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Senzační McAllister zajišťuje korunu v jiskřivém stylu v Aberdeenu

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Zpráva Gianluca Di Caro

Aberdeen Glitterati se ukázal v síle na podporu místního hrdiny, Nejnovější propagace mistra světa tří divizí Lee ‚The Aberdeen Assassin‘ McAllister v úžasném Beach Ballroom v pátek noc.

McAllister se ukazuje jako jeden z nejkreativnějších promotérů na dnešním okruhu. Malé doteky, jako je přeměna ohromujícího Beach Ballroom na pseudo špičkové kasino, přidaly další úroveň vyrovnávací paměti k vynikající čtyřzápasové večeři..

Samotná show měla původně obsahovat čtyři soutěže mezinárodního mistrovství, bohužel jeden z bojů o titul byl zrušen poté, co Ekow Wilson z Ghany nezískal včas vízum, ale fanoušci neměli být v žádném případě zklamáni, protože tři zbývající mistrovské soutěže plus pozdní nahrazení International four rounder poskytly více než dost akce a dramatu, aby ukojily jakoukoli bojovnou chuť..

První zápas noci vidí Bardley, Nathan Decastro z Lincolnshire v akci proti Estonci Eduardu Belasovi.

Tento zápas byl na kartu přidán asi týden předtím, po Decastrově výzvě proti Španělovi Ronnymu Landaetovi o evropský titul IBF, který se měl konat tentýž víkend v Malaze, Španělsko, byl odvolán kvůli poněkud nechutným akcím španělské federace.

Od samého začátku bylo jasné, že Decastro stále chytne ze zrušení jeho IBF European Title Challenge, hned od úvodního zvonu šel tvrdě a rychle a nechal se roztrhat s divokými střihy a střelami na tělo při každé myslitelné příležitosti, nebylo tedy překvapením, že během prvních zhruba dvaceti sekund byl Belas poslán na plátno.

Belasovi se podařilo prosadit, ale brzy byl pod rostoucím tlakem Decastra, který Estonce posypal sérií kombinací, než se nechal roztrhnout velkou střelou na tělo, aby poslal Belase znovu na plátno.

Belas se překvapivě postavil na nohy podruhé, ale okamžitě byl boj znovu zahájen Decastro šel přímo a tvrdě a rychle poslal Estonce na plátno potřetí, tentokrát Belas nemohl počítat, rozhodčímu Lee Murtaghovi nezbývá nic jiného, ​​než mávnout bojem 52 druhá známka prvního kola.

Decastroův záznam nyní zní 10 vyhrává, 8 prostřednictvím Knockoutu, žádné ztráty ani remízy.

Další na řadě byl Sandy Robb versus lotyšský Aleksandrs Roldiguns do uvolněné rady profesionálního boxu (PBC) Stříbrný šampionát v křižní váze.

Popisovat první kolo jako „technické“ by bylo podcenění; oba protagonisté si dali na čas, zkouší sílu svého protivníka působivými silnými údery do těla a hlavy. Jak kolo postupovalo, Robb trochu zrychlil tempo a začal klouzat v občasných kombinacích, ve snaze prolomit lotyšskou obranu.

Ve druhé, oba se rozhodli zrychlit tempo, což na Skota fungovalo dobře, protože to pro Robba otevřelo více příležitostí k rozbití Roldigunovy vynikající obrany s ostrými plynulými kombinacemi a také několika velkými pravými rukama u těla.

Více o totéž v třetí, asi v polovině kola Robb nacouval Roldiguny na lana a zasadil ránu do strany Lotyšovy hlavy, než přešel na tělo., Lotyš vypadal dezorientovaně a krátce poté začal Robba chytat při každé myslitelné příležitosti, ve snaze zabránit skotskému mladíkovi v dalších velkých střelách. Roldiguns obdržel četná varování, nejen pro držení, ale také pro udržení hlavy nahoře, když je blízko.

