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United Fight Alliance Returns to Turkey June 17th for World-Class MMA & Kickboxing

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TAMPA, Fla. (June 8, 2021) – United Fight Alliance (UFA) has announced it is heading back to Turkey to carry the June 17th MMA World Mix Fight world-class event, featuring professional mixed-martial-arts and kickboxing, at Illusion in Antalya, Turkey.

UFA CEO Jordan “Jay” Adams will be calling all the action from cageside, live on TV 8.5 in Turkey, and taped-live to tentatively air on the UFA network in July across the United States.

“We’re thrilled to be working with Turkey’s MMA World Mix Fight Organization,” Adams said. “They have been waiting a long time to produce this show. Their enthusiasm and anticipation is over the top. I can tell they can’t wait to present their athletes to the rest of the world. We now get to see their skill sets as only the region’s’ best will be on the card.  Afghanistan, Morocco, Georgia, Iran, Turkmenistan, Angola, Iraq and of course, Turkey, are all well represented in the cage on June 17th in Antalya Turkey. United Fight Alliance will be there to make sure you don’t miss one second of fights!”

Three MMA World Mix Fight title fights are on tap.  The main event is a battle between Turkey’s Bayram Yalcin (13-2-0) and Habib Karimo (10-1-0), of Afghanistan, for the MMA World Mix Fight Featherweight Championship.

Turkey’s Hamdi “Wolverine” Kuzgun (7-2-0) squares off with Elmahdi Zineddine (11-6-0), fighting out of Germany by way of Morocco, in the co-featured event for the vacant MMA World Mix Fight middleweight title.

The third title fight matches undefeated Turk, Koray Cengiz (8-0-0), against Vaja Matcharashvili (4-4-0), of Georgia, for the vacant MMA World Mix Fight Heavyweight crown.

There are two other scheduled MMA fights on the card: Turkey female strawweight Sedef Arsian (0-1-0 vs. Iranian Fatime Yavari (0-1-0), and Iraq featherweight Hamza Nahma (10-3-0) vs. RussianAkhmed Erzu Akrieve (7-1-0).

Three kickboxing fights are also on tap.  WAKO World kickboxing champion Bahram Rajabzadeh (30-3-1), of Azerbaijan, versus heavyweight Mohammed Amine (25-4-0), fighting out of Morocco by way of Netherland, showcases two of the best kickboxers in Europe.

Turkey’s World kickboxing and Muay Thai champion, Mehmet Koktas (10-3-0), throws down with South African middleweight Mateus Mengue (9-1-0), while Turkish heavyweight Mehmet “Mountain” Ozer (15-5-0) takes on Iranian Muhammad Abdollahpor (9-3-0).  

INFORMATION

Website:  www.UnitedFightAlliance.com

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DON KING’S ANNUAL CHRISTMAS TURKEY GIVEAWAY BEGINS WEDNESDAY: NINE CITIES, SEVEN STATES, FOUR DAYS

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Hall of Fame Promoter, 86, Plays ‘Santa’ For Needy Families

As He Joins Forces with Boca Raton’s Costco

 

Deerfield Beach, FL (Dec. 8, 2017) – A 50-year-plus tradition of donating turkeys to needy families around Christmas time will continue this week when legendary Hall of Fame boxing promoter, Don King and his staff, will visit nine cities in seven states in five days as part of his annual Christmas Turkey Giveaway that begins Wednesday, Dec. 13.

The architect and impresario behind the fabled The Rumble In the Jungle and Thrilla in Manila and countless other historic classic boxing events, King will dole out the thousands of Butterball turkeys in Cleveland, Nashville, New Jersey, Los Angeles, New York, Palm Beach, Fla., Deerfield Beach, Fla., Miami and Las Vegas.

 

“We are here to help those in need,” said King.  “We have been doing this for more than 50 years and it has always been about the people of this great country.  Thanks to our friends at Costco and especially  Boca Raton’s meat manager Chris Chin Young and Costco’s wonderful staff including Kim Serrara, Ed Wiegman, Dani Lauro, Charline Schmidt and Allan Siddons, we will be helping those in need during this holiday season..  God Bless America and Happy Holidays.”

 

Below is the schedule for King’s four-day turkey giveaway:

Wednesday, Dec. 13

Newark, N.J.
188 Irvine Turner Blvd.

Newark, N.J. 07108
Contact:  Carolyn Kelly – 862-262-9240

 

Thursday, Dec. 14

 

New York, N.Y.
National Action Network

106 West 145th Street,

New York, N.Y. 10039

Contact: Patrice Perry – 347-899-0393

 

Friday, Dec. 15

 

Mangonia Park/West Palm Beach, Florida

Palm Beach Jai Alai

1415 45th Street,

West Palm Beach, FL 33407

Contact: Addie Greene – 561-818-1670

 

Deerfield Beach, Fla.

St. Paul United Methodist Church

244 SE 2nd Ave., Deerfield Beach, FL 33441

Contact: Carolyn Lawson – 954-675-6403

 

Miami, Fla.

Griffin Community Center

12220 Griffin Blvd.

North Miami, FL 33161

Contact: Hans Mardy – 305-307-9073

 

Las Vegas, Nev.

