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Mattias Fyrsten – Norrköpings nya tungviktshopp
Så här ser han ut NBK Akilles främsta kort i jakten på
SM-tecknet i tungvikt.
Det mest eftertraktade bland herrseniorerna.
Göteborgsklubben Majorna har ungefär samma planer för sin
rutinerade Martin Axberg.
I Majornas Luciaboxning möttes de två i en stenhård men
tekniskt välboxad match. Fyrstens raka höger plockade de flesta
poängen och en krok i sista ronden fällde hårdingen Axberg som
dock var uppe på åtta och kunde fortsätta ronden ut.
Det finns mycket som talar för att publiken här fick se de
främsta konkurrenterna om tungviktstiteln vid nästa SM som går i
skånska Lund.
När tungviktarna möttes i Göteborg vann även
rikskände Norrköpingsstjärnan Suro Ismailov över MBKs Tobias
Nannesson. Göteborgaren Anders Tanneby blev däremot för svår för
Akilles George Aboalahad.
Mattias näve höjs efter segern
Bilder tagna av Eva Lena Samuelsson, NBKA
Swante Formgren
Presskontakt
www.nbkakilles.se
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Darren
Sutherland Dazzles In Sparring Before Dublin Debut
Photos of Darren Sutherland ©Jane Warburton/MMG
Irish Olympic hero Darren Sutherland held a media workout in
London and produced a startling display of skills in sparring
with rugged undefeated light heavyweight Carl Dilks in round
after round of furious action.
Sutherland showed fine form against his quality sparring partner
and is on target to produce a superb professional debut, which
takes place on a big Frank Maloney Promotions bill in Dublin,
Ireland on Thursday, December 18.
At Beijing, the 26 year old won the 2008 Olympic Bronze
Medallist at middleweight by stopping Algeria's Nabil Kassel and
outpointing Venezuela's Alfonso Blanco before losing to Gold
Medal winner James DeGale of Britain, a fighter Sutherland had
previously defeated four times.
Now campaigning as a super middleweight, Sutherland makes his
maiden voyage as a pro against Bulgaria's Georgi Iliev over six
rounds at The Helix, located at the Irishman's alma mater,
Dublin City University.
Sutherland will share top of the bill with European super
bantamweight champion Rendall Munroe, who defends his
continental strap against Italian titlist Fabricio Trotta.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents "Out To Conquer The World"
headlined by the debut of Irish Olympic Bronze Medallist Darren
Sutherland and European Super Bantamweight Champion Rendall
Munroe's title defense against Italian Champion Fabricio Trotta
along with full undercard support, on Thursday, December 18,
2008 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland.
Tickets, priced at €50, €60 and €100, are available by logging
onto
www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office on 0871
226 1508.
Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at 8PM.
For further information or press credential requests contact
ftm.press@gmail.com.
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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Power Back In Action On Maloney's Dublin Venture
Eager to regain his former standing as the top bantamweight in
Britain following a 13 month hiatus, Martin Power returns to the
ring on the big boxing bill at The Helix at City University in
Dublin, Ireland on Thursday, December 18, 2008.
Power streaked to the top during the first phase of his career,
making the most of a five year run by winning the British title
and holding it through two defenses while turning back such
difficult opposition as Ian Napa, Dale Robinson, Isaac Ward,
Rocky Dean and Shinny Bayaar.
But the 28 year old Londoner ran into a very large roadblock in
the towering form of the nearly 6 foot tall undefeated South
African bantam Tshifhiwa Munyai in June, 2006 as the pair
tangled for the vacant Commonwealth title.
Although Power was ahead on two scorecards after eight frames,
the long reach and accurate combination punching of late
replacement Munyai had taken it's toll by the ninth as the
British champion was stopped midway through the round.
A return bout with Munyai proved even more fruitless as the
giant South African was on the form of his life, slashing
through Power's defenses to convince Team Power to pull their
man out in the fourth.
Despite putting in an excellent performance during a rematch
with Ian Napa in November of last year, Power failed to lift his
old British title but did succeed in proving that he was far
from finished and ready to rebound given more measured steps of
opposition.
That comeback begins on Thursday, December 18 when Power, 19-3
(8), encounters 26 year old Liverpool area super bantamweight
Gary Davies, 7-2-1 (5), in a scheduled six round bout.
Davies is a former British masters/central area super bantam
titlist who has only lost one of his last nine contests. Three
of Davies' last four opponents have not gone the distance and
the St. Helens man is determined to make a name for himself by
drawing his smaller adversary into a slugfest that he believes
Power cannot win.
But win Power must if he is to realize his ambitions toward the
British and Commonwealth titles and the contest with Davies has
a very good chance of being the fight of the night on a very
competitive bill at The Helix in Dublin.
The card is headlined by the pro debut of 2008 Irish Olympic
Bronze Medallist Darren Sutherland, who meets Hungary's Georgi
Iliev, and European super bantam champion Rendall Munroe's title
defense against Italy's Fabricio Trotta.
Two Commonwealth title fights are also on tap as welterweight
champ Craig Watson meets Adan Amar and bantamweight kingpin
Jason Booth confronts challenger Sean Hughes.
Former British and Commonwealth light middleweight champion
Jamie Moore, currently the Irish titlist, will place his three
year, ten bout win streak on line as he tunes up for an upcoming
European title clash while ex-European super bantamweight boss
Kiko Martinez, undefeated Cork based super middle prospect Gary
O'Sullivan and popular Dublin super bantam Paul Hyland are all
scheduled to fight on the bill.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents "Out To Conquer The World"
headlined by the debut of Irish Olympic Bronze Medallist Darren
Sutherland and European Super Bantamweight Champion Rendall
Munroe's title defense against Italian Champion Fabricio Trotta
along with full undercard support, on Thursday, December 18,
2008 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland.
Tickets, priced at €50, €60 and €100, are available by logging
onto
www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office on 0871
226 1508.
Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at 8PM.
For further information or press credential requests contact
ftm.press@gmail.com.
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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***Larsen to fight Cocco on Valuev-Holyfield undercard***
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Mads Larsen is looking for his 51st win in his 53rd fight when
he takes
on Italy´s Roberto Cocco in Zurich on December 20. The Golden
Boy knows
that a good performance will keep alive his chances of fighting
for the
world title soon. It would be his second world title fight after
dropping a close – and controversial – points decision against
then-WBA
and IBF super middleweight champion Sven Ottke back in September
2003.
Sauerland Event managing director Chris Meyer confirmed he has
been in
negotiations with IBF champion Lucian Bute to set up a title
clash for
the 35-year-old Dane, but a final deal has yet to be reached.
Therefore
it is crucial for Larsen to stay in shape, and in order to do
so, he
will step into the ring against Cocco.
A win is a must for the man who finds himself in the top 15 in
the WBA,
WBC and IBF rankings. That is why Larsen has prepared harder
than ever
before in Berlin´s famous Max-Schmeling Gym under the guidance
of Ulli
Wegner. “Prior to my last fight in March I worked out in Denmark
on my
own,” he said. “But it is better to have the coach around. The
preparation is harder and you are more disciplined. In the fight
against
Ross Thompson I noticed that the preparation makes a difference.
It is
good to be in the gym and have the other guys around – it is a
lot of
fun to work out with them.”
Larsen stressed that his motivation to become world champion is
bigger
than ever before. His nine-month ring break was due to family
reasons.
“I love boxing,” he said. “The most important thing for me is to
perform. I can best do that if everything around me is fine and
there is
a balance. Unfortunately, my mother was sick and I wanted to be
close to
her, so I took the time and waited until she felt better. That
does not
mean that boxing is not the most important thing in my life,
though.
Much on the contrary – it has always been my ambition to win the
world
title. That has not changed.”
Johannes Berendt
Sauerland PR
+49-170-8961549
SauerlandPR@aol.com
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Watson, Amar Set For Commonwealth Clash In Dublin
Photo of Craig Watson ©Curtis McCormick/MMG
In one of the most anticipated welterweight contests on the
European boxing scene, Craig Watson and Adnan Amar are set to
clash on a massive fight card, held on Thursday, December 18,
2008 at The Helix, located on the campus of Dublin City
University in Dublin, Ireland.
