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Boxcino 2014 Lagane prvak, Peter “Zar” Petrov će se u oktobru boriti protiv Liam Walsha u WBO -u za eliminaciju u lakoj kategoriji 10 u Manchester, Engleska

Filadelfija, PA (Septembar 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 prvak Peter “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO-a) će se boriti neporažen Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO-a) u WBO Lagane eliminacija bout na 10. oktobar

u Mančester, Engleska.
Pobednik borba će biti obavezan izazivač za pobednika WBO Lagan naslov borba između Terry Flanagan i Diego Magdaleno, koja će se održati na istu karticu oktobra 10.
Petrov zaslužio priliku na snagu osvajanja 2014 Boxcino Lagana prvenstvo kada je poražen Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), i Fernando Carcamo (17-5).
“Ovo je velika prilika da se bori u WBO konačnom eliminator, ovo me dovodi bliže svijet naslov koji je bio životni san moj. Prošlo je dug put za mene da se na tu poziciju, i ja želim da moja porodica i prijatelji ponosni. Želim da se zahvalim Artie Pelullo za vjerovanje u mene i za mene dobijanje priliku, Neću razočarati,”Said Petrov.
“Borba Liam Walsh na svom domaćem terenu će biti teško, ali u ovom trenutku u mojoj karijeri nema rezanje uglova. Walsh je na putu, i od njega da postigne svoje ciljeve moram pobijediti. On je mlad i jak borac, ali on nikada nije vidio nikoga poput mene unutar prsten.”
Said Banner Promocije predsjednika, Arthur Pelullo, “Ovo je još jedan slučaj Boxcinošto je odskočna daska za veliku priliku. Petr je zaslužio ovu priliku, i vjerujemo da će on pobijediti ovu borbu i boriti se protiv dobitnik je glavne događaja između Flanagan i Magdaleno.”
3. aprila, Petrov osvojio je 10-okrugli jednoglasnom odlukom nad bivši svetski šampion Gamaliel Diaz u Corona, Kalifornija.
Petrov će se pridružiti bannera Promocije stablemate John Thompson, koji će izazov za WBO Jr. Naslov u srednjoj kategoriji protiv Liam Smith na istu karticu.

Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight prvak, Jovan “Apollo Kidd” Thompson da se bore Liam Smith za upražnjeno WBO Jr. Naslov u srednjoj kategoriji oktobra 10 u Manchester, Engleska


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Filadelfija, PA (Avgust 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 prvak Jovan “Apollo Kidd” Thompson je potpisala da se suoči neporaženi Liam Smith za upražnjeno WBO svijet Jr. Naslov u srednjoj kategoriji na 10. oktobar u Mančester, Engleska.

Thompson se pridružuje Willie Monroe Jr. kao 2. Boxcino prvak da se bori za titulu svjetskog prvaka u pet meseci raspona.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO-a) of Newark, New Jersey će učestvuju u svoj prvi naslov borba svijetu.
Thompson je ko-promovisala Vito Mielnicki je GH3 Promocije i Arthur Pelullo zastavu Promocije.
Thompson dobio priliku na snagu osvajanja Boxcino 2015 Jr. Srednjoj turnir sa pobedama nad Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) i 2. kolo zastoja preko Brandon Adams (17-1).
“Ja sam uzbuđen. These doors keep opening, i ja samo hodam kroz njih i zatvorite ih. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Za mene, je Boxcino turnir je bila odlična prilika da se uspostavi. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, i znao sam od početka da je to kako ste se pripremili za ove vrste borbe,” Said Thompson.
“Ja sam jako ponosna na John. He was a last minute replacement in Boxcino. He went on to win to the tournament in style by scoring a spectacular knockout over the heavily favored Brandon Adams. When the opportunity came about to fight Liam Smith for the title, John skočio sve preko toga i rekao da se to dogodi. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, oni su malo daleko između, i on je skočio na priliku da se bori za WBO Jr. Srednjoj world championship,” rekao je Arthur Pelullo Banner Promocije
Said Vito Mielnicki, Predsjednik GH3 Promocije, “John je bio prvi borac sam potpisao na GH3 Promocije. He always has taken the tough fights as you look at his history. I feel he is by far the more dominant fighter in this fight, i on će pokazati svoj talenat oktobra 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, John će staviti na odlične performanse.”
Borbe promoviše Frank Warren Queensberry Promocije, u saradnji sa Artura Pelullo a bannera Promocije i Vito Mielnicki je GH3 Promocije.
Smith – Thompson borbe će se pridružiti WBO naslov u srednjoj kategoriji borba između Andy Lee i Billy Joe Saunders, kao i Terry Flanagan branio svoju WBO Lagan naslov protiv Diego Magdaleno, koji wil čine prvenstvo triple-header 10. oktobra iz Manchester, Engleska.

