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SLAVA Kickboxing dodaje SVJETLO teškoj naslov borbi Zack 'The Black Warrior' MWEKASSA & SAULO 'Cassius Clay' Cavalari U 'Bellator MMA: Dinamit '
SANTA MONICA, Kalif. (Srpanj 30, 2015) - Na Subota, Rujan 19, Bellator MMA će predstavljati značajan događaj u američkom borbene sportskoj povijesti s "Bellator 142: Dinamit,"Featuring Tito Ortiz uzimanje na Bellator poluteškoj svjetski prvak Liam McGeary. A spectacle so big, to će uključivati dva polja bitke - a Bellator kavez i Slava kickboxing prsten, odvija u SAP Center u San Joseu, Kalifornija, i emitira uživo i besplatno na vrh u 9 / 8c.
Danas, Slava kickboxing je također dodao svoju poluteškoj Championship borbu za "Bellator 142: Dinamit” docket. Congolese power-puncher Zack “Crna Warrior” Mwekassa (13-2, 12 KO) će tražiti osvetu protiv posljednjeg čovjeka da ga poraz, Brazilski nokaut umjetnik Šaul “Cassius Clay” Cavalari (31-2, 19 KO), u eksplozivnoj sukobu koji naslovi na kickboxing dio kartice sadržanu u "Bellator MMA: Dinamit ".
Novi nastup pridružuje ranije najavio borbi karticu, koji ima MMA legenda Ortiz (18-11) izazovan Bellator je vladajući poluteškoj kralja, McGeary (10-0) i četiri muškarac, jednu noć teškoj svjetlo turnir za određivanje Ne. 1 kandidat u podjeli koja uključuje promotivni debi Phil Davis (13-3), kao i Emanuel Newton (25-8-1), Linton Vassell (15-4-1) i povratak Muhammed "Kralj Mo" Lawal (15-4, 1 NC).
U svom prethodnom susretu, Cavalari poražen Mwekassa u trećem kolu sa show-zaustavljanje glave udarac nokaut. Dodatne Slava kickboxing borbe i konkurenti za "Bellator MMA: Dinamit "će biti objavljeni uskoro.
Ulaznice za "Bellator 142: Dinamit "početi na samo $30 te su na prodaju sada na SAP Center blagajni, a također su dostupne za kupnju na Ticketmaster.com i Bellator.com.
O Bellator MMA
Bellator MMA je vodeći Mixed Martial Arts organizacije sadrži mnoge od najboljih boraca u svijetu. Pod vodstvom veterana borbe promotorske Scott Coker, Bellator je dostupna na gotovo 500 milijuna domova širom svijeta u preko 140 Zemlje. U Sjedinjenim Američkim Državama, Bellator se može vidjeti na Spike TV-u, MMA televizija lider. Bellator MMA sastoji se od izvršnog tima koji uključuje top profesionalci u televizijskoj produkciji, live događaj orkestracija, Razvoj borac / odnosi, mjesto nabave, Stvaranje sponzorstvo / razvoj, Međunarodna licenciranje, marketing, oglašavanje, publicitet i provizija odnosi. Bellator je sa sjedištem u Santa Monici, California i vlasništvu zabava div Viacom, dom svjetskih premijera zabavnih brandova koji povezuju s publikom kroz zanimljiv sadržaj preko televizije, film, online i mobilne platforme.
O Spike:
Spike dostupan je 98.7 milijuna domova i je podjela Viacom Media Networks. Jedinica Viacom (NASDAQ: VIA, VIAB), Viacom Media Networks je jedan od vodećih svjetskih kreatora programa i sadržaja u svim medijima platforme. Spike Internet adresa www.spike.com i up-to-the-minute i arhivske pritisnite informacija i fotografija, posjetite Spike je press stranice na http://www.spike.com/press. Pratite nas na Twitteru spiketvpr za najnovije razbijanje vijesti, iza-scene informacija i fotografija.
O SLAVU:
Osnovan u 2012, SLAVA je u vlasništvu i upravljani od strane GLORY Sports International, (GSI), profesionalna borilačke vještine organizacija i televizijski sadržaj usluga koji ima urede u New Yorku, Denver, London, Amsterdam, i Singapur. SLAVA programiranje je vidio u više 170 teritoriji. SLAVA kickboxing pravila sastoje od mješavine nekoliko borbenih disciplina uključujući Karate, Muay Thai, Tae Kwon Do i tradicionalna Boks. Poput nas na Facebook, Pratite nas na Twitteru GLORY_WS, i posjetite nas online na gloryworldseries.com.