The pair collide as chief support to Rendall Munroe's European
super bantamweight title defense against granite-jawed Italian
champion Fabrizio Trotta.
Watson, 13-2 (4), puts his Commonwealth title at risk against
top challenger Adnan Amar, 22-1 (6), but much more is at stake
in this crucial crossroads battle for both men.
25 year old Amar has been moving through the ranks since turning
pro in 2001 but kicked his career into overdrive over the past
year, winning four bouts and capturing the English and Midlands
Area welterweight titles.
The Nottingham stylist has been most impressive during that
streak, gaining three of the six knockouts on his record
including a third round stoppage of Canadian middleweight Ian
Mackillop.
But Amar will be stepping up to a higher level of competition
when he faces Craig Watson, the steel-tough Manchester battler
who punched his way into the headlines as an amateur by flooring
celebrated rival Amir Khan.
Watson, also 25 years of age, has been thrown into the deep end
on more than once occasion since joining the paid ranks just
over three and a half years ago but the experience has helped
the southpaw develop a bruising, take no prisoners approach that
has proven difficult to overcome.
A win over previously undefeated prospect Michael Lomax in July,
2007 was a breakthrough for Watson but it was his shattering
upset of heavily favored Ali Nuumbembe a year ago that brought
the Mancunian the coveted Commonwealth crown.
After failing in a bid for the European Union belt against
highly skilled Italian Daniele Pettruci in Rome, Watson got back
on the horse in May with a superb performance against Matthew
Hatton to retain the Commonwealth title for the first time
The Commonwealth prize will be up for grabs when the bell rings
in Dublin on December 18, but Watson and Amar will also be vying
to move up the Continental ladder as the winner will be within
striking distance of a top ten post in the European ratings.
Spirits are running high between the two opposing camps and each
fighter will carry into the conflict the hopes and dreams of
their dedicated followings, ensuring a matchup to remember and a
worthy chief support contest to the main event.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents "Out To Conquer The World"
headlined by the debut of Irish Olympic Bronze Medallist Darren
Sutherland and European Super Bantamweight Champion Rendall
Munroe's title defense against Italian Champion Fabricio Trotta
along with full undercard support, on Thursday, December 18,
2008 at The Helix in Dublin, Ireland.
Tickets, priced at €50, €60 and €100, are available by logging
onto
www.frankmaloney.com
or by calling the Box Office on 0871 226 1508.
Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at 8PM.
For further information or press credential requests contact
ftm.press@gmail.com.
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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PRESSRELEASE REDBERGSLIDS BOXNINGSKLUBB GÖTEBORG.
Söndag den 7 December håller Redbergslids boxningsklubb tävling
i klubbens lokaler vid Nya Ullevi.
Matchstart kl. 14:00.
12 matcher är planerade ,se bifogad matchlista.
Ett gediget gäng på 10 st RBK boxare äntrar ringen bl.a. svenske
mästare i Tungvikt -08
Mats Honka!
I Match nummer 11 gästas vi av
Naim Terbunja
som representerad Sverige i årets OS.
1. 57 kg: Kabir
Mehrabi RBK – Martin Johnsson BK Vargen
2. 60 kg: Tobias Nannesson MBK – Mikael Daskalov Ale BK
3. 64 kg: Aradom Abraha RBK- Kevin Hansson Vårgårda BK
4. 70 kg: Stjepan Radic RBK – Joni Rattanen Ale BK
5. 75 kg: Martin Krasniak RBK- Almirkar Garcia Varberg BK
6. 80 kg Reza Rahimi RBK – Muhamed Abdi ABC
PAUS - 15 Minuter
7. 54 kg: Charlotta Lindblom RBK Sazan Kader ABC
8. 66 kg: Rebecca Månsson RBK- Jenni Karlson MBK
9. 70 kg: Shady Abdalla RBK - Anders Tanneby MBK
10. 75 kg: Salim Abdalahad RBK- Stamatis Ariston BK Vargen
11. 81 kg: Naim Terbunja Linköping- Erik Skoglund- Nyköping
12. 91 kg Mats Honka RBK - Jonathan Gromark AIF Sthlm
Kontakt: tele 031-15 93 72
info@rbkboxning.se
michael.lindblad@sbsradio.se
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ARENA-FREE FISCHER READY TO BE “THE OX” AGAIN!
The decision by Hamburg-based Arena Box-Promotion to pull out of
a promotional agreement for a fight against Steffen Kretzschmann
has done nothing but spur on a positive-minded Willi ‘The Ox’
Fischer as he prepares to continue his comeback on the
Klitschko vs Rahman undercard, Dec. 13 in Mannheim, Germany. The
36-year-old Fischer, 35-6-1 (22 KO’s), will face off with
Latvian champion Edgar Kalnars, 18-15 (9 KO’s), over eight
scheduled rounds and seems primed for a TV slot on televising
channel RTL, depending on how the ‘world’ heavyweight title
fight is going.
Earlier, Arena Box-Promotion had informed Fischer’s manager
Olaf Schroeder of Fight Production that it wishes to pull out of
a contract which guaranteed the Frankfurt heavyweight a
high-profile fight with unbeaten fellow-German Steffen
Kretzschmann, 13-0 (12 KO’s). Schroeder commented: “Arena cited
a lack of funds as a reason, but I don’t really buy that. Maybe
they just realized Kretzschmann is still too green to handle an
experienced pro like Willi?”. Fight Production confirmed that
both companies lawyers are currently working on a cancellation
agreement.
On the plus side of things is obviously the fact that the former
WBO ‘world’ title challenger is now free to choose his options –
and they are likely to increase with a convincing performance on
the huge bill in Mannheim. Fischer has prepared diligently under
trainer Tom Leidenheimer and his team, sparring many rounds with
ex-world champion Riddick Bowe (who starts his own comeback on
the same show), and also took a trip to Berlin for some
sparrings with the top heavies of Sauerland Event. “Everything,
just everything, is going right at the moment,” beams
Leidenheimer, “Willi is in the best shape since we started this
comeback three fights ago, mentally and physically, and he
impresses me a lot in training. We are as ready as we can be to
show to a big audience that Willi Fischer is again to be
reckoned with!”.
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Ismailov och Mohlin affischnamn
På Julskyltning i Växjö
Det är på Julskyltningsboxningen som NBK Akilles bägge
JM-favoriter skall visa upp sig i helgen. Värend BK står som
värdar och har så gjort sedan 1946. Suro Ismailov och Stefan
Mohlin är kallade för att ge glans åt galans huvudmatcher.
Stefan Mohlin
väger in i 81kg, med ränta och ben, möter en av
sina blivande opponenter i Svenska Juniomästerskapen rutinerade
Mersudin Bectasevic från Kungälv.
Suro Ismailov, -den viktflexible nu i 60kg, får ta´
sig an danske mästaren
Rashid Kassem
som vi senast såg slå Polens
Komar Kamil
i landskamp. Även finske Olavi Hagert har
fått bekänna färg mot ”Københavnaren”.Det blir hårda matcher för våra fighters, men å
andra sidan kan det bli mycket sevärt för våra småländska
vänner. På julskyltningen när man byter ut finansgrisen mot
julgrisen!
Swante Formgren
pressansvarig
011-13 32 37
www.nbkakilles.se
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PRESS RELEASE NORRKÖPING
Cliff ”Bazooka” Soukka boxar i Himmelstalund!
En räddningsaktion gällandes två av den
inställda proffsgalans matcher har lyckats! Champion Promotions har tillsammans med
en ny Norrköpingssponsor – Elektromontage/Niklas Håkansson –
förmått rädda både Cliff Soukkas match och Stefan
Schallengrubers. Dessa kommer nu att flyttas över till
Svenska Ungdomsmästerskapens inledande pass på fredagskvällen,
den 21 november i Himmelstalundshallen i Norrköping.
