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CONFIDENT, POWER-PUNCHING KIKO MARTINEZ PREDICTS UPSET VICTORY, SAYS WRITING HIM OFF AGAINST CHAMP LEO SANTA CRUZ IS “MAJOR MISTAKE”

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Challenger Vows To Take Advantage Of Unexpected Opportunity, Ceja-Ruiz II In Co-Main IS-SIBT, Frar. 27, Live Fuq Showtime® From Honda Center In Anaheim, Calif.

SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing® Tripleheader Begins With
Unbeaten Heavyweights Gerald Washington vs. Oscar Rivas

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Frar. 16, 2016) – Spain’s Kiko “Sensación” Martinez is a soft-spoken, hard-hitting former IBF Super Bantamweight World Champion and a three-time European champion at 122 liri. He’s a come-forward, comes-to-win, aggressive-minded slugger who makes for exciting fights and has been in with excellent opposition.

 

The ultimate road warrior, the 5-foot-5, 29-year-old Martinez has fought more than one-third of his fights outside his native Spain, where he has tussled 26 ħinijiet. He’s also fought four times in Ireland, three times in England, three times in Northern Ireland and one time each in Japan, Arġentina, France and South Africa.

 

So don’t expect Martinez (35-6, 26 Kos) to be in awe of the surroundings in his second start in the United States when he challenges unbeaten, defending featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz (31-0-1, 17 Kos) fuq IS-SIBT, Frar. 27, fil-każ prinċipali ta ' SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing tripleheader jgħixu fuq SHOWTIME (10 p.m. U/7 p.m. PT) from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.

 

Martinez won his U.S. debut and the IBF 122-pound crown with a sixth-round TKO overJhonatan Romero fuq Awissu. 17, 2013. “That was a great night for me,’’ Martinez said. “I’m confident of another great performance on Feb. 27.''

 

A winner of three in a row in his homeland, including a fourth-round TKO over Miguel Gonzalez aħħar Diċembru. 12, Martinez aims to make amends after losing three high-profile fights in recent years to super bantamweight world champions – twice to Carl Frampton(IBF) and once to Scott QUIGG (WBA).

 

Martinez gets an opportunity against Santa Cruz in a fight he never saw coming.

 

“I’m thrilled to be fighting Leo Santa Cruz, but getting this fight was a total surprise because I already had a fight scheduled,’’ said Martinez, who trains at his friend and manager, former world super middleweight champion Sergio Martinez’ gym in Spain. “I had been scheduled to fight for the European title. When this opportunity came up, I decided to give up the European title to come to America.

 

“I was very happy and very emotional when I heard about this fight. It was one of the best days of my life when I agreed to fight Santa Cruz. Issa, more boxing fans will get to see me. I will not take one step back. I will come forward the whole fight.

 

“I’m thankful to SHOWTIME and I’m excited for the challenge. It’s a huge fight in the United States and a great opportunity. Some people don’t think I can fight because I lost to those guys [Frampton and Quigg], but they are wrong. I am as determined as ever. I’m going to fight a great fight and come out with a victory.’’

 

While respectful of the champion, Martinez is no stranger to fighting on foreign soil and is poised to pull off a stunner.

 

“I will surprise many people who don’t believe in me,'' Huwa qal. “I’m working so hard for this fight. People doubting me has me even more motivated. They will see on Feb. 27 and everyone will change their minds.

 

“I love fighting in my opponent’s backyard. That is not a problem for me at all. People who know boxing know I will give everything to this sport. I want to give great shows and entertain people. I’m coming forward and throwing punches and I don’t give up.

 

“I’m going to give 100 percent and it’s going to be a tremendous fight. I have a ton of respect for Leo Santa Cruz. He’s a world champion and a great fighter who’s clearly one of the very best featherweights in the world and a Top 10 -Lira għal lira ġlied. I am very conscious of that point.

 

“Leo and I are true warriors so this will be a brutal war. But I have what it takes. I’ve been working very hard with my longtime trainer, Gaby Sarmiento, and I will be victorious.’’

 

A lifelong resident of Spain, Martinez was born in Granada, Spanja, and resides in Alicante. He has two sisters and two brothers but is the only one in the family who boxes professionally. He turned to boxing as a young teenager.

 

“I started in boxing because when I was about 13 I was smaller and other kids bullied me all the time. So I began looking for a way to learn to defend myself,'' Huwa qal. “Once I decided to start boxing and dedicated myself to it I fell in love with the sport.’’

 

Bħala dilettanti, Martinez went 47-2 and won a Spanish national amateur championship, but he had no international amateur experience. “I had a good amateur career but never thought about the Olympics,'' Huwa qal. “My mind was always on being a pro fighter.’’

 

A dangerous puncher who’s at his best when he pressures his opponents and wears them down, Martinez turned pro in June 2004. He was victorious in his initial 17 tissielet, winning all but three by knockout.

