Interim WBA World Bantamweight Champion Zhanat “ZZ” Zhakiyanov (26-1, 18 KO) 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, Kazachstan, 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 Jún 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). Okrem toho, 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.
Júla 2nd, at the Arena UK in Grantham, Lincolnshire, Svet #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 (ZČU), Women’s International Boxing Association (Wibau) 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, keď jasne najavo, keď hovorila skôr.
“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, Chcem bojovať najlepšie, I want to beat the World Champion.
I’ve seen video of Gabisile, when she fought Shannon (O'Connell) v 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, od tej doby 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.
Tak aj tak, 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, ZČU, 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 Júl.
This event is sanctioned by the British & Irish Boxing Authority (BIBA) www.boxbiba.com
Lístky: Priced £30 (Štandardné Sediaci) and SOLD OUT (Ringside VIP) sú k dispozícii on-line na www.tkoboxoffice.com awww.mariannemarston.com
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Žena World Zjednotenie Bout Co-Headlines 6.prosince London Event
Londýn, Anglicko je Marianne Marston je nastavený na najťažší boj jej doterajšej kariéry, Keď sa štvorcov off proti Mdantsane, Južná Afrika je Unathi sám v súťaži World Bantamweight zjednotenie, na York Hall v Londýne, v nedeľu 6th December.
Britský #1, Marston dúfal, že spochybniť dočasnej WBC Bantamweight Champion Christina Mc Mahon pre jej titulu tento rok v októbri, avšak Mc Mahon bola ponúknutá možnosť napadnúť Alicia Ashley pre WBC Super Bantamweight koruny v New Yorku na strane 29th Október, jedinečná príležitosť talentovaný Írka jednoducho nemohol odmietnuť.
Bez majstrovstvá zápas na bezprostredné obzore Marston sa rozhodla vziať na non-majstrovstvách zápas v Yorku radnice na október 23rd, potom sa na začiatku tohto mesiaca, že bola ponúknutá možnosť spochybniť Myekeni v Južnej Afrike na začiatku roka 2016, podľa World Boxing Federation President Howard Goldberg.
Niektoré úhľadný rokovaní podľa tímom Marston a Londýnske promótor Mark Lyons, spolu s podporou svojich sponzorov Monarch Communications, BoxFit UK, Optimax a 3X Športové, zápas bol kúpil dopredu do decembra a presťahoval do Londýna.
Marston, ktorí zaistili titul MBC International, rovnako ako svet #24 poradie, v októbri minulého roka s uzatváracím von bodmi vyhrať nad Marianna Gulyás, aby ju line up pre výstrel na svetový titul, avšak od tohto víťazstva Marston má len bojoval kedysi, bitie Riga, Lotyšska Jekaterina pasca od druhého kola zastavením späť v auguste.
Jej súper na 6th December, Nás osamote, je oveľa skúsenejší, obaja súťaž múdry, rovnako ako Majstrovstvá múdry, a už skôr držal obaja tituly na World Boxing federácie a Svetový boxerský Foundation International, rovnako ako World Boxing federácie Super bantamové svetový titul.
Vo svojej poslednej súťaži, Myekeni bojoval a prehral väčšinovým rozhodnutím kolegami South African Gabisile Tshabalala o titul WBFed Super Bantamweight.
Hovoriť skoršie Marston krátko hovoril o nadchádzajúcom boji,
"Nedokážem vyjadriť, ako som rád, že ešte dostať bojovať o titul majstra sveta v tomto roku, a skutočnosť, že bude zjednotenie štyroch titulov robí to ešte viac zvláštne.
Keď nám Christina povedala, že má možnosť bojovať v Amerike WBC úplný názov a ako taký náš boj by sa pokračovať v tomto roku, Bol som naozaj sklamaný.
Nechápte ma zle, že som rád, pre Christina, ale od prvého dňa jedna z diskusií s jej vedením sme sa pripravovali na toho boja, všetko, čo sme pracovali na to, aby ju bojovať, dokonca sme sa snažili dostať súpera, ktorý bol podobný v štýle k nej na boj august, ale tak to ide.
Bohužiaľ som nevidel žiadne z Unathi je bojov, takže neviem, moc o nej, dúfajme, že budeme mať nejaké video jej titul bojov tento týždeň a potom môžeme začať hľadať vhodných partnerov, zápasenie a naozaj si tábor začal.
Nemôžem poďakovať Howard (Goldberg) dosť pre to, že mi túto príležitosť, rovnako ako Ryan (Wibau prezident Ryan Wissow) a Don (ZČU & WIBC prezident Don Lewis) pre ich ma umožňujúci bojovať za svoje tituly príliš, rovnako ako Mark (Usporiadateľ Mark Lyons) a moje nádherné sponzori Monarch Communications, Optimax, Boxfit UK a 3X telovýchovy pre nich, že hneď za mnou a že mi dal príležitosť podieľať sa na tomto historickom zjednotení zápas, čo viac tu v Londýne.
Musím tiež poďakovať svojim fanúšikom skvelé, v skutočnosti sú fantastické, veľmi podporuje a veľmi, veľmi hlučný, dúfajme, že budeme mať plný dom v Yorku radnice na december 6th, ak sa nám budú zvyšovať strechu, keď som bojovať, to je isté."
Marianne Marston vs Unathi sám pre Unified ZČU, WBFed, Wibau a WIBC sveta Bantamweight Majstrovstvá čo-titulok Mark Lyon a Marianne Marston čo-podporoval LET BATTLE začať akcie na York Hall, Bethnal Green, Londýn v nedeľu 6th December 2015.
Táto udalosť je sankcionované dovolením Malta Boxing Komisie (MBC) www.maltaboxingcommission.com
Lístky, cenu 35 libier (Štandardné sediaci) a 65 libier (Prvý rad) sú k dispozícii z niektorého z boxerov, ktorí sa zúčastňujú, on-line nawww.letbattlecommence.com a www.mariannemarston.com alebo volania 07960 850645