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GCP Signs South African Featherweight Slugger Lusanda Komanisi

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Greg Cohen Promotions is happy to announce the signing of power-punching IBO World Featherweight Champion Lusanda Komanisi.
Conegut com “Mexicà” for his aggressive fighting style, Komanisi (19-4, 17 KOs), from Mdantsane, Eastern Cape, Sud-àfrica, has successfully defended his IBO title twice since winning it via impressive fifth-round knockout over Macbute Sinyabi in July 2014.
Com un boxejador amateur, Komanisi was a 2006 Gold Medalist in the South African games, i 2007 Gold Medalist in the South African Championships at bantamweight. He trains at the All Winners Boxing Club in East London, Sud-àfrica, with former IBF World Super Flyweight Champion Zolani “Last Born” Tete.
“I want to be a unified world champion and fight the best featherweights in the division,” said Komanisi. “This signing will help my family live a better life. My country last saw and had a WBC green belt more than 15 years ago from Sugar Boy Malinga and Dingaan Thobela and now I want to bring it back! As a Featherweight I believe I am the next big thing in the sport of boxing and I am here to stay! Unifying against all the champions in this division would be a dream come true for me.”
“We would like to thank Greg Cohen Promotions for providing this once in a lifetime opportunity,” said Komanisi’s manager, Mlandeli Tengimfene. “To Komanisi, this partnership is a dream come true.”
Clifford Mass, GCP Vice President of Business Development, says the goal will be to put the African slugger into the mix. “We are very excited about signing Lusanda Komanisi. He is a huge puncher, and featherweight is one of the hottest divisions in boxing right now. We are looking forward to putting together some big fights for him, and helping him take his career to the next level.”
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WBA Interim Champ Zhakiyanov and Camp Respond to ‘Blatantly False’ Rumors Being Spread by Super Flyweight Contender Zolani Tete

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Interim WBA World Bantamweight Champion Zhanat “ZZ” Zhakiyanov (26-1, 18 KOs) and his representatives are now forced to respond to the deliberate falsehoods being distributed by the team around South African super flyweight Zolani Tete.

Zhakiyanov of Petropavl, Kazakhstan, is a proud warrior, who has been willing to face anyone from the start of his career. Which is what makes the blatantly false and intentionally misleading allegations by Tete’s camp so infuriating.
Tete and his manager, Mla Tengimfene, have been feeding the media a fictional story that Zhakiyanov recently backed out of a purported fight between the two, supposedly scheduled for Juny 4 at Echo Arena in Liverpool.
One problem.
Zhakiyanov and his people were never even contacted about such a fight. It never existed.
“I have never heard from anyone about this fight,” said Zhakiyanov. “They are saying I can’t make the weight and that’s why I can’t fight him. I was never supposed to fight him! He and his people are telling stories.”
Zhakiyanov’s manager, Philippe Fondu, wonders why the media would even believe such a fight ever existed when a quick check of the WBA rule book would have eliminated all talk of such a match-up.
“There were some unfounded rumors on the net about Zhanat defending against Tete a while ago, but having never received any concrete proposal from anyone, including his new promoter Frank Warren, I never paid any specific attention to these rumors. But let’s be honest here. Zhanat Zhakiyanov is the reigning interim WBA Bantamweight champion and Tete is actually boxing for other world organizations (IBF and/or WBO). A més, Tete is rated #9 in the WBA super-flyweight division (115 lb.). Such a contest could obviously not even be considered, as a WBA Interim 118-lb. champion can only defend his title against a WBA top-15 rated boxer in the 118 lliures. division.”
Fondu also says that Zhakiyanov, promoted by Hatton Promotions, is fully capable of making the 118-lb weight limit and welcomes any and all viable fight proposals approvable by the WBA.
“I have been in boxing many years and I understand using the media to get a fighter’s name in print,” continued Fondu, “but they are using the name of a champion and proud representative of his home country of Kazakhstan to do it and it’s not right. Hopefully the media will get more responsible about checking the facts in the future.”
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Marston to Challenge Tshabalala for Her World Crown on July 2nd

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Over the past week or so the World’s press have been focusing heavily on the recently announced 9º July Tyson Fury-Wladimir Klitschko WBO-WBA-IBO Unified Heavyweight Championships rematch. Quite rightly so, it’s a huge fight, however just one week earlier, an equally World significant unification bout is also set to take place right here in the United Kingdom.