 

Martinez met Sergio Martinez [no relation] about nine years ago. “I met Sergio in the gym in Spain that he used to train himself in and we became good friends. When I started boxing I looked up to Julio Cesar Chavez and I am now a big fan of Marcos Maidana. I like to fight like him.

 

“But I’ve always had a special relationship with Sergio, who inspired me because he came from poverty like me. He has taught me so much. It’s like looking into a mirror because he knows where I came from. He’s taught me so much inside and outside the ring. We were very poor growing up and my father worked very hard.’’

 

Jekk trijonfanti, Kiko Martinez says “I would like to stay at this weight because I feel much stronger. But I would definitely love a rematch with Frampton or Quigg.’’

 

Regarding the Frampton-Quigg 122-pound world title unification that also takes place onFrar. 27 (f'Manchester, England, jgħixu fuq SHOWTIME ESTREM®), Martinez didn’t hesitate when picking a winner.

 

“Frampton will win against Quigg,’’ Martinez said. “He’s the more complete boxer. He is stronger as well.”

 

Fil- Frar. 27 co-feature on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING, hard-hitting Mexican warriors Lulju CEJA (30-1, 27 Kos) u Hugo Ruiz (35-3, 31 Kos) will box in a rematch of an exciting, two-way slugfest for the WBC 122-pound world title that Ceja won from Ruiz on a fifth-round knockout last August

 

Rounding out the televised tripleheader is a 10-round fight between undefeated heavyweights Gerald Washington (16-0-1, 11 Kos) of Vallejo, Calif., and Montreal-based Colombian Oscar Rivas (18-0, 13 Kos).

 

Biljetti għall-avveniment live, li hija promossa mill Promozzjonijiet TGB, huma pprezzati għal $27, $54, $104 u $199 and are on sale now via ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail locations or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Honda Center Box Office.

 

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UNBEATEN 2012 U.S. OLYMPIAN MICHAEL HUNTER, MIDDLEWEIGHT CONTENDER PAUL MENDEZ & FEATHERWEIGHT CONTENDER CLAUDIO MARRERO FEATURED IN UNDERCARD ACTION SATURDAY, Frar. 27 FROM HONDA CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CALIF.

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SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing® Tripleheader Headlined By
Unbeaten Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against
Former World Champ Kiko Martinez
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Frar 12, 2016) – Unbeaten 2012 U.S. Olympian Michael Hunter (10-0, 7 Kos), konkorrent middleweight Paul Mendez (20-2-2, 10 Kos) and exciting featherweight contender Claudio “The Matrix” MARRERO (19-1, 14 Kos) will compete in separate bouts that highlight undercard action on IS-SIBT, Frar 27 from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The event is headlined by a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING tripleheader featuring undefeated three-division world champion Lion “Terremot” Santa Cruz making his first featherweight world title defense against former world champion Kiko Martinez.In the co-feature bout, Mexican warriors Lulju CEJA u Hugo Ruiz will meet again in an awaited super bantamweight world title rematch and opening the telecast, heavyweights Gerald “Il Rooster Iswed” Washington u Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas will put their unblemished records on the line in a 10-round matchup. The telecast will air live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. U/7 p.m. PT) and will be available in Spanish via Secondary Audio Programming (SAP).
Biljetti għall-avveniment live, li hija promossa mill Promozzjonijiet TGB, huma pprezzati għal $27, $54, $104 u $199 and are on sale now via ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail locations or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Honda Center Box Office.
Hunter will compete in an eight-round cruiserweight bout while Mendez will enter the ring in a 10-round middleweight affair against joshua Okine (22-4, 15 Kos). Marrero takes on Jonathan Arellano (16-6-2, 4 Kos) in a 10-round featherweight attraction.
The action continues with 27-year-old Ceferino Rodriguez (20-1, 11 Kos) of Spain in an eight-round welterweight bout against Mexico’s Ernesto Ortiz (10-3, 7 Kos) plus 29-year-old South Korean brawler Min Wook Kim (14-1, 11 Kos) in a super lightweight contest against Mexico’s Jose Luis Rodriguez (14-6, 9 Kos).
Rounding out the night of fights is unbeaten 25-year-old Los Angeles-native Anthony Flores (9-0, 5 Kos) in an eight-round super lightweight bout against Daniel Nava (7-3-2, 3 Kos) while Leo Santa Cruz’s cousin,Antonio Santa Cruz (1-2, 1 KO) enters the ring in a four-round bantamweight fight against California’s Jorge Perez (2-0, 1 KO) and undefeated Mexican King Vargas (25-0, 20 Kos) fl-azzjoni featherweight.
Peress tidwir professjonali kmieni 2013 wara l-Logħob Olimpiku ta 'Londra, l Hunter 27-il sena, ġlieda kontra out ta 'Las Vegas, NV, kompliet shine. With four victories in 2015, the last three by knockout, he will be looking to march again into the win column to kick off his 2016 Kampanja.
Fighting out of Delano, California, the 26-year-old Mendez looks for his seventh straight victory when he gets in the ring on Frar 27. Huwa jidħol f'din il-ġlieda off ta 'rebħiet fuq David Alonso Lopez, Santiago Perez, Raul Casarez, Andrik Saralegui and Ernesto Berrospe twice. He takes on the experienced Okine, who was born in Ghana but who fights out of Silver Spring, Maryland.
Wara li rebaħ midalja tal-fidda fil- 2007 Logħob Pan Amerikana, flimkien ma 'għadd accolades dilettanti oħra, MARRERO-Repubblika Dominikana rebaħ l-ewwel 14 ħarġiet ta 'karriera pro tiegħu. The 26-year-old brings a five-fight winning streak to the ring and in his most recent bout he delivered a sensational one-punch knockout victory over former world champion Rico Ramos. Marrero takes on the 28-year-old Arrellano out of Commerce, California.
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JULIO CEJA & HUGO RUIZ READY TO PUT ON ANOTHER SHOW IN SUPER BANTAMWEIGHT WORLD TITLE REMATCH SATURDAY, FEBRARY, 27, LIVE ON SHOWTIME® FROM HONDA CENTER SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® Tripleheader Headlined By Featherweight World Champion Leo Santa Cruz Against Former Titleholder Kiko Martinez