Čtvrté kolo bylo hodně chaotické, jak Roldugins nepřestával chytat a držet Robba pokaždé, když se Skot přiblížil. Poměrně brzy v průběhu kola se rozhodčí Lee Murtagh rozhodl ukončit lotyšské úskoky odečtením bodu..

I po odpočtu byly Robbovy pokusy vrátit se zpět k boxu zmařeny, protože Roldugins setrval v držení pokaždé, když Robb zavřel lotyšskou dolů. Po mnoha dalších varováních za držení rozhodčího Lee Murtagha skončila trpělivost a Rolduginsovi byl znovu odečten bod..

Krátce po restartu, během dalšího nájezdu na blízko, ozvalo se nechutné zadunění, když se hlavy boxerů střetly, zanechávající řez na Robbově oku. Rozhodčí Lee Murtagh to považoval za náhodný střet hlav.

Téměř okamžitě poté Roldugins Robba znovu popadl, který couval Lotyše na provazy, a začal si třít hlavu o ránu na Robbově oku. Toto porušení bylo poslední kapkou, pokud jde o rozhodčího Lee Murtagha, okamžitě diskvalifikující Roldiguns na 2 minuta 50 druhá známka čtvrtého kola.

Po oficiálním vyhlášení výsledků prezident PBC Mr. Russell Jacques předal Sandymu Robbovi opasek PBC Silver International Cruiserweight Championship Belt.

Ve třetím zápase noci uvidíte místního mladíka Nathana Beattieho v akci proti Ghanskému Tackiemu Annanovi o titul PBC Silver International Lightweight..

Hned od úvodního zvonu se oba chlapci metodicky pustili do práce, Beattie použil svůj silný úder, aby udržel Annana na uzdě, zatímco Ghaňan hledal úhly ve snaze přistát nějaké silné pravé ruce k tělu Skota, většinou v duchu, i když Beattieina obrana byla tak silná, jak přišla.

Druhé kolo začalo s Beattie hodně pod kontrolou, Skot maří úsilí vysoce mobilního Ghanana bravurně. Když se kolo dostalo do poloviny, Annan našel otvor a nechal trhnout velkou smyčkou pravou rukou, aby Beattie narazil na plátno..

Beattie to téměř dopočítal, ale byl zjevně dezorientovaný a nejistý na nohou, ponechal rozhodčímu Lee Murtaghovi jinou možnost, než zápas odmávat 1 minuta a 34 sekundy druhého kola.

Poté, co byl přečten oficiální výsledek, MC Douglas McAdam oznámil, že jako Tackie Annan nedokázal zvednout váhu šampionátu, při vážení den předem, že titul PBC International Lightweight zůstává neobsazený, jako podle pravidel šampionátu boxer, který nedosáhne váhy, může stále soutěžit, ale není způsobilý vyhrát šampionát, pouze boxer, který udělal váhu, mohl skutečně vyhrát korunu.

Ve čtvrtém a posledním zápase večera se představil Aberdeenův vlastní Lee McAllister proti velmi tvrdému Ghaňanu Ishmaelu Tettehovi., pro PBC International a Commonwealth Super Welterweight Championships.

Mezi nimi je více než sto profesionálních soutěží, včetně mnoha mistrovských zápasů, nikoho z přítomných nepřekvapilo, že se McAllister a Tetteh do toho pustili, úhledná ukázka boxu v tom nejlepším, a chlapče, chlapče, udělali právě to.

Od začátku oba soupeřili o pozici středového prstence, jako by na tom závisely jejich životy, žádné kočičky s těmito dvěma, to všechno byla válka. Překvapivě to byl Ghaňan, kdo nakonec zápasil o kontrolu nad střední cestou, nebo možná ne, jak se zdálo McAllisterovi vyhovovat, kteří během prvního kola s velkým efektem využívali vnější kruh, často zakročil a nechal se roztrhat s neuvěřitelně rychlými kombinacemi, než se vrátil nebo ustoupil stranou těsně mimo dosah nepřátelských exocetů vržených Tettehem..

