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Legendary Referee Mickey Vann To Officiate MBC’s Inaugural Scottish Event This Saturday
Legendary globe trotting Championship referee Mickey Vann will be making one of his shortest international journeys in a long while, this coming weekend, when he officiates the first Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) sanctioned event in Scotland, the Stewart Allan promoted event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw on Saturday 25th Abril 2015.
Vann, who has been the MBC’s chief referee since 2013, has been officiating for close to forty years, the first bout he refereed was Eddie Smith versus Joe Jackson at the Anglo American Sporting Club in Manchester on the 11thOktubre 1976.
It would be some seven years later before Vann refereed his first domestic Championship bout, the BBBofC Central Area Featherweight Title fight between Steve Pollard and Steve Farnsworth at the Tiffany’s Nightclub in Hull on the 29th Marso 1983.
Three years later Vann refereed his first International Championship contest, the Commonwealth Lightweight Title fight between Zimbabwe’s Langton Tinago and Australia’s Graeme Brooke at the Granada Studios in Manchester on 23rd August 1986.
With numerous British, Commonwealth and European title contests under his belt on the 8th Hunyo 1990 Vann refereed his first World Championship bout, the WBC World Minimumweight title fight between Japan’s Hideyuki Ohashi and Thailand’s Napa Kiatwanchai in Tokyo, Japan.
To date Vann has refereed one hundred and forty three International, Inter-Continental and World title contests for the World Sanctioning Organisations, such as WBC, WBO, IBF, WBU etc as well as an even higher number of European, Commonwealth, British and Irish domestic title fights during his eight hundred and eighty two bout career to date.
The most recent of these bouts being the WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title fight between Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and Russian Andry Knyazev, which took place in Kiev just last weekend.
In addition Vann has also judged one hundred and seventy three Championship contests since 1978, taking his officiating career total to an incredible one thousand and fifty five contests, sorry make that one thousand and fifty six contests if we include the upcoming event this weekend.
Shortly after returning from Kiev, the effervescent Vann spoke briefly about his career and the upcoming event he is to officiate in Scotland sa Sabado.
“What can I say I didn’t realise I’d refereed that many fights,
My most memorable fight would naturally be Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno at Cardiff Arms Park, that was history.
But have refereed so many memorable fights, where do I start, Shea Neary and Mickey Ward, now that was a great fight.
There’s some from years ago I can remember, like Jean-Marc Renard against Farid Benredjeb, oh what a war that was, they both ended up in hospital.
Another memorable fight was Cassius Boloyi against Phillip Ndou, It was a war, usa ka hingpit nga gubat
They were two South Africans but from different tribes, they wanted me to referee it, not a South African, which was very much appreciated.
I remember refereeing the WBC mandatory Lightweight title fight, between Leavander Johnson and Miguel Angel Gonzalez, in a bullring, which was an experience.
I refereed in America Jorge Paez and Angel Manfredy, that was a terrific fight, in fact refereed three or four times in America.
I think if you count them all I think I refereed in thirty nine different countries, I left school at seven and went back at thirteen and left again at fourteen and I didn’t know at that time that there were that many countries in the world. Ako wala, sa matinud-anon.
I just enjoy what I do, you know I’ve been to Russia, Argentina, Japan, all over, I just got back from Kiev.
People come up for photographs, even in Kiev, with Mickey the dancer and then they pretend they are you moving about, it’s lovely.
I pick out nothing really, I just pick out what has been the big fights that I’ve enjoyed.
I qualified as a star grade referee in 1978 and I’m still going, I’d done hundreds of fights by then, it’s not a job really, it’s just enjoyment as such.
I wasn’t a very good pro fighter, I was a pretty good amateur, I had sixty six fights as an amateur and lost nineteen, but you used to have three fights a day in the Championships, you fought in the morning, won that you fought in the afternoon and if you won that you fought at night to get through to the next round, in the Army Championships and the boys clubs sort of thing, that’s what we all did.
As a pro I have fourteen fights but I lost nine, but I enjoyed it, I’m glad I turned pro and I’m glad I fought, I’m glad I fought amateur and pro and I missed it when I retired and I wanted to do something and my manager suggested I referee, I wanted to coach but Tommy Miller, my manager said to me ‘Jesus Mick what could you teach anyone’, so he said to me you want to be a referee, so I put in for it and it took me two years and I qualified.