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ANAHEIM, Calif. (Frar 9, 2016) – Hard-hitting Mexican warriors Lulju CEJA (30-1, 27 Kos) u Hugo Ruiz(35-3, 31 Kos) engaged in a memorable back-and-forth battle for the WBC 122-pound world title last August and they are eager to meet in the ring again to deliver another explosive fight. The eagerly awaited return bout is part of a tripleheader on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® jgħixu fuq Showtime® (10 p.m. U/7 p.m. PT) from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
Headlining the event is undefeated featherweight world champion Leo Santa Cruz in his first title defense against former champ Kiko Martinez. Rounding out the televised tripleheader is a 10-round fight betweenundefeatedheavyweights Gerald Washington u Oscar Rivas.
Ceja recovered from a third-round knockdown to claim world title glory with a fifth-round stoppage of Ruiz, and he has promised once again to leave the fans thrilled.
“One thing I can tell you, is that this fight will be as exciting as the first one,” said Ceja. “You don’t want to miss it. War is coming.”
When Ceja and Ruiz clashed in Los Angeles last August, it was the U.S. debut for both and was also on a card headlined by Santa Cruz.
“I knew it was a big step up in my career to get a fight in the U.S.,” said Ruiz, “It was very emotional to be fighting in front of so many Mexican fans on such an important card.”
In an excellent two-way matchup contested in the middle of the ring, Ceja and Ruiz combined to throw 373 power punches in just five rounds, with Ceja benefiting from a 96-67 advantage in power punches landed. It was the sharp-shooting Ruiz who struck the first big blow of the match however, as he caught a lunging Ceja with a perfect left hook that put him down with just under a minute left in the third round.
“He definitely hurt me with that punch,” said Ceja. “I went straight into his hand and to the floor. But thanks to my great conditioning, I recovered fast. I train in the altitude in Mexico and that gives me the strength to fight 15 rawnds. I’m working just as hard this camp.”
“I feel like I have the advantage in speed and power,” said Ruiz. “I was looking for the knockout from the beginning and I will do that again on Frar 27.”
Showing little effect from the knockdown, Ceja made it through the third and had a solid fourth round against the lanky Ruiz. He began to work effectively inside the long reach of Ruiz and buzz him with left hooks and uppercuts. It was a perfectly timed left hook with 58 seconds remaining in the fifth round that put Ruiz down. Ruiz made it to his feet, but Ceja continued to batter him with both hands until the referee, Raul Caiz Sr., stepped in and stopped the fight at 2:34 fil-rawnd.
“Ceja came into the fight very aggressively and he put just the right amount of pressure on me,” said Ruiz. “This defeat is behind me now, but I did gain experience from the defeat that I will take into this fight.”
Both men know that there is plenty of work to be done in training camp.
“There is no way to get into a comfort zone against Ruiz,” said Ceja. “Just because I beat him, it doesn’t make this fight easier. He’s smart, experienced and he won’t make the same mistakes again. He’s a guy who works distances perfectly and knows when to attack. We made mistakes in the first fight that we’re going to fix.”
“I’m working on my defense and on putting more pressure on him throughout this fight,” said Ruiz. “I have to be aware of his left hand. The hook hurt me last time so I have been working on getting my right hand up to block it. I have to use my skills to be victorious.”
With a world title on the line once again, expect similar fireworks when these two proud Mexican sluggers share the ring in Anaheim.
“I want all my Mexican fans to come out and watch this fight, you will not regret it,” said Ceja. “I want to keep my belt for a long time and I want the fans to remember my name.”
“This is going to be another very explosive fight,” said Ruiz. “Expect a lot of punches, but this time I will be walking out a world champion.”
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UNBEATEN HEAVYWEIGHTS COLLIDE AS GERALD WASHINGTON TAKES ON OSCAR RIVAS ON SATURDAY, Frar 27, IN OPENER OF SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING® TRIPLEHEADER FROM HONDA CENTER IN ANAHEIM, CALIFORNIA