O SAP Center u San Joseu
Smješten u srcu Silicijske doline, SAP centar u San Joseu je vrhunsko sportsko i zabavno mjesto u sjevernoj Kaliforniji. Svake godine, SAP centar ugošćuje oko 175 Događaji featuring profesionalne i amaterske sportaše, Olimpijski sportaši, Grammy nagrada, međunarodni umjetnici snimanje, i niz izvođača koji se sviđaju djeci i obiteljima. SAP centar u San Joseu dom je San Jose Sharksa iz Nacionalne hokejaške lige, kao i San Jose SaberCatsa iz Arena Football lige.. Za više informacija o SAP centru u San Joseu i za popis nadolazećih događaja, posjetite početnu stranicu SAP centar nawww.sapcenter.com.
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Bellator MMA najavljuje značajan događaj u borbi sportske povijesti
PO PRVI put u Americi: MMA i kickboxing APARATUS U ISTOM ARENA, Iste noći, OD SAP Center u San Joseu, KAO ŠTO. O Rujna 19 O SPIKE
Tito Ortiz bitke Liam McGeary za Bellator Poluteškoj Naslov
Četverosjed, Jedna noć poluteškoj Ne. 1 Kandidat turnir Uz Phil Davis, Muhammed 'kralja Mo' Lawal, Emanuel Newton, i Linton Vassell
U Dodatku, Svjetske klase Kickboxing Akcija Uz Bellator & Glory borci Joe Schilling i Paul Daley
SANTA MONICA, Kalif. - Bellator MMA će predstavljati značajan događaj u američkom borbene sportske povijesti na Rujan 19 iz SAP Center u San Joseu, koji će emitirati uživo na Spike. Događaj toliko velika da će uključivati dva polja bitke - a Bellator kavez i Slava kickboxing prsten.
"Ja sam ponosan i počašćen da ovaj doista nevjerojatan događaj mom rodnom gradu San Jose,", Rekao je Scott Coker, Predsjednik Bellator MMA. "Ovaj mega-kartica će imati nešto za svakog borbene sportski fan- MMA legende, zvijezde u usponu, stog turnir, plus mnogi od najboljih svjetskih kickboxers. To će biti nezaboravnu noć za tisuće u nazočnosti i milijunima gledanje kod kuće. "
U glavnom turniru, MMA legenda Tito Ortiz (18-11) će se na Bellator je vladajućeg poluteškoj kralja, Liam McGeary (10-0). To će označiti McGeary prvu obranu svog prestižni naslov.
Ep večeras će izlog četiri muškarca, jednu noć teškoj svjetlo turnir za određivanje Ne. 1 kandidat u podjeli. Sudionici su povratak Muhammed "Kralj Mo" Lawal (15-4, 1 NC), Bivši prvak Emanuel Newton (25-8-1), Uvijek opasni Linton Vassell (15-4-1) a Phil Davis (13-3), koji čini njegov visoko predviđa Bellator debi.
Prvi krug parovi za turnir, kao i više detalja o formatu turnira bit će objavljeni uskoro.
Događaj će također značajka Slava kickboxing napadaje koji će se mnoge od najboljih boraca na svijetu. Naime, Bellator MMA natjecateljima Joe Schilling i Paul "SEMTEX" Daley. Protivnici za Schilling i Daley, kao i dodatne kickboxing Matchups bit će objavljeni uskoro.
Ulaznice za "Bellator MMA: Dinamit "će ići na prodaju Petak, Lipanj 26 s ekskluzivni Pretprodaja odvija u četvrtak, Lipanj 25th. Uz najavu "Bellator MMA: Dinamit!!!,"Coker je stvaranje svoj trijumfalni povratak u sjevernoj Kaliforniji, područje gdje je pionir sport mješovitih borilačkih vještina kao vlasnik Strikeforce.
Seconds Out Promotions Signs Light Heavyweight Powerhouse Marcus Oliveira to a Promotional Agreement
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Dodson and Economides Head Up Vaughan’s Star Studded 23rd May Liverpool Event.
Renowned Liverpool based promoter Stephen Vaughan is clearly determined to raise the bar, for Small Hall Boxing events, to a whole new level, with his latest offering, dubbed ‘NEW ERA – An Evening Of Professional Boxing’, which takes place at the Grand Central Hall in Liverpool, u subotu 23rd Svibanj 2015.
For those that were at Vaughan’s previous event, at the Grand Central Hall back in March, there is no need to stress just how good the event was.
Svibanj 23rd promises much, much more, on paper NEW ERA looks set to not only be a true small hall classic, but also looks likely to set a new standard that very few small hall promotions could possibly match.
Heading up the twelve bout card is Liverpool’s very own Tony Dodson, who will be back in hometown action for the first time since beating Darren Stubbs to secure the IBO Light Heavyweight International title, back in October 2011.
