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Jessica McCaskill Gets Her Wish to Face Katie Taylor: Social Media Challenges Turn to Women’s Super Fight on December 13 nyob rau hauv London

Christmas comes a little early this year for hard-punching Warriors Boxing lightweight Jessica ‘CasKILLAMcCaskill.

All year, she and manager/trainer Rick Ramos have been expressing their wish, via social media, to face Irish gold medalist turned professional world champion Katie Taylor.
Rau Wednesday, Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 13, they will get their wish, as Chicago-based McCaskill (5-1, 3 Kos) will challenge Taylor (7-0, 4 Kos) for her WBA Lightweight Championship at York Hall in London, Hais, and live before a massive audience on Sky Sports.
I’m relieved. I’ve been working toward this fight for a long time,” said McCaskill, Rated #2 in the world at 135 lbs and #1 in the United States in women’s boxing. “We have been training for this fight since my last fight because we knew it was coming and we’ve definitely bumped up the intensity.
Before turning professional a year ago, the popular Taylor, from Bray, won lightweight gold at the 2012 London Olympics, as well as an impressive assortment of world and European amateur championships. Known as the Irish athlete of her entire generation, Taylor is regarded as a superstar in the UK because of her aggressive and crowd-pleasing style.
I’ve never watched a full fight of hers,” professed McCaskill. “I’ve seen some highlights. I see mistakes she makes, but it’s not so much what I see in her. It’s what I see in all her opponents. They’ve all been scared of her. I am not. You won’t see any fear in me. Everybody else was terrified to engage her. They just showed up. I’ll be fighting to the last bell.
Much of the credit for landing the fight must go to Ramos, who doggedly pursued Taylor and her promoter, Eddie Hearn of Matchroom Boxing, on social media.
I felt like offended about comments Katie and Eddie made about how no one wants to fight her,” explained Ramos. “I remember thinking, ‘well, NO ONE called Jessica. We would love to fight Katie!’ That kind of started everything. Eddie Hearn finally did contact me via Instagram and things started getting real. I was happy that my social-media tactic worked!”
McCaskill, who also works full-time in Regulatory and Reporting at R.J. O’Brien & Associates investment bank in Chicago, says she’s not intimidated about stepping into Taylor’s home field for this fight. Nyob rau hauv qhov tseeb, she’s expecting a number of her fans to be there as well.
It’s funny because of my job and my previous investment banking job, I have a lot of contacts and friends over there who are excited to show up for me. My company I work for has a branch that is three miles from the venue. I’ll be expecting a lot of fans there for me as well that night. It would be incredible to headline over there and to break her undefeated record and get my first world title in one night in front of them. Kuv tsis tau tos!”
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Myekeni tawm lub ntiaj teb no Unification sib ntaus sib tua Nrog Marston Vim Raug Mob.

Mdantsane, South Africa lub Unathi Myekeni tau raug yuam kom thim los ntawm lub ntiaj teb Bantamweight WBU, WBFed, WIBA & WIBC ntiaj teb Championship Unification contest, tiv thaiv London, Hais tus Marianne Marston, uas yog vim yuav coj qhov chaw nyob York Hall nyob rau hauv London, on Sunday 6th Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj.

 

Lub ntiaj teb no Boxing Federation Thawj Tswj Hwm Howard Goldberg tsoo cov xov xwm, rau Marston pab nyuam qhuav pib hnub, uas Myekeni raug kev txom nyem ib tug loj tes raug mob nyob rau hauv kev kawm uas yuav tiv thaiv nws sib tw rau lub Kaum Ob Hlis 6th.

Mr. Goldberg kuj npaj ib tug ua tau hloov, reigningFECOMBOX Mexican National zus Jessica Arreguin Muñoz, los ntawm Agua Prieta, Mexico, uas nws cov ntaub ntawv sawv ntawm cuaj yeej thiab cia li ib tsis.

Tsis ntev tom qab rooj sib hais cov xov xwm Marston hais lus luv luv rau cov teeb meem thiab tseem boxing Muñoz.

 

"Kuv thawj xav tau, huag tsis muaj no peb mus dua.

 

Kuv yuav tsis ntseeg tias nws kuv xav tias kuv twb xwb puas tau muaj ib tug kev sib ntaus thaum kuv tiv thaiv tus hluas nkauj uas peb tau Ameslikas npaj, kuv kawg sib ntaus muaj yuav lub zuj zus tab sis yog, cuaj pullouts ua ntej thaum kawg sib ntaus sib tua Jekaterina Lecko nyob rau hmo ntuj.

 

Kuv xav tias thov txim rau peb, tab sis yuav tsis tsis kam kuv kuj poob siab heev li tam sim no peb yuav tsum muaj ib tug tshiab tus nrog sib ntaus.

 

Peb tau txhua yam txheeb rau lub yeej raws li Unathi thiab nws sib ntaus style, tab sis tam sim no peb yuav tsum tau mus rau rethink lub sparring cov neeg koom tes, tshwj xeeb tshaj yog yog hais tias nws yog Jessica Muñoz kuv mam li yuav tau sib ntaus sib tua li nws yog ib tug southpaw li kuv tus kheej.

