him the fame his opponent can only dream of…
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Express & Star 27 Mar 10
Wolverhampton lightweight Steve Saville is planning to use his Midlands title to get his career back on track in the coming months.
‘The Wednesfield Bomber’ has yet to defend his crown since stopping Baz Carey to take the vacant belt in seven rounds in November 2008, and hasn’t won a fight since.
In the meantime, Saville has been dumped out of Prizefighter in the first round, edged out of a British Masters title fight up at light welter before falling inside two rounds to Frankie Gavin and, last Friday night, Karl Place…
Boxing
Express & Star 13 Feb 10
It’s all change for lightweight Steve Saville as he goes it alone in a bid to reignite his career. ‘The Wednesfield Bomber’ found himself at a crossroads as 2009 drew to a close, after one of the worst periods of the veteran’s 11-year professional career…
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Ian Johnson Mercury 1 Nov 09
Steve Saville winced and proclaimed that Frankie Gavin was “just awesome”, and should know after being stopped by the Brummie Bluenose in the second round at Liverpool. It was a totally unexpected result for everyone except Gavin whose overall performance was based on the 4ps – preparation, patience, precision and power…