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Exciting Night Of Action Features Undefeated Leo Santa Cruz vs. Kiko Martinez
& Julio Ceja vs. Hugo Ruiz 2 In A Pair Of World Title Bouts
ANAHEIM, CALIF. (Frar 2, 2016) – Unbeaten brawlers Gerald “Il Rooster Iswed” Washington (16-0-1, 11 Kos) u Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas (18-0, 13 Kos) will meet in a 10-round showdown of rising heavyweights on IS-SIBT, Frar 27, in the opening bout of a SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP boxing® tripleheader from Honda Center in Anaheim, Calif.
The telecast features two world title fights. Fil-avveniment prinċipali, undefeated three-division world champion Lion “Terremot” Santa Cruz will make the first defense of his Featherweight World Championship against former world champion Kiko Martinez. Televised coverage begins live on SHOWTIME® (10 p.m. U/7 p.m. PT) with the exciting super bantamweight world title rematch between Mexican power-punchers Lulju CEJAu Hugo Ruiz.
“I’m thrilled to be fighting so close to home in front of all my friends and family,” qal Washington. “Oscar Rivas is a hard puncher but he’s never faced anyone as big and strong as I am. I’m anxious to get in the ring and continue to prove myself on my way to a world title opportunity.”
“I’m very excited to be fighting Gerald Washington in my first fight in Southern California,” Said Rivas. “I know that he is a very tough, strong fighter. I will be prepared to come out victorious and stay undefeated as I head towards my goal of becoming a world champion.”
“The heavyweight division has been revived and Gerald Washington and Oscar Rivas are two guys to keep your eyes on,” qal Tom Brown ta Promozzjonijiet TGB. “Both are undefeated and hungry to earn their shot at a world title.”
Biljetti għall-avveniment live, li hija promossa mill Promozzjonijiet TGB, huma pprezzati għal $27, $54, $104 u $199 and are on sale now via ticketmaster.com, Ticketmaster retail locations or by calling 800-745-3000. Tickets are also available at the Honda Center Box Office.
A two-way player (stretta tmiem u t-tmiem difensiva) fl-Università ta 'Southern California, Washington qattgħu żmien ma 'l-iskwadri Seahawks Seattle u Buffalo Bills prattika fit-triq mhux konvenzjonali tiegħu li wassluh sabiex boxing. Il 33-il sena ħadmet ukoll fil-Navy bħala mekkanik ħelikopter qabel tmur USC u ma jiksbu bidu tiegħu fil-boxing professjonali sakemm 2012. Il-ġlieda kontra minn San Jose, California, he is yet to lose in his latest endeavor after fighting to a draw with Amir Mansour in October and defeating Jason Gavern in March last year.
Rivas, who represented Columbia at the 2008 Olimpjadi, fought exclusively as a pro in his adopted hometown of Montreal before making his U.S. debut with a first-round knockout of Jason Pettaway in June 2015. The 28-year-old is riding a seven-fight knockout streak and most recently took down Joey Abell in the second round of a November 2015 ġlieda. He will be looking to impress against the toughest opponent of his career onFrar 27.
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Author Jeff Daniels Joins the FNU Combat Sports Show

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Our guest on this week’s podcast is a true class act. Jeff Daniels is a man who knew his brother’s story needed to be told and took to the task with a passion for posterity and a supreme sense of attention to detail. Despite having no book-writing experience, Jeff created what he considered as good as a Beatles album when he finished crafting his masterpiece about a bygone era in the sport of boxing. You can buy the book here: http://amzn.to/1WQMNFO, access Jeff’s site here: http://jeffdanielscompany.com/index.php/about-the-author and watch a short YouTube video promoting the book here: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5PDH_Laa6lY. Jeff shares some insights into the writing process and takes us back in time in this episode. Tom, Tony and Rich are also back together to chat about the boxing and mixed martial arts news and events. We discuss the heavyweight divisions in both sports and end with a discussion on MMA and fighter pay.