Demetrius Andrade Files žalbu sa WBO

PROVIDENCE (Avgust 13, 2015) – Neporažen junior srednjoj Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOs) podnio je žalbu u vezi nedavne odluke Svjetske Boxing Organization (WBO) da mu skine njegove WBO World junior srednjoj prvenstvu. U pismu predsjednika WBO Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade je tvrdio da je WBO nije mu ponudi obavezno protivnika u proteklih sedam mjeseci za njega da brani titulu protiv.
Andrade žalbi također navodi da je WBO poslao pismo da ga januara 23, 2015, u kojem stoji da će WBO prisiliti torbicu ponude između WBO Nema. 1 izazivač Jermell Charlo i Andrade, ako ugovor o borbi nije riješen u roku od (30) dani. Međutim, WBO nije prisiliti torbicu ponude, omogućavajući Charlo da potpiše sporazum za borbu Vanes Martirosyan, skoro 30 dana nakon što je potpisao svoj ugovor Andrade da se bori Charlo.
Kopija od navedenih borbe ugovora, koja Andrade je potpisan januara 14, 2015 da se bori za Charlo $300,000, je također uključen kao dokaz da podrži Andrade tvrdnje. Andrade je izjavio da je potpisao ugovor dokazuje da je, zapravo, Charlo tim, Ne Andrade, da je izvukao iz meča.
Andrade zatražio WBO da mu dozvoli da se bori nikome izjavljujući, “Poštovanjem tražimo da WBO omogućavaju Dimitrija Andrade braniti WBO Jr. Naslov srednjoj protiv bilo jedan od najboljih 15 protivnici. Samo WBO ima sposobnost da prisili jednu od svojih odobrenih izazivača u borbi protiv njega. Mi dužno poštovanje pitati WBO Svjetsko prvenstvo odbora da koriste svoju moć da prisili vrhunski 15 borac u borbi protiv njega na najranije moguće pogodnosti. Mi bi bili više nego spremni dozvoliti da se dogodi borbu po pravilima novčanik ponude, ako je potrebno. Molimo Vas da koristite svoju moć i autoritet na korak i prisiliti je obavezno borbu kako bi se omogućilo Demetrius Andrade da brani svoju titulu u ring, gdje treba odlučiti i imate našu riječ da ćemo ispoštovati WBO slaganjem da se bore nikome odobren od strane WBO pre Septembar 30, 2015.”
Tim Andrade dodatno izrazila spremnost da brani svoju titulu WBO slaganjem da idu u inostranstvo i boriti se WBO odobrila protivnika za manje od $150,000 to, nažalost, i dalje su bili neuspešni na osiguravanje bout.
Štaviše, Andrade je tvrdio da je WBO ga je nedavno obaviješteni o svojoj namjeri da ga ukloniti iz svog vrha 15 rang zajedno, još, WBO i dalje će ocijeniti Saul “Canelo” Alvarez kao WBO World Jr. No Middleweight. 1 kandidat, iako Alvarez nije borio kao Jr. Middleweight od septembar. 14, 2013, devet mjeseci ranije nego Andrade odbranu titule. Tim Andrade je zatražio da WBO Svjetsko prvenstvo odbor omogućiti Andrade istu priliku da brani svoj rang.
Pratite Dimitrija Andrade na TwitteruAndradeATeam iliBooBooBoxing.

Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez is set to defend his WBO Latino title against Alex Rangel in Fajardo, Portoriko