 

Kuv twb paub txog Jessica, Kuv twb pom nws lub npe sib ntaus tawm tsam Lesly Morales, nws yog ib tug raug Mev fighter, raws li tawv raws li lawv tuaj thiab nyiam rau sawv txoj cai muaj nyob rau hauv pem hauv ntej ntawm koj thiab muaj ib tug zoo slugfest.

 

Tau hais yog hais tias nws yog Jessica lub British kiv cua yuav tsum yog nyob rau hauv lub taw los ntawm pib kom tiav raws li nws yuav ua tau ib tug tag nrho tawm thiab heev ntshav rog thiab hais tias suits kuv cia li zoo, raws li thaum kuv twb tau kawm los ntawm Joe (lig, zoo Heavyweight ntiaj teb tau zus ib Smokin 'Joe Frazier) thiab Marvis (Marvis Frazier) nyob rau hauv Philly, yog txoj kev uas lawv qhia kuv mus tua.

 

Kuv style zaum yuav tau hloov considerably vim kuv twb tau rov qab nyob rau hauv ces, tab sis ntseeg hais tias kuv kuv tseem zoo siab tshaj thiab tseem ceeb tshaj mas ntau tshaj li uas muaj peev xwm yuav muaj ib tug zoo qub fashioned ntiv taw-mus-ntiv taw slugfest thaum xav tau kev pab yuav, ntseeg hais tias kuv kuv tsis tu kuv mam li ua txhua yam kuv yuav tsum tau ua los yeej cov neeg lub npe.

 

Tam sim no peb muaj saib yog hais tias Ryan (WIBA Thawj Tswj Hwm Ryan Wissow) thiab Don (WBU & WIBC Thawj Tswj Hwm Don Lewis) yuav txais Jessica li cov hloov rau Unathi, txwv tsis pub nws tseem rov qab mus rau lub Rooj Tswjhwm Saib cov nqus.

 

Kuv xav hais tias ib tug lossis loj ua tsaug koj rau kuv sponsors, Huab tais Communications, Optimax, Boxfit UK thiab 3 X kev ua si rau ua li to taub txog qhov teeb meem raws li zoo raws li lawv txuas ntxiv mus yuav li ntawd txhawb nqa kuv thiab no ntiaj teb tseem ceeb tshwm sim. "

 

Marianne Marston, tiv thaiv ib tug tsis tau lub npe hu ua tus nrog sib ntaus rau lub koom ua ib lub WBU, WBFed, WIBA thiab WIBC ntiaj teb Championships Bantamweight co-tawm xov xwm lub Mark Lyons thiab Marianne Marston co-nce Cia sib ntaus sib tua pib tshwm sim nyob rau York Hall, Bethnal Green, London on Sunday 6th Kaum Ob Hlis Ntuj 2015.

 

Qhov kev tshwm sim raug txiav courtesy of tus Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) www.maltaboxingcommission.com

 

Daim pib, luv nqi £ 35 (txheem zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) yog muaj nyob rau ntawm tej yam ntawm cov boxers noj ib feem, on-line ntawmwww.letbattlecommence.com thiab www.mariannemarston.com los yog hu rau 07960 850645

 

Thov qhia koj kev txhawb nqa thiab ua raws li Marianne Marston rau TwitterMarianneMarston los yog nyob rau Facebook raws li zoo raws li lub Wb sib ntaus sib tua pib tshwm sim rau TwitterLondonBattle los yog nyob rau Facebook.

Weaver Rov qab Nyob rau hauv UK Action – Ib sab Skripkins Thaum York Hall no hnub vas xaum.

Yav tas los Team GB lub hnub qub Iain 'Lub Blessed Ib' Weaver yog teem rau nws thawj UK bout, txij li thaum rov qab los ntawm America, no tuaj hnub Saturday nyob rau York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Ntsuab, qhov twg nws yuav ntsib Latvian dinar Skripkins.

 

Weaver, uas kawg tiv thaiv nyob York Hall rov qab nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj 2013, tau raug tsim kom muaj nws tus kheej raws li ib tug ntawm cov saum toj kawg nkaus zeem muag nyob rau hauv lub ultra sib tw Super Featherweight faib chaw.

 

Txij thaum nws kawg mus ntsib mus rau lub tsev ntawm boxing nyob rau hauv lub Capital lub zos, Weaver tau ruaj ob yav tom ntej thawj chav kawm ntawv stoppage yeej tshaj Spain raws li Moroccan Hassan Elyatouti thiab Brazilian Edilson Rio.

 

Nyob rau hauv nws cov nag sib ntau sib tw, tiv thaiv Newark, Tshiab Jersey lub ces unbeaten prospect Wanzell Ellison, Weaver yog tus tsim txom los ntawm ib co zoo qub fashioned tsev ua noj ua haus ntawm cov scorecards, rau ploj nws yog lwm yam ntaub ntawv pristine.

 

Tam sim no rov qab rau British av ib zaug ntxiv Weaver, ua rau nws paub tseeb tias nws yog txiav txim kom tau ib tug ob peb ntau zoo yeej nyob rau hauv nws txoj siv, ua ntej koj sim kom tau ib tug rematch tiv thaiv Ellison rau nruab nrab av tej xyoo tom ntej.