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After Sensational Victory over Donovan Dennis, The Sky is Now the Limit for Heavyweight Slugger Jarrell ‘Big Baby’ Taħħan

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Promoter Greg Cohen of Greg Cohen Promotions says he could not be happier with the performance turned in last Friday night by the fighter he co-promotes (with Dmitriy Salita of Salita Promotions), undefeated heavyweight slugger Jarrell “Big Baby” Taħħan.
Taħħan, issa 16-0-1, 14 Kos, showed both his frightening power and excellent boxing skills while scoring a brutal TKO 7 over an extremely game Donovan Dennis. Fighting in the co-main event of a nationally televised ShoBox: The New Generation from the Casino Del Sol in Tucson, Arizona, Miller made believers out of many by displaying depth and ring intelligence to go with his sledgehammer fists.
“Jarrell showed he’s not just a big puncher,” qal Greg Cohen. “He showed the ability to change up his game plan during a fight. That’s very important at the higher levels of the division. He nearly took Dennis’ head off in the first round, but when he saw that somehow he was going to survive for a while, he switched up to boxing and re-established his dominance that way. It was exactly what he should have done in there.”
Taħħan, who won the NABA Heavyweight Championship with the victory, is now in line for an even higher-profile showdown with a rated contender.
“Jarrell is a force to be reckoned with and with his power, skill, athleticism and charisma, he can become a worldwide star and be the man to restore the heavyweight division to its glory of yesteryear,” Cohen kompliet. “People love him and can’t enough of him!”
Cohen says that even though Miller called out the champions of the division after the victory, the probable next step will be a top-ten fighter in one of the sanctioning organizations.
“We believe he can beat any of the champions right now, illum. But to get him there we will have to next focus on someone rated above him and take their spot by force. But I have every confidence we are less than a year away from getting Jarrell the world title shot he wants more than anything.”
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New Heavyweight Champ Charles Martin Says: ‘My Time to Shine Will Come!’

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Brand new IBF Heavyweight Champion “Prince” Charles Martin (23-0-1, 21 Kos) should be on cloud nine.
In just his seventh year of boxing and slightly over third as a professional, Martin already finds himself the sixth southpaw to have ever won a heavyweight championship after scoring a TKO 3 over Ukrainian top contender Vyacheslav Glazkov last Saturday night, Jannar 16, at the Barclay’s Center in New York.
Winning any world title is an amazing accomplishment that most never reach in decades of boxing. Add in that Martin took out the 2008 Olympic Super Heavyweight bronze medalist to become the second current American heavyweight champion in a suddenly rejuvenated division.
“Iħoss tajba,” admits Martin. “I wanted to do it fast. I couldn’t wait,” he explains of his quick ascension. “Some things they say take time but when you’re really determined to do something, you’ll do it as soon as possible.”
With his place already assured in the boxing history books and several lucrative possible showdowns on the near horizon, why isn’t Martin the happiest man on the planet?
It was the way he won.
“I have an empty feeling right now,” said the 29-year-old champion. “I was in front of so many people and it was my time to shine on Showtime and show the world my skills. I felt that he had no power and said to myself that he would be easy work. I knew I was going to have a great night. I was going to KO him and then everyone would love me… but it didn’t happen like that.”
Glazkov stopped fighting in round three due to torn ACL in his knee and Martin was declared the winner of the then-vacant title by way of injury-induced TKO.
“I wanted to win the belt my way,” continued the disappointed Martin. “He would have got knocked out eventually. It was coming to him. I never even got to use my uppercut on him, but it’s all good.”
Humble and extremely likeable, Martin remained polite, post-fight and expressed his condolences to the disappointed Glazkov. Madankollu, since that night, Glazkov has gone on to say he had “figured Martin out” and that the championship would have certainly been his had he not been injured.
“Oh my goodness, I’m trying to stay humble about the situation, but that’s so crazy what he said,” Said Martin. “If he really thinks that, he’s tripping. Things were about to get a lot worse for him. I wegħda inti, once he started slowing down, my combinations would have started to come out. I was throwing the one/two because he was getting out of the way pretty good in the first few rounds. I was just getting started. I thought I would box him for a while and then start going at him and whip his butt. I promise you I could have. That injury saved him. It broke my heart that I didn’t get to do what I wanted. How does that happen? I was having fun.”
Martin says his team and friends and relatives have been good to remind him the abbreviated ending was out of his control. He also says he’ll take a quick vacation and then get right back to work.
So what comes next for the new American heavyweight champion?
“Tyson Fury or Deontay Wilder. I want them both. I want all the best. That’s the next move. My time to shine will come. I’m a world champion now and I can say that the belt is in the right hands. I’m not going to sit around. I want to fight.”
Martin also says that is Britain’s world champ, Tyson Fury, ever points his taunting antics at him, he won’t mind.
“It’s good for boxing for him to do that kind of stuff. I simili li. It’s all business. At the end of the day he has no crazy beef with anybody. Nobody choked anybody’s mother. It’s just boxing. You got to get attention somehow. He makes people want to see a fight. We’re in the entertainment and hurt business. It’s definitely a real fight in the ring though. It’s a non-personal thing that very gets personal once they step in the ring with me. That’s two guys’ livelihood in there. That’s our income for our families.”
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“Bronco” BILLY WRIGHT: “Ħadd ma jista 'jiċħad li stajt qalgħu d-dritt għall-ġlieda Deontay Wilder għat-titolu WBC tiegħu”