 

Al juliol 2nd, at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Món #15 and British #1 ranked Marianne Marston will not only be challenging South Africa’s World Boxing Federation (WBFed) Super Bantamweight World Champion Gabisile Tshabalala for her coveted crown, but will also be aiming to secure the World Boxing Union (UMC), Women’s International Boxing Association (WIBA) and Universal Boxing Organization (UBO) World accolades.

 

London based Marston, who was originally due to challenge Unathi Myekeni for the Bantamweight version of the WBFed strap back in December, that was until Myekeni was forced to withdraw following a hand injury, is cleary relishing the belated opportunity, com va fer clar quan va parlar anteriorment.

 

“I cannot thank WBFed President Howard Goldberg enough for making this happen, like me he was so dissapointed when Unathi (Myekeni) pulled out injured last year.

 

In addition to Howard, I would also lke to thank WIBA President Ryan Wissow, WBU President Don Lewis and Sebastien Pitois from the UBO, as they have been so supportive throughout my career, so to also challenge for their Championships really is so special for me.

 

I’m forty two now, so honestly thought after Unathi pulled out, that’s it for me, I’ll never get the chance to fight for a World title, OK that’s not quite true, I could have fought for a vacant title, but to me that’s just not good enough, Vull lluitar amb els millors, I want to beat the World Champion.

 

I’ve seen video of Gabisile, when she fought Shannon (O'Connell) a 2013, but would very much like to find any video of her when she won the World title last year. I know how much I have changed, fight wise, des 2013 so really want to see if there are any changes to her style or tactics.

 

From what I have seen, she’s a classy fighter, very quick hands. When she fought Shannon, she was mainly counter punching, which would suit me, but for some reason I have a feeling she will have a very different approach as a defending Champion.

 

De qualsevol manera, this will be a great fight for the fans, there’s such a contrast in our styles and in my view it’s those differences in style and tactical approach that will make this such a great fight to watch.

 

British boxing is booming, we have so many World Champions at the moment, Tyson Fury, Anthony Joshua, Kell Brook, Carl Frampton, Llegeix Selby, Liam Smith, Jamie McDonnell, Llegeix Haskins, De Tony Moran, Craig Docherty, Terry Flanagan, Anthony Crolla, James DeGale and of course my old gym mate at the TKO, Billy Joe Saunders.

 

Obviously they’re all men, so I want to redress the deficit a little and join them, as well as be the first British Female boxer to be crowned World Champion since Jane Couch beat Jaime Clampitt for the IWBF title in 2004.”

 

Gabisile Tshabalala Vs Marianne Marston for the WBFed, UMC, WIBA and UBO Super Bantamweight Unified World Championship headlines the Russ Brown promoted AS GOOD AS IT GETS event at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, UK on Saturday 2nd Juliol.

 

This event is sanctioned by the British & Autoritat irlandesa de boxa (BIBA) www.boxbiba.com

 

Entrades: Priced £30 (Assegut Standard) and SOLD OUT (Ringside VIP) estan disponibles en línia a www.tkoboxoffice.com iwww.mariannemarston.com

 

Please show your support and follow Marianne Marston on Twitter @MarianneMarston or on Facebook www.facebook.com/marianne.marston i www.facebook.com/MarianneMarstonFanPage – or see her websites www.mariannemarston.com iwww.goldengirlboxing.com

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Dona Mundial Unificació baralla co-Titulars 6 des de Londres Esdeveniment

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Londres, Anglaterra Marianne Marston s'estableix per a la baralla més dura de la seva carrera fins a la data, quan ella es quadra contra Mdantsane, De Sud-àfrica Unathi només en un concurs mundial de pes gall UNIFICACIÓ, a York Hall a Londres, diumenge 6º Desembre.

 

Britànic #1, Marston tenia l'esperança de desafiar interí del CMB campió de pes gall Christina Mc Mahon pel seu títol aquest mes d'octubre, No obstant això Mc Mahon se li va oferir l'oportunitat d'impugnar Alícia Ashley per la corona del CMB pes súper gall a Nova York en el 29º Octubre, una oportunitat d'or el talentós irlandesa simplement no podia rebutjar.