Na 23rd Svibanj, Dodson, who in his previous fight secured a solid points victory over one of the toughest opponents around – the mischievous, yet highly durable, Jody Meikle, will be facing Latvia’s big punching Andrejs Pokumeiko.
In March last year, Pokumeiko secured a good solid points win over Ilford’s Kevin Greenwood at York Hall in London, which is the only points win on his record, every other win has come by way of stoppage victory.
The main support sees Chester’s WBF Intercontinental Champion Paul ‘Spartan’ Economides, in a non-championship contest against Estonia’s Sergey Tasimov.
Back on Vaughan’s previous event Economides put in another top class performance, against Ghana’s two time Commonwealth title challenger Isaac Quaye, on way to securing another sensational second round stoppage victory.
That particular win says a lot about Economides’ power as Quaye hadn’t been stopped on any of his previous thirty six fights, some feat considering Quaye has battled it out with the likes of Commonwealth champion Don Broadhurst, Britanci, Commonwealth and European Champion Kevin Satchell and WBO European Champion Iain Butcher amongst other notable stars.
What’s more, svibnja 2ND Economides went one better, with a clinical first round stoppage of the Czech Republic’s Petr Gyna, at the York Hall in London.
Globe trotting Tasimov, has fought some of the UK’s top stars previously, including interim WBA World Champion Derry Mathews, British and European Champion and upcoming IBF World title challenger Lee Askins, as well as former British and Commonwealth Champion Nicky Booth.
Whilst most cards have a top-flight domestic bout or two heading up the show, the support card is usually made up of local ‘house’ fighters tentatively building their records. Not this card; only three of the undercard fights feature developing talent, the rest are already well and truly established prospects and stars.
One of the most interesting match ups on the card pits Liverpool’s Nick Quigley against … you’ve guessed it, the aforementioned Jody Meikle.
Quigley made short work of his last opponent, Ludvik Gina, sensationally stopping the Czech in just fifty five seconds of the first round.
Don’t think the same will happen against Meikle, but do expect six rounds of truly entertaining boxing, with some mischievousness sprinkled in for maximum effect, based on Meikle’s last outing against Onder Ozgul at York Hall on May 2ND.
Next up is the exciting prospect of watching one of the World’s most successful Kick Boxing stars ever, thirteen time World Champion Marlon Hunt, making his highly anticipated transition to the pro boxing ranks, against Latvia’s Uldis Pucens.
Hunt recently said “After winning 13 Professional World titles in Full Contact Kickboxing, K – 1Rules and Muay Thai and Unifying the Big 5 WBC, ISKA, WAKO PRO, IKF & WKA and winning other mid and low Tier World Titles and various Semi Pro Boxing Titles it’s time to take on the Professional Boxing world. "
Hunt has made clear that he isn’t taking up pro boxing to just make up the numbers, he’s a hundred percent determined to be the first ever four discipline World Champion.
Whilst on the subject of World Champions, Chester’s World Boxing Federation Welterweight World Champ Chris Goodwin is back in action once more, in a non-championship bout, against Finsbury Park, London’s Mark ‘The Flash’ Alexander.
Goodwin, a two division World Champion, will be making his first appearance since beating Georgia’s Mikheil Avakyan to win the coveted WBF World crown back in August.
Aleksandar, who had been training and fighting in America until recently, scored a third round stoppage victory over Tadas Stulginskas on his return to UK action at York Hall in London last October.
Birmingham’s undefeated Lightweight sensation Antonio Counihan is back in the ‘Pool, this time to face Janis Puksins.
Counihan, the former England Amateur Captain, has been nothing but sensational in each of his six previous bouts, stopping five inside the distance, however it was his last performance that proved that the Brummie youngster is destined to rise to the very top.
Back in March, Counihan took on previously unbeaten Czech Lukas Radic, Counihan didn’t just beat Radic, he plain destroyed him in just two minutes and twenty eight seconds of the first round.
Puksins is another globe trotter that should be quite well known to British fans, having fought the likes of former Prizefighter winner Ricky Owen, former WBU, WBF, WBC and Prizefighter Champion Choi Tseveenpurev, British Champ James Dickens and upcoming Commonwealth title challenger Jason Cunningham amongst others.
Another youngster who is fast heading towards World stardom is Liverpool based, Russian Featherweight prospect David Agadzhanyan, who will face former Ghanaian Champion Isaac Osuwu on May 23rd.
Like Counihan, Agadzhanyan has stopped all but one of his previous opponents and coincidently the bout against the one that went the distance, another previously unbeaten prospect Daniel Bazo, featured on Vaughan’s last event.
Što borba, it was something truly special and a fight that many of those in attendance would love to see re-matched sometime in the near future, although have to say the result would probably be the same as Agadzhanyan is a tremendous talent, one that is likely to follow in the footsteps of Gennady Golovkin and Sergey Kovalev – yep, he’s that special.