 

"Yuav kom hais tias peb tau chim kawg lub sij hawm tawm yog ib tug understatement, Kuv yeej uas sib ntaus khaubncaws, tsis tau tsuas yog ib tus kws txiav txim muab qhab nias nws kuv txoj kev.

 

Peb mam li sib ntaus sib tua no hnub vas xaum thiab ces muaj tsawg kawg yog ib tug ntau sib ntaus no, ces peb yuav tsum tau ua txhua yam peb yuav mus ua ib rematch, lub sij hawm no yog nyob ntawm no nyob rau hauv lub UK los yog tej zaum qhov chaw nruab nrab ib yam li lub teb chaws Yelemees.

 

Rov qab mus rau tam sim no tab sis yog, Kuv tabtom tiag tiag nrhiav rau pem hauv ntej mus rau rov qab York Hall, Kuv muaj xws li paub zoo ntawm sib ntaus sib tua muaj.

 

Muaj yog ib lub zoo cua muaj, nws yeej yog ib tug tshwj xeeb qhov chaw.

 

Peb tsis paub ntau npaum li cas txog dinar (Skripka), tab sis tau hnov ​​nws yog ib tug tawv heev kas.

 

Nyuam qhuav pib lub xyoo no nws yeej German prospect Tunahan Keser thiab los ntawm dab tsi peb twb hnov ​​tias yog ib tug zoo sib ntaus thiab ib tug zoo heev los ntawm kev ua tau zoo dinar.

 

Yog li ntawd peb yuav tsis underestimating nws ib iota, tab sis kuj paub tias nws yog beatable thiab hais tias yog peb qhov kev npaj, ntaus nws thiab ua nws nyob rau hauv style. "

 

Iain Weaver tiv tiag dinar Skripkins nta rau lub Mark Lyons thiab Billy James-Elliott Wise mav promotions Lords NTAWM LUB NPLHAIB II kev tshwm sim yuav muab qhov chaw nyob York Hall, Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 29th Lub yim hli ntuj 2015.

 

Qhov kev tshwm sim raug txiav courtesy of tus Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) www.maltaboxingcommission.com

 

Daim pib, luv nqi £ 35 (txheem zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) yog muaj ncaj nraim ntawm Iain rau 07971 295869, los ntawm ib yam ntawm cov boxers noj ib feem, on-line ntawm www.tkoboxoffice.com thiabwww.wiseguypromotions.com los yog hu rau 07960 850645 los yog 07807 282559.

Khan Reigns Supreme – Topples Soloninkini, Now Eyes Further Title Challenges

 

 

Bradford’s sensational Bantamweight prospect Tasif Khan secured his first Championship accolade, lub International Masters Bantamweight title, when he beat Georgia’s Mikheil Soloninkini by unanimous points decision at the iconic York Hall in London last Saturday night.

 

What really makes this achievement even more special is that Khan only returned to the ring in January this year, nram qab no ib ob xyoo Xanpataus los ntawm kev ua si nawv.

 

On his return in January Khan scored a decisive first round stoppage victory, over the highly experienced Hungarian Richard Voros, in a bout that also took place at the York Hall.

 

Khan followed that win up with an equally impressive first round stoppage victory, over Czech Republic’s Ladislav Miko, six weeks later in Liverpool.

 

Xeem Saturday, whilst it seems everyone else were preparing for the Mayweather-Pacquiao super fight, Khan was taking part in the biggest fight of his career to date.

 

Right from the off Khan boxed beautifully behind his solid jab to keep his slightly more experienced foe on the back foot.

 

By midway point Khan began to slow the pace, whilst continuing to keep full pressure on Soloninkini.

 

Midway through the sixth round, during a rather hectic exchange Khan was a little slow bringing up his gloves, which opened the door for Soloninkini, who let rip with a big right to send Khan to the canvas.

 

On the restart Soloninkini when in hard in an attempt to finish the still slightly wobbly legged Khan, however the Bradford lad remained calm and collected, whilst the hyper Georgian continued to come forward throwing huge bombs.

 

During a number of these skirmishes Khan sensibly grabbed hold until referee Lee Murtagh issued the order break. This tactic allowed Khan a little time in order to clear his head.

 

Soloninkini continued to push hard for the final three rounds, however Khan is one seriously cool character, he just got behind his jab and just plain boxed his way out of danger, each time the Georgian made a forceful foray.

 

After ten rounds of first class boxing from Khan, judges Ken Curtis 99-94, Obie Garnett 98-90 thiab Matt Hamilton 98-91, all scored in favour of the new International Masters Champion Tasif Khan.

 

Speaking from his home earlier Khan spoke about the fight as well as hinted at further Championship forays in the near future.

 

"Hmoob, I won my first title.

 

It’s been my dream since I was a kid, winning a title, hopefully this will be the first of many, onwards thiab upwards.

 

Saying that I don’t want to take away the importance of being the International Masters Champion, that was like winning a World title to me that night.

 

I’ve had a tough two and half years, I’ve come through it, got back fighting this year and now have a belt, yeah I’m really proud of what I’ve achieved.

 

I was absolutely fine coming into the fight, training went well, I went away with Nadeem Siddique one of my coaches, he’s a professional himself. I had a good training camp abroad, went to Greece,

 

Came into the fight brilliant, working of my jab, using my jab more as I felt I had a good chance, I was finding it quite comfortable to be honest, I was finding him quite easily with the jab.