I’ve enjoyed every minute of it and some times have been better than others, in fact they used to hate me in Scotland, they thought I hated the Scots. I heard this on the radio many times.
Alex Morrison will tell you, he thought I was hater of Scotsmen, Ako wala, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that karong Sabado it’s the Scottish promoter and the Scottish boxers that asked for me for this show.
I’ve always had great fun there and my all time favourite fighter is a Scotsman, Ken Buchanan, so it’s really nice that they want me to be there for the first MBC sanctioned event there, I can’t wait.”
Mickey Vann will be the referee for both the Sandy Robb versus Mathew Ellis and Scott Allan versus Isaac Quaye that co-headline the Stewart Allan (Kaatbang Promotions) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Scotland sa Sabado 25th Abril 2015.
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International knockout artists Cheick Kongo and Alexander Volkov clash on June 26 in headlining bout of “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov”
Sayon Tweet: ".@ Kongo4real ug @AlexDragoVolkov set to headline #Bellator139 sa @KansasStarArena sa Hunyo 26. http://bit.ly/1GfVzbx"
Santa Monica, Calif. (Abril 21, 2015) – French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov (24-5) will stand toe-to-toe in the Bellator MMA cage on Hunyo 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Mayo.
The heavyweight slugfest joins previously announced matchups of lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. Juan “ang Natural” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA featherweight champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi sa (18-2) on the event’s featured portion.
The night’s main card airs live and free on Spike at 9 sa gabii. UG/ 8 sa gabii. CT, samtang ang preliminary bouts magaganayan sa Spike.com.
Dugang nga mga bouts nga gipahibalo sa wala madugay.
Ang mga tiket alang sa “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” nga magsugod sa lang $17 and include cageside seats for just $97, kasamtangan nga magamit sa Ticketmaster.com.
Kongo, ang usa ka 6-foot-4 Pranses, is a striking ace who boasts black belts in both Karate and Kendo. A multiple-time world champion in kickboxing, Kongo karon nag-focus lamang sa MMA ug nagtukod ug usa ka 4-2 nga rekord sa ilalum sa mga Bellator MMA bandila. One of the most imposing figures in all of MMA, Kongo boasts 12 career knockout victories, including the sport’s 2011 “Knockout of the Year.”
The 26-year-old Volkov is an eight-time Bellator MMA veteran who rose to the promotion’s highest rank in 2012 as the Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion. Though he would eventually cede the belt to current title holder Vitaly Minakov, Volkov bounced right back with three-consecutive stoppage wins. Sa iyang 24 career mga kadaugan, Volkov has scored 17 pinaagi sa knockout.
“Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” - Biyernes, Hunyo 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, MULVANE, Kansas
Bellator heavyweight Main Event: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
Bellator Lightweight Feature Fight: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. Juan Alessio (35-17)
Bellator featherweight Feature Fight: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi sa (18-2)
Sayon Tweet: ".@ Kongo4real ug @AlexDragoVolkov set to headline #Bellator139 sa @KansasStarArena sa Hunyo 26. http://bit.ly/1GfVzbx"
Santa Monica, Calif. (Abril 21, 2015) – French striking specialist Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) and former Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion Alexander “Drago” Volkov (24-5) will stand toe-to-toe in the Bellator MMA cage on Hunyo 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, Mayo.
The heavyweight slugfest joins previously announced matchups of lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. Juan “ang Natural” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA featherweight champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi sa (18-2) on the event’s featured portion.
The night’s main card airs live and free on Spike at 9 sa gabii. UG/ 8 sa gabii. CT, samtang ang preliminary bouts magaganayan sa Spike.com.
Dugang nga mga bouts nga gipahibalo sa wala madugay.
Ang mga tiket alang sa “Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” nga magsugod sa lang $17 and include cageside seats for just $97, kasamtangan nga magamit sa Ticketmaster.com.
Kongo, ang usa ka 6-foot-4 Pranses, is a striking ace who boasts black belts in both Karate and Kendo. A multiple-time world champion in kickboxing, Kongo karon nag-focus lamang sa MMA ug nagtukod ug usa ka 4-2 nga rekord sa ilalum sa mga Bellator MMA bandila. One of the most imposing figures in all of MMA, Kongo boasts 12 career knockout victories, including the sport’s 2011 “Knockout of the Year.”