Bantamweight WBO Latino champion Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Rodriguez ( 12-0, 8 KO-a ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO-a ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, zakazan za Subota, Avgust, 22 at the Tomas Dones Coliseum in Fajardo, Portoriko
Rangel is a good fighter that throws lots of punches, has faced good fighters and I understand that this fight will be a war. I have no doubt about itsaid Emmanuel Rodriguez, koji su nastavili, “Rangel went the distance with Cesar Seda and lasted nine rounds against Alexis Santiago. In both fights, Rangel looked good in losing effort, so I have to be in excellent condition to keep the belt in Puerto Rico”.
Rodriguez, who is the first Puerto Rican boxer to grab gold at a Youth Olympic Games ( Singapur 2010 ), had on last May, the biggest win of his young career by defeating via spectacular KO in the third round, former WBA rated #11, Luis Hinojosa.
Rangel is the kind of opponent important and necessary on Rodriguez’s developmentsaid Juan Orengo, manager of Emmanuel Rodriguez, “We expect Rangel to be in great shape. The fight may go the distance but nothing is guaranteed because ‘Mannyhas gained a lot of power, and is knocking out his opponents with one punch”.
Oktobra 2014, neporaženog portorikanski senzacija, zarobljeni WBO Latino titulu oborila Miguel 'No Fear’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena je bivši dva puta United States National Champion, i 11 Golden Gloves puta pobjednik u Philadelphiji.
Rodriguez ima druge značajne pobjede jednoglasnom odlukom preko svijeta za titulu, David Quijano, i bivši prvak WBC FECARBOX, Felix Perez.
VideosComplete fights
Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena

Neporažena Mauro Maximiliano Godoy braniti WBO Latino & Argentinac 140 pound naslova ovog petka u Buenos Aires, Argenti

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Buenos Ajres, Argentina (Juli 8, 2015)Ovog petka noći u Buenos Airesu, Argentina, neporažen i svijetu rangirane, Jr. Velter kategorija Mauro Maximiliano Godoy braniti WBO Latino i Argentinac 140 pound naslova kada se na Xavier Luques Castillo.
Godoy od Centenario, Argentina ima rekord 19-0 sa 8 nokauta i trenutno se nalazi rangiran broj-9 od WBO.
Castillo Cordoba, Argentina je 13-4 sa 4 nokauta.
“Zahvalan sam na prilici da se bori za Banner Promocije, a ja ću iskoristiti kao sa velikim kompanije,” Said Godoy.
“Imam velike očekivanja. Castillo has fought internationally, pa je prilika da se dokaže da mogu boriti na visokom nivou. This will be a good fight but I will win the fight fight cleanly and emphatically.
A pobeda nad Castillo će postaviti Godoy za veliki borbu u SAD-u.
“Pripremam se da je na velikoj sceni u Sjedinjenim Državama. This is a new opportunity with Banner Promotions. I will prove that I have the qualities to become a star.
Godoy će biti najnovije uvoz iz Argentine da bi mogli napraviti veliko ime za sebe, stopama od poput Lucas Matthysse, Marcos Maidana i Diego Chaves.
“Ja sam spreman za vrstu borbi koje su bile u. I know I am on the same level as those fighters. I am on the level to take any fight and fight everybody. I just want to fight the best.
“Ja samo želim da se zahvalim svom timu. I am glad that the fight can be seen online so I can prove to a large audience that I have worked very hard to realize my dream to become world champion.
The fight will be shown live on http://www.tvpublica.com.ar u 10 PM Istočni.

‘MannyRodríguez to defend WBO Latino title against Luis Hinojosa

RodriguezvsCartagena
Photo by Esdel Palermo / Fresh Boxing
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino bantamweight Champion, Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez (11-0, 7 KO-a) Vega Baja, Puerto Rico will have to settle unfinished business with former world title challenger, Luis Hinojosa (27-8 , 17 KO-a) Dominikanske Republike, na Subota, Maj 30 at the Cosme Beitia Coliseum in Cataño, Portoriko.
Rodríguez won the WBO Latino Bantamweight title after knocking out in the very first round Philly native Miguel Cartegena 13-2, 5 KO’s and former amateur 2 time US National Champion who won the Philadelphia Golden Gloves 11 puta.
Last February, Hinojosa was scheduled to face the Puerto Rican fighter but the fight was canceled due to the Dominican visa issues.
I’m aware that I’m facing an experienced opponent who will be coming with every trick in the book. He is a battle tested veteran boxer that throws a lot of punches and perhaps this maybe the toughest fight of my career, but my team and I are working hard in preparation for this fight, and we will be ready for everything and anything he may come up with during the fight to assure that the belt won’t leave Puerto Rico”, said Emmanuel Rodriguez, koji su nastavili, “in the social media outlets many fans have told me that Hinojosa is in great condition, and has not stopped training since the fight was canceled in February. What can I say about this? I smell war
In his short professional boxing career, Rodriguez has notable victories over world title contender, David Quijano and former FECARBOX champion (WBC), Felix Perez, both wins were by unanimous decision. In his last brawl held in February, Rodriguez defeated Hungarian champion, Gabor Molnar by TKO in the second round.
After suffering seven losses early in his career, u 2010 Hinojosa got on a hot victory streak by winning his next 25 fights and captured the WBA Fedecaribe and WBA Fedelatin titles in the process. U avgustu 2014, Hinojosa traveled to Venezuela for the biggest fight of his career, which was for the WBA Interim World title. His opponent Yonfrez Parejo defeated Hinojosa by TKO in the eleventh round in a close and exciting bout.
Immediately, Hinojosa returned to the winning column by obtaining a TKO victory in the third round over prospect, Luis Rosa in November 2014.
Rodriguez’s manager Juan Orengo commented; “Hinojosa is very ready and his team has warned us to be prepared. I’m very confident in Manny’s talent and that he will prevail in the fight and will retain his belt while ensuring the fans get a great show. This will be an all out war from beginning and in the end, the real winners will most definitely be the fans”.
If all goes well, ‘Mannywill be back in August and at the end of the year we will be shooting for a world title at 118 lbs.” Orengo said.
Rodriguez, who is the first Puerto Rican to win a gold medal at the 2010 Junior Olympics in Singapore 2010 is ranked #8 in the world by the WBO, i #11 od strane WBC.
Soon more details to come about the boxing card which is being promoted by Fresh Boxing and M/V Power Promotions.
Video footage to download:
Rodríguez vs Cartagena
Rodríguez vs Molnar

MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV Continues Friday, Maj 8, u 10 poslije podne. I

 

Maj 5, 2015

 

The MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout na truTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Petak, Maj 8, u 10 poslije podne. I from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J. The card will feature two title fights, headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 KOs) from Passaic, N.J., i “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KOs). Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michel Soro (25-1-1, 15 KOs) from France, with Monaghan defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title against Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 KOs) from Brazil.

Komentatori za događaj će uključivati Kevin Bullets pružanje play-by-play s analitičara Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini i reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler is a veteran announcer who has called college basketball and NFL coverage for Westwood One and college football for the Big Ten Network. Mancini is a 2015 International Boxing Hall of Fame inductee and former NABF and WBA lightweight champion. Poncher is a commentator and reporter for Top Rank, kao i domaćin, novinar i dopisnik NFL Network i NFL.com. Dodatno, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

 

Prezentacija mreže će imati nastavak korištenja “Spidercam”tehnologija, prvi takve vrste za uživo domaće boks na televiziji, providing dynamic coverage during the series. “Spidercam” operates on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. Suspendiranog Kamera ima sposobnost da pruži uvjerljiv uglovima 360 stepeni akcije uključujući i mogućnost da se u tri dimenzije - lijevo / desno, naprijed / nazad i gore / dole.

 

As part of its entitlement sponsorship of the boxing series on truTV,MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, as well as inclusion in all promotional messaging across truTV and other Turner Broadcasting networks.

 

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MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV to Debut Friday, Maj 1, u 10 poslije podne. I

New Primetime Series to Include First-Ever Use of “Spidercam” for Live Boxing Telecast

Kevin Kugler to Provide Play-by-Play with World Class Welterweight Timothy Bradley & Reporter Crystina Poncher

truTV and Top Rank will partner to exclusively present the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV, a live primetime boxing series set to debut Friday, Maj 1, u 10 poslije podne. I. The new boxing series, in association with Turner Sports and HBO Sports, will launch on the eve of the Floyd Mayweather vs. Manny Pacquiao pay-per-view fight with a card featuring two title bouts inside The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.

The network’s presentation will feature the first-ever domestic use of “Spidercam” technology for a live boxing telecast, providing dynamic coverage of this new series. “Spidercam” operates on a four-point system of cables from designated points beyond the corners of the boxing ring. Suspendiranog Kamera ima sposobnost da pruži uvjerljiv uglovima 360 stepeni akcije uključujući i mogućnost da se u tri dimenzije - lijevo / desno, naprijed / nazad i gore / dole.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Maj 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 KOs) from Chiba, Japan, vs. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 KOs) from Los Mochis, Meksiko, in a 12-round bout for the vacant WBO Lightweight World Championship. The undercard will include two undefeated fighters in action – Mikael Zewski (26-0, 23 KOs) from Quebec, Kanada, vs. Konstantin Ponomarev (27-0, 13 KOs) from Miass, Russia – in a 10-round bout for the NABF Welterweight Championship.