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LAS VEGAS (Diċembru 7, 2015) – WBC Latino u FECARBOX champion heavyweight, Bronco Billy Wright (49-4, 38 Kos), is willing and able to step up and challenge Deontay Wilder (35-0, 34 Kos) għat-titolu tiegħu dinja. Bħalissa ratata #20 mill-WBC, Bronco Billy Wright bħalissa huwa riding 20-ġlieda rebbieħa Streak ma 17 ta 'dawk rebħiet ġejjin permezz ta' eliminatorja.
Jekk Wilder, li bħalissa qed tfittex għal opponent għall skedat tiegħu Jannar 16, 2016data, kellhom jieħdu din il-ġlieda, kien se jkunu qed jiffaċċjaw avversarju logħba fil Wright, who hasn’t lost a fight since 1998. Bil 31 ewwel knockouts ritorn lejn kreditu tiegħu, Billy jħoss hu dak li hemm bżonn biex dethrone Wilder.
“Ħadd ma jista 'jiċħad li stajt qalgħu d-dritt għall-ġlieda Deontay Wilder għat-titolu WBC tiegħu,” qal Bronco Billy Wright. “Stajt ġiet ikklassifikata fil-quċċata 20 with the WBC for the last three years. This is the American Dream for a fighter like myself who’s been waiting patiently to get an opportunity to fight for a world championship. Stajt mħallsa drittijiet tiegħi u jien lest li jieħu fuq din l-isfida.”
“M'hemm l-ebda raġuni għaliex din il-ġlieda m'għandux jiġri,” qal aġent Wright Ivaylo Gotzev. “Mill-jum li Billy għamlu rimonta tiegħu till issa, he’s made a believer out of me with everything that he’s accomplished. This is America where everyone should have an opportunity to fulfill their dreams, that’s what makes this country great. The man is active having just fought last month. Age should not be a factor. Jekk George Foreman u Bernard Hopkins tista ġlieda fil-livell kampjonat aħħar snin tagħhom, then the networks should not have a double standard when it comes to Bronco Billy. He wants to raise the bar and become the oldest heavyweight champ in boxing history. He currently holds two WBC belts which makes him more than qualified. There should be no discrimination in this matter. Billy huwa lesti għall-ġlieda Wilder issa!”
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Re'zin FF tħabbar parentesi tournament, Matchups għal tmien Man Heavyweight Tournament fuq Diċembru 29 u 31

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Fighters comment on the highly-anticipated tournament that will award its winner a $300,000 grand prize

TOKYO, ĠAPPUN (Novembru. 30, 2015) -A Tpinġija biex jiddeterminaw il-parentesi tournament u l-ewwel stadju matchups għall-RIZIN FIGHTING GRAND-PRIX 2015 tmien bniedem, tournament heavyweight li ser issir matul il-kors ta 'jumejn – Diċembru 29 u Diċembru 31 – and will award its winner a grand prize of $300,000, was held today in Tokyo.

BAMMA Heavyweight Champion Mark Godbeer, li kienu skedati biex jikkompetu fil-kampjonat, was forced to withdraw due to a neck injury sustained in training. BAMMA will announce a replacement fighter for the tournament soon.

Qabel l-tpinġija, Chairman Nobuyuki Sakakibara iddikjarat, "Dan tournament se jkun il-qofol ta 'RIZIN. Ġellieda minn madwar id-dinja li huma kburin li jirrappreżentaw promozzjoni tagħhom u l-pajjiż, u huma ħerqana li jużaw din il-pjattaforma biex tingħata spinta lill-karriera tagħhom biex jagħmlu isem għalihom infushom ġabru fil-kampjonat. Il-maġġoranza tal-midja li jinġabru llum ma jafux ħafna dwar dawn l-atleti, iżda meta-K-1-ewwel bdiet fl 1993, ħadd ma kien jaf dwar Branko Cikatić jew Mike Bernardo. L-ġellieda li jiftħu l-bibien ġodda huma dawk li jaqbżu l-aspettattivi tagħhom. "

The seven contestants slated for tournament action appeared at the press conference. Each drew an envelope numbered one through seven, and those who drew numbers one through four received the opportunity to choose their respective places in the tournament draw.

The first stage tournament matchups will be as follows:

Bout # 1: Lawal vs BAMMA fighter
Bout # 2: Aukstuolis vs Cappelozza,
Bout # 3 Ishii vs Prochazka,
Bout # 4: Reljic vs Nemkov.

