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

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Bradford’s sensational Bantamweight prospect Tasif Khan secured his first Championship accolade, Den Internationale Masters Bantamvægt titel, 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, efter en to års orlov fra sporten.

 

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.

 

Sidste lørdag, 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 og 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.

 

"Yeah, 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, fremefter og opad.

 

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, River (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 Forretning Recovery i Bradford, Broadway Advokater i Oldham, Kesser Jewelers i Bradford og Vyomax Kosttilskud fra 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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Fight rapport: Ozgul and Khan Secure Titles In York Hall Thriller

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Report by: Gianluca (River) Di Caro

Lad os se det i øjnene, 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.

Godt, 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, i en ikke-mesterskab seks 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 og 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.

 

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Khan-Soloninkini Battle For Title Supremacy In London This Saturday

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Bradford’s exciting Bantamweight prospect TASIF KHAN is set to challenge for his first title denne lørdag, 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 Maj 2.

 

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 tirsdag and now the fight is set and ready to go, Jeg kan ikke vente.

 

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, Jeg er klar og udhvilede at gå, 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 Forretning Recovery i Bradford, Broadway Advokater i Oldham, Kesser Jewelers i Bradford og Vyomax Kosttilskud fra 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 på lørdag 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 Guys Kampagner Lords of the RING begivenhed, der finder sted på York Hall i Bethnal Green, London på lørdag 2ND Maj 2015.

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Billetter prissat £ 35 (Standard sæder) og £ 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.

 

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

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

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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, i en seks 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) og £ 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 Guys Kampagner Lords of the RING begivenhed, der finder sted på York Hall i Bethnal Green, London på lørdag 2ND Maj 2015.

Sanktionere for denne begivenhed vil blive ydet høflighed af Maltas Boxing Kommissionen (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Billetter prissat £ 35 (Standard sæder) og £ 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

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

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Back in October last year unbeaten Hackney based Turk Siar Ozgul and late replacement opponent Matt Scriven campaigned in one of the closest, al handling, 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, på York Hall i Bethnal Green, 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.

 

Hvad en kamp, 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.

 

Den sidste runde var en krakker, 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, den korrekte dom uden tvivl, 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 Guys Kampagner Lords of the RING begivenhed, der finder sted på York Hall i Bethnal Green, London på lørdag 2ND Maj 2015.

Sanktionere for denne begivenhed vil blive ydet høflighed af Maltas Boxing Kommissionen (MBC) -www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Billetter prissat £ 35 (Standard sæder) og £ 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

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Championship Battle Headlines Wise Guys Promotions Inaugural Event On May 2nd

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Eminent MMA promoter Mark Lyons has linked up with Britain’s youngest professional boxing promoter, eighteen year old Billy James-Elliott to create a new professional boxing promotions outfit – Wise Guys Promotions.

 

Their first event, titled LORDS OF THE RING, will take place at the famed York Hall, In Bethnal Green, London på lørdag, 2ND Maj 2015, and will be headlined by the vacant MBC International Welterweight Championship battle between Siar Ozgul and Matt Scriven.

 

Hackney based Ozgul and Nottingham’s Scriven are old foes, having fought each other as recently as October last year.

 

It was an all action, closely fought small hall classic, an enthralling, intense four rounds of toe-to-toe action, so much so that when Scriven approached both the event promoters and Ozgul’s management asking if he could be considered as Ozgul’s opponent for the title fight, all parties agreed in an instant.

 

Who wouldn’t, these two put on a magnificent display of the pugilistic arts, not too dissimilar to the classic Mickey Ward-Arturo Gatti trilogy of fights from 2002/3.

 

Control of the fight switched between the two warriors throughout, both gave their all for every second of every round, much to the appreciation of those in attendance, as was clear when the bout was voted the Fight of the Night and a clear contender for the end of year Fight of the Year accolade.

 

On that occasion it was Ozgul that rightly emerged victorious, by a 39-37 point margin, however that score line just didn’t reflect just how close each round was or give any insight in to just how thrilling the bout was.

 

Main support, for the Ozgul-Scriven Championship bout, sees Bradford’s Tasif Khan return to York Hall, the scene of his sensational first round stoppage victory over Richard Voros in January.

 

Den May 2ND Khan challenges Czech Republic’s Patrik Bartos for the International Masters Bantamweight title.

 

Adding an added element of intrigue to this particular match up, is that both Khan and Bartos have a recent opponent in common, Ladislav Miko |, what’s more both stopped Miko early in their bouts, Bartos late in the second and Khan with a sensational one minute and fifteen second of the first round knockout.

 

Heading up the support card sees Chester’s WBF Intercontinental Super Bantamweight Champion Paul Economides against Doncaster’s former British Super Flyweight Champion Andy Bell.