Church of the Lord Jesus

1260 Barlett Ave.,

Las Vegas, Nev 89106

Contact: Daphne Sanders – 702-504-4466

 

Nashville, Tenn.

Community Care Fellowship

511 8th Street,

Nashville, Tenn 37206

Contact: Jimmy Adams – 615-601-4857

 

Monday, Dec. 18

 

Los Angeles, Calif.

California Jazz and Blues Museum,

4317 Degnan Blvd.

Los Angeles, Calif 90008

Contact: Barbara Martin – 310-462-1439

 

Cleveland, Ohio

Call and Post

11750 Shaker Blvd.

Cleveland, Ohio 44120

Contact: Dale Edwards – 216-387-2433

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WBC SANCTIONS SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT ELIMINATOR BETWEEN UNDEFEATED DAVID BENAVIDEZ AND ROGELIO MEDINA FOR #2 MANDATORY TO WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP

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Now that sanction has officially been granted, the next fight for red-hot undefeated super middleweight David “El Bandera Roja” Benavidez will be an eliminator for the #2 mandatory challenger spot in the WBC’s world rankings against highly regarded contender Rogelio “Porky” Medina, of Sonora, Mexico.

WBC #1-rated Callum Smith and WBC #2-rated Anthony Dirrell will fight for the vacant 168 WBC Championship (tentatively scheduled for May), the winner of that fight must then face undefeated WBC #3 contender, Avni Yildirim, from Turkey. The champion at the end of those two fights will be mandated to face the winner of the Benavidez vs. Medina eliminator.

For Benavidez (17-0, 16 KOs), who served as chief sparring partner for middleweight champion Gennady Golovkin’s recent preparations to face Danny Jacobs, news of the fight with Medina is a welcome development.

“This is the biggest opportunity of my life and I’m not going to let it go to waste,” said Benavidez. “I’m going to destroy this guy like I do everybody else. I have never trained this hard for a fight and I feel that, come fight time, I’ll be extremely strong and do it up.”

Considered a boxing prodigy by many, the 20-year-old Benavidez, who turned professional at age 16, is the brother of former interim WBA World Super Lightweight Jose Benavidez, and has been trained since age two by his father Jose Benavidez Sr.

Father/trainer Jose says everyone on Team Benavidez is aware of what’s at stake against the formidable Medina, who lost a controversial decision to IBF World Champion James DeGale’s last year, in a fight that many felt Medina won.

“We are excited and working really hard,” he said. “This is the toughest fight of his career, so we’re taking it super serious. This is a big opportunity for us to shine and look good and go to the next level. We were training with Golovkin here in Big Bear (California) and we’ve decided to stay here and keep training until the fight.”

“I know he’s a tough fighter and he’s been in a lot of wars, and he has a lot of experience, but I’m very motivated for this fight,” continued David. “We have a month and a half in training with Golovkin in camp already. Camp with him is hard work and training here in Big Bear gets you to the next level. The hard work I’m doing here will definitely get me this win.”

Promoter Lewkowicz says any remaining questions about young Benavidez will be answered in this fight.

“This is the final test for David Benavidez,” said Lewkowicz. “If he does to this guy what he did to so man other fighters, it will be time for the world to acknowledge that David is going to be a star in boxing. This test will show everyone that he is truly everything we’ve been saying he is since he was a teenager. I am proud of the hard work he is doing and look forward to this great victory.”

Date and site for the fight are being negotiated. More details to follow.

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THE FLOYD MAYWEATHER JR. FOUNDATION PRESENTS: THE THANKSGIVING TURKEY GIVEAWAY AT THE MAYWEATHER BOXING CLUB IN LAS VEGAS

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SATURDAY, NOVEMBER 19TH AT 10:00 AM
A MORNING FULL OF GIVING: 100 TURKEYS WILL BE GIVEN AWAY!
 
WHO:             LEONARD ELLERBE, CEO of Mayweather Promotions
                        FIGHTERS: Ishe Smith, Andrew Tabiti, Kevin Newman, Maurice Lee, 
                        plus more!
 
WHAT:           This holiday season, The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation and Mayweather Promotions invite local families in our community to join us for our Thanksgiving turkey giveaway.
Our mission is to help provide a proper meal to families for Thanksgiving who may be experiencing tough times during the holidays. Each year we put together an initiative to give back to families around Thanksgiving, and this year we decided to put together a  “Thanksgiving Turkey Giveaway.” The giveaway is designed to bring families together for a morning of joyous giving, and help to alleviate the worry and stress that families may endure, due to little or no resources. This year we will provide 100 turkeys to those in attendance. We encourage as many families to join us and we recommend early arrival, to ensure you receive a turkey. We will be joined by some of the Mayweather Promotions boxing stars who will be in attendance to assist with the turkey giveaway and meet with families.
WHEN:          Saturday, November 19th
                        10:00 a.m. PT – Event Begins
WHERE:       Mayweather Boxing Club
                        4020 Schiff Dr.
                        Las Vegas, NV 89103
Follow: The Floyd Mayweather Jr. Foundation for updates and additional information, visit: tfmjf.org, Follow on Twitter: @tfmjf, Facebook: at Facebook.com/tfmjf, Instagram at: Instagram.com/tjmjf and Shots: @tfmjf.