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UK’s Laura Pain set to Challenge Nigeria’s Mary Abbey for International Title Honours 18th Feb

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Former Team GB star Laura Pain is set to challenge for her first International Championship honours, when she faces Nigeria’s Mary Abbey for the World Boxing Foundation (WBF) International Super Flyweight Crown, on the Cestus Events promoted event at City Coast Centre in Portslade, East Sussex this coming Friday, the 18th February 2022.


Pain, who pro debuted just seven months ago in July ’21, is on a fast track for World Championship honours, and quite rightly so as she oozes serious talent from every pore, and what’s more is willing to take on all-comers, as proved by her decision to go toe-to-toe with Mary Abbey, whose record stands at 3-0-0 with all victories coming by way of KO, after her original opponent Ghana’s Leticia Abbott failed to receive her visa in time.


Speaking from her home earlier Pain said, “I can’t wait to get in the ring on Friday.


“I’ve got a tough girl in Mary, but I’m in boxing to climb the rankings and overcome anyone that’s in my way to get to the top.


“I train hard and sacrifice a lot so I’m excited to show my talent and make my mark on the pro scene”


In addition to the exciting Pain versus Abbey World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Championship fight, Promoter Trevor Lake has put together a mouthwatering International undercard that features boxers from Africa, Indien, Poland and of course the UK.


Main support sees Mark Ellins versus Poland’s Pawel Sowik in an eight round Heavyweight Contest.


Co-Main support sees India’s Sandeep Kumar (5-0-0) in action against Ghana’s Ishmael Nettey (3-0-0) in a six round Super Middleweight contest.


Local Light Heavyweight John Marvin is set to make his professional debut against India’s Nishant Sharma and Londoner Henry Johnson is set to make his debut against India’s Akashdeep Singh, also in action will be Indian Heavyweight Ranjeet Singh and Parmod Kumar, gegen noch zu benennende Gegner.


Laura Pain versus Mary Abbey, for the vacant World Boxing Foundation (WBF) Super Flyweight International Championship headlines the Trevor Lake Cestus Events promoted Friday Fight Night event at the City Coast Centre in Portslade, East Sussex this coming Friday, the 18th February 2022.


The event will be streamed live at www.youtube.com/CestusEventsTV


Tickets are available from any of the boxers competing or please call the Cestus Ticket Line on 07473 173634
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Khan to Defend World Crown Against Rios in Bradford this Saturday 7th Sept

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Bradford’s four time, two division World Champion Tasif Khan returns to his home town this coming Saturday, where he is set to face Mexico’s Luis Alberto Rios at St Georges Hall on the 7th September in his first defence of the World Boxing Union (WBU) World Super Flyweight Crown he secured in Lagos, Nigeria via a third round knockout over Ghana’s Asamoah Wilson last December.

Khan (17-1-2), who is promoted by Prince Stanley Williams’ Pennsylvania and London based Monarch Events and Promotions, has stopped ten of his opponents, more importantly his last seven opponents which includes everyone he has fought for World Championship honours.

Rios (25-5-1) is tough and a big puncher with an impressive KO count, in his case seventeen.

Rios secured the Panamanian title on just his eighth fight, he then won both the Panamanian and WBA Fedalatin Minimum Weight titles on his next outing and followed that up on his next fight with WBO Latino Minimum weight title.

In 2012 he won the WBC Latino Light Flyweight title against Arnoldo Solano and then successfully defended it against Luis Carilio.

In 2013 he unsuccessfully challenged John Riel Casimero for the IBF World Light Flyweight title before successfully winning the WBC FECARBOX Flyweight title in 2014 and a year later added the Panamanian Flyweight title and then went on to win the WBC Latino Flyweight title but came up short when he fought Otto Games for the IBA World Bantamweight title last year.

Besides Khan-Rios World title fight, there are two further Championships fights this Saturday.

Nigeria’s Sule Olagbade defends his Super Welterweight WBU Super Welterweight World Crown against France’s Fouad El Massoudi and Australia based Nigerian King Davidson defends his WBU Interim Middleweight World title against Mexico’s Fernando Castaneda.

Supporting the three World Championship bouts Prince Stanley Williams has put together a seriously mouthwatering International undercard;

Ghana’s highly rated Cruiserweight Briamah Kamoko (30-1-0) is set for a ten round battle Royale with Hungary’s Ferenc Albert (27-16-0) and also boxing in the Cruiserweight division is Dubai’s Mohammad Ali Bayat Farid who goes toe-to-toe with Germany’s Rojhat Bilgetekin.