 

Economides comes into the bout high in confidence, following a sensational second round stoppage victory, over former Commonwealth title challenger Isaac Quaye, just last month.

 

What makes this victory so special is that Economides became the first person to stop the gutsy thirty seven fight veteran, a major feat indeed considering Quaye had previously fought the likes of British and Commonwealth Champion Don Broadhurst, British, Commonwealth and European Champion Kevin Satchell and WBO European Champion Iain Butcher.

 

Another top class match up sees Siar Ozgul’s older sibling Onder in action against Scunthorpe’s highly entertaining Jody Miekle.

 

Ozgul, who is unbeaten in four pro outings, has been building quite a reputation for himself, 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.

 

Siar and Onder Ozgul’s Champions TKO Gym mate Jerome Haywood is set to make his second pro outing, mod Scunthorpe Matthew Pepper.

 

Haywood came through a seriously tough test on his debut, when he faced and beat the highly experienced Lithuanian bruiser Rolandas Cesna at York Hall back in October.

 

Another of the Champions TKO squad, British #1 and reigning MBC International Super Bantamweight Champion Marianne ‘Golden Girl’ Marston will be undertaking her final domestic bout, before starting her preparations for her World title challenge against Australia’s WIBA Champion Shannon O’Connell, which takes place later this summer.

 

Back in October Marston clinically beat then European #3 og Verden #31 ranked Marianna Gulyas, to secure the coveted MBC International Crown, by a shut out unanimous points margin.

 

Former BBBofC Welsh Champion Lee Churcher will be making his first visit to the famed York Hall on May 2ND, where he will face a yet to be announced opponent.

 

Churcher comes into the fight off the back of a run of five solid wins, since last losing to Costas Osben back in July 2011.

 

Sensational unbeaten Featherweight David Agadzhanyan also makes his first visit to London on May 2ND.

 

Agadzhanyan, who has three stoppage victories from his four bouts to date, won the battle of the undefeated in his last fight, taking Czech Republic’s Daniel Bazo’s coveted ‘O’ with a superb 39-37 point victory in Liverpool in March.

 

Eric Mokonzo will be looking to secure his first pro victory, following his debut loss against Darren McKenna, when he faces debut boy Andy Cona, whilst Luton’s unbeaten Manny Muhammad, who was originally due to fight Mokonzo, will now face a yet to be named opponent.

 

Den May 2ND Finsbury Park’s Mark ‘The Flash’ Alexander returns to York Hall, the scene of his magnificent third round stoppage victory over Lithuania’s Tadas Stulginkas back in October.

 

Making their pro debuts on May 2ND will be Nottingham’s Garfield Mushore and Canning Town’s Kimberley Leah.

 

Siar Ozgul versus Matt Scriven, for the vacant MBC International Welterweight Championship, headlines the Mark Lyons & Billy James-Elliott Wise Guys Kampagner Lords of the RING begivenhed, der finder sted på York Hall i Bethnal Green, London på lørdag 2ND Maj 2015.

Sanktionere for denne begivenhed vil blive ydet høflighed af Maltas Boxing Kommissionen (MBC) - www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Billetter prissat £ 35 (Standard sæder) og £ 65 (Ringside) er tilgængelige direkte fra nogen af ​​de boksere, der deltager, on-line påwww.tkoboxoffice.com or call the TKO ticket line on 07960 850645

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Tidligere Welsh Champ Lee Churcher vender tilbage med et brag

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Newport tidligere walisisk og British Masters Champion Lee Churcher foretaget en vellykket tilbagevenden til ringen sidste lørdag nat, Nottingham Matt Scriven af ​​en 40-35 points margin.

 

Churcher, der ikke har kæmpet siden hans niende runde stop sejr over Barrie Jones, der sikrede ham den walisiske titel maj 2012, næsten ikke komme til at kæmpe på alle, efter hans modstander Ratislav Frano, samt Elimer Rafael, der skyldtes ansigt Andy Bell, Julius Rafael, der skulle være Matt Scriven modstander om natten, og deres træner alle undladt at gøre deres fly fra Slovakiet.

 

Med tiden ved at løbe ud promotor Wayne O'Hara oprindeligt forsøgte at få de vildfarne slovakiske boksere på et andet fly, da det var klart, at der ikke ville ske derefter forsøgte forgæves at finde UK baserede modstandere.

 

Med tiden hurtigt løbe ud Matt Scriven, der havde kæmpet Churcher tilbage i 2010, foreslog, at i stedet for at miste alle tre anfald fra showet, at han og Churcher kunne bekæmpe hinanden.

 

Lige fra fra det var klart, at begge hovedpersoner var i stemning til en god gammeldags slug fest.