Druhé kolo bylo prostě fenomenální, prostě jste ani na vteřinu nemohli spustit oči z akce, Bylo fascinující sledovat, jak se dvojice pustila do práce na svých herních plánech, v jednu chvíli na to šli kladivem a kleštěmi ve válce mezi prsty, a další vážně uhlazený box, který postavil dav souboru na nohy.

Jak se kolo blížilo ke svému závěru, McAllister zrychlil tempo a šel do toho tvrdě a rychle, nechat trhat výstřely ze všech myslitelných úhlů, k velké radosti fanoušků, kteří vypadali přesvědčeni, že jejich muž jde zabíjet. Páni, jaké kolo.

Ve třetině to bylo více stejné, ale čtvrtý byl něčím výjimečný. Zdálo se, že McAllister je odhodlaný ukončit boj co nejrychleji, nechat trhat silnými výstřely do hlavy a těla. Zpočátku se Tetteh zakryl a pokusil se vydržet nápor, ale asi v polovině kola změnil taktiku a setkal se se Skotem ve středu kruhu a začal házet vlastní bomby..

Páté kolo začalo krásnou výměnou v těsné blízkosti, která musela trvat skoro deset sekund a skončila, až když se zdálo, že Tetteh sklouzl a spadl na plátno.

Když se Tetteh zvedl na nohy, a ano, rozhodčí Lee Murtagh to považoval za uklouznutí, McAllister začal burcovat dav, než se pustil přímo do ghanského jugularu s power shot za power shot. Tetteh stál na svém a kontroval s velkým efektem, ale zhruba v minutě vrhl McAllister přesnou dokonalou silovou střelu Ghaňana do spodního žebra., poslat ho dolů na plátno a lapat po dechu.

Fanoušci si mysleli, že je po všem a začali slavit, to však brzy skončilo, když se terminátor Tetteh zvedl, aby překonal počet.

McAllister znovu vyzval dav, aby se dostal za něj, což dělali s chutí, a pak pokračoval tvrdě a rychle se senzačně rychlými rukama na těle a hlavě, zpočátku Tetteh stál na místě a kontroval, ale tím zůstal malý otvor, kterému mazaný Skot prostě nemohl odolat, nechat rip s velkým horním řezem k plovoucímu žebru, žádné překvapení, Tetteh se vrátil na plátno, ale tentokrát nebyla šance, že by to spočítal, bez ohledu na to, jak moc se snažil.

Rozhodčí Lee Murtagh mávl na zápas 1 minuta 48 druhá známka pátého kola a krátce poté, co šéf PBC honcho Russell Jacques hrdě předal McAllisterovi úžasné pásy PBC International a Commonwealth.

Muselo to být více než hodinu, než McAllister konečně opustil prsten, když poté přistoupil k pozvání různých hodnostářů., stejně jako mnoho příznivců blahobytu, do ringu, aby se s ním a pásy PBC vyfotografovali, což jsem považoval za opravdu pěkný dotek.

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Khan and Newell in Sensational Knockout Form Reign Supreme in Bradford

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Zpráva: Gianluca Di Caro

The boxing scene in the North of England is really booming, especially around the cities of Leeds and Bradford. One of the main reasons for the increase of professional boxing events in the area is due to Bradford’s very own reigning World Boxing Union (ZČU), Global Boxing Union (GBU) and World Boxing Confederation (WBC) World Champion Tasif Khan, who for the past couple of years has been working closely with Leeds based promoter Bridie Murtagh to bring stylish Boxing Dinner Shows to the area.

