Interim WBA World Bantamweight Champion Zhanat “ZZ” Zhakiyanov (26-1, 18 KOs) and his representatives are now forced to respond to the deliberate falsehoods being distributed by the team around South African super flyweight Zolani Tete. Zhakiyanov of Petropavl, Kasakhstan, is a proud warrior, who has been willing to face anyone from the start of his career. Which is what makes the blatantly false and intentionally misleading allegations by Tete’s camp so infuriating.
Tete and his manager, Mla Tengimfene, have been feeding the media a fictional story that Zhakiyanov recently backed out of a purported fight between the two, supposedly scheduled for Juni 4 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.
One problem.
Zhakiyanov and his people were never even contacted about such a fight. It never existed.
“I have never heard from anyone about this fight,” said Zhakiyanov. “They are saying I can’t make the weight and that’s why I can’t fight him. I was never supposed to fight him! He and his people are telling stories.”
Zhakiyanov’s manager, Philippe Fondu, wonders why the media would even believe such a fight ever existed when a quick check of the WBA rule book would have eliminated all talk of such a match-up.
“There were some unfounded rumors on the net about Zhanat defending against Tete a while ago, but having never received any concrete proposal from anyone, including his new promoter Frank Warren, I never paid any specific attention to these rumors. But let’s be honest here. Zhanat Zhakiyanov is the reigning interim WBA Bantamweight champion and Tete is actually boxing for other world organizations (IBF and/or WBO). Dessuten, Tete is rated #9 in the WBA super-flyweight division (115 lb.). Such a contest could obviously not even be considered, as a WBA Interim 118-lb. champion can only defend his title against a WBA top-15 rated boxer in the 118 lb. division.”
Fondu also says that Zhakiyanov, promoted by Hatton Promotions, is fully capable of making the 118-lb weight limit and welcomes any and all viable fight proposals approvable by the WBA.
“I have been in boxing many years and I understand using the media to get a fighter’s name in print,” continued Fondu, “but they are using the name of a champion and proud representative of his home country of Kazakhstan to do it and it’s not right. Hopefully the media will get more responsible about checking the facts in the future.”
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Marston to Challenge Tshabalala for Her World Crown on July 2nd
Over the past week or so the World’s press have been focusing heavily on the recently announced 9th July Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko WBO-WBA-IBO Unified Heavyweight Championships rematch. Quite rightly so, it’s a huge fight, however just one week earlier, an equally World significant unification bout is also set to take place right here in the United Kingdom.
July 2nd, at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Verden #15 and British #1 ranked Marianne Marston will not only be challenging South Africa’s World Boxing Federation (WBFed) Super Bantamweight World Champion Gabisile Tshabalala for her coveted crown, but will also be aiming to secure the World Boxing Union (WBU), Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) and Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) World accolades.
London based Marston, who was originally due to challenge Unathi Myekeni for the Bantamweight version of the WBFed strap back in December, that was until Myekeni was forced to withdraw following a hand injury, is cleary relishing the belated opportunity, som hun gjorde det klart da hun talte tidligere.
“I cannot thank WBFed President Howard Goldberg enough for making this happen, like me he was so dissapointed when Unathi (Myekeni) pulled out injured last year.
In addition to Howard, I would also lke to thank WIBA President Ryan Wissow, WBU President Don Lewis and Sebastien Pitois from the UBO, as they have been so supportive throughout my career, so to also challenge for their Championships really is so special for me.
I’m forty two now, so honestly thought after Unathi pulled out, that’s it for me, I’ll never get the chance to fight for a World title, OK that’s not quite true, I could have fought for a vacant title, but to me that’s just not good enough, Jeg ønsker å kjempe den beste, I want to beat the World Champion.
I’ve seen video of Gabisile, when she fought Shannon (O'Connell) i 2013, but would very much like to find any video of her when she won the World title last year. I know how much I have changed, fight wise, siden 2013 so really want to see if there are any changes to her style or tactics.
From what I have seen, she’s a classy fighter, very quick hands. When she fought Shannon, she was mainly counter punching, which would suit me, but for some reason I have a feeling she will have a very different approach as a defending Champion.
Uansett, this will be a great fight for the fans, there’s such a contrast in our styles and in my view it’s those differences in style and tactical approach that will make this such a great fight to watch.
British boxing is booming, we have so many World Champions at the moment, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Kell Brook, Carl Frampton, Lee Selby, Liam Smith, Jamie McDonnell, Lee Haskins, Tony Moran, Craig Docherty, Terry Flanagan, Anthony Crolla, James DeGale and of course my old gym mate at the TKO, Billy Joe Saunders.
Obviously they’re all men, so I want to redress the deficit a little and join them, as well as be the first British Female boxer to be crowned World Champion since Jane Couch beat Jaime Clampitt for the IWBF title in 2004.”
Gabisile Tshabalala Vs Marianne Marston for the WBFed, WBU, WIBA and UBO Super Bantamweight Unified World Championship headlines the Russ Brown promoted AS GOOD AS IT GETS event at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK on Saturday 2nd Juli.
