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FACE OFF SAMUEL VARGAS vs. ALI FUNEKA NABA Welterweight Championship

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Samuel Vargas vs. Ali Funeka
Headlines “Face Off” in NABA title fight
Серпня. 19 in Brampton, Канада

ТОРОНТО, Онтаріо, Канада (Липня 5, 2017) – North American Boxing Association welterweight champion Семюел Варгас has been on boxing’s biggest stage and he’s determined to prove that he still belongs there.
The 28-year-old Vargas (27-3-1, 14 КО) steps up in one of the most significant fights of his career, Серпня 19, as he defends his NABA title against three-time world title challenger Знаходяться “Rush Hour” Funeka (39-6-3, 31 КО) in the main event of Lee Baxter Promotions’ (LBP) second event at the Brampton Powerade Centre, “Face Off”, in Brampton, Онтаріо, Канада.
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Vargas-Funeka is inarguable one of the highest-level bouts to be staged in Toronto in several years.
“Sam is still at a stage in his career where he’s improving and to challenge a guy who’s been a world title contender for the better part of a decade shows that he’s still hungry and still wants to test himself,” промоутер Lee Baxter сказав.
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The tough-as-nails Vargas, who fights out of Toronto, is riding the momentum of a dominant win by 10-round unanimous decision over Armando Robles (31-5-2, 18 КО), at LBP’s first Powerade Centre event this past March, as well as a homecoming victory for Colombia-native’s fifth-round knockout this past May over former world title challenger Marco Antonio Avendano (30-10-1, 22 КО).
An impressive victory over his battled-tested South African opponent will certainly re-position Vargas in the world boxing scene, where he was a little more than year ago, when he fought two of the premier welterweights in the world, former WBA Super World Super Lightweight titlist Денні Гарсія (32-0, 19 КО), and current International Boxing Federation (IBF) чемпіон світу Еррол Спенс молодший. (15-0, 12 КО), in losing yet invaluable fight experiences for Vargas against world-class opponents.
“We always have our eye on big fights for Sam. A win over Funeka would really resonate in the boxing world,” Baxter added.
Funeka has some unfinished business in the “Great White North” having lost in 2009 in one of the most controversial decisions in recent memory to Joan Guzman (29-0) в Квебеку. Although many viewers had Vargas defeating Guzman, including HBO’s unofficial scorer Гарольд Ледерман, хто забив поєдинок 117-111 for Funeka and called for an investigation into the judging that soon followed, resulted in a questionable 12-round majority draw for the vacant IBF World Lightweight Championship.
“Canadian fans have always had a soft spot for Funeka,” Baxter noted. “The crowd at the Pepsi Coliseum was on his side and they fell in love with him that night. He deserves this fight as much as Sam does.”
Проте, Funeka has remained a fighting contender ever since, going on the road and battling some of the sport’s top stars. Торік, he upset previously undefeated Russian prospect Viskhan “Маленький Тайсон” Murzabekov (12-0) by 12-round decision in his opponent’s homeland. Останнім часом, the dangerous South African veteran fought a bloody battle with Джефф Хорн (15-0-1), who last Saturday upset future Hall-of-Famer Менні Пакьяо to become the new World Boxing Organization (WBO) 147-pound division world champion. Funeka even dropped the tough Australian before being stopped in the sixth round of their fight last December in New Zealand.
Funeka represents a measuring stick for Vargas to gauge comparisons of him against some of the top welterweights in the world.
Will Vargas have an easier time with Funeka than Horn? The answer will be known Серпня. 19.
Квитки, починаючи з $40.00, are on sale and available to purchase through Ticketmaster at це посилання.
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Ріккі Хаттон: “Browne winning the Heavyweight title would be huge for my company”

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Undefeated Lucas Browne to Collide with Ruslan Chagaev for the WBA World Heavyweight Title LIVE У цю суботу on AWE at 2 PM ET

Сан - Дієго, ТАКИЙ ЯК – Березня 3, 2016 – Це Субота після полудня, March 5th, undefeated and number-two ranked WBA heavyweight contender Лукас “Big Daddy” Браун(23-0-0) will battle defending WBA World Heavyweight champ Ruslan Chagaev (34-2-1) за його пояса. The bout will be broadcast У прямому ефірі in the United States on AWE – Багатство розваг.
The action begins live at 2 PM ET / 11 М. РТ.
Browne is promoted by former two-division world champion and British Idol, Ріккі Хаттон and the Manchester great has a lot on the line в цю суботу if Browne can come through with the victory.
“It would be massive for my company, very significant,”said Hatton. “Lucas would be my first world champion as a promoter, and it’s fantastic that it would be a Heavyweight title. I was a two-time world champion as a fighter. I have trained a world champion, so I don’t know many people who have done all three as a trainer, fighter and a promoter. “
To have Browne in this position, the fighter turned promoter, is thrilled for his fighter, being that Browne was not sought after in his early career.
“I am very happy for Lucas. He came up the hard way. He was not an Olympian. Насправді, it was just a few years ago, that he was working doors at the night clubs and he has put in the hard work and this is a big night for me and my company.”
Despite the fight being in enemy territory, “Hitman”, feels his fighter is in good hands as Browne is being trained by former super middleweight world champion and British great, Nigel Benn.
“He has a great team behind him. An excellent trainer. It is going to be a tough job, but I firmly believe that he will win the fight. It will be difficult as Chagaev was a big amateur and now a world champion. Lucas who has always been known as a puncher is moving a lot better on his feet. Very fluid. Lucas has also added speed and has had great preparation.”
Being in enemy territory, Hatton knows that the fight may come down to the judges, and he believes that Browne will get a fair shake.
“I would like to think that Lucas will not need a knockout to win, but judges can be swayed by the hometown fans, but this being a world title fight, I expect world class judges. Це, як кажуть, Lucas should not leave it to chance.”
With a Browne win, there is a chance a good portion heavyweight division would run through the United Kingdom as Unified champion Tyson Fury and potentially Anthony Joshua (who fights IBF champion Charles Martin on Квітня 9) would hold most of the hardware in boxing’s glamour division.
“I thought about that. I get along well with Eddie Hearn, who has Joshua. I get a long great with my former promoter Frank Warren and you can also throw David Haye in there who is back. I can’t see any problems making fights with Joshua or Fury and we would have some massive heavyweights fights here. Lucas has fought five times here and has a good fan base.”
“The only thing that I am gutted about в суботу is that I can’t be there with Lucas when he wins as I train a lot of young fighters and I have four of them fighting в суботу and they need me in London with them, але Субота will be a great day for my company.”
There will be a three fight undercard beginning at 2 PM.
In a 10-round Heavyweight bout, Edmund Gerber (25-2, 16 КО) of Schwerin, Germany will fight Брайан Мінто (41-10, 26 КО) of Butler, Пенсільванія.
In a 10-round bout for the IBO International Welterweight title, Vishkahn Murzabekov (12-0, 6 КО) of Russia takes on former world title challenger Ali Funeka (37-5-3, 30 КО) of South Africa.
Тайрон Spong (2-0, 2 КО) Майамі, Florida battles David Gogishvilli (12-0, 8 Я ') of Gori, Georgia in a 6-round Cruiserweight bout.
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