Commentators for the event will include Kevin Kugler providing play-by-play with analyst Timothy Bradley and reporter Crystina Poncher. Kugler is a veteran announcer who has called college basketball and NFL coverage for Westwood One and college football for the Big Ten Network. Bradley is a former WBO welterweight champion and former WBO and two-time WBC junior welterweight champion, including a win over Pacquiao during his career. Poncher is a commentator and reporter for Top Rank, kao i domaćin, novinar i dopisnik NFL Network i NFL.com. Dodatno, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

The second week of the MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout on truTV series – live from Prudential Center in Newark, N.J., u petak, Maj 8, u 10 poslije podne. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 KOs) from Passaic, N.J., and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KOs) u borbi. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 KOs) from France, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 KOs) from Brazil.

As part of its entitlement sponsorship of the boxing series on truTV, MetroPCS will receive camera-visible center ring and corner pad brand placement for each fight, as well as inclusion in all promotional messaging across truTV and other Turner Broadcasting networks. Sony PlayStation also joins as an associate sponsor of the series, with in-ring signage and inclusion in promotional spots.

Visit the Turner Sports online pressroom for additional press materials; follow Turner Sports on Twitter at TurnerSportsPR.

MBC & PBA Ink DealBritish Masters Title Fights For MBC UK Events

It was announced earlier today that Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) and the Professional Boxing Association (PBA) have inked a deal, that will not only mean that the hugely popular British Masters Championship, but also the as well as the all new European Masters Championship, that is being created specifically for the MBC, can now be campaigned for on MBC sanctioned events in the United Kingdom for the first time.

 

For the past sixteen years or so, both the British and International Masters Championships have only been available on British Boxing Board of Control (BBBofC) sanctioned events in the UK, however with the MBC’s rapid growth in the United Kingdom, projected to be sanctioning in excess of forty events in England, Vels, Scotland and Northern Ireland in 2015, it became clear to PBA Chairman Mr Bruce Baker that there was potential for further growth for the Championships if they were also available on MBC sanctioned events.

 

Over the past sixteen years or so there have been close to six hundred Masters title fights that have taken place in the UK, many of the Masters Champions have then gone on to campaign for major accolades on the domestic, international and even the World stage.

 

The most famous of these Masters Champions is no less than former two division WBO World Champion Ricky Burns, who after winning the International Masters Super Featherweight title against Romania’s Gheorghe Ghiompirica in May 2008, was catapulted onto the International stage, where in his very next bout the Scotsman successfully challenged American based Ghanaian Osumanu Akaba for the vacant Commonwealth title.

 

Burn’s successfully defended the Commonwealth crown three times before moving onto the World scene, where he then successfully challenged then WBO World Super Featherweight Champion Roman Martinez from Puerto Rico.

 

Once more Burn’s successfully defended his WBO World Super Featherweight crown three times before moving up a division and beating Australia’s Michael Katsidis for the interim WBO World Lightweight title in November 2011.

 

On his very next fight Burn’s secured the full WBO World Lightweight title, beating Namibia’s Paulus Moses at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow in March 2012.

 

Burn’s successfully defended his second World title four times before succumbing to the skills of Omaha, USA’s Terence Crawford in March 2014.

 

With such an illustrious Championship career blossoming from Burns’ first tilt at a title, there can be no doubt of the importance of the Masters titles on the domestic scene, something that now can also benefit the boxers, both British and those from overseas that box on the UK events sanctioned by the MBC.

 

The inaugural Masters Championship, that will take place on an MBC sanctioned event in the UK, sees Czech Republic’s Nikolas Botos challenge Bradford’s Tasif Khan for the International Masters Bantamweight title on the Mark Lyons and Billy James-Elliott promoted event which takes place at York Hall in London on Saturday May 2ND.

 

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Legendary Referee Mickey Vann To Officiate MBC’s Inaugural Scottish Event This Saturday

Legendary globe trotting Championship referee Mickey Vann will be making one of his shortest international journeys in a long while, this coming weekend, when he officiates the first Malta Boxing Commission (MBC) sanctioned event in Scotland, the Stewart Allan promoted event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw on Saturday 25th April 2015.

 

Vann, who has been the MBC’s chief referee since 2013, has been officiating for close to forty years, the first bout he refereed was Eddie Smith versus Joe Jackson at the Anglo American Sporting Club in Manchester on the 11thOktobar 1976.

 

It would be some seven years later before Vann refereed his first domestic Championship bout, the BBBofC Central Area Featherweight Title fight between Steve Pollard and Steve Farnsworth at the Tiffany’s Nightclub in Hull on the 29th Mart 1983.