A tournament reserve bout between Valentine Moldovsky and Yuta Uchida was also announced during the press conference.

Quotes Fighter:

– 1st Pick = “King Mo” Lawal – Slott magħżula A

"I am onorat għall-ġlieda għall RIZIN. I am eċċitati li nuru l-ħiliet tiegħi quddiem tal-fannijiet Ġappuniżi u x-xogħol isir. Ninsab kuntenta li tkun kapaċi li jtellgħu numru wieħed. Jien dejjem numru wieħed. Jien f'pożizzjoni fejn pajjiżi oħra se pick me, xogħol tiegħi huwa li tfarrak min stands li jmiss lili. "

“"I bħalissa m'għandhomx opponent, imma jien ċert li BAMMA se tibgħat ġellied tajba għalija. Iżda sfortunatament min jiġi jkollokx smashed hekk hu aħjar tkun ippreparata. I think Ishii għamel għażla intelliġenti billi tevita lili u kategorija tiegħi. Tajba għalih. "

"Li l-lott ta 'flus! I d jixtru mazz ta 'ġelat, xi ħwejjeġ sbieħ, u mur Disney World u tara mazz ta 'films. I d jmorru għall Vegas u l-partit, u jixtru tunnellata ta 'aċċessorji deheb. "
– 2nd Pick = Theodore Tall (Bushido Ewropa Champion) – Slott magħżula C

"Ich danke li għandha tingħata opportunità bħal din. F'dan il-livell ta 'kompetizzjoni, inti għandek tkun lesta għall-ġlieda kontra xi ħadd so I do not care li opponent tiegħi se tkun. Nemmen fil myself u am lesti għall-ġlieda kulħadd. "

"Għalija, isiru l-ċampjin fl iktar importanti mill-flus. Flus se ssegwi bħala riżultat li tkun champion veru. Fehma tiegħi huwa stabbilit li jirbħu l-kampjonat. "

"Ir-raġuni għaliex I am hawn huwa għaliex nemmen fil myself. I se ġlieda biex jirrappreżentaw pajjiż żgħir tiegħi. Avversarju tiegħi impressjonanti selvaġġi iżda ma hemm ebda raġuni għaliex I jitilfu. I se tpoġġi fuq juru u toħroġ rebbieħa.”

– 3rd Pick = Goran Reljic (Ex KSW Light Heavyweight Champion) – Slott magħżula G

"I do not care li tissielet me. Ħolma tiegħi peress I kien kid kien għall-ġlieda fil-Ġappun, u I am jgħixu l-ħolma dritt issa, għan tiegħi huwa li turi aħjar prestazzjoni tiegħi fuq New Years Eve. "

"I bħall-matchup. Stajt ġiet taħriġ bil Sambo champion tad-dinja Blagoi Ivanov u ninsab familjari mar-istil ġlieda Sambo. Naf ikun ġej minn tim kbir, imma jiena ser tkun lesta li tieħu xejn hu għandha x'toffri u għalhekk se jkun ġlieda tajba. "

"I am jgħixu ħolma tfulija. I am aktar iffukat fuq it-tkomplija vjaġġ tiegħi fuq il-ħolma tiegħi biex issir champion fil-Ġappun. I se jaħsbu x'għandu jsir bil-flus ladarba I jinkiseb l-għan tiegħi. "

– 4Pick th = Satoshi Ishii (Olimpjadi ta 'Beijing Judo Gold medallist) – Slott magħżula E

"Preparazzjoni hija tajba. I mhux se jħossu li ġlieda hija ġlieda, il-battalja fuq NYE għadu kif beda. "

"Pjan tiegħi huwa li jinvestu nofs il-premju fi flus fil-logħob u se jiddonaw l-bqija."

"Dan kien offerta tajba li I ma setax idur isfel. Tournament MMA, Avversarji Tajba, flus tal-premju tajba. Ma rridx li tiffoka wisq fuq jirbħu l-kampjonat minħabba li se jaffettwaw il-logħba mentali tiegħi, so I se tiffoka fuq ġlieda wieħed kull darba. "

– 5Pick th = Bruno Cappelozza (Champion 100 kg Ġlieda Ġungla) – Slott magħżula D

"I really ma nafx xi waħda mill-ġellieda hawn illum, so I se tagħżel avversarju tiegħi u t-tama jien xxurtjati. "

"Dak it-tip ta 'flus kbar se bidla fil-ħajja tiegħi u l-ħajja tal-familja tiegħi. U wkoll issir champion. Dawn iż-żewġ aspetti se jkunu kisbiet enormi għalija.”