Ungdoms-SM inleds med de udda matcher i varje
viktklass, som då behöver betas av för att nå fram till jämna
semifinaler eller finaler – varpå kvällen kommer att toppas av
de två proffs-matcherna. Proffsdelen av tävlingskvällen börjar
kl 20.30, och kostar 100 kr. Intäkterna från publikinsläppet
delas med USM-arrangörerna.
Detta innebär att den på proffsboxning
svältfödda publiken härmed erbjuds ett exklusivt tillfälle att
se professionell boxning för den i sammanhanget ringa penningen
av 100 kr !
Cliff ”Bazooka” Soukka
har i denna sin tredje yrkes-match en mycket tuff uppgift
framför sig, då han nu ställs mot obesegrade letten Ruslan
Pojonishevs, en 25-åring som har en rekordlista på 2 segrar
och 1 oavgjord match. Han inledde karriären i januari med den
oavgjorda kampen och har sedan dess vunnit två kamper varav en
på KO. 33-årige Soukka har vunnit båda sina proffsmatcher på
poäng. Här möts alltså två obesegrade boxare i lätt mellanvikt.
Stefan Schallengruber,
vårt senaste proffs i raden, gjorde 27 år gammal debut i
yrkes-sammanhang i september och besegrade då balten Marek
Kovalevskij. Han möter nu Roman Shevchenko från Lettland,
vars enda merit hittills i yrkesringen är en poängseger över
samme man som just Stefan besegrade. Även han vann på poäng.
Även här är det alltså två lovande proffsboxare, ännu obesegrade
i sitt game, som gör upp i lätt tungvikt.
Det är två mycket intressanta, ovissa och
spännande proffsmatcher, låt vara med yrkesmän blott i
inledningen av sina karriärer. Men det blir ruggigt tuffa
matcher om att behålla sin obesegrade status!
Ta chansen att se riktigt bra proffsboxning för
en billig penning!
Väl mött i Himmelstalundshallen på
fredag 21/11!
Champion Promotions
Sören Niklasson & George Scott
FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE!
Upp till
bevis för Norrköpings meriterade ungdomsboxare
Med en spridning från Östersund i norr till
Malmö och Näset i Skåne kommer de 50-tal boxare som är anmälda
till Ungdoms-SM som avgörs 21-23 i Mässhallen i Norrköping.
Boxarna kommer från 30 olika klubbar.
Arrangörsklubben NBK Akilles har bara
två startande som kvalificerat sig men bägge får i egenskap av
redan etablerade i landslaget betraktas som favoriter i sina
klasser.
Maja Strömberg
som redan är anmäld till Ungdoms-EM i Bulgarien i december i sin
naturliga klass 46kg får i Norrköping som vanligt gå upp mot
tyngre motståndare.
Vid en mästerskapstävling fungerar det så att
man är anmäld i en klass men slutgiltigt bestäms klassen vid
invägningen samma dag tävlingen börjar.
Säregna Bantningsmetoder
En del pugilister är mycket drivna att banta
bort kilon när det kniper. Armhävningar och hopprep i bastun är
ett knep!
Absolut inget som bör rekommenderas för
korpidrottare och vanligt folk.
Det kan bli direktfinal för Maja mot
Stenhårda Frida (Stenholm) från Örebro, men vi får även ha
ögonen på till Malin Hammarström och Matilda Nerén
som är anmälda i 54kg.
Matilda Nerén
från BK Falken är redan något av kändis som varit mycket
framgångsrik. Hon har en uttalat klar målsättning:
Advokatstudier efter gymnasiet och OS i London 2012!
Tuffare än tåget
NBK Akilles Simon Lundborg – tuffare än tåget, har på
papperet fulltecknat motstånd.
Det kan krävas tre vinster för att bärga mästerskapet i hans
klass. Han har redan slagit de flesta. Men får se upp med
Gävlekillen Max Thyr och skånske Emil Pettersson från
Höllviken.
Hela deltagarlistan finns nu på hemsidan
Det artar sig till ett nytt rekordarrangemang för NBK Akilles.
Swante Formgren
www.nbkakilles.se
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FISCHER SPARS BOWE, FIGHTS ON KLITSCHKO CARD
Manager Olaf Schroeder today officially confirmed reports by HR
television that Fight Production’s only current German boxer,
comebacking heavyweight Willi ‘De Ox’ Fischer, will
finally take the next step with an appearance on the Klitschko
vs Rahman ‘world’ heavyweight title undercard on December 13.
Fischer, 35-6-1 (22 KO’s) and from Frankfurt, will bring many of
his fans to near-by Mannheim, where K2 (the Klitschko brothers
promotional company) stage the show at the SAP-Arena. While the
opponent, whom Fight Production expects to announce later this
week, should be a test (“We can only keep Willi interested when
he feels the opponent poses some threat,” says trainer Tom
Leidenheimer), he certainly won’t be as prolific as the
36-year-old Fischer’s training partner, who is none other than
former undisputed world heavyweight champion Riddick ‘Big Daddy’
Bowe!
Bowe is currently training in Germany with the goal of himself
getting back in the ring on the same show as Fischer – and
according to Fischer’s trainer in decent shape! The American has
already passed all medicals of the German Federation and his
sparring sessions with Fischer are “a treat to watch,” said
Leidenheimer, “and Willi is really profiting from it, what with
all those moves and experience that Bowe brings. These are the
best sparrings ever since I started training with Willi and the
comeback with Fight Production.”.
Fischer’s fight will be scheduled for eight rounds – and should
be the final step before some title opportunity, or at least a
very meaningful outing. Manager Schroeder explains: “Willi needs
and wants challenges, make-or-break fights. There’s no point in
re-building for another year or so, we need to go for our goals
now quickly and if we lose, we lose, but the whole purpose of
Willi’s comeback was to try for the top and that’s what we
intend.”
www.fight-production.com
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***"Nordic Nightmare" Robert Helenius clinches fourth
victory***
Photo: Sauerland Event
Robert Helenius clinched his fourth victory in as many fights by
comfortably outboxing Switzerland´s Nikola Vujasinovic in
Bamberg on
Saturday night. The Nordic Nightmare was ahead 40-36, 40-37 and
39-37 on
the judges´ scorecards. He was the better fighter throughout the
entire
four rounds and landed powerful shots to body and head.
After a successful amateur career, the 24-year-old, who holds a
Finnish
and a Swedish passport, turned professional in May 2008. “I want
to keep
improving and learn as much as possible,” Helenius said
following
Saturday´s success, which came on the undercard of King Arthur
Abraham´s
IBF middleweight title defence against Raul Marquez.
Johannes
Berendt
Sauerland PR
+49-170-8961549
SauerlandPR@aol.com
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PRESSRELEASE
Efter en överenskommelse den 1 november 2008 mellan
boxningsmanagern Robert Larsen, företrädare för Larsen Boxing i
Söborg Danmark, och Erik Forss, juridisk företrädare för boxaren
Sam Rukondo i Sverige, har Larsen och Rukondo gemensamt
annullerat det ingångna managementkontraktet dem emellan,
utfärdat i november 2007
Både Robert Larsen och Sam Rukondo har i samband med
annulleringen av kontraktet fastställd att de inte har några
ekonomiska, boxningsmässiga eller andra krav mot varandra. Både
önskar varandra lycka till framöver inom boxningen.
Med hänsyn till att kontraktet numera har annullerats och
undertecknats av både parterna, så står det boxaren Sam Rukondo
fritt att framöver söka annan manager i hans fortsatta
professionella boxningskarriär.
Erik Forss
Ordförande
Uppland/Västmanlands boxningsförbund
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Explosive Thin Men: Bell vs. Haskins For British Title
Andy Bell photo ©Jane Warburton/MMG
Frank Maloney Promotions returns to the north of England on
Friday, November 7 when Andy Bell puts his British super
flyweight championship at risk against veteran southpaw Lee
Haskins at the Robin Park Centre in the Manchester suburb of
Wigan.
23 year old Nottingham man Bell clawed his way to the forefront
of the UK super flyweight division by overcoming Chris Edwards
in a thrilling slugfest that shattered the gritty Stoke
grafter's hold on the British title this past March.