Since that win, Agadzhanyan totally destroyed Czech Republic’s Josef Redlich, putting the Czech lad down three times before finally stopping him on the two minute and twenty five second mark of the first round, at the York Hall in London on May 2ND.
Liverpool’s former British, Commonwealth and WBF World title challenger Tony Moran is set for his first hometown fight since beating Czaba Andras at the Olympia back in 2005.
Svibnja 23rd Moran will be facing Blackpool’s former WBC United States title challenger Mathew ‘The Rock’ Ellis.
Welsh Middleweight Champion Lee Churcher makes his first Liverpool appearance on May 23rd, against Latvian Zaurs Sadihovs.
Back in March Churcher took on Nottingham’s Matt Scriven, after both their original opponents failed to make their flights to the UK.
Have to say I doubt the original match-ups would have been anywhere near the Battle Royale these two fought out on that night. It was a sensational close fought bout, with both protagonists giving their all in front of a highly appreciative crowd.
Churcher won on points, but have to say the real winners were the fans in attendance on the night, as that was one seriously exciting, all action fight.
Sadihovs, who has a won four, lost two record, however each of the wins came way of first round stoppage victories, including a full blown KO of Olegs Asejevs in January.
Making his third pro outing on May 23rd will be big punching Liverpudlian Featherweight Jay Carney.
Young Carney is proving to be one of the finds of the year, two outings, two fantastic stoppage wins.
Back in December Carney utterly outclassed Patrik Gadzo before stopping him on the one minute and thirty two second mark of the first round.
Then in March followed that great win up with a third round stoppage victory over the highly experienced Petr Gyna. Have to say that was a great fight, young Carney was far more relaxed and just performed perfectly, dominating Gyna for virtually every second the bout lasted.
Carney’s opponent on May 23rd is Dmitrijs Gutsman, is another big puncher, whilst his record is two wins and four losses, it should be noted that the wins both came way of first round stoppage.
Also making his third pro outing on May 23rd is Liverpool’s Lee Boyce, who will be taking on Scunthorpe’s Matthew Pepper.
Back in March Boyce literally destroyed Matus Olah with the very first power shot he threw, a cracking bodyshot that sent Olah down and out after just twenty seconds of the first round.
It should be noted that the power shot from Boyce actually cracked Olah’s rib, so whilst we didn’t get to see much action we now know just how powerful Boyce’s punches are.
Finally making his professional debut on the 23rd May is Liverpool Welterweight Dayle Gallagher, who goes up against Nottingham’s experienced Matt Scriven.
Gallagher is a classy young boxer and Scriven is as tough as they come, so expect fireworks when they go toe to toe.
So there you have it, one seriously great card for what is clearly going to be one seriously great fight night, so now you know it’s time to go and get those tickets because if you miss it, you’ll regret it.
The Stephen Vaughan promoted NEW ERA event takes place at the Grand Central Hall, 35 Renshaw Street, Liverpool, Merseyside L1 2SF, u subotu 23rd Svibanj 2015.
Sankcioniranja za ovaj događaj će biti pod uvjetom ljubaznošću i Malta Boxing komisije (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com
Tickets priced £30 & £40 are available direct from any of the boxers taking part or call Stephen Vaughan on 07789 037802.
Khan Reigns Supreme – Topples Soloninkini, Now Eyes Further Title Challenges
Bradford’s sensational Bantamweight prospect Tasif Khan secured his first Championship accolade, Međunarodni Masters Bantamweight naslov, when he beat Georgia’s Mikheil Soloninkini by unanimous points decision at the iconic York Hall in London last Saturday night.
What really makes this achievement even more special is that Khan only returned to the ring in January this year, Sljedeće dvije godine dopusta iz sporta.
On his return in January Khan scored a decisive first round stoppage victory, over the highly experienced Hungarian Richard Voros, in a bout that also took place at the York Hall.
Khan followed that win up with an equally impressive first round stoppage victory, over Czech Republic’s Ladislav Miko, six weeks later in Liverpool.
Prošlu subotu, whilst it seems everyone else were preparing for the Mayweather-Pacquiao super fight, Khan was taking part in the biggest fight of his career to date.
Right from the off Khan boxed beautifully behind his solid jab to keep his slightly more experienced foe on the back foot.
By midway point Khan began to slow the pace, whilst continuing to keep full pressure on Soloninkini.
Midway through the sixth round, during a rather hectic exchange Khan was a little slow bringing up his gloves, which opened the door for Soloninkini, who let rip with a big right to send Khan to the canvas.
On the restart Soloninkini when in hard in an attempt to finish the still slightly wobbly legged Khan, however the Bradford lad remained calm and collected, whilst the hyper Georgian continued to come forward throwing huge bombs.