The latest of these took place at the Royal Taj, formerly the Connaught Rooms, in Bradford, which not only featured the aforementioned Tasif Khan himself in action, against Tanzania’s Julias Kisarawe, but also heralded the return of unbeaten Lightweight prospect Justin Newell from Leeds, who faced Latvian Aleksandrs Birkenbergs

Besides the local lads on the card, exciting Super Welterweight prospect Chris Wood from Middlesbrough was in action against Belfast’s Marty Kayes, however two top class International bouts scheduled for the event, a ten round Middleweight contest between Ishmael Tetteh and Philip Kotey, as well as an eight round Welterweight contest between Frank Dodzi and Justice Addy, failed to materialise due to visas for three of the boxers failing to arrive in time.

Whilst disappointing that these two fights didn’t go ahead, there was more than enough action to keep the fans happy, as promoter Bridie Murtagh arranged for two exhibition bouts featuring local lads to replace the Internationals ahead of the pro element.

First up was Chris Wood against Marty Kayes in a four rounder.

What a cracking start to the pro section, it was all action right from the opening bell, Wood was clearly fired up and went on the attack, closing down his far more experienced opponent before letting rip with a vast array of combinations at every conceivable opportunity. Kayes though is as savvy as they come, would cover up and seemed more than content to let the fired up youngster get his shots off before countering.

After four scintillating rounds the referee’s scorecard unsurprisingly read as a 40-36 points victory for the Teesider Chris Wood.

Next up was unbeaten Justin Newell in a six rounder against the very tough Latvian Aleksandrs Birkenbergs.

Newell was on fire, slick movement and very fast hands – Birkenbergs was no walk over and landed a cracking right hand about midway through the round, which lit the blue touch-paper for Newell, who went hard on the attack throwing some tasty big shots to body and head, which ultimately led to Birkenbergs taking a visit to the canvas. This kid’s tough, he was straight up and going toe to toe with Newell until the end of the round.

Round two was fantastic to watch, both lads giving no quarter – beautiful boxing from both, but Newell’s class proved just too much for the plucky Latvian as the Leeds lad piled some serious pressure in the second half of the fight before letting rip with big double handed salvos that sent Birkenbergs to the deck in the dying seconds of the round, no matter how hard he tried Birkenbergs just couldn’t make the count – great win on his return to the fray for Newell who won by TKO, the time would you believe 2 minut a 59 seconds of round two.

The headline fight see WBU, GBU and WBC World Champion take on Tanzania’s Julias Kisarawe in a ten round non-championship contest, instead of the scheduled twelve round World Boxing Confederation (WBC) Super Flyweight title defence for Khan, due to lateness of the visa arriving for Kisarawe to complete the necessary Championship paperwork for the contest to be sanctioned by the WBC.

First round started fast and see Kisarawe taking the fight to Khan, however the Bradford lad stood his ground and picked his shots for maximum effect
More of the same in round two, except this time it was Khan that took the fight to Kisarawe.

Round three see Khan really start to get in a flow, regularly backing his opponent up before letting rip with wickedly fast double handed salvos, the power and speed in Khan’s shots finally had the desired effect and the super tough Tanzanian took a very brief trip to the canvas.

On the restart Kisarawe went hard on the attack, throwing seriously solid lefts in an attempt to do unto Khan what the Bradford lad did to him moments before (s 14 KO wins on his record Kisarawe is very capable of doing just that)
Round four was an outright war and fascinating to watch, as was round five and six but for very different reasons. Khan stepped not just one gear but at least two or three and corralled the Tanzanian into a corner and just plain bombarded him with double handed Exocets throughout

More of the same in round seven but this time Khan managed to penetrate Kisarawe’s world class defence and sent him to the canvas for the second time.
Kisarawe managed to make the count but it was clear for all to see that he was in some distress, so much so that referee James Ancliff had no option but to stop the contest on the one minute twelve second mark.

What followed then was a good thirty minute celebration in the ring by Tasif Khan, his team AND many of the fans!!!!

Have to say the Khan/Murtagh co-promoted shows I’ve attended have always been top class, however this event, even though a couple of fights short, was by far the best one yet, the fights were all beautifully matched all action affairs, what more could any fan of the pugilistic arts wish for. Can’t wait for the next, which I hear is going to be in December.