 

He was a tough kid, took some good shots to the body, I found I could walk him down, then I think it was either the third or fourth round I overstretched my right arm, I felt at the time I must have damaged my shoulder, I tried not to show it, but as the rounds went on I struggled to throw big shots.

 

It wasn’t hurting, it did limit me on my shots as the fight went on, but I think I got a little complacent and gave him the opportunity to catch me with a good shot, it didn’t hurt me at all, but had to see that round through, because I had won every single round but that round, I boxed smart and stayed at a distance when I could and other times let him punch himself out.

 

To be honest I feel I could have stopped him, with all the pressure and that decided to just box my way through.

 

I’m really appreciative of my fans as always, they travel down to London in numbers, if all goes well though my next fight will be a lot nearer to home, maybe even Bradford, but I’m always grateful to my fans, even those that are unable to travel to watch me fight in London or Liverpool.

 

Since day one I’ve had good support, a great fan base, but fighting away all the time makes it hard for everyone to be at every fight, so I’d really love to do something big in Bradford, or at least more local and fingers crossed we’ll get a big title on that show.

 

I’d like to thank all my team, Martin Stainsby, Bee, Junior Witter, Dej (Gianluca Di Caro), Johnny Eames and all those that work behind the scene, I can’t forget to mention my Missus, she puts in all the hard work and puts up with me when I’m on a diet and my family, who have all been so supportive.

 

Before I forget I want to make a comment, I’ve been boxing since the age of ten, I made my mind up as the years went on that I wanted to really do something in Boxing, I had no intention of just making up the numbers, I had no option, I want to do well and win titles, I want to put Bradford on the map, winning the International Masters title has put me in the right direction, as such I want to dedicate the win to my eldest brother Tahir Khan, because if it wasn’t for him pointing me in the right direction, he’d keep me fit and take me to the gym, he’s the first person to totally support me in boxing, always been there for me and he’s the one that made all this possible.

 

As I say if it wasn’t for Tahir, I wouldn’t be in boxing and I wouldn’t have this International Masters belt, thank you for everything Tahir, really appreciate everything you’ve done for me.

 

I’d like to say a big thank you to my sponsors, Kingsland lag luam rov qab nyob rau hauv Bradford, Broadway Solicitors nyob rau hauv Oldham, Kesser jewellers nyob rau hauv Bradford thiab Vyomax tshuaj los ntawm Manchester, they’ve been brilliant getting behind me so I can concentrate on my boxing.

 

Finally I would like to say a huge thanks to Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott, who gave me the opportunity to fight for the title on their show.”

 

 

 

 

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Sib ntaus Daim ntawv qhia txog: Ozgul and Khan Secure Titles In York Hall Thriller

Report by: Gianluca (Dej) Di Caro

Wb fim nws, with the amount of column inches dedicated to Mayweather-Pacquiao over the past few weeks, you could easily be forgiven thinking that there were no other boxing events that took place on May 2nd.

Zoo, there was another fight card, and I’m pleased to say that I was at that event – the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted Lords of the Ring event at the iconic York Hall in London.

 

OK, admittedly York Hall in Bethnal Green doesn’t have anywhere near the cachet of being at such a mega fight at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, but when it comes to drama and excitement, sorry you just can’t beat small hall boxing, especially when it’s at York Hall.

 

When the event was announced it was due to feature fourteen bouts, but immediately after May-Pac was announced a significant number of the bouts were cancelled, as the fighters wanted to be ringside in Vegas, then in the final build up further fights were off the card, due to injuries, leaving a seven card fight show on the night, or was it.

 

The card was further reduced on the day, after one of the fights was cancelled on safety grounds – due to a 5kg difference in the weight between the two debuting fighters – and if that wasn’t bad enough Manny Muhammad’s opponent, Rafael Snow failed to turn up, leaving just five fights on the night.

 

First up was a six rounder between Liverpool based Russian hot prospect David Agadzhanyan, against Czech Republic’s Josef Redlich, who stepped in at the last minute to save the bout, following Ghana’s Isaac Owusu being forced to pull out due to illness.

 

It took Agadzhanyan just forty five seconds to send Redlich to the canvas for the first time and about the same again to put him down a second time.

 

Redlich was plain outclassed so no surprise that when he went down for the third time that referee Ken Curtis decided to call a halt to proceedings on the two minute and twenty five seconds mark.

 

I’ve seen Agadzhanyan in action a couple of times, including the excellent win over then unbeaten Daniel Bazo back in March, so was really looking forward to seeing him in action against Owusu, a tough uncompromising former Ghanaian Champion and Commonwealth title eliminator challenger, but that’ll have to wait until later this month when the rescheduled bout takes place in Liverpool.

 

Next up was WBF Inter-Continental Champion Paul Economides, nyob rau hauv ib tug uas tsis yog-championship rau rounder, against another late replacement, Czech Republic’s Petr Gyna, following former British Champ Andy Bell pulling out the week prior and then the original replacement pulling out just two days before the show.