To keep hold of his prized possession and seven fight win
streak, Bell, 11-3 (3), must hold off cagey left hander Lee
Haskins as the Bristol based blazer has vowed to return to the
lighter weight ranks and recapture the glory of his reign as
Commonwealth flyweight champion.
Haskins, 17-2 (9), has never lost a fight waged below the
bantamweight division and the 24 year old's hands down, punches
from all angles style should produce a fiery display when pitted
against the high volume attack of Bell.
Chief support at Robin Park Centre is provided by the first
title defense of English super bantam titlist Mark Moran, 10-0-1
(3), of Liverpool who faces the challenge of former European,
British and Commonwealth champion Esham Pickering, 33-7 (13), of
Newark.
Manchester welterweight Mark Thompson, 17-1 (10), meets hardened
Scotsman Andrew Ferrans, 24-8-2 (8), of New Cummock in an eight
rounder while the Harrow flash, Akaash Bhatia, 12-0 (3), steps
up against former English super bantam titlist Marc Callaghan,
19-14-1 (4), of Barking over the same distance at featherweight.
A trio of six rounders are also on the bill as light middle
stylist Thomas McDonagh, 32-1-3 (6), of Manchester swaps punches
with Lincoln based multi-weight scrapper Michael Monaghan, 17-23
(2), St. Helens middleweight Martin Murray, 9-0 (3), takes on
Liverpool slugger Graham Delehedy, 9-4-1 (7), while another
scouser, super middle Tony Quigley, 11-1 (4), of Liverpool
trades leather with towering Welshman Nathan King, 12-11 (1), of
Mountain Ash.
In four round action, cruiserweight John Lewis Dickinson of
Newcastle meets seasoned centurion Paul Bonson of Featherstone
while Manchester lightweight Karl Place and Liverpool
bantamweight Paul Edwards are also scheduled to appear in
separate bouts.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents "The Explosive Thin Men",
featuring Andy Bell vs. Lee Haskins for the Super Flyweight
Championship of Britain, supported by full undercard, at Robin
Park Centre in Wigan, England on Friday, November 7, 2008.
Tickets are priced at £70 and £30 and are available by logging
onto
www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at 0871
226 1508.
Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at
9:30pm.
For further information or press credential requests contact the
NEW address
ftm.press@gmail.com
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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PRESS RELEASE NORRKÖPING
”Den obarmhärtige” boxar i Norrköping!
Nu är det klara papper för proboxningsgalan i Borgen i Norrköping
den 21 november – tillståndet är på plats. Arrangemanget växer
fram dag för dag – hotell, resor, sponsorer bokas. Affischerna
klistras upp dessa dagar. Biljetterna släpps över ticnet idag.
Matchmakingen fortskrider så att nu konturerna av ett digert,
måhända hela tio matcher tungt – i så fall för första gången
i proboxnings-Sverige det sker – program stiger fram!
Promotorerna Sören Niklasson & George Scott siktar stort.
Den ena huvudmatchen är nu klar, och det är storfrämmande vi då
talar om. Förre WBO-världsmästaren i tungvikt, det unika
åldersfenomenet Merciless Ray Mercer, en av USA:s mest
fruktade KO-kungar kommer till Borgen! Den nu 47-årige
hardhittern har gått tre matcher i sin comeback, varav två i
Sverige – den tredje var en titelfight mot Derric Rossy i Macao,
Kina. De två matcherna i Sverige har varit lysande viktorior –
först slog han ut Michael ”Blonde Bombarn” Lindblad på KO i
första ronden i Karlstad i september 2007 .. ett år senare var
han tillbaka för en stormatch mot ”Hollands Sonny Liston” Richel
Hersisia och vann på poäng över 6 ronder!
NU möter han i Borgen den hårde kroaten Ivica Perkovic, en
34-årig tuffing som har en record på 14 segrar och 9 förluster,
varav 10 av segrarna kommit på KO! Senast gick denne 192 cm
långe – dito räckvidd – och 109 kg tunge best 12 ronder ut mot
EM-kungen Sinan Samil Sam om Medelhavstiteln i tungvikt. Av de
tre närmast föregående matcherna vanns två på KO! Perkovic var
bokad som motståndare till svenskamerikanen Joey Abell i
Göteborg i mars men fick ge återbud på grund av skada. Nu kommer
han fit for fight!
Ray Mercer vann OS-guld i Söul, Korea 1988; han höll WBO-VM
1991-92 efter ruggiga KO-segrar över Fransesco Damiani och Tommy
Morrison. Hans rekordlista framstår som en boxningens ”Who´s
Who” – alla de stora namnen i tungvikt passerar revy: Larry
Holmes, Bert Cooper, Jesse Ferguson, Evander Holyfield, Lennox
Lewis, Tim Witherspoon, Wladimir Klitschko, Shannon Briggs … Han
är 185 cm lång och väger ca 113 kg! Han har idag en lista på 36
segrar (varav 26 på KO), 7 förluster och en oavgjord på 44
matcher. Denne ”levande legend” gör sin 45:e match i Borgen,
Norrköping!
Den andra huvudmatchen når givetvis inte riktigt samma nivå. Där
kommer 34-årige svenske welterviktskungen Isam ”Ice” Khalil
att boxa, mot ännu inte kontrakterat motstånd. Khalil har måst
operera en hand och är blott fri från gipset sedan tio dagar –
han är som alltid utomordentligt fit for fight – men högerhanden
måste nu successivt tränas upp under de veckor som återstår till
kamp. Därför gäller det nu att gå relativt försiktigt fram. Även
med motståndet.
Förmatchprogrammet kommer att omfatta således rentav åtta
matcher. Här står klart att Benjamin Kalinovic från
Västerås, Norrköpings egen proffsstjärna Cliff Soukka,
göteborgarna Daniel Hartvig & Katrin Enoksson,
värmlänningen Stefan Schallengruber och flera
proffsdebutanter kommer att boxa. Vi återkommer inom kort i
detta ärende och med mer information.
BOKA IN BORGEN, NORRKÖPING DEN 21 NOVEMBER I ER KALENDER!
Bataljen i Borgen väntar! … ”The Heat is ON!”
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Q&A Danilo Haussler
Picture: SE
Boxen.com has caught up with Danilo Haussler ahead of Saturday´s
clash
with WBA super-middleweight champion Mikkel Kessler in
Oldenburg, Germany.
Q: Danilo, you have arrived and already worked out in
Oldenburg. How is
everything?
DH: “Thanks, everything is fine. I am in great shape and will
work with
my coach Manfred Wolke to keep up the good form until Saturday.
I can´t
wait to step into the ring.”
Q: But your opponent, the “Viking Warrior” Mikkel Kessler,
seems to be
very confident…
DH: “Yes – he is the world champion, he is the favourite. But he
is not
unbeatable.”
Q: It would be fair to say that Danish fighters have played a
special
role in your career…
DH: “That´s true. I suffered the first defeat of my career in
the
European title fight against Mads Larsen in 2003. One year later
his
countryman Rudy Markussen also beat me. That was a tough fight
during
which I lacked concentration for a very brief moment near the
end. Now
I´ve got the third Dane coming up. What is it that they say? The
best
things come in threes.”
Q: Are you bothered by the fact that many people consider you
the
underdog? A big German tabloid even titled: Mr Haussler, are you
tired
of life?
DH: “I don´t care at all. Of course Mikkel Kessler – just like
Joe
Calzaghe – has dominated the super-middleweight division in the
last
couple of years. But if there is one thing that could be learned
from
the Calzaghe fight then it is that Kessler is vulnerable, too. I
have
been a professional boxer for over 11 years, I have a lot of
experience.
I have never been stopped before – and this won´t be any
different
against Kessler.”
Q: Your former stablemate Markus Beyer certainly had similar
plans but
was knocked out by Kessler in the third round. Are you still in
touch
with him?
DH: “Yes, we speak over the phone from time to time. But he did
not give
me any suggestions for the Kessler fight. I saw their duel live
in
Copenhagen in the stadium. I am well aware of Mikkel´s strengths
and
know how I can and how I cannot box against him. Together with
my coach,
I have developed a special strategy. Of course, I cannot go in
details now.”