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Decastro Stops Tetteh to Secure First Title – Kayes, Becelis, Cairns Impressive in Victory.

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Zpráva: Gianluca (Řeka) Di Caro

V sobotu noc, at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, local gym owner Russ Brown made his maiden outing as a professional boxing promoter and boy oh boy did he do it in style.

Whilst most people would start off at a small hall venue with a few local ticket sellers heading up the show, Russ Brown approached it a little differently, a full blown Arena show headed up with Championship bouts headlining, originally was due to be three, but due to last minute visa issues the main event, the World Super Bantamweight Unification contest between South Africa’s reigning World Boxing Federation Champion Gabisile Tshabalala and British #1 and current MBC International Champion Marianne Marston, had to be rescheduled so the irritating bureaucracy issue could be sorted.

With no Tshabalala-Marston World Unification bout, it was local unbeaten star Nathan Decastro, in his first title battle, against the highly experienced Championship campaigner Ishmael Tetteh, from Ghana, for the vacant MBC International Super Middleweight Championship that was elevated to headline the show.

Before I get onto the fights themselves I have to say how pleasant it was to be at an event where the entire audience welcomed each and every fighter to the ring with rapturous applause, that included Tetteh, who they welcomed in the manner a star fighter deserved and not a single jeer or boo to be heard.

However that paled into insignificance compared to the reception local star Decastro received, the sound was deafening and it seemed that each and every person in the arena was cheering on their man at the top of their voice as he made his ring walk.

The vocal support continued throughout the fight itself, with the fans ringside cheering every exchange, and believe me there were plenty as this was an exceptional all out toe-to-toe war that could have been fought in a phone box.

Young Decastro wasn’t overawed, far from it, instead he rose to the occasion and showcased the exceptional skills that belie his tender years.

Don’t get me wrong this wasn’t a one way affair, Tetteh is a tough, classy operator that gives his all for every second of every round and he was in sensational form, matching the local lad punch for punch in the early rounds.

The turning point in the contest came midway through the fourth, Decastro landed a wicked body shot that sent the Ghanaian down to the canvas. Tetteh is as tough as they come and just as World class referee Richie Davies reached the seven count, he made his way to his feet.

On the restart Tetteh went hard on the attack, however Decastro’s ring-craft soon came into play, spinning Tetteh so it was him with his back against the ropes and the Lincolnshire lad once more in control.

Round five was a virtual repeat of the fourth, both fighters standing toe-to toe, letting rip with huge shots to body and head right from the off. As in the previous round around the midway mark Decastro let rip with a big combination culminating with a vicious body shot to send Tetteh down to the canvas once more, this time though there was no chance that the tough Ghanaian would recover sufficiently to beat Richie Davies’ count.

The overjoyed crowd went ballistic as Decastro was presented the MBC International Championship belt by Vice Chairman, Paní. Jennifer Burton and the celebrations went on for a good forty minutes or so.

On a side note I doubt there are many times in a boxers career that they are inundated with requests of hand shakes or selfies from fans of the opposition, but Ishmael Tetteh was, even in defeat he must have felt like the champion, quite rightly so in my opinion as he gave his all throughout the contest and made this a fight to remember.

The second Championship bout was for a World Boxing Union (ZČU) UK Regional title, contested by big hitting local lad Gary Silverman and Belfast’s Marty Kayes.

The height difference between the two protagonists was really noticeable, Silverman is tall, very tall, and towered over the seemingly diminutive Kayes, however the Belfast man clearly had a plan of getting on the inside as much as possible to neutralize the reach advantage of his foe and implemented it to perfection,

The Belfast man’s performance was sublime, when not on the inside Kayes’ busy movement made life exceptionally hard for Silverman.

Throughout the bout Silverman switched tactics in an attempt to give himself the space to let rip with his patented power shots, however each time he did Kayes would find a way to neutralize any advantage the Grantham lad had gained.

