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Tag Archives: Sydafrika
WBA Interim Champ Zhakiyanov and Camp Respond to ‘Blatantly False’ Rumors Being Spread by Super Flyweight Contender Zolani Tete
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, Kasakhstan, 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 Juni 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). Endvidere, 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 lb. 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
Over the past week or so the World’s press have been focusing heavily on the recently announced 9th 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.
Juli 2ND, at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Verden #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 (WBU), 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, da hun gjorde det klart, da hun talte tidligere.
“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, Jeg ønsker at bekæmpe den bedste, I want to beat the World Champion.
I’ve seen video of Gabisile, when she fought Shannon (O'Connell) i 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, siden 2013 so really want to see if there are any changes to her style or tactics.
Fra hvad jeg har set, 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.
Uanset, 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, Lee Selby, Liam Smith, Jamie McDonnell, Lee Haskins, 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, WBU, 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 Juli.
This event is sanctioned by the British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) www.boxbiba.com
Billetter: Priced £30 (Standard Siddende) and SOLD OUT (Ringside VIP) er tilgængelige online på www.tkoboxoffice.com ogwww.mariannemarston.com
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Kvindelige verden Unification Bout Co-Overskrifter December 6 London Begivenhed
London, Englands Marianne Marston er indstillet til den hårdeste kamp i hendes karriere til dato, Da hun firkanter ud mod Mdantsane, Sydafrikas Unathi alene i en verden Bantamvægt FORENING contest, på York Hall i London, søndag 6th December.
British #1, Marston havde håbet at udfordre midlertidige WBC Bantamvægt Champion Christina Mc Mahon for hendes titel i oktober, dog Mc Mahon blev tilbudt muligheden for at udfordre Alicia Ashley for WBC Super Bantamvægt krone i New York på den 29th Oktober, en gylden mulighed den talentfulde Irishwoman bare ikke kunne skrue ned.
Med ingen mesterskabet Bout på den umiddelbare horisont Marston havde besluttet at tage på et ikke-mesterskab Bout på York Hall oktober 23rd, derefter tidligere denne måned blev hun tilbudt muligheden for at udfordre Myekeni i Sydafrika i begyndelsen af 2016, af World Boxing Federation præsident Howard Goldberg.
Nogle smarte forhandlinger Marston team og London promotor Mark Lyons, sammen med støtte fra hendes sponsorer Monarch Communications, BoxFit UK, Optimax og 3X Sport, projektkonkurrencen blev købt frem til december, og flyttede til London.
Marston, der sikrede MBC International titel, samt World #24 ranking, i oktober sidste år med et lukket ude point vinde over Marianna Gulyas, til linje hende op for skud på en World titel, men da denne sejr Marston har kun kæmpet den engang, slå Riga, Letlands Jekaterina Lecko ved anden runde arbejdsnedlæggelse tilbage i august.
Hendes modstander på 6th December, Os alene, er langt mere erfarne, både konkurrence klogt, samt Championship klogt, og har tidligere afholdt både World Boxing Federation og World Boxing Foundation International titler samt World Boxing Federation Super Bantamvægt verden Crown.
I hendes sidste konkurrence, Myekeni kæmpede og tabte med flertal beslutning om at kolleger sydafrikanske Gabisile Tshabalala for WBFed Super Bantamvægt titel.
Taler tidligere Marston talte kort om den kommende kamp,
"Jeg kan ikke begynde at udtrykke, hvor glad jeg er for at stadig komme til at kæmpe for en verden titel i år, og det faktum, at det vil være en samling af fire titler gør det endnu mere specielle.
Da Christine fortalte os, hun har mulighed for at kæmpe i Amerika for WBC fulde titel og som sådan vores kamp ikke ville gå videre i år, Jeg var virkelig skuffet.
Må ikke få mig forkert, jeg er glad for Christina, men fra dag ét af drøftelserne med hendes ledelse, vi havde forberedt denne kamp, alt, hvad vi havde arbejdet på, var at bekæmpe hende, Vi forsøgte endda at få en modstander, der var ens i stil til hende for kampen August, men så det går.
Desværre har jeg ikke set nogen af Unathi s kampe så ikke ved alt for meget om hende, forhåbentlig vil vi have nogle video af hendes titel kampe denne uge, og så kan vi begynde at lede efter egnede sparringspartnere og virkelig få lejren startede.
Jeg kan ikke takke Howard (Goldberg) nok til at give mig denne mulighed, samt Ryan (WIBA præsident Ryan Wissow) og Don (WBU & WIBC Præsident Don Lewis) for deres tillade mig at kæmpe for deres titler også, samt Mark (Promotor Mark Lyons) og mine dejlige sponsorer Monarch Kommunikation, Optimax, Boxfit UK og 3X Sport for dem at være lige bag mig og giver mig mulighed for at deltage i denne historiske forening Bout, hvad mere lige her i London.
Jeg må også takke mine dejlige fans, de virkelig er fantastisk, så støttende og meget, meget støjende, forhåbentlig vil vi have et fuldt hus på York Hall på December 6th, hvis vi gør de vil hæve taget, når jeg kæmper, det er helt sikkert. "
Marianne Marston vs Unathi alene for Unified WBU, WBFed, WIBA og WIBC verden bantamvægt Championships co-headline Mark Lyons og Marianne Marston co-forfremmet LET BATTLE påbegynde event på York Hall, Bethnal Green, London på søndag 6th December 2015.
Denne begivenhed er sanktioneret høflighed af Malta Boxing Kommissionen (MBC) www.maltaboxingcommission.com
Billetter, prissat £ 35 (standard siddende) og £ 65 (Ringside) fra nogen af de boksere, der deltager, on-line påwww.letbattlecommence.com og www.mariannemarston.com eller ring 07960 850645