Q: You have been a professional for a long time. In 2001, you
were the
European champion. Why is it that you had to turn 33 to get a
world
title shot?
DH: “Over the years I have worked hard for a world title fight.
That is
the challenge I have been waiting for all my life. I came close
a couple
of times. Four, five years ago I did not get the chance because
Sauerland Event had two champions in Markus Beyer and Sven Ottke.
After
that, world title fights were discussed but nobody of the
defending
champions fought me. But that is all in the past now.”
Q: Have you ever thought about retirement?
DH: “That is something a fighter of my age should do. A couple
of weeks
ago I started an apprenticeship at a big German insurance
company. My
future is safe – with or without boxing. That gives me a lot of
power
and calmness. My wife and my son Matti are also doing well – my
family
is very important to me. Everything´s great in my life at the
time being
– no need to worry. The chance to fight for the world title
comes
exactly at the right time.”
Q: Danilo, thank you very much for your time and best of luck
for Saturday.
--
Johannes Berendt
Sauerland PR
+49-170-8961549
SauerlandPR@aol.com
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Belgian Butcher Relishes Napa Clash
Ian Napa photo ©Jane Warburton/MMG
London's York Hall has long been recognized as the spiritual
home of British boxing and the historic venue also draws some of
the most ferociously partisan fans to be found anywhere. It is
into this cauldron that European bantamweight champion Carmelo
"The Belgian Butcher" Ballone will place himself on Friday,
October 17, 2008 when he faces local hero and British champion,
Ian Napa.
But the seasoned 32 year old Continental rides a massive wave of
confidence having knocked out six straight victims and Team
Ballone has left no stone unturned in it's quest to prepare
their man for this most difficult assignment, as the champion
has been sparring the best fighters that neighboring France has
to offer.
Ballone has fought the toughest bouts of his career on foreign
soil and his manager Toni Buscemi has no illusions of just what
dangers lie await in London.
"On October 17, Carmelo will be confronted with his clone,"
Buscemi told Belgian newspaper Lanouvelle Gazette. "The
Englishman Ian Napa is what I describe as a joker; the king of
feints and evasion who can conceal his shots until the last
moment.
"My only fear of fighting Napa is losing a decision. The venue
will be red-hot but I hope the judges will succeed in keeping
cool heads but of course, ideally Carmelo finishes the fight
without having it go to a points decision."
Ballone, 21-2-1 (10), will be making the second defense of the
European title won by stopping previously undefeated Eugen Sorin
Tanasie last December and has vowed to follow in the footsteps
of fellow Belgian and European bantamweight champion Jean Pierre
Cossemyns, who defeated future world featherweight champion
Hogan "Kid" Bassey in his first trip to the UK in the autumn of
1952.
Napa, 17-6 (1), has won four straight, including three defenses
of the British bantamweight title, since dropping a close
contest of previous European kingpin Simone Maludrottu last
March and the 30 year old Hackney man is banking on a world
title shot should he succeed in ripping the belt from Ballone.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents "Dapa Napa", Ian Napa vs.
Carmelo Ballone for the Bantamweight Championship of Europe at
York Hall, London, England on Friday, October 17, 2008.
Tickets are priced at £75 and £35 and are available by logging
onto
www.frankmaloney.com
or by calling the Box Office at 0871 226 1508.
Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at
9:30pm.
For further information or press credential requests contact the
NEW address
ftm.press@gmail.com
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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Baltic Boxing Union news – september 2008
BBU will soon go to Poland:
There will be a huge fight in Poland for vacant Baltic Boxing
Union lightweight championship title on the 7th
November in Wieliczka, Poland.
The most active Polish promoter Tomasz Babilonski with his Tom
Boxing Team -promotion will arrange a BBU title fight between
former EBU challenger and WBF InterContinental champion Dariusz
Snarski (26 (6 KO)-27-2) and former WBO world title challenger
and former WBF world champion Matt Zegan (37 (21 KO)-4-0).
The fight which will be scheduled for 8 rounds will absolutely
contain the most well-known boxers in BBU´s this far history. In
addition to great title challengers there will be at least one
specific thing around this match; the environment. The fight
will take place in a historic mine about 130 meters under the
ground!
Other BBU news:
*From two different country there have been talk about first
ever BBU International championship fight (6x2 or 6x3min) to
take place. Possibly at same time there would become one more
country to the list of places where BBU titles would have been
fought.
*To check the freshest news about BBU please keep visiting at
news section of our web pages at
http://www.balticboxingunion.com/news.php .
*The BBU Board has decided to lengthen our champions´ reigning
period. The reigning period is now nine (9) months instead of
previous six (6) months.
*Situation of BBU champions and upcoming bouts:
Heavyweight: Juho Haapoja (Fin) 6(4 KO)-2-1, title won on
5.4.2008
Lightweight: Dariusz Snarski (Pol) – Matt Zegan (Pol),
Wieliczka, Poland 7.11.2008
Bantamweight: Andrey Kostin (Rus) 19 (6 KO)-9-0, title won on
18.7.2008
*BBU´s co-operation partner World Boxing Foundation (WBF) has
recently remarkably got more foothold in Europe by getting into
Italian rings. Previously world title bouts were there allowed
only for so-called “Big4” (WBA, WBC, WBO and IBF) but now also
WBF is allowed by the local commission. For more WBF news please
visit at
http://www.worldboxingfoundation.com/wbf/ .
How to contact BBU:
Please remember that Baltic Boxing Union is always looking for
new co-operation partners from our working area at Norway,
Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia,
Lithuania and Russia. As known our title fights are cheap,
reliable and easy to arrange and they will always give
significant experience for boxers and also a new boost for
champion´s career.
If you are interested to get either BBU Championship title fight
(8 or 10 rounds) or BBU International Championship fight (6
rounds) to give more meaning for your show please visit our web
pages at (www.balticboxingunion.com)
for more information and contact BBU board (bbu@balticboxingunion.com).
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Maloney Goes Massive With Big London Show
Ian Napa photo
©Jane Warburton/MMG
Frank Maloney returns to the capital city in a big way when the
South London based promoter puts on a thrilling fight card at
historic York Hall in Bethnal Green, headlined by Ian Napa's
exciting challenge of European bantamweight champion Carmelo
Ballone on Friday, October 17, 2008.
The UK's most skillful boxer, Napa, 17-6 (1), won the British
title last year and his three scintillating defenses of the
domestic crown have led the 5'1 dynamo to a second crack at the
European trophy but in order to claim Continental glory, the
flashy 30 year old must surmount a difficult opponent.
After cleaning out the bantamweight division in his native
Belgium, 32 year old Ballone, 21-2 (10), proved his pugilistic
acumen on a wider playing field by capturing the European Union
belt against Spanish bomb thrower Ivan Pozo in 2003, which led
to a close and controversial split decision loss to European
kingpin Simone Maludrottu in the champion's home country of
Italy two years later.
Ballone got another opportunity at European honors and made the
best of it by stopping Romanian spoiler Eugen Sorin Tanasie in
2007 to claim the vacant title. In May, Ballone crushed the
challenge of Valery Yanchy, extinguishing the Belarus titlist in
the tenth round.
Can Ballone enter the lion's den of York Hall and emerge still
in possession of the European bantamweight title? Ian Napa and a
packed house of rabid supporters say not and have thrown forth
the challenge to the hard as nails Belgian in what could turn
out to be the fight of the year in England.
Maloney has stacked the undercard with typically competitive
matchmaking and chief support on October 17 will be provided by
the do or die battle of former British and Commonwealth
lightweight champion Graham Earl, 25-3 (12), against ruthlessly
efficient contender Henry Castle, 18-4 (10), who has stopped
five of his last seven victims and has vowed to end the career
of Earl as part of his quest to rule over the United Kingdom's
lightweight scene.
One of the top light welterweights on the planet, Commonwealth
champion Ajose Olusegun, 24-0 (12), will also feature on the
card as the Londoner stays busy in hopes of turning his #3 WBC
position into a world title shot.