 

Three years later Vann refereed his first International Championship contest, the Commonwealth Lightweight Title fight between Zimbabwe’s Langton Tinago and Australia’s Graeme Brooke at the Granada Studios in Manchester on 23rd Avgust 1986.

 

With numerous British, Commonwealth and European title contests under his belt on the 8th Jun 1990 Vann refereed his first World Championship bout, the WBC World Minimumweight title fight between Japan’s Hideyuki Ohashi and Thailand’s Napa Kiatwanchai in Tokyo, Japan.

 

To date Vann has refereed one hundred and forty three International, Inter-Continental and World title contests for the World Sanctioning Organisations, such as WBC, WBO, IBF, WBU etc as well as an even higher number of European, Komonvelt, British and Irish domestic title fights during his eight hundred and eighty two bout career to date.

 

The most recent of these bouts being the WBO Inter-Continental Cruiserweight title fight between Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk and Russian Andry Knyazev, which took place in Kiev just last weekend.

 

In addition Vann has also judged one hundred and seventy three Championship contests since 1978, taking his officiating career total to an incredible one thousand and fifty five contests, sorry make that one thousand and fifty six contests if we include the upcoming event this weekend.

 

Shortly after returning from Kiev, the effervescent Vann spoke briefly about his career and the upcoming event he is to officiate in Scotland u subotu.

 

“What can I say I didn’t realise I’d refereed that many fights,

 

My most memorable fight would naturally be Lennox Lewis and Frank Bruno at Cardiff Arms Park, that was history.

 

But have refereed so many memorable fights, where do I start, Shea Neary and Mickey Ward, now that was a great fight.

 

There’s some from years ago I can remember, like Jean-Marc Renard against Farid Benredjeb, oh what a war that was, they both ended up in hospital.

 

Another memorable fight was Cassius Boloyi against Phillip Ndou, It was a war, apsolutni rat

 

They were two South Africans but from different tribes, they wanted me to referee it, not a South African, which was very much appreciated.

 

I remember refereeing the WBC mandatory Lightweight title fight, between Leavander Johnson and Miguel Angel Gonzalez, in a bullring, which was an experience.

 

I refereed in America Jorge Paez and Angel Manfredy, that was a terrific fight, in fact refereed three or four times in America.

 

I think if you count them all I think I refereed in thirty nine different countries, I left school at seven and went back at thirteen and left again at fourteen and I didn’t know at that time that there were that many countries in the world. Nisam, pošteno.

 

I just enjoy what I do, you know I’ve been to Russia, Argentina, Japan, all over, I just got back from Kiev.

 

People come up for photographs, even in Kiev, with Mickey the dancer and then they pretend they are you moving about, it’s lovely.

 

I pick out nothing really, I just pick out what has been the big fights that I’ve enjoyed.

 

I qualified as a star grade referee in 1978 and I’m still going, I’d done hundreds of fights by then, it’s not a job really, it’s just enjoyment as such.

 

I wasn’t a very good pro fighter, I was a pretty good amateur, I had sixty six fights as an amateur and lost nineteen, but you used to have three fights a day in the Championships, you fought in the morning, won that you fought in the afternoon and if you won that you fought at night to get through to the next round, in the Army Championships and the boys clubs sort of thing, that’s what we all did.

 

As a pro I have fourteen fights but I lost nine, but I enjoyed it, I’m glad I turned pro and I’m glad I fought, I’m glad I fought amateur and pro and I missed it when I retired and I wanted to do something and my manager suggested I referee, I wanted to coach but Tommy Miller, my manager said to me ‘Jesus Mick what could you teach anyone’, so he said to me you want to be a referee, so I put in for it and it took me two years and I qualified.

 

I’ve enjoyed every minute of it and some times have been better than others, in fact they used to hate me in Scotland, they thought I hated the Scots. I heard this on the radio many times.

 

Alex Morrison will tell you, he thought I was hater of Scotsmen, Ja nisam bio, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that ove subote it’s the Scottish promoter and the Scottish boxers that asked for me for this show.

 

I’ve always had great fun there and my all time favourite fighter is a Scotsman, Ken Buchanan, so it’s really nice that they want me to be there for the first MBC sanctioned event there, I can’t wait.”

 

Mickey Vann will be the referee for both the Sandy Robb versus Mathew Ellis and Scott Allan versus Isaac Quaye that co-headline the Stewart Allan (Rivali Promocije) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Škotska je u subotu 25th April 2015.

 

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