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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, Inde, 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, contre des adversaires encore à nommer.


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 (UMA) 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.

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

En 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 (UMA) 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.

L'événement, which is sponsored by Pearls Tearoom and Patisserie, Knight Ryder, Insane Air and Quantuma, sera diffusée en direct surwww.go-boxing.net à partir de 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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Nigeria amateur Standouts Efe Ajagba et Efetobor Apochi Devenez Les derniers combattants à se joindre Ringstar Sport Liste des combattants

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LOS ANGELES (Juillet 27, 2017) – Accompli amateur Poids super-lourd et 2016 Olympien bande dessinée Ajagba et son compatriote nigérian poids lourd hors concours amateur Efetobor Apochi ont signé sur pour devenir les dernières prometteurs jeunes combattants à se joindre à la Appelez-Star Sportsliste. Les deux combattants feront leurs débuts professionnels sur l'événement Champions Premier boxe en vedette par Victor Ortiz vs. Saul Corral cette Dimanche, Juillet 30 en direct de Rabobank Theater à Bakersfield, Californie.
“Nous ne pouvions pas être plus heureux d'ajouter ces deux jeunes hommes remarquables à la liste des combattants de plus en plus Ringstar,” Schaefer a déclaré Richard, Président-directeur général de Sport Ringstar. “Je l'ai vu ces gars-là en action et je pense que les fans de boxe sont un vrai régal. Ce sont deux des plus grands frappeurs que j'ai vu et nous nous attendons à augmenter rapidement et faire un nom pour eux-mêmes dans leurs divisions respectives.”
Les combattants, qui sera géré par Hall of Famer Shelly Finkel, ont déménagé à Houston, TX travailler avec un entraîneur de renom Ronnie Shields.
“Les deux jeunes hommes ont le potentiel d'être champions du monde,” Ledit Finkel. “Je suis très fier de travailler avec les deux.”
“Je me sens tellement béni d'avoir signé avec Ringstar Sport et Richard Schaefer,” Dit Eph Ajagba. “Je l'ai rêvé de ce jour depuis de nombreuses années et pourtant il est plus que je n'aurais jamais imaginé! Mon temps est venu! Je vais montrer que je suis une force à laquelle il faut compter dans la division des poids lourds.”
“Il est un grand plaisir de faire partie des Sports Ringstar,” Ledit Efetobor Apochi. “Je ne l'ai jamais souhaité quelque chose de plus. Je suis très reconnaissant de cette occasion et je promets de donner aux fans un spectacle!
Né et élevé à Ughelli Delta State, Nigeria, Cartoon Ajagba a commencé la boxe en 2011 à l'âge de dix-sept ans et a rapidement découvert son métier sur cette voie à une 41-2 (30 KOs) record amateur. En 2014, le chasseur 6'6 a été sélectionné pour participer aux Jeux du Commonwealth à Glasgow et est rentré chez lui avec la médaille de bronze. Peu de temps après, Ajagba a pris dans l'or 2015 Tous les Jeux africains à Brazzaville, République du Congo. En 2016, il a remporté l'or lors de l'événement de qualification olympique africaine à Yaoundé, Cameroun, l'atterrissage d'un endroit sur la 2016 l'équipe olympique du Nigeria. Sur Dimanche, Juillet 30, Ajagba fera ses débuts professionnels contre Tyrell Herndon (6-1-0, 2 KOs) dans un choc de poids lourd à 6 rondes.
Aussi né et a grandi dans Ughelli Delta State, Nigeria, Efetobor Apochi a commencé sa carrière de boxe en 2007 et engrangé un nombre impressionnant de 55-6 (54 KOs). Le 5'11 cruiserweight le capitaine 2014 Jeux du Commonwealth et a remporté la médaille de bronze après avoir frappé son premier adversaire au premier tour, bouleversant son second ennemi dans les quarts de finale et de perdre la médaille d'or à terme en demi-finale. Apochi attend avec impatience le début de carrière très prometteur comme il prend Cruiserweight Daniel Mejia dans un 4 tours d'action.