Red-hot undefeated featherweight prospect Akaash Bhatia, 12-0
(3), makes an appearance on the bill as does bruising
welterweight Mark Thompson, 16-1 (10), and outstanding light
middle hopeful Sam Webb, 11-1-1 (3), will meet former
Commonwealth welter title challenger Gilbert Eastman, 20-6 (13).
A handful of Maloney's top prospects round out the lineup as
lightweight Liam Shinkwin, 1-0 (0), joins heavyweights Tom
Dallas, 1-0 (0), and Larry "War Machine" Olubamiwo, who makes
his professional debut.
For further information or press credential requests contact the
NEW address
ftm.press@gmail.com
Tickets to "Dapa Napa", Ian Napa vs. Carmelo Ballone for the
Bantamweight Championship of Europe at York Hall, London,
England on Friday, October 17, 2008 are priced at £75 and £35
and are available by logging onto
www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at 0871
226 1508.
Sky Sports will televise the action live on SS1 starting at
9:30pm.
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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***Haussler to challenge Kessler in Oldenburg on October 25***
Danilo Haussler will challenge WBA super middleweight champion
Mikkel
Kessler in Oldenburg on October 25. The 33-year-old former
European
champion is full of confidence ahead of the biggest fight of his
career.
“This is the chance I have been waiting for all my life,”
Haussler said.
“I will make the most of it.”
Danish superstar Kessler is no stranger to German boxing fans
after
stopping former champion Markus Beyer in the third round of
their
unification clash in Copenhagen back in October 2006. “I will
try to
avenge the loss,” Haussler added.
The fight will be staged in Oldenburg´s Messehalle. Team
Sauerland had
won the purse bid earlier this summer.
--
Johannes Berendt
Sauerland PR
+49-170-8961549
SauerlandPR@aol.com
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KOVACS SETS OUT TO PROVE HE’S WORLD CLASS
Shunned by the European Boxing Union (EBU) (see)http://www.fightproduction.com/articles/article232.htm),
despite being considered a top-ranked superwelterweight by all
independent computer ratings, Hungarian class-act
Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs,
24-1 (17 KO’s),
has now set out to prove he’s world class when he dares
to face Armenian
Gennady Martirosyan, 13-1 (4 KO’s), in the
unfriendly confines of Vyborg, Russia on October 4.
Martirosyan lives in near-by St. Petersburg and just like with
Kovacs, his sole professional loss came so early in his career,
that it can be considered meaningless by now. Kovacs, in fact,
is unbeaten in six years. The 34-year-old Hungarian from Györ
had signed with Fight Production late last year and was kept
active in low-profile fights in cooperation with Profibox
Promotion, the promotional outfit of Hungarian heavyweight
champion and Fight Production partner Zoltan Petranyi. “I’m
impressed how patiently Attila has waited for this chance,” said
German manager Olaf Schroeder, “like a true professional he just
went on with it and when we proposed Martirosyan, Attila just
said ‘Bring him on!’ without even asking about the money. I
believe he has too much all-around for Martirosyan to handle.”
Experience indeed seems Kovacs’ biggest asset when he travels to
Russia. Whereas Martirosyan has yet to feature in his first
fight for a title, ‘The Viper’ is a veteran of six (all
victorious!) championship bouts of sorts. Interestingly, the
Armenian’s last outing, in July, saw him win an 8-round decision
over Brit Steve Conway – the same man Kovacs outpointed over 12
rounds for the IBO ‘world’ title two years earlier. Sandwiched
in between those defeats were two further losses for Conway:
Prospect Grzegorz Proksa gained a 6-round verdict and Christophe
Canclaux stopped him in three, so Conway clearly wasn’t the same
man when he faced Martirosyan. Kovacs’ biggest-name victim
probably was former European champion Mamadou Thiam, whom he
stopped in seven exciting rounds in 2005.
The clash is scheduled for 10 rounds, with both fighters allowed
to come in on the middleweight limit, so neither should have to
suffer making weight. In a refreshing back-to-old-times style,
Kovacs vs Martirosyan shares top billing with another 10-rounder
which sees Ali Ismailov taking on American Max Alexander.
www.fight-production.com
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"Stars of the Future" Sparkle In York Hall Debut
Scott Belshaw, Frank Maloney photo ©Jane Warburton/MMG
Saturday night's "Stars of the Future" fight card at
London's York Hall was a resounding victory for Frank
Maloney as the promoter presided over the successful
christening of four prospects from his stable.
The highlights of the evening were heavyweight Tom Dallas
and lightweight counterpart Liam Shinkwin, both of whom
showed up to their respective professional debuts with
large, vocal audiences in tow.
"I thought Dallas looked very impressive in his victory over
an experienced Slovakian operator, and he made his fans in
the hall very happy" said Maloney of the heavyweight's four
round points win over Vlado Szabo.
"Shinkwin is another fighter with large, dedicated support
and he kept the crowd on their toes, having opponent Robin
Deakin on the floor in the first round before getting the
win. He certainly looks like one to watch as he progresses
up the ranks."
While not yet possessing the fanbase of Dallas or Shinkwin,
the other debutantes provided the fireworks of the evening
and earned good marks from their promoter. Light welter
Vinny Woolford stopped Gavin Deacon in the second, as did
light middle Tomas Grublys against Nick Corret.
"Woolford is the brother of one of my welterweights, Scott
Woolford, and proved to be a good addition to that fighting
family," said Maloney. "Grublys is from Lithuania but based
locally and he showed me that he likes to come and have a
fight. If he can get regular work here, he could become a
favorite with the London fight crowd."
There were also veterans on the show with light welter Gavin
Tait winning a solid points decision over Baz Carey after
coming in four pounds over the weight limit, a transgression
which caused him to cede a portion of his purse to Carey,
while former Commonwealth Games silver medallist Michael
Frontin forced a four round draw against the more
experienced Ryan Barrett at welterweight.
Maloney was satisfied with the size of the crowd for his
first off-TV fight card of the year but was less than happy
with big punching Irish heavyweight Scott Belshaw, who
topped the bill by outpointing Pavol Polakovic over eight
rounds.
"Scott looks the part and physically, he's got everything he
needs to succeed but he hasn't got the right attitude; the
ring is not a place for gentle giants," said Maloney. "The
best thing I can say about his fight is that he won the
decision but he must be honest with himself as only he can
answer the question of whether or not he has the heart and
determination to go with his physique."
Maloney will be returning to York Hall in November for
another off-TV show but first will pack out the spiritual
home of British boxing on Friday, October 17, 2008 when
British bantamweight champion Ian Napa, who made an
appearance in York Hall on Saturday to thunderous applause,
will try to knock off European ruler Carmelo Ballone on Sky
Sports.
Chief support features British super flyweight champion Andy
Bell defending against Lee Haskins and Tony Oakey facing
Courtney Fry for the vacant English light heavyweight title.
Tickets to "Dapa Napa" are priced at £75 and £35 and are
available by logging onto
www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at
0871 226 1508.
For further information or press credential requests contact
maloneypress@yahoo.com
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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Suro Ismailov möter verklig hårding VM-boxare kommer till
Arbisgalan
NBK Akilles
stjärna Suro Ismailov brukar ofta få gå upp någon viktklass
för att få kvalificerat motstånd på våra hemmagalor.
Det slipper han nu på lördag. En tuff fjäderviktare har
accepterat att komma hit. En rutinerad fighter med
erfarenhet från både VM- och EM-turneringar och sexfaldig
svensk mästare. Boxaren med landets flest avverkade matcher.
Bashir Hassan boxaren
Walter Mohr tränare
Vi talar om Bashir Hassan. Bashir är 25 år
och har sina rötter i Somalia. Han representerar Djurgården
men har även boxats för klubbar i Malmö och Göteborg.Med en
karriär på sex raka SM-guld har han gjort sig fruktad och
totaldominerat klassen fjädervikt. Inför årets SM i Boden
drogs alla anmälningar i klassen tillbaka när Bashir Hassan
anmält sig. Den ende som ställde upp var en totalt orädd
17-åring från Norrköping.