The 26-year-old Volkov is an eight-time Bellator MMA veteran who rose to the promotion’s highest rank in 2012 as the Bellator MMA Heavyweight World Champion. Though he would eventually cede the belt to current title holder Vitaly Minakov, Volkov bounced right back with three-consecutive stoppage wins. Sa iyang 24 career mga kadaugan, Volkov has scored 17 pinaagi sa knockout.
“Bellator MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” - Biyernes, Hunyo 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, MULVANE, Kansas
Bellator heavyweight Main Event: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
Bellator Lightweight Feature Fight: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. Juan Alessio (35-17)
Bellator featherweight Feature Fight: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi sa (18-2)
BOXING HALL OF FAMER JOE CALZAGHE TO SERVE AS GUEST ANALYST FOR PREMIER BOXING CHAMPIONS ON SPIKE TV FIGHT CARD AT UIC PAVILION TAKING PLACE FRIDAY, ABRIL 24 IN CHICAGO
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John Thompson reflects on Boxcino semifinal win and looks forward towards the final on May 22
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ANG WALA MATAPOS NGA NEGOSYO MANGHIMO SA DUGAY NGA PAGHULAT
Lewiston, Maine (Abril 21, 2015) - New England away (Kaha), America ang numero-usa ka regional away promotion, ang naghupot sa iyang ikanapulo ug walo nga mixed-martial arts (MMA) event, “NEF XVIII: Gihimo sa Amerika,” sa Sabado, Hunyo 13, 2015 sa Androscoggin Bank Colisee sa Lewiston, Maine. Earlier today, ang promosyon gipahibalo nga NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Champion Bruce “Pretty Boy” Boyington (10-8) makigtagbo Juan “First Class” Ray (2-7) sa kard sa usa ka away nga dili titulo sa gibug-aton nga 150-pounds.
Si Boyington ug Raio unang nagkita kaniadtong Pebrero 2014 sa “NEF XII” sa Lewiston. Gidominar ni Boyington ang sayo nga mga higayon sa iyang pag-ataki. Pag-abut sa katapusan sa una nga hugna, Kuhaon ni Raio ang likud ni Boyington ug igbutang ang likod-hubo nga choke sa banig. Ang umaabot nga lightweight champion nagwagayway sa iyang kamot sa hangin, usa ka senyas nga gikuha ni referee Jimmy Bickford aron ipakita ang pagsumite ni Boyington. Gipahunong ni Bickford ang away ug gihatag ang away kay Raio, pagguhit sa usa ka diha-diha nga protesta gikan sa Boyington nga nagpahayag nga siya wave sa iyang mga fans sa panon sa katawhan ingon usa ka ilhanan nga siya wala sa katalagman.
Sa misunod nga mga adlaw, usa ka mainit nga debate ang maglagut sa social media tungod sa kontrobersyal nga pagtapos sa away. Ang duha manggugubat, nanghambog nga malarag ang duha nga labing kadaghan nga mga base sa fan sa tanan nga bahin sa New England, naa sa sentro sa usa ka epiko nga gira sa mga pulong taliwala sa ilang tagsatagsa nga mga tigsuporta. Ingon og ang tanan adunay usa ka opinyon, ug ang tibuuk nga estado sa Maine nabahin.
“Nabuang ang mga butang sa semana human sa away,” Kahinumduman nga kauban ug tagpasiugda sa NEF nga si Nick DiSalvo. “Ang among panid sa Facebook gibahaan sa mga komentaryo ug pribadong mga mensahe. Ang tanan ug ang ilang inahan nagtimbang. Tingali kini ang labing kontrobersyal nga higayon sa kaagi sa NEF. Gihangyo kami sa mga tagahanga sobra sa usa ka tuig kung kanus-a mahitabo ang rematch. Sa katapusan miabut ang panahon, Hunyo 13 sa Lewiston!”
Ang Boyington magpadayon nga adunay usa ka maayong sangputanan 2014, Nagdaog dili usa apan duha nga titulo sa MMA sa rehiyon, lakip ang NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Championship. Makadaog usab siya sa iyang propesyonal nga debut sa boksing sa inaugural nga hinabo sa NEF sa Oktubre 2014. Si Boyington adunay, sa pagkatinuod, Nagdaog upat sa iyang katapusang lima gikan sa pagkawala sa Raio.