During a number of these skirmishes Khan sensibly grabbed hold until referee Lee Murtagh issued the order break. This tactic allowed Khan a little time in order to clear his head.
Soloninkini continued to push hard for the final three rounds, however Khan is one seriously cool character, he just got behind his jab and just plain boxed his way out of danger, each time the Georgian made a forceful foray.
After ten rounds of first class boxing from Khan, judges Ken Curtis 99-94, Obie Garnett 98-90 i Matt Hamilton 98-91, all scored in favour of the new International Masters Champion Tasif Khan.
Speaking from his home earlier Khan spoke about the fight as well as hinted at further Championship forays in the near future.
"Da, I won my first title.
It’s been my dream since I was a kid, osvojivši naslov, hopefully this will be the first of many, nadalje i gore.
Saying that I don’t want to take away the importance of being the International Masters Champion, that was like winning a World title to me that night.
I’ve had a tough two and half years, I’ve come through it, got back fighting this year and now have a belt, yeah I’m really proud of what I’ve achieved.
I was absolutely fine coming into the fight, training went well, I went away with Nadeem Siddique one of my coaches, he’s a professional himself. I had a good training camp abroad, went to Greece,
Came into the fight brilliant, working of my jab, using my jab more as I felt I had a good chance, I was finding it quite comfortable to be honest, I was finding him quite easily with the jab.
He was a tough kid, took some good shots to the body, I found I could walk him down, then I think it was either the third or fourth round I overstretched my right arm, I felt at the time I must have damaged my shoulder, I tried not to show it, but as the rounds went on I struggled to throw big shots.
It wasn’t hurting, it did limit me on my shots as the fight went on, but I think I got a little complacent and gave him the opportunity to catch me with a good shot, it didn’t hurt me at all, but had to see that round through, because I had won every single round but that round, I boxed smart and stayed at a distance when I could and other times let him punch himself out.
To be honest I feel I could have stopped him, with all the pressure and that decided to just box my way through.
I’m really appreciative of my fans as always, they travel down to London in numbers, if all goes well though my next fight will be a lot nearer to home, maybe even Bradford, but I’m always grateful to my fans, even those that are unable to travel to watch me fight in London or Liverpool.
Since day one I’ve had good support, a great fan base, but fighting away all the time makes it hard for everyone to be at every fight, so I’d really love to do something big in Bradford, or at least more local and fingers crossed we’ll get a big title on that show.
I’d like to thank all my team, Martin Stainsby, Bee, Junior Witter, Rijeka (Gianluca Di Caro), Johnny Eames and all those that work behind the scene, I can’t forget to mention my Missus, she puts in all the hard work and puts up with me when I’m on a diet and my family, who have all been so supportive.
Before I forget I want to make a comment, I’ve been boxing since the age of ten, I made my mind up as the years went on that I wanted to really do something in Boxing, I had no intention of just making up the numbers, I had no option, I want to do well and win titles, I want to put Bradford on the map, winning the International Masters title has put me in the right direction, as such I want to dedicate the win to my eldest brother Tahir Khan, because if it wasn’t for him pointing me in the right direction, he’d keep me fit and take me to the gym, he’s the first person to totally support me in boxing, always been there for me and he’s the one that made all this possible.
As I say if it wasn’t for Tahir, I wouldn’t be in boxing and I wouldn’t have this International Masters belt, thank you for everything Tahir, really appreciate everything you’ve done for me.
I’d like to say a big thank you to my sponsors, Kingsland Poslovni oporavak u Bradfordu, Broadway Odvjetnici u Oldham, Kesser Jewelers u Bradford i Vyomax dopunama iz Manchestera, they’ve been brilliant getting behind me so I can concentrate on my boxing.
Finally I would like to say a huge thanks to Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott, who gave me the opportunity to fight for the title on their show.”
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Fight izvješće: Ozgul and Khan Secure Titles In York Hall Thriller
Report by: Gianluca (Rijeka) Di Caro
Neka je to lice, with the amount of column inches dedicated to Mayweather-Pacquiao over the past few weeks, you could easily be forgiven thinking that there were no other boxing events that took place on May 2ND.
Dobro, there was another fight card, and I’m pleased to say that I was at that event – the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted Lords of the Ring event at the iconic York Hall in London.
OK, admittedly York Hall in Bethnal Green doesn’t have anywhere near the cachet of being at such a mega fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but when it comes to drama and excitement, sorry you just can’t beat small hall boxing, especially when it’s at York Hall.
When the event was announced it was due to feature fourteen bouts, but immediately after May-Pac was announced a significant number of the bouts were cancelled, as the fighters wanted to be ringside in Vegas, then in the final build up further fights were off the card, due to injuries, leaving a seven card fight show on the night, or was it.