This event is sanctioned by the British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) www.boxbiba.com
Billetter: Priced £30 (Standard Sittende) and SOLD OUT (Ringside VIP) er tilgjengelig elektronisk på www.tkoboxoffice.com ogwww.mariannemarston.com
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Kvinne Verden Unification Bout Co-overskrifter 6 desember London Hendelses
London, Englands Marianne Marston er satt for den tøffeste kampen i karrieren hennes til nå, Når hun firkanter off mot Mdantsane, Sør-Afrikas Unathi alene i en verden bantamvekt forening konkurranse, ved York Hall i London, på søndag 6th Desember.
British #1, Marston håpet å utfordre midlertidig WBC bantamvekt Champion Christina Mc Mahon for hennes tittel i oktober, Men Mc Mahon ble tilbudt muligheten til å utfordre Alicia Ashley for WBC Super bantamvekt krone i New York på 29th Oktober, en gylden mulighet til talent Irishwoman bare ikke kunne skru ned.
Uten mesterskap bout på den umiddelbare horisonten Marston hadde bestemt seg for å ta på seg en ikke-mesterskapet bout på York Hall på Oktober 23rd, så tidligere denne måneden ble hun tilbudt muligheten til å utfordre Myekeni i Sør-Afrika tidlig 2016, by World Boxing Federation President Howard Goldberg.
Noen sleip forhandlingene Marston team og London promoter Mark Lyons, sammen med støtte fra sine sponsorer Monarch Communications, BoxFit UK, Optimax og 3X Sports, konkurransen ble kjøpt frem til desember og flyttet til London.
Marston, som sikret seg MBC internasjonale tittelen, så vel som World #24 vurdering, i oktober i fjor med en stenge ute poeng vinne over Marianna Gulyas, å stille henne opp for skudd på en World tittel, Men siden det seier Marston har bare kjempet en gang, slo Riga, Latvias Jekaterina Lecko etter andre runde stans tilbake i august.
Hennes motstander på 6th Desember, Oss alene, er langt mer erfarne, både konkurranse klok, samt Championship klok, og har tidligere hatt både World Boxing Federation og World Boxing Foundation Internasjonale titler så vel som World Boxing Federation Super bantamvekt Verden Crown.
I hennes siste konkurranse, Myekeni kjempet og tapt ved flertallsvedtak til stipendiat sørafrikanske Gabisile Tshabalala for WBFed Super bantamvekt tittel.
Snakker tidligere Marston snakket kort om den kommende kampen,
"Jeg kan ikke begynne å uttrykke hvor glad jeg er for å likevel komme til å kjempe for en verden tittel i år, og det faktum at det vil være en samling av fire titler gjør det enda mer spesielt.
Når Christina fortalte oss at hun har mulighet til å kjempe i Amerika for WBC fulle tittel og som sådan vår kamp ville ikke gå videre i år, Jeg ble virkelig skuffet.
Ikke misforstå jeg er glad for Christina, men fra dag en av de diskusjoner med hennes ledelse vi hadde forberedt for den kampen, alt vi hadde jobbet med var å kjempe henne, Vi prøvde å få en motstander som var lik i stil til henne for kampen august, men slik at det går.
Dessverre har jeg ikke sett noen av Unathi er kamper så vet ikke altfor mye om henne, forhåpentligvis vil vi ha noen video av hennes tittelkamper denne uken, og da kan vi begynne å lete etter egnede sparringspartnere og virkelig få leiren startet.
Jeg kan ikke takke Howard (Goldberg) nok for å gi meg denne muligheten, samt Ryan (WIBA President Ryan Wissow) og Don (WBU & WIBC President Don Lewis) for deres tillater meg å kjempe for sine titler også, samt Mark (Arrangøren Mark Lyons) og mine fantastiske sponsorer Monarch Communications, Optimax, Boxfit Storbritannia og 3X Sports for dem å være rett bak meg og gir meg muligheten til å delta i denne historiske forening bout, hva mer er rett her i London.
Jeg må også takke mine fantastiske fans, de virkelig er fantastisk, så støttende og veldig, veldig bråkete, forhåpentligvis vil vi ha fullt hus på York Hall desember 6th, hvis vi gjør de vil heve taket når jeg slåss, det er sikkert."
Marianne Marston vs Unathi alene for Unified WBU, WBFed, WIBA og WIBC Verdens bantamvekt mesterskap co-overskrift Mark Lyon og Marianne Marston co-forfremmet LET BATTLE starte hendelses på York Hall, Bethnal Green, London på søndag 6th Desember 2015.
Denne hendelsen er sanksjonert courtesy of Malta Boxing kommisjonen (MBC) www.maltaboxingcommission.com
Billetter, priset £ 35 (standard sittende) og £ 65 (Ringside) er tilgjengelig fra hvilken som helst av bokserne som deltar, on-line påwww.letbattlecommence.com og www.mariannemarston.com eller ring 07960 850645