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Архівы: WBA
VLADIMIR TIKHONOV MAKING PROGRESS UP THE RATINGS LADDER; RUSSIAN IS LUCKY NO. 13 IN WBA
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Moises Chucky Flores remains undefeated winning IBO title wants Rigondeaux next
Photo By Team Pro Box Management
WINDHOEK, NAMIBIA (Чэрвеня 12, 2016) – Last night at the Ramatex Factory in Windhoek, Намібія, Mexico’s super-bantamweight standout, Мойзес “Чакі” Кветкі (25-0, 17 КО) remained undefeated with a 12-round unanimous decision over hometown hero, Paulus Ambunda (24-2, 10 КО). With the victory Flores captured the IBO championship and retained his WBA interim title.
Кветкі, who hails from Guadalajara, Мексіка, controlled the action from the opening round. Flores scored three knockdowns throughout the fight using superior boxing skills while applying pressure to keep Ambunda off balance. As Flores mounted a substantial lead he never looked back. Пачытаныя табліцы 115-110, 115-111 і 114-111, all in favor for Flores.
“It’s never an easy task going into someone’s hometown and getting the victory,” said Moises “Чакі” Кветкі. “I had complete faith in myself, as did my team, fighting Ambunda in his hometown. We knew we had to dominate the fight to win on the judges’ сістэмы паказчыкаў. He’s a durable fighter with a lot of heart but I was not going to be denied tonight. I want to be recognized as the next great fighter from Mexico. Мне трэба Гільерма Рыгонды next.”
Guided by Pro Box Management’s Gary Jonas і Henry Rivalta, a fight with Rigondeaux is on the horizon. У цяперашні час, Flores is the mandatory challenger to fight Rigondeaux, who is the current WBA Super Champion at super-bantamweight.
“Flores once again proved he’s an elite fighter winning in Ambunda’s backyard.” said Gary Jonas. “Now we are focused on getting in the ring with Rigondeaux. Flores is the WBA interim champion and he’s hungry to become the super champion. Right now we are in talks with team Rigondeaux to get this fight made. Chucky is ready to take over the 122-pound division.”
One on One with Beibut Shumenov
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WBA cruiserweight world champion wants
Denis Lebedev fight to happen this summer
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Лас-Вегасе (Чэрвеня 5, 2016) – Сусветная баксёрская асацыяцыя (WBA) Чэмпіён свету ў цяжкай вазе Шумны Бакбо(17-2, 10 КО) stopped No. 11-намінальны Junior “Ураган” Райт (15-2-1, 12 КО) у 10й раунд іх мая 21вуліцаtitle fight to remain mandatory challenger for unified WBA Super/International Boxing Federation (IBF) Чэмпіён свету ў цяжкай вазе Дзяніс Лебедзеў (29-2, 22 КО). The WBA mandated a Lebedev-Shumenov fight within 120 дзён of May 21. Шумны, 32, з'яўляецца 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian who lives and trains in Las Vegas. During his 9-year professional boxing career, Shumenov has defeated four world champions – Габрыэль Кампильо, Байран Мітчэл, Уільям Джоппи і Montell Грыфін – а таксама сем сусветных прэтэндэнтаў тытул. Ён 8-2 (4 КО) у баях тытул чэмпіёна свету
Below find a one-on-one interview with Shumenov:
(Photo by Yumio Yamada)
Evaluate your performance against Junior Wright in your last fight?
BS: “I am 100-percent a completely different fighter than in my previous fight against B.J. Кветкі. Але, at the beginning of this fight, I had a little bit of ring rust. The inactivity is really hard for me. I would like to be busier and fight more often. I already started training and doing light exercises, right after my fight on May 21st. In my next fight, I will be even more different fighter against Lebedev.”
How does it feel to be the only fighter from your country to be 2-division world champion?
BS: “I don’t really think about those things. My main goal is to unify all of the titles and fight all the best fighters.”