 

Efter nogle nice tidy børser var Scriven, der var først til at lade rip i vrede, med en brændende krop skud, Churcher reagerede i naturalier, og derefter i resten af ​​runden var det ren tå-til-tå pugilistic himlen for fans, som parret slugged det ud big time.

 

Mere af det samme i både den anden og tredje runder, til stor glæde for publikum, som havde været på deres fødder for stort set hvert sekund af kampen.

 

I den fjerde strofe kom Scriven ud af blokkene hurtigt, opsat på at sikre center ring med nogle smukke jabs og sprøde kombinationer, dog Churcher var ikke i humør til at spille andenviolin til nogen, kommer i hårdt og hurtigt kaste kraftfulde krop skud og uppercuts ved enhver lejlighed.

 

Omkring halvvejs gennem runde Churcher landede en fersken på en ret, sende Scriven til lærredet. Scriven inddrives før optællingen indgået og boxed intelligent, som Churcher gik alle ud til at slutte Nottingham mand.

 

Ved udgangen af ​​fire funklende alle action runder, Dommeren Lee Murtagh scorede kampen 40-35 til fordel for Churcher.

 

Forud for fremragende Churcher-Scriven Bout, var der fem top klasse udstilling anfald, med nogle af de unge kanoner fra Nottingham Robin Hood Gym.

 

Disse anfald gav publikum et tidligt kig på nogle af de kommende stjerner, der er bestemt til at følge i fodsporene på Nottingham mest berømte boksning stjerne, Hr. Carl Froch.

 

Den første af de anfald featured Robin Hoods Jack Whitehouse mod Will Smith fra Leeds.

 

Hvad en krakning nøje kæmpede kamp, begge boksede smukt hele, men i slutningen af ​​kampen var det Whitehouse hvis hånd blev holdt oppe i sejr.

 

Efter den fremragende Whitehouse-Smith kamp se Carl Coulthard i aktion mod en anden lokal lad Aaron Stark.

 

Begge lads gik hammer og tænger for stort set hele to runder, men med næsten 20 sekunder af den anden runde at gå Stark landede en fersken af ​​højre hånd til at sende Couthard til lærredet, Desværre Coulthard forsøgte at komme på benene, men blot undladt at gøre optællingen.

 

Næste op se Connor Riddick tage sejr laurbærrene mod en anden lokal lad Dan McCreedy.

 

Lige fra slukket stod det klart, Riddick var ikke interesseret i andet end en god sejr, udlejning rip med store rettigheder og lyn hurtig dobbelt handed flurries.

 

Om midtvejs gennem kampen McCreedy klikkede det op et hak, dermed spillede lige ind til Riddick hænder, da han var godt op til en gammeldags slug fest og i sidste ende producerede den anden sejr i nat for Robin Hood Gym besætning.

 

Den fjerde anfald af natten blev en sensationel alle handling Battle Royale mellem Tom Mulligan og Peterborough Dominic Masses.

 

Den første runde var meget en fifty / fifty runde, med begge hovedpersoner mere end glad for at bokse i et hurtigt tempo, Men at sige, at Mulligan rystede Masses et par gange med nogle pin punkt nøjagtige exocets.

 

Runde to se Masses i ascendance, Men selv om Peterborough mand sikkerhedskopiering Mulligan op for en god del af kampen var det Nottingham mand, der sikrede den runde, efter at have sendt Masses til dækket to gange.

 

Med blod hælde fra hans næse og ustabile ben ingen ville have været overrasket, hvis Masses besluttede ikke at komme ud for tredje, men han gjorde og som før tog kampen til Nottingham mand.

 

For omkring to tredjedele af den runde det lignede Masses ville vende tabellerne på Mulligan, der rystede Nottingham mand med nogle store rigtige hænder, men det var ikke at være så Mulligan formået at bosætte sig efter endnu en spærreild af skud og lande en alvorligt hårdt ret til hovedet, der sendte masserne til dækket igen.

 

Før Masses selv var landet på lærredet hans hjørne havde besluttet nok var nok og med rette smed håndklædet i.

 

Den endelige udstilling Bout var endnu et Stormer, denne gang byder den meget spændende Tom Langley tage på Portsmouths Jules Phillips i en fire runde Super-bantamvægt contest.

 

Hvad en kamp, uden tvivl begge lads har en god fremtid i sporten, især unge Tommy Langley, der boksede med en løbetid, der modsiges hans bud år, holde sin afstand pænt og bare træde på når han kunne lide at lande en krakning ret eller en pæn kombination.

 

Efter fire fantastiske runder det kom ikke som nogen overraskelse, at det var Langley hvis hånd blev rejst i sejr, mest fortjent i mine øjne.