 

Economides is another class act, so no surprise that Gyna was on the canvas within just thirty seconds, on the restart Gyna decided that attack is the best form of defense, however in taking the fight to Economides he played straight into his hands, literally as Economides punished him with a big right, that sent the Czech down to the canvas for a second and final time, on the one minute and twenty five second mark.

 

With both the opening fights finishing early and the live TV broadcast not due to start until 9pm, the promoters had no option but to have quite long interval before the next bout, a six round Light Heavyweight contest between Champions TKO’s unbeaten Hackney based Turkish prospect Onder Ozgul and the entertainer himself Jody Meikle.

 

Throughout the first four rounds Ozgul just walked Meikle down, letting rip with massive right hands at every conceivable opportunity, Meikle is as tough as they come and seemed content to absorb the punishment dished out by the man dubbed ‘Little Mike’ by the Turkish fans.

 

Ever the joker, Meikle played down the punishment he was taking, happily playing to the crowd, as well as infuriating his opponent, by pulling faces and insinuating that there was no power in the Turkish lads shots, however by the fact that Meikle had toned down his antics, clearly showed that Ozgul shots were indeed having the desired effect.

 

Meikle toned down the playfulness of his tactics even further in the fifth, as Ozgul stepped up his attacks, putting even more power into his shots.

 

Right from the start of the sixth it was clear that Ozgul was intent on punishing Meikle even further, backing the Scunthorpe man onto the ropes before letting rip with big double handed flurries, one of which, a cracking body shot, literally knocking the wind out of Meikle and forcing him to take to one knee.

 

On the restart Ozgul went in for the finish, this time Meikle went defensive, no further playing to the crowd, to see it through to the final bell.

 

After six highly entertaining rounds Referee Ken Curtis scored the bout 60-53 in favour of Ozgul.

 

I thoroughly enjoyed the fight, I know it wasn’t a classic, but boy oh boy it was very entertaining.

 

The fourth bout of the night see Bradford’s Tasif Khan in Championship action for the first time, against Georgia’s Mikheil Soloninkini, for the International Masters Silver bantamweight title.

 

Khan started fast, boxing beautifully behind his jab the Bradford man kept his slightly more experienced foe on the back foot for the majority of the bout.

 

By midway point Khan slowed the pace slightly, at the same time keeping the pressure on Soloninkini, however about midway through the sixth, during a routine exchange Khan was a little slow bringing up his gloves, leaving an opening for the Georgian to let rip with a big right, which sent Khan to the canvas.

 

On the restart Soloninkini went full out in attack, Khan remained calm and got behind his jab again, the Georgian was well hyped and continued to come forward at pace before throwing huge bombs.

 

During these skirmishes Khan sensibly grabbed hold until referee Lee Murtagh issued the order break. This tactic worked and Khan was able to clear his head enough to turn control back round to himself.

 

Khan had his hands full for the final three rounds though, as Soloninkini had the bit between his teeth and was pushing hard, however Khan is a cool character and seemed content to box of the back foot each time the Georgian made a forceful foray.

 

After ten rounds of excellent boxing, the judges scorecards read – Ken Curtis 99-94, Obie Garnett 98-90 thiab Matt Hamilton 98-91, all in favour of Tasif Khan.

 

Jennifer Burton, the Northern Region Secretary of the Malta Boxing Commission, presented the familiar blue International Masters belt to the victorious Tasif Khan.

 

Have to say I thoroughly enjoyed the fight, even though it was quite one sided for a lot of the time, let’s face it that’s not a statement on the quality of Soloninkini, as his pedigree is well known, this kid’s a tough nut to break, as proved by having taken Jamie Williams the distance, when they fought for the Bronze Masters back in March, as well as fought the sensational Charlie Edwards a couple of weeks later, but to my mind the one-sidedness of the fight as well as the result shows just how good Tasif Khan fought.

 

The headline fight of the night see a rematch between Champions TKO’s unbeaten Hackney based Turkish prospect Siar Ozgul, yep brother to the aforementioned Onder, against Nottingham’s Matt Scriven and this time there was a Championship on the line – The MBC International Welterweight title.

 

When these two first fought, back in October last year, it was an out and out war, Ozgul won but the rounds were so close it could have been a very different result.

 

The bout started in a very similar manner to their October showdown, neither man wanting to concede any ground, however just before the end of the first round Ozgul let rip with a massive right to Scriven’s body, which forced the Nottingham man to cover up to see the round to it’s conclusion.

 

The shot to the body must have really hurt Scriven as he seemed more intent on defense, rather than full on attack, from the start of the second, a pattern that remained for the rest of the bout.

 

Ozgul made most of the running throughout, however Scriven more than held his own during the many skirmishes that ensued, although have to admit he was a little more cautious than during the opening round.

 

After ten rounds of superb boxing the judges scorecards were read out – Lee Murtagh and Matt Hamilton scored the bout 100-90 and Obie Garnett 100-88 all in favour of Siar Ozgul.

 

This was followed by the presentation of the MBC International belt to Siar Ozgul by his fellow Champions TKO gym mate and the current MBC International Super Bantamweight Champion Marianne Marston.