REPRIS PÅ SM-FINALEN
Fjädervikten blev alltså en direktuppgörelse
mellan Bashir och Suro.I Boden tog Bashir sitt sjätte
SM-guld.Oddsen talar väl för Bashir på lördag också. Som
sekond har han med sig legendariske tränaren Walter Mohr.Men
Suro vill ha ett par ord och ett par av Sveriges snabbaste
händer med i den frågan.
Swante Formgren
www.nbkakilles.se
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Stars Of The Future To Shine In London
Scott Belshaw photo ©Jane Warburton/MMG
While such instantly recognizable names as Floyd Mayweather,
Manny Pacquiao and Ricky Hatton continue to pack out arenas
around the world, these luminaries of boxing were once just
pinpoints of light among a dense field of strivers, all
trying to fight their way to the top.
It's the entry level of boxing that will provide the sport
with tomorrow's headliners and it's no secret that some of
the most competitive bouts in the game take place within
this tumultuous tangle of ambition.
The scene in Britain today features a healthy crop of young
talent and there is perhaps no one better in the UK at
picking the cream of the crop than promoter Frank Maloney,
who presents an impressive assemblage of up and coming
boxers this weekend as London's famed York Hall hosts "Stars
of the Future" on Saturday night, September 13, 2008.
Knockouts are the lifeblood of boxing and there is no other
underclassman in the heavyweight division with a bigger
punch than the towering Irishman, Scott Belshaw. The Belfast
Bomber has stopped all but two of his nine victims to date
and the 6 foot 7 inch tall 23 year old will be in no mood
for mercy when he trades leather at York Hall on Saturday
with Czech traveler Pavol Polakovic to top the bill.
Having shared the ring with such big hitters as Herbie Hide,
Mark Hobson and Roman Kracik, Polakovic declared that he has
nothing to fear from Belshaw and has defiantly vowed to
snuff out the gargantuan slugger's promise.
Making their pro debuts on the "Stars of the Future" fight
card will be a quartet of hot prospects scheduled to compete
in four round bouts.
Heavyweight Tom Dallas is a former junior ABA champion who
was runner up in the ABA super heavyweight finals and the 6
foot 6 inch tall man from Chatham is straining to be let off
the leash but he'll have to scrap with an iron-chinned
Slovakian veteran, Vlado Szabo, before he can post his first
professional victory.
The latest in a long line of fighting Shinkwins of Watford,
Liam Shinkwin, will swap punches with durable Crawley
lightweight Robin Deakin, who floored Vinny Mitchell in
January of this year and just narrowly missed knocking off
the highly touted Londoner.
Another young man with boxing in the family, Vinnie Woolford
of Margate, will make his maiden voyage in the paid ranks
when he meets hard-nosed Northampton grafter Gavin Deacon.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents "Stars of the Future",
featuring heavyweight Scott Belshaw, at York Hall in London,
England on Saturday, September 13, 2008.
Tickets are priced at £50 and £30 and are available by
logging onto
www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at
0871 226 1508.
Scott Belshaw photo ©Jane Warburton/MMG and free for use
only with credit given to same.
For further information or press credential requests contact
maloneypress@yahoo.com
Curtis McCormick
Press Consultant
Frank Maloney Promotions
info@mccormickmediagroup.com
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Richel Back To Rocky II For Fine-Tuning!
Photo (by Marianne Müller): Concentration at
work with
Richel Hersisia and Ralf Rocchigiani.
Since the last week, Dutch heavyweight banger
Richel Hersisia
has started the fine tuning for his main event clash with
ex-WBO champ
“Merciless” Ray Mercer, 35-7-1 (26 KO’s),
on Pugnus Promotion’s big Karlstad,Sweden
bill on September 5 by re-joining trainer Ralf Rocchigiani
(himself a former WBO champ, but at cruiser) in Berlin.
Hersisia, 30-2 (24 KO’s), had started out camp in Duisburg,
Germany with Ralf’s younger brother, and fellow ex-‘world’
champion, Graciano Rocchigiani, but wanted to spend the last
three weeks with Ralf – called Rocky II in the German media,
because he won his ‘world’ title after Graciano – in Berlin.
“Ralf knows me a little more intimately, because we worked
very well and closely for my last two fights, so I forgot
about spending the weekends home in favour of staying near
to him,” reasoned the ‘Dutch Sonny Liston’, “I know this
fight with Mercer is too important for me to take it easy.”
Rocchigiani was pleased after the first few sessions, saying
“Richel came very fit and he’s very determined. We just work
on some little things now and get him mentally ready.”
The now 47-year-old Mercer, who gave up the WBO title in
1992 after winning it from Francesco Damiani and defending
once against Tommy Morrison, certainly has fond memories of
Europe, and in fact Scandinavia. In 2001, Mercer appeared in
Denmark to knock out Brian Scott in two rounds and as
recently as last September 2007, he needed just one round to
smash Swedish hometown hero Mikael Lindblad to the canvas.
Before the fight, Lindblad had sparred with Hersisia… Now
the Dutchman can take revange for his former gym mate in the
very same arena in Karlstad in a fight that promoter Anders
Holmberg of Pugnus described as “the biggest fight in Sweden
in the last 40 years”.
The 34-year-old Hersisia is coming off a one-year’s layoff,
but is a clean and healthy liver even outside gym hours.
Before stopping Brazilian champ Marcos Celestino in one
round last September for the WBF Intercontinental belt,
Hersisia had the highlight fight of his career, a
give-and-take battle with world-ranked Taras Bidenko, which
ended in a hotly disputed points defeat. This constitutes
the only loss for the Dutch and Benelux champion in the last
four years!
Explaining the inactivity, manager Olaf Schroeder of Fight
Production says: “We had a lot of fights simply falling thru
after Bidenko. That fight with Bidenko, I believe, opened a
lot of people’s eyes about Richel. The ‘establishment’ could
barely avoid him beating Bidenko and consequently we were
shut out a bit. I was in talks about many fights against
well-known opponents, but sooner or later it always was ‘No,
thanks, but we changed our mind about fighting Hersisia’.” A
fight, so much is for sure, is something a certain Raymond
Mercer, despite his age, won’t shy away from.
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DET HÄNDER NÅGOT UNIKT
Boxningsgala i klassisk kulturell miljö.
Norrköping Boxningsklubb Akilles
arrangerar en helafton där alla stans pugilister visar upp
sig.
Inte bara de
fyra landslagsboxare i alla kategorier vi har.
Även några av
de yngre löften som startar i Ungdoms-SM som avgörs i
Norrköping i november är med på ARBISgalan.
Här kan du se
Norrköpings Senad Dautoviċ i en av sina sista amatörmatcher
innan han går till de professionellas läger.
Gamle (men
ännu unge) ungdomsmästaren Stefan Mohlin gör väl förberedd
comeback.
Maja Strömberg
som skall försvara Sveriges färger vid ungdoms-EM i Rumänien
i höst
På programmet
står tiotalet fighter och inbakat i galan har vi lagt in en
liten stadskamp mellan Norrköping och Göteborg.
Vi minns tiden
när dessa städer levererade stommen till svenska
boxningslandslaget.
Arbisteatern
är förknippad med musik och det bjuds underhållning med
duktiga Norrköpingsartister.
Välkommen till
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D.P.B.F. suspends Larsens license until he pays up!
Statement by Evans Ashira Oure: August 8, 2008.
On August 4th 2008 Danish
professional Boxing Federation (DPBF) had a meeting
where my problems with promoter Robert Larsen were
discussed. Larsen still owes me money for my fight on April
19 against Mamadou Thiam.
On August 5, D.P.B.F. President Jesper D. Jensen informed me
that they had suspended the license of Larsen until he has
paid what he owes me.
Larsen has been lying to everybody, playing a big-shot,
which he is not, and hasn't been able to raise the money he
owes me. He has several times, in writing, admitted he owes
me money, and he even offered to pay me black (untaxed)
money, but he has kept pulling the amount down until he
didn't want to pay me anything at all.
I think that for once the D.P.B.F has come through at the
right time and done something good for a boxer, because even
after a court-case he won't be able to raise the money he
owes me. Now things are more evened out: I don't have my
money, but he doesn't have a license either. Now he cant do
something like this to other fighters who listen to his fat
mouth, full of bull shit and speaking about all the things
he can do.
