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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 April 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 11thOktober 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 Maret 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 Agustus 1986.
With numerous British, Commonwealth and European title contests under his belt on the 8th Juni 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, PhuKet, IBF, WBU etc as well as an even higher number of European, Persemakmuran, 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 on Saturday.
“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, perang Absolute
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. Aku ora, sajujure.
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, Aku ora, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that Setu iki 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 (Musuh Promosi) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Skotlandia on Saturday 25th April 2015.
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International knockout artists Cheick Kongo and Alexander Volkov clash on June 26 in headlining bout of “UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov”
Gampang Tweet: ".@ Kongo4real lan @AlexDragoVolkov set to headline #Bellator139 ing @KansasStarArena ing Juni 26. http://bit.ly/1GfVzbx"
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (April 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 Juni 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of “UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, May.
The heavyweight slugfest joins previously announced matchups of lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. John “The Natural” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA featherweight champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi munggah (18-2) on the event’s featured portion.
Kertu utama wengi kang miwiti siaran urip lan gratis Spike ing 9 P.M. Lan/ 8 P.M. CT, nalika bouts pambuka stream ing Spike.com.
Bouts tambahan bakal announced sakcepete.
Tiket “UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” kang miwiti ing mung $17 and include cageside seats for just $97, saiki kasedhiya ing Ticketmaster.com.
Kongo, 6-mlaku-4 Frenchman, is a striking ace who boasts black belts in both Karate and Kendo. A multiple-time world champion in kickboxing, Kongo saiki fokus namung ing MMA lan wis dibangun 4-2 rekaman ing banner Wikimedia MMA. 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. Kang 24 kamenangan karir, Volkov has scored 17 dening kalah.
“UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” - Ana, Juni 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, MULVANE, Kansas
UFC Abot Main Event: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
UFC Lightweight Feature perang: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. John Alessio (35-17)
UFC Men Feature perang: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi munggah (18-2)
Gampang Tweet: ".@ Kongo4real lan @AlexDragoVolkov set to headline #Bellator139 ing @KansasStarArena ing Juni 26. http://bit.ly/1GfVzbx"
SANTA MONICA, Calif. (April 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 Juni 26.
The two sluggers clash in the five-round main event of “UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” which takes place at Kansas Star Event Center Arena in Mulvane, May.
The heavyweight slugfest joins previously announced matchups of lightweights Dave “The Caveman” Rickels (16-3) vs. John “The Natural” Alessio (35-17) and former Bellator MMA featherweight champion Pat “Paddy Mike” Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi munggah (18-2) on the event’s featured portion.
Kertu utama wengi kang miwiti siaran urip lan gratis Spike ing 9 P.M. Lan/ 8 P.M. CT, nalika bouts pambuka stream ing Spike.com.
Bouts tambahan bakal announced sakcepete.
Tiket “UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov,” kang miwiti ing mung $17 and include cageside seats for just $97, saiki kasedhiya ing Ticketmaster.com.
Kongo, 6-mlaku-4 Frenchman, is a striking ace who boasts black belts in both Karate and Kendo. A multiple-time world champion in kickboxing, Kongo saiki fokus namung ing MMA lan wis dibangun 4-2 rekaman ing banner Wikimedia MMA. 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. Kang 24 kamenangan karir, Volkov has scored 17 dening kalah.
“UFC MMA: Kongo vs. Volkov” - Ana, Juni 26, Kanas Star Event Center Arena, MULVANE, Kansas
UFC Abot Main Event: Cheick Kongo (22-10-2) vs. Alexander Volkov (24-5)
UFC Lightweight Feature perang: Dave Rickels (16-3) vs. John Alessio (35-17)
UFC Men Feature perang: Pat Curran (20-7) vs. Yamauchi munggah (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, April 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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Unfinished bisnis ndadékaké kanggo dawa-ngenteni rematch
Lewiston, Maine (April 21, 2015) - Kämpfe New England (Wiro sableng), Amérika kang nomer siji promosi perang regional, bakal terus mixed-tukang pencak seni wolulas sawijining (MMA) acara, “NEF XVIII: Digawe ing Amérika,” ing Setu, Juni 13, 2015 ing Westprovinz Bank Colisee ing Lewiston, Maine. Sadurungé dina, promosi announced sing NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Champion Bruce “Cantik Boy” Boyington (10-8) bakal ketemu John “First Class” Ray (2-7) ing kertu ing bab non-title ing bobot saka 150-mina.
Boyington lan Raio pisanan ketemu in February 2014 ing “NEF XII” Lewiston. Boyington didominasi wektu awal karo striking kang. Teka menyang mburi ing babak pisanan, Raio would take Boyington’s back and apply a rear-naked choke on the mat. The future lightweight champion waved his hand in the air, a signal which referee Jimmy Bickford took to indicate Boyington’s submission. Bickford stopped the bout and awarded the fight to Raio, drawing an immediate protest from Boyington who stated he was waving to his fans in the crowd as a sign that he was not in danger.