 

All in all I thoroughly enjoyed the event, especially the final three bouts, however I was a bit disappointed that some of the planned fights, such as those featuring Iain Weaver, Antonio Counihan, Mark Prince, George Hillyard and the aforementioned Marianne Marston, failed to materialize, because to my mind if they had taken place I feel this almost certainly would have been one of the best shows at York Hall this year, as it was it still was a highly enjoyable and entertaining evening of pugilistic action and a fitting prelude to the May-Pac fight, which promoters Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott arranged for the boxers, their teams and attendees of the event to watch live via satellite at a private function room.

 

Khan-Soloninkini Battle For Title Supremacy In London This Saturday

 

 

Bradford’s exciting Bantamweight prospect TASIF KHAN is set to challenge for his first title no hnub vas xaum, when he takes on Georgian #1 ranked MIKHEIL SOLONINKINI, for the vacant International Masters Silver Bantamweight Championship, on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted LORDS OF THE RING event at the iconic York Hall, in Bethnal Green, London on May 2nd.

 

Khan earned the title shot with a pair of sensational first round stoppage wins earlier this year, following his return from a two year sabbatical from the sport.

 

In January this year, Khan dispatched Hungarian #2 ranked Richard Voros in just one minute and five seconds of the first round at the York Hall, then two months later followed up with an almost identical stoppage victory, this time in one minute and fifteen seconds of the first round, over the Czech Republic’s Ladislav Miko at the Grand Central Hall in Liverpool.

 

Originally Khan was to face Patrik Bartos, however the Czech lad was TKO’d by Andrew Cain, on the undercard of Derry Mathews WBA title fight, at the Echo Arena, a couple of weeks ago.

 

Bartos’ replacement, Mikheil Soloninkini, has been quite a regular figure on the UK scene, having fought here four times in the past year, including an unsuccessful challenge for the International Masters Bronze title, which he lost out on points to Jamie Williams back in March.

 

Speaking from his home earlier, Khan appeared unperturbed with the late change of opponent.

 

“It’s a shame, I had been preparing for Patrik Bartos, but what can I say he got stopped and has a twenty eight day suspension, these things happen.

 

I would have preferred if we’d known earlier who was going to replace Patrik, but three potential opponents backed out last week and then a fourth that had been proposed got knocked back by the MBC as not suitable.

 

Luckily though this new lad agreed terms rau hnub Tuesday and now the fight is set and ready to go, Kuv tsis tau tos.

 

I’m not expecting it to be a quick finish like the past two fights, they were four and six rounders, this time I’ll have to pace myself just in case I have to go the full ten rounds, but if the chance comes, I’ll take him out early.

 

Trainings been great, always is, Kuv npaj txhij thiab raring mus, can’t wait.

 

My fans are great so far this year they’ve come out in force to support me in London and Liverpool and Saturday they’ll be back in London again, I can’t thank them enough, they’re a great bunch that really get behind me, making plenty of noise, letting me know that they’re there, they’re really are brilliant and I’ll thank them the best way I know, winning the title.

 

I’d like to say a big thank you to my sponsors, Kingsland lag luam rov qab nyob rau hauv Bradford, Broadway Solicitors nyob rau hauv Oldham, Kesser jewellers nyob rau hauv Bradford thiab Vyomax tshuaj los ntawm Manchester, they’ve been brilliant getting behind me so I can concentrate on my boxing.

 

Finally I have just been told that Mark and Billy (Promoters Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott) have arranged a function room so that everyone can watch the Mayweather-Pacquiao fight live after my fight, so if you haven’t got tickets yet, you know what to do, either call me or get down to York Hall nyob rau hnub Saturday as there are still some tickets available. "

 

Tasif Khan versus Mikheil Soloninkini, for the vacant International Masters Bantamweight Championship, co-headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Wise mav Promotions Lords NTAWM LUB NPLHAIB kev tshwm sim, uas yuav siv qhov chaw nyob rau ntawm lub York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 2nd Tej zaum 2015.

Sanctioning rau qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab courtesy of rau lub Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Daim pib luv nqi £ 35 (Standard zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) are available direct from Tasif on 07756 311857, or at the venue on the night or pre-book on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645

 

Tickets for the after event private viewing of the Mayweather-Pacquiao super fight live via satellite, that cost just £10, will be available for purchase at York Hall on the Saturday night.

 

 

 

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6698 – Tasif Khan in action against Richard Voros at York Hall in January.

 

FOTO CREDIT

Please feel free to use all photos supplied – photo credit is not required but should you do so, please credit – Gianluca (Dej) Di Caro

Championship Boxing At York Hall Followed By Mayweather-Pacquiao Live Via Satellite This Saturday.

Have you got your tickets for the Boxing event of the Century yet? If the answer is no, then promoters Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott may just have the perfect alternative lined-up for Boxing fans – a night of Championship Boxing at York Hall, in Bethnal Green, followed by MAYWEATHER-PACQUIAO live by satellite from Las Vegas.

 

Kicking off the whole night of pugilistic action, sees a full card of Boxing at the famous Home Of Boxing in the Capital, including two Championship Battles.

 

Hackney, London based Turkish unbeaten star SIAR OZGUL makes his first tilt at a title when he takes on Nottingham’s MATT SCRIVEN for the vacant MBC International Welterweight Championship.