There are also two Heavyweight contests on the bill, Germany’s Rad Rashid against fellow German Hasan Kurnaz and Avni Selimi, also from Germany, against Lithuanian Tomas Vaicickas.

Tasif Khan versus Luis Alberto Rios for the World Boxing Union (WBU) World Super Flyweight Championship, headlines the Prince Stanley Williams’ Monarch Events and Promotions THE HOMECOMING, at St Georges Hall, Bridge Street, Bradford BD1 1JT on Saturday 7th September 2019.

Das Ereignis, which is sponsored by Pearls Tearoom and Patisserie, Knight Ryder, Insane Air and Quantuma, wird live gestreamt werdenwww.go-boxing.net von 7:30pm on Saturday 7th September.

Standard tickets priced £20.00, £25.00, £30.00 as well as VIP £60.00 and VIP Ringside £100.00 are available on-line atwww.bradford-theatres.co.uk or by calling the Ticket-Line on 01274 432000 and also limited tickets will be available on the door.

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Nigerian Amateur Standouts Efe Ajagba and Efetobor Apochi Become Latest Fighters to Join Ringstar Sports Roster of Fighters

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LOS ANGELES (Juli 27, 2017) – Accomplished Super Heavyweight amateur and 2016 Olympier Cartoon Ajagba and fellow Nigerian Heavyweight amateur standout Efetobor Apochi have signed-on to become the latest promising young fighters to join the Rufen Sie Star SportsDienstplan. Both fighters will make their professional debuts on the Premier Boxing Champions event headlined by Victor Ortiz vs. Saul Corral dies Sonntag, Juli 30 live vom Rabobank Theatre in Bakersfield, Kalifornien.
“Wir könnten nicht aufgeregter sein, diese beiden herausragenden jungen Männer in die wachsende Liste der Ringstar-Kämpfer aufzunehmen,” sagte Richard Schaefer, Vorsitzender und CEO von Ringstar Sports. “Ich habe diese Jungs in Aktion gesehen und ich denke, Boxfans werden eine echte Freude haben. Dies sind zwei der größten Hitter, die ich je gesehen habe, und wir erwarten, dass sie schnell aufsteigen und sich in ihren jeweiligen Abteilungen einen Namen machen.”
Die Kämpfer, wer wird von Hall of Famer Shelly Finkel verwaltet, sind nach Houston gezogen, TX arbeitet mit dem renommierten Trainer Ronnie Shields zusammen.
“Beide jungen Männer haben das Potenzial, Weltmeister zu werden,” sagte Finkel. “Ich bin sehr stolz darauf, mit beiden zusammenzuarbeiten.”
“Ich fühle mich so gesegnet, mit Ringstar Sports und Richard Schaefer unterschrieben zu haben,” sagte Efe Ajagba. “I have dreamed of this day for many years and yet it is bigger than I could have ever imagined! My time has come! I will show I am a force to be reckoned with in the heavyweight division.”
“It is a big pleasure to become a part of Ringstar Sports,” said Efetobor Apochi. “I have never wished for anything more. I am so grateful for this opportunity and promise to give the fans a show!
Born and raised in Ughelli Delta State, Nigeria, Efe Ajagba began boxing in 2011 at the age of seventeen and quickly discovered his craft on this way to a 41-2 (30 KOs) Amateur-Rekord. In 2014, the 6’6 fighter was selected to compete in the Commonwealth Games held in Glasgow and went home with the bronze medal. Kurz danach, Ajagba took gold in the 2015 All African Games in Brazzaville, Republic of the Congo. In 2016, Er fuhr fort, Gold bei der afrikanischen olympischen Qualifikation in Yaounde zu gewinnen, Kamerun, Landung ihn einen Platz auf dem 2016 Nigerianische Olympiamannschaft. Auf Sonntag, Juli 30, Ajagba wird sein professionelles Debüt gegen Tyrell Herndon geben (6-1-0, 2 KOs) in einem 6-Runden-Schwergewichts-Kampf.
Ebenfalls im Ughelli Delta State geboren und aufgewachsen, Nigeria, Efetobor Apochi begann seine Boxkarriere in 2007 und sammelte eine beeindruckende Aufzeichnung von 55-6 (54 KOs). Das 5'11 Cruisergewicht war Kapitän der 2014 Commonwealth Games und nahm die Bronze mit nach Hause, nachdem er seinen ersten Gegner in der ersten Runde ausgeschaltet hatte, Er störte seinen zweiten Gegner im Viertelfinale und verlor im Halbfinale gegen den späteren Goldmedaillengewinner. Apochi freut sich auf den Beginn einer vielversprechenden Profikarriere, als er in vier Runden gegen das Cruisergewicht Daniel Mejia antritt.