"Ang kini nga away mao ra ang bahin sa pagtubos ug paghatag sa mga tagahanga kung unsa ang gusto nila nga makita,”Pahayag ni Boyington sa dihang naabot ang komento. "Usahay kinahanglan ka nga mogawas sa kung unsa ang labing kaayo alang kanimo sa kini nga isport ug paglingaw ug kana ang akong gibuhat. Gusto nako ang usa ka hagit — ang pinakadako nga hagit — ug moabut ang kana nga panahon, apan sa karon, bahin sa pagpakita sa mga tawo kung unsa ang mahitabo sa ulahi nga panahon ug mahimo ko pa usab ipakita nga tulo ako ka ang-ang sa ibabaw niya pinaagi sa paghimo sa pahayag nga hapit na nako sugdan. Tapos na ako sa mga disgrasya sa hawla nga kana. Gikuha ko ang matag higayon ug dili tugotan nga adunay usab mahisalaag. Markahi ang akong mga pulong, hapit na kini makuha tinuod nga sa akong away. ”
Si Raio gikan sa duha ka mga pagkawala sa sunod-sunod sa iyang archrival, Derek Shorey (2-1), lakip ang usa nga kapildihan sayo ning buwana sa “Lisa XVII.” Nanginahanglan usa ka kadaugan, ang magtutukod sa First Class MMA mahimo na karon nga labi ka determinado kaysa kaniadto nga mobalik sa cage sa NEF.
"Nahibal-an nako nga kini usa ka away nga gusto nako, Gusto ni Bruce, ug daghang mga fans sa MMA ang gipangayo,”Pahayag ni Raio sa dihang naabot ang komento. “Gipaabot nako nga awayon si Bruce. Hinaut nga kung nahuman na ang away, wala’y kontrobersiya. ”
Kaha ang sunod nga MMA event, “NEF XVIII: Gihimo sa Amerika” ang maggikan gikan sa Androscoggin Bank Colisee sa Lewiston, Maine sa Hunyo 13, 2015. Ang mga tiket alang sa “NEF XVIII” magsugod sa lang $25 ug sa sale karon sa www.TheColisee.com o pinaagi sa pagtawag sa Colisee box office sa207.783.2009 x 525. Alang sa dugang nga impormasyon sa panghitabo ug away card updates, palihug sa pagbisita sa promosyon sa website sa www.NewEnglandFights.com. Dugang pa, nga imong mahimo sa pagtan-aw NEF videos sa www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, mosunod sila sa Twitternefights ug apil sa mga opisyal nga Facebook grupo "New England away."
Mahitungod sa New England away
New England away ("Lisa") mao ang usa ka pagpakig-away sa mga panghitabo promosyon nga kompanya. Kaha sa misyon mao ang paghimo sa labing taas nga kalidad nga mga panghitabo alang sa Maine ni manggugubat ug fans nga managsama. Kaha ang executive team adunay halapad nga kasinatian sa combat sports sa pagdumala, mga panghitabo sa produksyon, media relations, marketing, legal ug advertising.
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Turkish Prospect Ozgul Set For London Showdown With Miekle On May 2nd
Champions TKO Gym’s unbeaten Light Heavyweight prospect Onder Ozgul is set to make his fifth professional outing in just over a weeks time, when he takes on the highly entertaining Jody Meikle, from Scunthorpe, in a six round contest, on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott Wise Guys Promotions LORDS OF THE RING event at York Hall in London on Saturday 2nd Mayo 2015.
Ozgul, has built quite a reputation, as a seriously tough and uncompromising boxer, over the past year or so, following top class victories over the likes of Lithuania’s Dmitrij Kalinovskij, Bighton’s Iain Jackson, Lithuania’s Remigijus Ziausys and most recently over the Czech Republic’s big punching Karel Horejsek.
With a boxing style and approach uncannily similar to that of a certain ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that Ozgul’s Turkish fans have nicknamed their man ‘Little Mike’, a name that the British fans that have seen him in action have started to adopt too.
That aside, Ozgul’s resolve could be mightily tested by Miekle, who last time out scored a good solid draw against Portsmouth bruiser Sam Couzens, no surprise there as the Lincolnshire man not only likes a good old fashioned toe-to-toe slug fest, but also has a very entertaining mischievous streak.