 

Main support sees Bradford’s sensational TASIF KHAN challenge for the International Masters Bantamweight crown, against Georgian #1 MIKHEIL SOLONINKINI

 

Heading up the support for the two Championship bouts sees Chester’s WBF Intercontinental Champion PAUL ECONOMIDES take on Nottingham’s GARFIELD MUSHORE in a non-championship six rounder.

 

Champions TKO’s unbeaten Light Heavyweight prospect ONDER OZGUL takes on the highly entertaining JODY MEIKLE, from Scunthorpe, nyob rau hauv ib tug rau Rounder.

 

Making his first visit to the Capital City will be Liverpool based unbeaten Russian star DAVID AGADZHANYAN, who will take on Czech Republic’s JOSEF REDLICH in a six round contest.

 

Former American Basketball Star, turned professional Boxer, MANNY MUHAMMAD will also be in action against a yet to be named opponent.

 

Making their debuts on the night are exciting young local talents ANDY CONA and DANIEL MENDES in action against each other.

 

Once the action is over at York Hall, then the lucky boxing fans attending the event can either go to the free after party at Spearmint Rhino, or go direct to the function rooms to watch the entire build up and of course the main event of the night MAYWEATHER – PACQUIAO

 

The cost for this whole night of Boxing heaven, believe it or not is just £45 or £75, as the cost for standard seats for the boxing at York Hall are £35 (Standard seated) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) and the cost for attending the function room to watch the Big Fight Live is just £10 extra (payable on the night)

 

Siar Ozgul versus Matt Scriven, for the vacant MBC International Welterweight Championship, headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Wise mav Promotions Lords NTAWM LUB NPLHAIB kev tshwm sim, uas yuav siv qhov chaw nyob rau ntawm lub York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 2nd Tej zaum 2015.

Sanctioning rau qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab courtesy of rau lub Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Daim pib luv nqi £ 35 (Standard zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) are available on the night, or to ensure a seat buy on-line atwww.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645

Ozgul-Scriven II – Title On The Line For May 2nd York Hall Rematch

Back in October last year unbeaten Hackney based Turk Siar Ozgul and late replacement opponent Matt Scriven campaigned in one of the closest, tag nrho kev txiav txim ntawm, battles of the year.

 

It was a true small hall classic that really deserved at least to be nominated for the accolade of ‘Fight of The Year’, if not be the outright winner, however that was not to be as somehow it managed to slip under the radar of the majority of the British media.

 

On Saturday May 2nd, these magnificent warriors will once again enter the arena, nyob rau York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Ntsuab, London, this time in a ten round contest and with the added incentive of a Championship being on the line – the vacant MBC International Welterweight title – on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted LORDS OF THE RING event.

 

The October Ozgul-Scriven Battle Boyale was reminiscent of the first of the Mickey Ward-Arturo Gatti trilogy of fights that took place in 2002/3, without doubt one of the all time greatest trilogy of fights this sport has ever witnessed.

 

If Ozgul-Scriven II matches the intensity and drama of their first encounter, we could well have another action filled bout, one that equals any of the Ward-Gatti fights, right here in our own back yard, something no boxing fan, or British sports writer should miss.

 

To give an idea of just how sensational their first showdown was, here’s the write up on the bout from the published report by the Canadian Sports Channel fightnetwork.com.

 

“Fifth bout of the night see London based Turk Siar Ozgul in action against Nottingham’s Matt Scriven.

 

Yuav ua li cas ib tug sib ntaus, without doubt the fight of the night, as both protagonists went to war.

 

Ozgul came out hard and strong, initially putting the Nottingham man on the back foot, however Scriven soon started to exert his authority and then the fireworks really began.

 

By the third round the non stop action started to take it’s toll on the Turkish youngster, which allowed Scriven to land some sensational power shots of his own.

 

Qhov kawg puag ncig yog ib tug cracker, Ozgul backed Scriven into a corner and let rip with massive right hands, one of which sent Scriven’s mouth guard flying into the crowd ringside.

 

Once the errant mouth guard was retrieved and the bout restarted it was Scriven who went hard on the attack, one such attack late on in the round see Scriven land a massive right that shook Ozgul to the core, Ozgul sensibly went on the defensive for the remaining seconds to see his way to securing his fifth win.

 

Referee Lee Murtagh scored the bout 39-37 in favour of Ozgul, qhov tseeb txiav txim tsis muaj kev ua xyem xyav, but one that really doesn’t express how great this fight was or how close each and every round was.”

 

Siar Ozgul versus Matt Scriven, for the vacant MBC International Welterweight Championship, headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Wise mav Promotions Lords NTAWM LUB NPLHAIB kev tshwm sim, uas yuav siv qhov chaw nyob rau ntawm lub York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 2nd Tej zaum 2015.

Sanctioning rau qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab courtesy of rau lub Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Daim pib luv nqi £ 35 (Standard zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) are available direct from Siar at the Champions TKO Gym in Hackney – call Mehmet on 07825 618018 – on-line atwww.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645

Haywood Set For Pepper Showdown On May 2nd

Champions TKO’s Jerome Haywood is set to face Scunthorpe’s Matthew Pepper on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott Wise Guys Promotions LORDS OF THE RING event, which takes place at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 2nd Tej zaum 2015.