You’ve always wanted to unify as a way of determining who the best or real champ is. У 20-11, you almost fought a unification as WBA light heavyweight but then-WBO champion Juergen Braehmer who suddenly went home a few days before the scheduled unification fight. How does it feel to know that you will be fighting Lebedev for WBA super and IBF cruiserweight titles within 120 дзён з траўня 21?
BS: “This has always been my goal – to unify – and I’m motivated even more knowing that I am going to fight for those two titles very soon.”
Do you think a deal will be made between your manager, Al Haymon and Lebedev’s promoter, Andrei Ryabinsky, or will it go to purse bid?
BS: “It doesn’t concern me, whether it goes to a purse bid, or where the location is. Аднак, I hope the parties can get the best deal worked out for everyone involved.”
If Lebedev doesn’t want to fight you and he relinquishes his WBA super title belt, where do you go from there, fight second-mandatory challenger Yunier Dorticos?
BS: “I have heard rumors that Lebedev doesn’t want to fight me and, if this is true and he relinquishes his WBA Super belt, then I want to fight Dorticos because every organization should only have one champion in each division. I hope this isn’t the case, as I have been waiting to fight Lebedev since I won the WBA interim title (mandatory) back in July of 2015. The WBA has ordered us to fight within 120 дзён of May 21st. Я гатовы, willing and able to fight him and I hope he is ready, таксама.”
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World champion Beibut Shumenov to defend title vs. Junior Wright this Saturday night in Las Vegas
 Лас-Вегасе (Мая 18, 2016) – Сусветная баксёрская асацыяцыя (WBA) Часовы чэмпіён свету ў цяжкай Шумны Бакбо (16-2, 10 КО) makes his first title defense у гэтую суботу ноч (Мая 21) against WBA No. 11-намінальны Junior “Ураган” Райт (15-1-1, 12 КО) at The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.“I’m happy to get the opportunity to fight у гэтую суботу ноч,” Шумны сказаў, “but I wish that I could fight more often. I’ve been ready since January. Every training session I gain new knowledge. I am a completely different fighter than in my last fight.”
Shumenov’s last fight was back in July, in which he defeated B.J. Кветкі (31-1-1, 20 КО) by 12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas to capture the vacant WBA Interim title, making the former WBA light heavyweight champion Shumenov the first professional boxer from Kazakhstan to be a two-division world champion.
By becoming the WBA Interim cruiserweight champion, Shumenov also became the No. 1 ranked mandatory challenger for WBA Super cruiserweight titlist Дзяніс Лебедзеў (28-2, 21 КО), who also fights у гэтую суботу in Russia against International Boxing Federation (IBF) чэмпіён Віктар Эміліо “Тайсан дэ Abasto” Рамірэс (22-2-1, 17 КО) in a unification match.
The WBA has already mandated that the Lebedev-Ramirez must fight Shumenovwithin 120 дзён. The WBA, аднак, has failed to explain why it also declared a WBA “рэгулярны” cruiserweight world title fight ў гэтую пятніцу night in France between No. 2 Юниер Дортикос і Няма. 5 Юрый Каленга (since upgraded to No. 3), especially after announcing that it would work this year to have only one world champion in each weight class.
Шумны, вядома, is risking his mandatory position by fighting Wright, the former 5-time Chicago Golden Gloves champion. “I need to stay active,” Shumenov explained why he’s taking such a risk. “Кожны бой, I gain experience and it also helps me develop my fighting skills.”
 The 12-round Shumenov vs. Wright title fight is on the non-televised portion of The Cosmopolitan show.