"Kien ħolma tiegħi għall-ġlieda fil-Ġappun. I do not know wisq dwar avversarju tiegħi, imma jien ċert aħna ser kemm tkun ippreparata għal ġlieda eċċitanti. Naħseb li dan se jkun ġlieda eċċellenti. "

– 6Pick th = Vadim Nemkov (MMA Unjoni Heavyweight Champion) – Slott magħżula H

"I se jkun jirrappreżenta Sambo. Nixtieq li juru l-sbuħija tal Sambo u l-arti tal Sambo.”

– 7Pick th = Jiri Procházka (GCF Ċeka Light Heavyweight Champion) – magħżula Slott F "I am very eċċitati biex ikunu jistgħu juru l-ħiliet tiegħi f'pajjiż fejn il-Samurai twieled. I mhux se jiddiżappunta inti. "

"Kulħadd hawnhekk hija iebsa. Peress I se jkun ġlieda kontra l-favoriti Hometown, ġlieda tiegħi se jiġu ġbir attenzjoni. I tixtieq tuża din l-opportunità u din l-isfida li ssir il-ħaġa kbira li jmiss. "

"Huwa daqshekk flus I do not know fejn tibda. Nemmen li l-flus se jiġu aktar tard. Allura minn issa, fokus tiegħi huwa li jagħti dan kollu jien li jagħmlu RIZIN kburin li huma għażlu lili għal parteċipant. "

General Manager Nobuhiko Takada ħa l-mikrofonu wara t-tfassil, "I am tħossok familjari, komdu atmosfera mimlija tensjoni dritt issa għadhom. I am biss eċċitati xhud li l-twelid ta 'stilel futuri. Nispera Ishii jistgħu jwettqu b'mod fejn hu ser jagħmel lilna fannijiet Ġappuniż kburin. Ewwel tlestija Ishii kienet tirbaħ il-midalja tad-deheb, imma ma rajniex xi riżultati pendenti mingħandu fil MMA. I really hope huwa jista 'juża din l-opportunità li jiksbu l-akbar twettiq tal-karriera tiegħu.”
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Trey Lippe-Morrison Annihilates Bobby Thomas fil 90 sekondi!

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Miami, OK (Novembru 14, 2015) - Rising sensazzjoni heavyweight Trey Lippe-Morrison tal Tulsa, OK kompla marzu tiegħu biex isir attur fid-diviżjoni heavyweight billi skorja devastanti 80 tieni eliminatorja tal Bobby Thomas fil-Casino Buffalo Run f'Miami, OK.
Il-ġlieda kontra quddiem mibjugħa out folla u ma trainer leġġendarju Freddie Roach fil-kantuniera tiegħu, Lippe-Morrison kien raġel fuq missjoni mis-qanpiena tal-ftuħ. Ma 'fannijiet tiegħu cheering lilu fuq fil-tama ta' eliminatorja ieħor, Lippe-Morrison konnessi ma 'ganċ dritt diffiċli biex Thomas’ ras ftit aktar minn minuta fil-stanza ftuħ, jibgħat Thomas għall-kanvas. Ir-referee beda joqgħod qabel attwati Thomas kien fl-ebda pożizzjoni li tkompli, rinunzja il bout off 1:20.
"I love jaħdmu ma Freddie Roach għaliex huwa jkollna me illustrati,"Lippe-Morrison qal wara l-eżekuzzjoni dominanti. "I ma kellhomx karriera dilettant hekk hu verament tgħin me ma 'l-kurva tat-tagħlim."
Lip-Morrison, li issa huwa 10-0 kollha ta 'jirbaħ tiegħu minn eliminatorja, huwa kuntent bil-prestazzjoni tiegħu, iżda jinsisti ma jkunx kaċċa għal knockouts.
"Jemmnu jew le, Jien ma gunning għall knockouts malajr iżda dawn qed ġejjin u jien kuntent li jekk jogħġbok fannijiet. Jien tkompli ttejjeb bħala boxer taħt għassa Freddie u se tikkonsulta mat-tim tiegħi dwar il-pass li jmiss. "
Tony Holden, promotur ta 'Lippe-Morrison, jemmen ġlied tiegħu hija fit-triq għal stardom.
"Trey dehru qishom champion futur u huwa ġġieldu bil-kunfidenza inkredibbli. Hu boxed biss 12 rounds bħala professjonali u biss knocked out qlubija li marru ħames sessjonijiet ma 'żewġ diviżjoni champion dinji fil Beibut Shumenov. Imxejna ġiet tipprova tikseb Trey rawnds bit-tisħiħ tal-kompetizzjoni iżda huwa għadu knock guys fil-moda devastanti. "
Fir-rikors undercard, heavyweight unbeaten sħabi Kenzie Witt ta BARTLESVILLE, OK, skorja tieni eliminatorja rawnd impressjonanti tal-Ġordan Brown. Witt, li jittejbu biex 6-0-1 ma 5 knockouts isegwu l-rebħa, huwa brother Lippe-Morrison u l-iben ta 'champion heavyweight tard Tommy Morrison.