 

Tom Langley er et alvorligt talentfulde unge mand, boy oh boy kan dette barn boks, absolut en til at se i fremtiden, ord er atten år gammel kommer til at vende pro i år, Jeg for én ser frem til ham boksning på pro kredsløb, der er sikker.

 

Med så meget drama forud for begivenheden, der kunne have forventet, at showet ville have gået så godt, og selv om der var kun én pro kamp i sidste ende, ingen stønnede eller bad om deres penge tilbage, Hvordan kunne de, det var virkelig en god nat af boksning.

boksning, UK Boxing

Champions Return: Bell og Churcher Co-Headline marts 7 Nottingham Begivenhed.

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Doncaster tidligere engelsk og britisk mester Andy Bell og Newport tidligere walisisk og British Masters Champion Lee Churcher er indstillet til at co-overskrift Wayne O'Hara Chief O'Hara Kampagner Outlaws BACK event, på Britannia Hotel i Nottingham dette kommende lørdag - 7th Marts.

 

Efter en næsten fem år fravær fra sporten, efter overraskelse tab til John Donnelly, i en ikke-mesterskab seks rounder maj 2010, Doncaster Andy Bell endelig gør sit længe ventede tilbagevenden til flosse denne lørdag.

 

Bells Championship kampagne begyndte i april 2007 med en ottende runde stop sejr over Shrewsbury s Neil Marston for BBBofC Midlands-området Bantamvægt titel.

 

To måneder senere tilføjede han den britiske Masters Bantamvægt krone til sit trofæ kabinet, Med en solid punkter sejr over Sheffield Mo Khaled.

 

Blot tre måneder senere Bell var tilbage i Championship aktion igen, denne gang udfordrer Bradfords Robert Nelson om den ledige BBBofC engelske Super Fluevægt titel. Bell tilføjet et tredje bælte til sin voksende samling, med en endnu en standsning sejr, denne gang i de døende sekunder af syvende strofe.

 

I sin sidste kamp i den 2007 sæson Bell held forsvarede sin engelske titel med en nydelig punkter sejr over Grimsby s Wayne Bloy.

 

I marts 2008 Bell tilføjet den eftertragtede Lonsdale bælte til sin samling, efter at slå længe BBBofC British Super Fluevægt Champion Chris Edwards i en thriller, der gik afstanden, Bell vinde med en klar margin på 117-111 på dommerne Phil Edwards og Terry O'Connor s scorecards og 115-113 på dommer John Keane s scorecard.

 

I november 2008 Bell forsvarede den britiske krone, mod nuværende britiske og europæiske Bantamvægt og tidligere WBA Inter-Continental Champion Lee Haskins.

 

Efter tolv sensationelt tæt kæmpede, al handling, runder Bell tabte til Haskins ved en tæt punkter margin på 116-113, på dommerne Howard John Foster og Dave Parris 'scorecards og et endnu tættere margin på 115-114 i Judge Victor Loughlin øjne.

 

Lørdag Bell vil stå over for meget erfarne slovakiske Elemir Rafael.

 

Co-hovednavn de Fredløse BACK begivenhed er en anden vender tilbage Champion, Newport BBBofC Welsh Area mellemvægt Champion Lee Churcher.

 

Churcher, der ikke har kæmpet siden den niende runde standsning sejr over Barrie Jones, der sikrede ham den walisiske titel maj 2012, gør hans mest velkommen tilbagevenden til ringen på lørdag, hvor han vil stå over for en stærk udfordring fra slovakiske hård mand Vladimir Tazik i en fire rounder.

 

Støtten kort til de to tidligere Champions ledes af en sjælden hjem kamp for Nottingham helt egen Matt Scriven, når han står over for Julius Rafael.

 

De Fredløse BACK begivenhed vil også en række Nottingham hjem voksen talent, herunder Clinton Chambers, Tom Langley, Connor Ruddoch, Jack Whitehouse, Tom Mulligan, James Wheldon, De La Menace samt funktionen opgør mellem Carl Coulthard og Karston Lejoint.

 

Lee Churcher versus Vladimir Tazik og Andy Bell versus Elemir Rafael co-overskrift Wayne O'Hara, Chief O'Hara Kampagner Outlaws BACK event, på Britannia Hotel i Nottingham på lørdag 7th Marts 2015.

Sanktionere for denne begivenhed vil blive ydet høflighed af Maltas Boxing Kommissionen (MBC) - www.maltaboxingcommission.com

Billetter, prissat £ 35 og £ 55 (Ringside) for fredløse tilbage på Britannia Hotel i Nottingham, fra nogen af ​​de konkurrerende boksere eller ring Matt på 07833 995770.

 

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