The card was further reduced on the day, after one of the fights was cancelled on safety grounds – due to a 5kg difference in the weight between the two debuting fighters – and if that wasn’t bad enough Manny Muhammad’s opponent, Rafael Snow failed to turn up, leaving just five fights on the night.
First up was a six rounder between Liverpool based Russian hot prospect David Agadzhanyan, against Czech Republic’s Josef Redlich, who stepped in at the last minute to save the bout, following Ghana’s Isaac Owusu being forced to pull out due to illness.
It took Agadzhanyan just forty five seconds to send Redlich to the canvas for the first time and about the same again to put him down a second time.
Redlich was plain outclassed so no surprise that when he went down for the third time that referee Ken Curtis decided to call a halt to proceedings on the two minute and twenty five seconds mark.
I’ve seen Agadzhanyan in action a couple of times, including the excellent win over then unbeaten Daniel Bazo back in March, so was really looking forward to seeing him in action against Owusu, a tough uncompromising former Ghanaian Champion and Commonwealth title eliminator challenger, but that’ll have to wait until later this month when the rescheduled bout takes place in Liverpool.
Next up was WBF Inter-Continental Champion Paul Economides, u ne-prvenstvo šest višebojca, against another late replacement, Czech Republic’s Petr Gyna, following former British Champ Andy Bell pulling out the week prior and then the original replacement pulling out just two days before the show.
Economides is another class act, so no surprise that Gyna was on the canvas within just thirty seconds, on the restart Gyna decided that attack is the best form of defense, however in taking the fight to Economides he played straight into his hands, literally as Economides punished him with a big right, that sent the Czech down to the canvas for a second and final time, on the one minute and twenty five second mark.
With both the opening fights finishing early and the live TV broadcast not due to start until 9pm, the promoters had no option but to have quite long interval before the next bout, a six round Light Heavyweight contest between Champions TKO’s unbeaten Hackney based Turkish prospect Onder Ozgul and the entertainer himself Jody Meikle.
Throughout the first four rounds Ozgul just walked Meikle down, letting rip with massive right hands at every conceivable opportunity, Meikle is as tough as they come and seemed content to absorb the punishment dished out by the man dubbed ‘Little Mike’ by the Turkish fans.
Ever the joker, Meikle played down the punishment he was taking, happily playing to the crowd, as well as infuriating his opponent, by pulling faces and insinuating that there was no power in the Turkish lads shots, however by the fact that Meikle had toned down his antics, clearly showed that Ozgul shots were indeed having the desired effect.
Meikle toned down the playfulness of his tactics even further in the fifth, as Ozgul stepped up his attacks, putting even more power into his shots.
Right from the start of the sixth it was clear that Ozgul was intent on punishing Meikle even further, backing the Scunthorpe man onto the ropes before letting rip with big double handed flurries, one of which, a cracking body shot, literally knocking the wind out of Meikle and forcing him to take to one knee.
On the restart Ozgul went in for the finish, this time Meikle went defensive, no further playing to the crowd, to see it through to the final bell.
After six highly entertaining rounds Referee Ken Curtis scored the bout 60-53 in favour of Ozgul.
I thoroughly enjoyed the fight, I know it wasn’t a classic, but boy oh boy it was very entertaining.
The fourth bout of the night see Bradford’s Tasif Khan in Championship action for the first time, against Georgia’s Mikheil Soloninkini, for the International Masters Silver bantamweight title.
Khan started fast, boxing beautifully behind his jab the Bradford man kept his slightly more experienced foe on the back foot for the majority of the bout.
By midway point Khan slowed the pace slightly, at the same time keeping the pressure on Soloninkini, however about midway through the sixth, during a routine exchange Khan was a little slow bringing up his gloves, leaving an opening for the Georgian to let rip with a big right, which sent Khan to the canvas.
On the restart Soloninkini went full out in attack, Khan remained calm and got behind his jab again, the Georgian was well hyped and continued to come forward at pace before throwing huge bombs.
During these skirmishes Khan sensibly grabbed hold until referee Lee Murtagh issued the order break. This tactic worked and Khan was able to clear his head enough to turn control back round to himself.
Khan had his hands full for the final three rounds though, as Soloninkini had the bit between his teeth and was pushing hard, however Khan is a cool character and seemed content to box of the back foot each time the Georgian made a forceful foray.
After ten rounds of excellent boxing, the judges scorecards read – Ken Curtis 99-94, Obie Garnett 98-90 i Matt Hamilton 98-91, all in favour of Tasif Khan.
Jennifer Burton, the Northern Region Secretary of the Malta Boxing Commission, presented the familiar blue International Masters belt to the victorious Tasif Khan.