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WBA Interim Champ Zhakiyanov and Camp Respond to ‘Blatantly False’ Rumors Being Spread by Super Flyweight Contender Zolani Tete
Interim WBA World Bantamweight Champion Zhanat “ZZ” Zhakiyanov (26-1, 18 КО) 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, Казахстан, 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 Чэрвеня 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). Акрамя таго, 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 фунт. 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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Crolla scores stunning 7th round stoppage to retain Lightweight title in headliner on AWE–Багацце забаў
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Former world title challenger Martin Murray plus WBC International Silver Welterweight title clash added to Crolla – Barroso Lightweight world title ; Pulev – Chisora twin-bill this Saturday on AWE-A Wealth of Entertainment
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Barroso and Camp Offer Sincere Respect for ‘Future Former Champion’ Crolla
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WBA Interim cruiserweight world champion & Mandatory challenger Beibut Shumenov protests Dorticos-Kalenga WBA “рэгулярны” world cruiserweight title fight
 Лас-Вегасе (Красавіка 29, 2016) – Сусветная баксёрская асацыяцыя (WBA) Interim cruiserweight world champion Шумны Бакбо (16-2, 10 КО), the only Kazakhstan-native to hold world titles in two different weight classes, is disputing the WBA’s sanctioning of the WBA “рэгулярны” cruiserweight world championship fight, Мая 20 у Парыжы, between two lower-ranked WBA fighters, Ня. 2 Юниер Дортикос і Няма. 5 Юрый Каленга (recently upgraded to No. 3).У ліпені мінулага года, Shumenov defeated B.J. Кветкі by way of a 12-round unanimous decision to become the mandatory challenger for WBA “рэгулярны” у цяжкай вазе Дзяніс Лебедзеў, who was later elevated to “Супер” чэмпіён.
Lebedev hasn’t fought a mandatory defense на працягу аднаго года, Па іроніі лёсу, when he won a 12-round decision over Kalenga, who had earned his world title shot, like Shumenov, by becoming WBA Interim world champion. The WBA granted Lebedev an extension in terms of his due mandatory defense because of the Russian’s unification fight Мая 21 in Moscow against International Boxing Federation (IBF) тытула Victor Emelio Ramirez.
“I’m very disappointed the WBA is sanctioning Dorticos-Kalenga for its ‘regular’ cruiserweight title, when I am the No. 1 ranked and current WBA Interim champion,” Шумны сказаў. “I repeatedly informed the WBA through emails, texts and verbally that I was ready to fight back in January. I preferred to fight Lebedev but I was willing to fight Dorticos or anybody else in the top 15. For the past few months, I’ve been laboring over what I believe is a very bad decision, letting two lower-ranked fighters, Няма. 2 і Няма. 3 хлопцы, fight for the WBA ‘regular’ назву. I am shocked and bewildered and do not understand the WBA’s rationale to have either of these fighters declared the WBA ‘regular’ champion without first defeating either Lebedev or me, the Interim champion and No. 1 rank contender.
“I appealed the decision but, so far, the WBA has done little in response to my appeals other than delay and stall before finally ruling that I will fight the Lebedev-Ramirez winner months from now, яшчэ, ignoring my appeal to stop the regular title status of Dorticos-Kalenga and still sanction a fight between them, its No. 2 і Няма. 3 rated fighters, for the WBA ‘regular’ назву. This is unfair to fans, who deserve to watch the best fighting the best, especially when a world championship is at stake! We now have this odd situation where there will be three separate WBA cruiserweight fights in May, all for a different version of WBA world title I just don’t feel anyone should get the WBA ‘regular’ title without first defeating a champion or at least the top-ranked fighter in the division. The WBA knew I was and am ready to fight. Its decision makes no sense and, па-мойму, diminishes the prestige and meaning of the title. I have respect for Dorticos and Kalenga but I think the legitimacy of any world title resulting from a fight between the No. 2 і Няма. 3 ranked contenders, when the No 1 mandatory contender who already holds the WBA Interim champion is ready and available, to say the least, is highly questionable.
“The WBA told me and announced to the media that it was working to have only one world champion in each division. While I’ve been sitting out the last four months waiting to fight, the WBA has decided to allow six different guys to fight for тры WBA cruiserweight world titles, practically on the same day, instead of crowning only one WBA cruiserweight world champion. I look forward to returning to the ring and my manager, Аль Haymon, has advised me that I will fight in May and we will announce next week. I want to thank everyone for their support and I apologize to my family, сябры, fans and my country, Казахстан, for this chaos the WBA has caused that has damaged and delayed my professional boxing career. I will move forward and continue to fight inside the ring, letting my attorneys and manager fight this unfair situation outside the ring.”
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