 

Jerome will be making his return to York Hall, the scene of his successful professional debut in October last year, where he scored a well earned points victory over Rolandas Cesna.

 

Rov qab nyob rau hauv Lub kaum hli ntuj, after a slightly hesitant start, Haywood soon settled down and took the fight to his more experienced opponent, pressuring the big Lithuanian with stiff jabs and heavy rights to the body.

 

Haywood’s work to the body began to take a toll on Cesna, so much so that by mid way through the third Cesna was clearly struggling to cope with the constant punishment to his ribs.

 

In the fourth Haywood stepped up the pressure even further, which in turn forced Cesna to cover up to protect his bruised and battered ribcage.

 

After four excellent rounds Referee Alf Sprung scored the bout 40-38 in favour of Haywood.

 

Haywood’s opponent on May 2nd is Scunthorpe’s Matthew Pepper, who will be making his first visit to the famous home of boxing in the Capital City.

 

Following a training session, under the watchful eyes of his coach Brian O’Shaughnessy at the Champions TKO gym in Hackney, Haywood spoke briefly about the upcoming showdown with Matthew Pepper.

 

“Glad to be fighting again, it’s been six months since my debut fight.

 

After my last fight, I was hoping to get out again as soon as possible and I should have, I was due to fight in March, but had to pull out of that one as I came down with a bug about a week or so before I was due to fight.

 

My first fight, yeah I enjoyed that, I was well prepared for it, he was tough but nothing I couldn’t handle.

 

I don’t know too much about Matthew (Pepper), but we’ve been working hard in the gym, so hopefully I’ll put a good performance in for my fans, who I can’t thank enough for their fantastic support.”

 

Jerome Haywood versus Matthew Pepper features on the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Wise mav Promotions Lords NTAWM LUB NPLHAIB kev tshwm sim, uas yuav siv qhov chaw nyob rau ntawm lub York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 2nd Tej zaum 2015.

Sanctioning rau qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab courtesy of rau lub Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Daim pib luv nqi £ 35 (Standard zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) yog muaj ncaj nraim ntawm ib yam ntawm cov boxers noj ib feem, on-line ntawmwww.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645

 

Turkish Prospect Ozgul Set For London Showdown With Miekle On May 2nd

 

Champions TKO Gym’s unbeaten Light Heavyweight prospect Onder Ozgul is set to make his fifth professional outing in just over a weeks time, when he takes on the highly entertaining Jody Meikle, from Scunthorpe, in a six round contest, on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott Wise Guys Promotions LORDS OF THE RING event at York Hall in London on Saturday 2nd Tej zaum 2015.

Ozgul, has built quite a reputation, as a seriously tough and uncompromising boxer, over the past year or so, following top class victories over the likes of Lithuania’s Dmitrij Kalinovskij, Bighton’s Iain Jackson, Lithuania’s Remigijus Ziausys and most recently over the Czech Republic’s big punching Karel Horejsek.

With a boxing style and approach uncannily similar to that of a certain ‘Iron’ Mike Tyson, it shouldn’t come as any surprise that Ozgul’s Turkish fans have nicknamed their man ‘Little Mike’, a name that the British fans that have seen him in action have started to adopt too.

That aside, Ozgul’s resolve could be mightily tested by Miekle, who last time out scored a good solid draw against Portsmouth bruiser Sam Couzens, no surprise there as the Lincolnshire man not only likes a good old fashioned toe-to-toe slug fest, but also has a very entertaining mischievous streak.

Speaking at the famed Champions TKO Gym in Hackney, Ozgul spoke briefly about the upcoming showdown with the man they call ‘The Entertainer’.

“I’m happy I am fighting a six rounder, I’d be happy if it was an eight, I train for twelve rounds, so six is easy for me.

 

The way we look at it is if you can run a marathon, then running a half marathon is easy, that’s why we work so hard in the gym, so it is easy in the ring.

 

My last fight I trained hard, I trained for twelve rounds then too, the opponent was strong and durable but it was still an easy fight for me.

 

It will be the same next week, I will be ready for whatever Jody Meikle brings, I’ve been told Jody is tough, good that means we’ll have a very good fight.

 

I’m really happy that my brother Siar has got a title fight on May 2nd and even happier that I will be fighting on the undercard of his title fight and hope that everyone comes out and gives us both their full support.

 

I want to thank my sponsors and all those fans that come and support me and my brother (Super Welterweight Siar Ozgul), Thank you for supporting us, on May 2nd you’ll not be disappointed, I will be fighting at my best.”

 

Onder Ozgul versus Jody Meikle features on the undercard of Siar Ozgul – Matt Scriven MBC International Welterweight title fight that headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Wise mav Promotions Lords NTAWM LUB NPLHAIB kev tshwm sim, uas yuav siv qhov chaw nyob rau ntawm lub York Hall nyob rau hauv Bethnal Green, London rau hnub Saturday 2ndTej zaum 2015.

Sanctioning rau qhov kev tshwm sim yuav muab courtesy of rau lub Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Daim pib luv nqi £ 35 (Standard zaum) thiab £ 65 (Ringside) yog muaj ncaj nraim ntawm ib yam ntawm cov boxers noj ib feem, on-line ntawmwww.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645