Have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the fight, even though it was quite one sided for a lot of the time, let’s face it that’s not a statement on the quality of Soloninkini, as his pedigree is well known, this kid’s a tough nut to break, as proved by having taken Jamie Williams the distance, when they fought for the Bronze Masters back in March, as well as fought the sensational Charlie Edwards a couple of weeks later, but to my mind the one-sidedness of the fight as well as the result shows just how good Tasif Khan fought.
The headline fight of the night see a rematch between Champions TKO’s unbeaten Hackney based Turkish prospect Siar Ozgul, yep brother to the aforementioned Onder, against Nottingham’s Matt Scriven and this time there was a Championship on the line – The MBC International Welterweight title.
When these two first fought, back in October last year, it was an out and out war, Ozgul won but the rounds were so close it could have been a very different result.
The bout started in a very similar manner to their October showdown, neither man wanting to concede any ground, however just before the end of the first round Ozgul let rip with a massive right to Scriven’s body, which forced the Nottingham man to cover up to see the round to it’s conclusion.
The shot to the body must have really hurt Scriven as he seemed more intent on defense, rather than full on attack, from the start of the second, a pattern that remained for the rest of the bout.
Ozgul made most of the running throughout, however Scriven more than held his own during the many skirmishes that ensued, although have to admit he was a little more cautious than during the opening round.
After ten rounds of superb boxing the judges scorecards were read out – Lee Murtagh and Matt Hamilton scored the bout 100-90 and Obie Garnett 100-88 all in favour of Siar Ozgul.
This was followed by the presentation of the MBC International belt to Siar Ozgul by his fellow Champions TKO gym mate and the current MBC International Super Bantamweight Champion Marianne Marston.
All in all I thoroughly enjoyed the event, especially the final three bouts, however I was a bit disappointed that some of the planned fights, such as those featuring Iain Weaver, Antonio Counihan, Mark Prince, George Hillyard and the aforementioned Marianne Marston, failed to materialize, because to my mind if they had taken place I feel this almost certainly would have been one of the best shows at York Hall this year, as it was it still was a highly enjoyable and entertaining evening of pugilistic action and a fitting prelude to the May-Pac fight, which promoters Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott arranged for the boxers, their teams and attendees of the event to watch live via satellite at a private function room.
Ritehook Promocije donosi boks natrag na zaljev s obitelji Fight Night
Biloxi, MS (Travanj 30, 2015) - U subotu navečer, kada je većina boksački svijet je zalijepljen na TV gledajući Floyd Mayweather-Manny Pacquiao superfight, oni u Mississippi zaljev će imati priliku ne samo svjedočiti povijesnu borbu, ali i uživati u vrhunskoj talent pred vlastitim očima.
Živjeti u Hard Rock Hotel u Biloxi, Ritehook Promocije će s ponosom predstaviti "Slatki Znanost 3". Događaj je otvoren za djecu svih uzrasta, ali svi maloljetnici moraju biti u pratnji odrasle osobe iznad 30. Uz veliki broj promotora dolaze i odlaze u Gulf Coast, Ritehook Promocije direktor William Hunter je posvećen boksu za povratak u Magnolia državi.
Headlineri ovaj obiteljski prijatelj događaj će biti obračun između visoko krišom promatrati Radivoja "Hod Rod" Kalajdžića i lokalne spojler William Johnson. Kalajdžića je bio savršeni do sada kao profesionalac, sastavljanje evidenciju 17-0 ali će biti ispitan od strane 50-plus borbi veterana koji je suočen mnoge vrhunske protivnike.
U polu-glavni događaj, Ritehook Promocije Prospect Manny "Shake em 'Up" Woods će pokušati uzeti još jedan korak prema tvrdnji kad on trgovi off protiv granita čeljusti Aaron Anderson. Neustrašivi Woods ima solidan 12-3-1 stručne knjige i želi se boriti najbolje.
Tony Johnson Jr.. zadovoljava prosijeda veteran Marvin Hunt preko četiri kola u teškoj posebnu atrakciju borbe. Nashville, TN temelji Johnson 1-0 kao boksač, ali je najpoznatiji kao top MMA borac u organizaciji Bellator.
Obožavatelji će također doći da uživaju odvojene djeluje sa Mike Bissett, Joey Bryant, Cameron Springer i Tom Howard.