Speaking at the famed Champions TKO Gym in Hackney, Ozgul spoke briefly about the upcoming showdown with the man they call ‘The Entertainer’.
“I’m happy I am fighting a six rounder, I’d be happy if it was an eight, I train for twelve rounds, so six is easy for me.
The way we look at it is if you can run a marathon, then running a half marathon is easy, that’s why we work so hard in the gym, so it is easy in the ring.
My last fight I trained hard, I trained for twelve rounds then too, the opponent was strong and durable but it was still an easy fight for me.
It will be the same next week, I will be ready for whatever Jody Meikle brings, I’ve been told Jody is tough, good that means we’ll have a very good fight.
I’m really happy that my brother Siar has got a title fight on May 2nd and even happier that I will be fighting on the undercard of his title fight and hope that everyone comes out and gives us both their full support.
I want to thank my sponsors and all those fans that come and support me and my brother (Super Welterweight Siar Ozgul), Thank you for supporting us, sa Mayo 2nd you’ll not be disappointed, I will be fighting at my best.”
Onder Ozgul versus Jody Meikle features on the undercard of Siar Ozgul – Matt Scriven MBC International Welterweight title fight that headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Maalamon nga Guys Promotions GINOO SA SINGSING event, nga mahitabo sa York Hall sa Bethnal Green, London sa Sabado 2ndMayo 2015.
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ANDRE DIRRELL AND JAMES DEGALE TO MEET IN EXCITING SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT SHOWDOWN ON SATURDAY AFTERNOON, MAYO 23 FROM AGGANIS ARENA IN BOSTON LIVE ON NBC & NBCSN
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Unified Kick Boxing World Champion Sam Allan Set For Pro Boxing Debut This Saturday
Sam Allan, one of the UK’s most successful professional Kick Boxers, is set to make the transition to the pro boxing ranks this Sabado, when he takes on Middlesbrough’s unbeaten Chris Wood on the Rivals Promotions event in Wishaw, Scotland on April 25th.
Ako, who first began Kick Boxing when he was just five years of age, secured his first World title as an amateur at the tender age of thirteen and successfully defended the crown on numerous occasions before turning pro in 2011.
Since turning pro as a Kick Boxer Sam has had fifteen bouts, winning them all, including a World title unification bout against America’s then WKA World Champ Bobby Campbell in August 2013.
Ako, who was just twenty two years of age at the time, showed a maturity that belied his tender age, the youngster knew exactly what he had to do and with his brother Scott in his corner, executed his game plan perfectly, so much so that after twelve sensational rounds he became the first person to unify the ISKA and WKA championships and what’s more it was via a unanimous points decision.
Sam’s opponent, Chris Wood, who only recently turned pro himself, comes into the bout with a first round stoppage win over Latvia’s Edgars Milevics.
Facing an unbeaten opponent on his pro boxing debut clearly doesn’t faze Sam at all, as he made abundantly clear when he spoke earlier about Sabado sa upcoming fight.
“This just kinda happened, my brother Scott turned professional last year, so when my dad wanted to do a pro boxing show here with Scott it seemed a good time as any for me to turn pro.
We’ve got the same friends and they were having to go to different shows, because when I was fighting, he’s not and the other way around. This time they will be able to watch us both fight on the same show.
The different style of fighting isn’t a problem, a punch is a punch and since my last fight I have been preparing for this, I’ve been working a lot on the bags and pads and had good sparring, I’m a fighter and do what I need to do.
I don’t know much about Chris Wood, I’ve heard he likes to fight, nga maayo nga, I like to fight as well.
The fans are going to love it, it’ll be a real fight not a stand-off, the fans want to see real fights, a bit of a tear up, yeah they’ll love it.
The fans deserve good fights, without them we wouldn’t get to fight as often, sa Sabado they’ll get a good fight that’s for sure.
They pay their hard earned money coming and supporting us, I can’t thank them enough for that and the best way I can do that is to have a cracking fight, that’s the best way to thank them for coming and supporting us.”
Sam Allan versus Chris Wood features on the Stewart Allan (Kaatbang Promotions) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Scotland sa Sabado 25th Abril 2015.
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