I want to thank the D.P.B.F. for being there for me as a
fighter, and maybe Larsen will pay me my money when he gets
paid by the company he claims bought his business, or when
he gets money from the TV contract he is telling people
about.
I will make sure Larsen pays me sooner or later, I will
never work free for someone like him!
My only hope is that the D.P.B.F. didn't just tell me what I
wanted to hear, and that his license is suspended for real!
www.ashiraoure.com
www.oureashira.dk
Dk+4550216710
USA+15613520484
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HERSISIA AND FISCHER AT ROCKY’S NEW GYM
Both of Fight Production’s heavyweight stars
Richel Hersisia
and Willi
Fischer today opened training camp at the
brandnew “Rocky’s Gym” of former two-time ‘world’ champion
Graciano Rocchgiani
in Duisburg, Germany. Although the new training premesis of
German fight idol Rocchigiani will officially be opened only
in a few weeks time for the public, manager Olaf Schroeder’s
heavyweights had their first training session today, as big
opportunities are looming.
For the 34-year-old ‘Dutch Sonny Liston’ Hersisia, 30-2 (24
KO’s) it is a September 5 meeting with former WBO ‘world’
champion Ray Mercer, 35-7-1 (26 KO’s) – easily the best name
that the former WBF and current Dutch & Benelux champion has
crossed swords with. Since the fight is in Sweden, where
professional boxing is only allowed under more stringent
rules, the two punchers will clash over six two-minute
rounds only. Hersisia vs Mercer headlines Pugnus Boxing’s
show in Karlstad and five weeks later, Hersisia is due to
return home for the first time since 2005 and box the main
event on the Ben Bril Memorial promotion on Oct. 13 in
Amsterdam, Holland. “We have realistic hopes, if Richel wins
both times, to land a big fight before the year is out,”
claims manager Schroeder. For the Mercer fight, Hersisia
will work full-time with Graciano Rocchigiani, because
brother Ralf (himself also a former ‘world’ title holder)
can not leave Berlin due to an earlier commitment to train
Thomas Ulrich.
As for Willi Fischer, the ex-WBO title challenger, from
Frankfurt, the 35-year-old is still waiting for Arena Box
Promotion to announce the date for the biggest outing of his
so-far successful comeback – which took his overall record
to 35-6-1 (22 KO’s) – against compatriot Steffen Kretschmann,
11-0 (10 KO’s). Since Hamburg-based Arena Box Promotion left
the German Federation BDB, Kretschmann’s International
German heavyweight championship became automatically vacant,
but manager Schroeder says “It could still go ahead for some
kind of title, but if not, we don’t care much. Arena has
already seen some very hot prospects topple recently, and we
are confident, Willi can firmly re-establish himself among
Europe’s best by upsetting Kretschmann.”
Photo by Marianne Müller:
Graciano Rocchigiani (l.) must this time train Hersisia
without brother Ralf (r.).
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Team Sauerland surprised by Palle´s reaction after
Kessler-Haussler purse bid
It was not without surprise that Team Sauerland found out
about Mogens Palle´s latest comments in the media. The
Danish promoter had voiced his delight about not winning the
purse bid for Mikkel Kessler´s WBA super middleweight title
fight against top-ranked German challenger Danilo Haussler,
stating the bout could “hurt the sport of boxing” in
Denmark.
“If it was such an unspectacular fight, why would Mogens
travel all the way from Copenhagen to Panama to join the
purse bid?” Sauerland managing director Chris Meyer said.
“He should be a fair loser and accept the
result. He should also honour the WBA´s ratings where Danilo
Haussler is the number one.
”Team Sauerland won yesterday´s purse bid, and Meyer
revealed the fight will either be staged in Denmark or
Germany. “We still have unfinished business with Mikkel
Kessler after he defeated Markus Beyer in October
2006. Now is the time for Haussler to settle the score. We
are very proud to promote this special fight,” he added.
Johannes Berendt
Sauerland PR
+49-170-8961549
SauerlandPR@aol.com
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Ny chefstränare i Narva BK, Stockholm
BOXNING. Narva Boxningsklubbs styrelse har beslutat anställa
Santiago Nieva som ansvarig för all träning i klubben. Idag
är Santiago verksam i Buenos Aires där han bl a ägnar sig åt
boxningsträning av både proffs och amatörer.
Hans Lindahl, ordf i Narva BK: ”Det är oerhört kul att få
hälsa den fd Narva-boxaren åter välkommen till klubben. Med
den boxningsglädje och seriösa inställning till sporten
Santiago har kommer han att bli en nyttig injektion inte
bara för Narva utan även resten av boxningsSverige.”
Santiago blev svensk mästare för Narva 1995 och var under en tid
ankare i boxningslandslaget. Han har i perioder besökt
Sverige och hjälpt Narva BK med tränarutbildning och även
hållit externa kurser för gympalärare m fl.
Under 00/04 var han en av de ansvariga tränarna för det
argentinska boxningslandslaget. Han har i boxningssammanhang
hämtat intryck från många besök på Kuba och andra
sydamerikanska länder. Santiago har tagit emot och tränat
lag från både Narva och Stockholm Gotlands Boxningsförbund i
argentinska boxningsförbundets träningsanläggning CENARD,
Buenos Aires (motsvarighet till Bosön, fast större).
Under senare år har han även tränat proffsboxare. En dessa -
Israel Cachito Perez - skulle ha gått en VM-match 12 juni i
Tokyo i år men blev tyvärr skadad och så försvann chansen
att få ha coachat en boxare ända fram till en VM-titel.
Santiago tillträder det nya chefstränarjobbet i början av
augusti.
Mer info kontakta:
Hans Lindahl, ordf
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Narva Boxningsklubb
Frejgatan 32a, S-113 26 Stockholm; SWEDEN
46 svenska mästare; bäst på herrSM 2002
info@narva.com;
www.narva.com
Tfn: 08 306371; Mobil: 0708 961321
Pg 558143-4 ; Bg 5590-0153; Org 802406-2153
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Danny Williams' World Title Incentive
Williams vs. McDermott fight poster ©Matt
Voyle/Curtis McCormick/MMG
Danny Williams knows he is just one punch away from a world
heavyweight title fight against WBC champion Samuel Peter.To
reach his dream, the south Londoner has to come through a
British heavyweight title defence against John McDermott at
Dagenham, England's Goresbrook Leisure Centre on Friday
night.
Williams, 39-6 (31), has often been accused of lacking
motivation, but promised he’s in the sort of form that
destroyed Mike Tyson almost four years ago.Danny, 35, said:
“This is the news that I have always wanted to hear. I know
I can join the elite of the heavyweight division. This fight
is all the motivation I needed.”
Local favourite McDermott, 25-3 (16), froze in his sole
British title challenge, against Matt Skelton in December
2005, but has vowed to produce a white hot performance
against the defending champion and steal Williams' glory on
Friday night.“This is the fittest I have ever been,”
promised McDermott.
The 28-year-old added: ”For the last 12 weeks I have been
running, sparring and exercising and there is no way that I
will quit. The only way I am going out is to be carried out
on my shield; I will prove all the knockers wrong.“I know I
will finish with the Lonsdale belt strapped around my waist.”
The bill at the Goresbrook on July 18 also sees Commonwealth
light welter champion Ajose Olusegun, 23-0 (12), making an
appearance. The Nigerian born, London based southpaw is
ranked #4 by the WBC and promoter Frank Maloney has issued a
standing challenge for WBC champion Timothy Bradley, to face
Olusegun.
The undercard features former British bantamweight champion
Martin Power, 19-3 (8), who is on the hunt for his former
title. Power knows that should he win his bout on the 18th,
he will get a chance to challenge Commonwealth title holder
Jason Booth.
Also scheduled to appear is the 5 foot 10 inch tall
bantamweight version of Tommy Hearns, the world ranked South
African sensation, Tshifhiwa Munyai, 16-0-1 (8), as well as
fast-handed London featherweight Akaash Bhatia, 11-0 (2),
big punching Belfast heavyweight Scott Belshaw, 8-1 (7), and
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