"Boks je popularnost u usponu ukupnom i Mayweather-Pacquiao odvijaju iste noći kao naš kartice, kamata na Subota, Svibanj 2 će biti na sve-vrijeme visoke,", Rekao je lovac. "Ritehook Promocije temelji iz ovog područja i imamo dobar odnos ne samo sa zajednicom i mjesto održavanja, ali borci smo promicanje. Oni koji dolaze na Hard Rock Subota Večer će se vidjeti talentiranih boraca u Radivoje Kalajdžića, Manny Woods i Mike Bissett plus čovjek koji smatram najveći spavač izglede u boks Tony Johnson Jr. "
"Tony je najbolje ocijenjene MMA borac i 1-0 kao boksač. Ja doista vjerujem da je Bo Jackson boksu. Cilj je da bi mu naslov borbi trenutku on je 10-0 i učiniti ga prvi dual sport prvaka. Ako to već niste učinili, dobili svoje ulaznice sada, jer smo gotovo rasprodane!"
Ulaznice početi na samo $35 a mogu se kupiti na Ticketmaster.com, u Hard Rock Box Office ili pozivom228-217-5555. All ticketholders are invited to stay at the Hard Rock following the live fights and watch Mayweather-Pacquiao on a 35-foot screen.
Za više informacija, go to Ritehookpromotions.com.
Khan-Soloninkini Battle For Title Supremacy In London This Saturday
Bradford’s exciting Bantamweight prospect TASIF KHAN is set to challenge for his first title ove subote, when he takes on Georgian #1 ranked MIKHEIL SOLONINKINI, for the vacant International Masters Silver Bantamweight Championship, on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted LORDS OF THE RING event at the iconic York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London on May 2nd.
Khan earned the title shot with a pair of sensational first round stoppage wins earlier this year, following his return from a two year sabbatical from the sport.
In January this year, Khan dispatched Hungarian #2 ranked Richard Voros in just one minute and five seconds of the first round at the York Hall, then two months later followed up with an almost identical stoppage victory, this time in one minute and fifteen seconds of the first round, over the Czech Republic’s Ladislav Miko at the Grand Central Hall in Liverpool.
Originally Khan was to face Patrik Bartos, however the Czech lad was TKO’d by Andrew Cain, on the undercard of Derry Mathews WBA title fight, at the Echo Arena, a couple of weeks ago.
Bartos’ replacement, Mikheil Soloninkini, has been quite a regular figure on the UK scene, having fought here four times in the past year, including an unsuccessful challenge for the International Masters Bronze title, which he lost out on points to Jamie Williams back in March.
Speaking from his home earlier, Khan appeared unperturbed with the late change of opponent.
“It’s a shame, I had been preparing for Patrik Bartos, but what can I say he got stopped and has a twenty eight day suspension, these things happen.
I would have preferred if we’d known earlier who was going to replace Patrik, but three potential opponents backed out last week and then a fourth that had been proposed got knocked back by the MBC as not suitable.
Luckily though this new lad agreed terms u utorak and now the fight is set and ready to go, Ja ne mogu čekati.
I’m not expecting it to be a quick finish like the past two fights, they were four and six rounders, this time I’ll have to pace myself just in case I have to go the full ten rounds, but if the chance comes, I’ll take him out early.
Trainings been great, always is, Ja sam spreman i raring ići, can’t wait.
My fans are great so far this year they’ve come out in force to support me in London and Liverpool and Saturday they’ll be back in London again, I can’t thank them enough, they’re a great bunch that really get behind me, making plenty of noise, letting me know that they’re there, they’re really are brilliant and I’ll thank them the best way I know, winning the title.
I’d like to say a big thank you to my sponsors, Kingsland Poslovni oporavak u Bradfordu, Broadway Odvjetnici u Oldham, Kesser Jewelers u Bradford i Vyomax dopunama iz Manchestera, they’ve been brilliant getting behind me so I can concentrate on my boxing.
Finally I have just been told that Mark and Billy (Promoters Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott) have arranged a function room so that everyone can watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight live after my fight, so if you haven’t got tickets yet, you know what to do, either call me or get down to York Hall u subotu as there are still some tickets available. "
Tasif Khan versus Mikheil Soloninkini, for the vacant International Masters Bantamweight Championship, co-headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James Elliott-mudar Dečki Promocije Gospodari prstena događaja, koja se odvija u Yorku dvorani u Bethnal Green, London je u subotu 2ND Svibanj 2015.
Sankcioniranja za ovaj događaj će biti pod uvjetom ljubaznošću i Malta Boxing komisije (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com
Ulaznice po cijeni £ 35 (Standardna sjedala) i £ 65 (Ring) are available direct from Tasif on 07756 311857, or at the venue on the night or pre-book on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com ili nazovite TKO liniju karata na 07960 850645
Tickets for the after event private viewing of the Mayweather-Pacquiao super fight live via satellite, that cost just £10, will be available for purchase at York Hall on the Saturday night.
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FOTOGRAFIJE
6698 – Tasif Khan in action against Richard Voros at York Hall in January.
FOTO KREDIT
Please feel free to use all photos supplied – photo credit is not required but should you do so, please credit – Gianluca (Rijeka) Di Caro