After eight rounds of highly entertaining boxing it came as no surprise that Richie Davies’ scorecard read 80-73 Ve prospěch Belfastovy Marty Kayes.

Prior to Silverman-Kayes was a sensationally closely matched Cruiserweight contest between Dainius Becelis and James Higgy.

I’m a huge fan of the Cruiserweight division, mainly due to such stars as two time IBF World Champ Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham and former WBO, WBC & WBA Champion David Haye, who dominated the division back in the late noughties. In fact I love the Cruiserweights so much that a few years ago I wrote and had published the full history of the division.

Anyway that aside, v sobotu night I was overjoyed to watch two future stars of the division in action and what a closely fought contest it was.

I always hoped that one day Steve Cunningham and David Haye would fight each other as it would have been an all action affair, a true showcase for this exciting but underrated division.

Well that never happened but if it had it would have been very similar to the Becelis-Higgy bout without doubt, so you can imagine how chuffed I was to be ringside for it. Yes it was that good.

It really was a cracking, closely fought, all action affair, so much so by the start of fourth round I couldn’t separate them and honestly expected it to end up a draw, however Becelis managed to pull off a very close victory due to his performance in the final round, don’t get me wrong Higgy performed brilliantly in the fourth too, just Becelis stepped it up enough to secure the win.

Definitely Fight of the Night in my view. After four of the most exciting rounds of boxing I have seen in a long, long while Referee Matt Scriven scorecards read 39-38 in favour of Dainius Becelis – side note: the referee’s scorecards read 1st Round 10-9 in favour of Becelis, 2nd round 9-10 in favour of Higgy, 3rd round was drawn and of course round four 10-9 to Becilis.

Prior to the Becelis-Higgy bout was another closely fought contest, this time a four round middleweight bout between local lad Scott Newcombe and Stockport, Cheshire’s Will Cairns.

As with Becelis-Higgy this was another well matched all action affair that could so easily have ended up a draw, just in this case Cairns superb performance in the early rounds was enough to see him secure the bout by a single point. Referee Matt Scriven scoring it 39-38 for Will Cairns.

The second pro bout of the night see Michael Robinson take on Scunthorpe’s Andy Pirie in a Middleweight contest.

It’s proving hard for me to come up with enough superlatives as each fight on the show were superbly well matched.

As with the Newcombe-Cairns or the Becilis-Higgy bouts, this was another that could have gone either way as both warriors gave their all for every second of each and every round and it really was hard to separate them, performance or points wise, clearly not just myself as Referee Matt Scriven scored it a 39-39 kreslit.

The opening bout of the night see Grantham’s Mickey Blackburn in action against Hyde, Cheshire’s Will O’Reilly in a four round Super Welterweight contest.

Once again the matching was spot on, and as with each and every fight on the night was a closely fought and highly exciting affair, so much so that after four enthralling rounds it really was hard to call a winner, again not just myself as Referee Matt Scriven clearly had the same dilemma as he scored it a 39-39 kreslit.

After the show promoter Russ Brown said.

“Other than the disappointment on not having Marianne (Marston) boj, the show was spot on.

I wanted my lads to be in competitive fights, and they were, yes I know a couple lost or drew their fights but so it goes. To my mind this is professional boxing and if they are going to make it to the top they need to have competitive fights and they did.

I’m really pleased the way the show went and would like to thank the BIBA (Britský & Irish Boxing Authority) officials who did a great job, especially the referees Richie Davies and Matt Scriven, who were spot on with their scoring.

Looking forward to planning the next show, believe me it will be even better.”

Have to congratulate Russ Brown and his team for not just hosting a superb event but also for the matching, It really is a breath of fresh air that a promoter doesn’t try to ‘build’ his fighters careers by having them face ‘journeymen’ for the first ten fights or so, instead preferring his lads to face proven young fighters right from the off, you just don’t see that very often these days.