 

Sense baralla de campionat a l'horitzó immediat Marston havia decidit prendre en un combat sense títol a York Hall a l'octubre 23rd, a continuació, a principis d'aquest mes se li va oferir l'oportunitat d'impugnar Myekeni a Sud-àfrica a principis de 2016, pel president de la Federació Mundial de Boxa Howard Goldberg.

 

Algunes negociacions relliscoses per l'equip de Marston i promotor de Londres Mark Lyons, juntament amb el suport dels seus patrocinadors monarca Comunicacions, BoxFit Regne Unit, Optimax i 3X Esports, el concurs va ser comprat cap endavant a desembre i es va traslladar a Londres.

 

Marston, que va assegurar el títol CBM Internacional, així com el Mundial #24 classificació, l'octubre de l'any passat amb uns punts tancats a terme guanyen més de Marianna Gulyas, a la línia a aixecar-se per l'oportunitat per un títol mundial, però, des d'aquesta victòria Marston només ha lluitat alhora, superant a Riga, De Letònia Jekaterina Lecko per atur de segona ronda a l'agost.

 

El seu oponent en el 6º Desembre, Nosaltres sols, està molt més experimentat, tant la competència savi, així com Campionat savi, i ha ocupat amb anterioritat tant els títols de la Federació Mundial de Boxa i la Fundació Mundial de Boxa Internacional, així com la Federació Mundial de Boxa pes súper gall Mundial Corona.

 

En el seu últim combat, Myekeni va lluitar i va perdre per decisió majoritària davant el seu compatriota sud-africà Gabisile Tshabalala pel títol supergallo WBFed.

 

Parlant abans Marston va parlar breument sobre la propera baralla,

 

"No puc començar a expressar el content que estic encara arribar a lluitar per un títol mundial aquest any i el fet que serà una unificació de quatre títols fa que sigui encara més especial.

 

Quan Christina ens va dir que ella té l'oportunitat de lluitar a Estats Units pel títol complet del CMB i com a tal la nostra lluita no es duria a terme aquest any, M'ha decebut realment.

 

No em malinterpretar Estic content per Christina, però des del primer dia de les converses amb la seva gestió que s'havia estat preparant per a la baralla, tot el que havíem estat treballant era lluitar contra ella, fins i tot intentem arribar a un rival que va ser similar en estil a ella per la lluita agost, però així estan les coses.

 

Lamentablement no he vist cap de les baralles de Unathi així que no sé massa sobre la seva, amb sort tindrem una mica de vídeo de les seves baralles pel títol d'aquesta setmana i llavors podem començar a buscar espàrrings adequats i realment vam aconseguir el campament va començar.

 

No puc agrair Howard (Goldberg) suficient per donar-me aquesta oportunitat, així com Ryan (President WIBA Ryan Wissow) i Don (UMC & President WIBC Don Lewis) per la seva permetre lluitar pels seus títols també, així com Mark (Promotor Mark Lyons) i els meus patrocinadors meravellosos monarca Comunicacions, Optimax, Boxfit Regne Unit i 3X Esports per a ells estar just darrere meu i donar-me l'oportunitat de participar en aquest històric combat d'unificació, el que és més just aquí a Londres.

 

També he d'agrair als meus meravellosos fans, que realment són fantàstics, un gran suport i molt, molt sorollós, amb sort tindrem una casa plena a York Hall al desembre 6º, si ho fem van a elevar el sostre quan barallo, això és segur."

 

Marianne Marston vs Unathi només per la UMC Unificat, WBFed, Campionat de pes gall WIBA i WIBC Món co-titular de la co-promogut LET esdeveniment comenci la batalla Mark Lyons i Marianne Marston a York Hall, Bethnal Green, Londres el diumenge 6º Desembre 2015.

 

Aquest esdeveniment és sancionat per cortesia de la Comissió de Boxa de Malta (MBC) www.maltaboxingcommission.com

 

Entrades, preu de £ 35 (norma assegut) i £ 65 (Primera fila) estan disponibles en qualsevol dels boxejadors que participen, en línia enwww.letbattlecommence.com i www.mariannemarston.com o truqui al 07960 850645