In the days that followed, a heated debate would rage on social media over the controversial finish to the fight. Both fighters, boasting arguably the two largest fan bases in all of New England, were at the center of an epic war of words between their respective supporters. It seemed as though everyone had an opinion, and the entire state of Maine was split.
“Iku padha edan sing minggu sawise bab,” ngelingi NEF co-owner lan promosi Nick DiSalvo. “First Facebook kita iki flooded karo komentar lan pesen pribadi. Everybody lan ibune sing iki ngebotake. Iku mbokmenawa wayahe paling kontroversial wonten ing sajarah NEF. Pembuangan wis takon kita kanggo liwat taun nalika rematch bakal kelakon. Wektu wis pungkasanipun teka, Juni 13 Lewiston!”
Boyington badhe pindhah ing duwe Rampung Highly sukses kanggo 2014, menang ora siji nanging loro judhul MMA regional, kalebu NEF MMA Professional Lightweight Championship. Dheweke uga bakal menang debut tinju profesional ing acara boxing tondho NEF ing Oktober 2014. Boyington wis, ing kasunyatan, menang papat kang pungkasan limang wiwit mundhut Raio.
"Iki perang punika namung bab nebus lan menehi pembuangan apa padha wis kepingin kanggo ndeleng,"Nyatakake Boyington nalika ngrambah kanggo komentar. "Kadang sampeyan kudu langkah njaba apa paling apik kanggo sampeyan ing olahraga iki lan panghibur lan apa aku mengkono. Aku kaya tantangan-tantangan lan paling gedhe wektu sing bakal teka, nanging saiki, sawijining bab nuduhake wong apa ana bab kanggo kelakon suwene wektu lan aku isih bisa nuduhake aku telung tingkat ndhuwur wong dening nggawe statement Aku numpak kapal ing. Aku rampung karo mishaps ing kandhang sing. Aku ngrebut saben kesempatan lan bakal ora nglilani soko slip maneh. Nandhani Pendhaftaran tembung, sawijining bab kanggo njaluk nyata ing perang sandi. "
Raio wis teka mati kaping kalih kasor wonten baris kanggo archrival kang, Derek Shorey (2-1), kalebu siji asor sadurungé sasi iki ing “Wiro sableng XVII.” Ing mbetahaken menang, pangadeg Kelas MMA saiki bisa dadi luwih ditemtokake saka tau kanggo bali menyang kandhang NEF.
"Aku ngerti iki perang aku arep, Bruce kepengin, lan kathah peminatipun MMA wis takon,"Nyatakake Raio nalika ngrambah kanggo komentar. "Aku katon nerusake kanggo onomatopia Bruce. Mugia nalika perang iku liwat, bakal ora ana kontroversi. "
Acara MMA sabanjuré wiro sableng kang, “NEF XVIII: Digawe ing Amérika” bakal asal saka Androscoggin Bank Colisee ing Lewiston, Maine ing Juni 13, 2015. Tiket “NEF XVIII” miwiti ing mung $25 lan ing sale saiki ing www.TheColisee.com utawa dening nelpon box office Colisee ing207.783.2009 x 525. Kanggo informasi luwih lengkap ing acara lan perang nganyari kertu, please visit website promosi ing www.NewEnglandFights.com. Saliyane, sampeyan bisa nonton video wiro sableng ing www.youtube.com/NEFMMA, tindakake ing Twitternefights lan gabung ing grup resmi Facebook "New England gelut."
About Kämpfe New England
Kämpfe New England ("Wiro sableng") iku perang perusahaan acara promosi. Misi wiro sableng iku kanggo nggawe acara kualitas kanggo pejuang Maine lan pembuangan Alike. Tim eksekutif wiro sableng kang wis ekstensif pengalaman manajemen olahraga pertempuran, produksi acara, hubungan media, marketing, Hukum lan iklan.
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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 May 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, on May 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 Wise Guys Promosi LORDS ING acara RING, sing njupuk Panggonan ing York Hall ing Bethnal Green, London on Saturday 2ndMay 2015.
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Tiket diregani £ 35 (Standard lelenggahan) lan £ 65 (Ringside) kasedhiya langsung saka samubarang boxers njupuk bagéyan, on-line ingwww.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645
André DIRRELL lan JAMES DEGALE TO SIHINA IN Macem Super Men gelaran ON SATURDAY KENANGAN, MAY 23 Saka AGGANIS ARENA di 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 Setu teka, when he takes on Middlesbrough’s unbeaten Chris Wood on the Rivals Promotions event in Wishaw, Scotland on April 25th.
Am, 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.
Am, 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 Ana kang 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, that’s good, 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, on Saturday 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 (Musuh Promosi) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Skotlandia on Saturday 25th April 2015.
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Tiket diregani £ 30 lan £ 40 kasedhiya langsung saka samubarang boxers njupuk bagéyan, utawa nelpon Stewart ing 07711 725257.