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Boxcino 2014 Lehké mistr, Petr “Zar” Petrov to fight Liam Walsh in WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 v Manchesteru, Anglie

Philadelphie, PA (Září 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 mistr Petr “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO) bude bojovat neporažený Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO) v WBO lehké eliminace zápas na 10th říjen

v Manchester, Anglie.
Vítěz boje bude povinné challenger pro vítěze WBO Lightweight záchvat titulu mezi Terry Flanagan a Diego Magdaleno, která se bude konat na stejnou kartu října 10.
Petrov získal příležitost na síle vyhrál 2014 Boxcino Lehká šampionát, když porazil Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), a Fernando Carcamo (17-5).
“To je skvělá příležitost, jak bojovat ve finální WBO odlučovač, To mě přivádí blíž k světový titul, který byl celoživotní můj sen. Byla to dlouhá cesta, abych se na tuto pozici, a já chci, aby mé rodině a přátelům hrdý. Chtěl bych poděkovat Artie Pelullo pro víru ve mně a pro získání mi šanci, Nezklamu,”Said Petrov.
“Boj Liam Walshe na domácí půdě bude těžké, ale v tuto chvíli v mé kariéře neexistuje žádné řezné rohy. Walsh je v mé cestě, a já vám ho musí porazit k dosažení svých cílů. He is a young-strong fighter, ale nikdy neviděl nikoho, jako jsem já uvnitř kruhu.”
Said Banner Promotions President, Arthur Pelullo, “Jde o další případ Boxcinobytí odrazový můstek k obrovská příležitost v. Petr has earned this opportunity, a věříme, že vyhraje tento boj a bojovat s vítězem hlavního turnaje mezi Flanagan a Magdaleno.”
3. dubna, Petrov vyhrál 10-kulaté jednohlasné rozhodnutí o více než bývalý mistr světa Gamaliele Diaz v Corona, Kalifornie.
Petrov se připojí Banner Promotions stablemate Johna Thompsona, který bude výzvou pro WBO Jr. Název Middleweight proti Liam Smith na stejnou kartu.

Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight mistr, John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson bojovat Liam Smith pro prázdnou WBO Jr. Název Middleweight října 10 v Manchesteru, Anglie


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Philadelphie, PA (Srpen 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 mistr John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson podepsala čelit neporažený Liam Smith pro prázdný WBO svět Jr. Název Middleweight na 10th říjen v Manchester, Anglie.

Thompson se připojí Willie Monroe Jr. as 2. Boxcino šampion bojovat o titul mistra světa v pěti měsíci rozpětí.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO) Newark, New Jersey bude účast ve svém prvním světovém titulu záchvat.
Thompson je co-podporována Vito Mielnicki jeho GH3 Propagace a Arthur Pelullo je Banner Promotions.
Thompson získala příležitost k síle vyhrát Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight turnaj se získává Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) a 2. kolo zastavení nad Brandon Adams (17-1).
“Jsem nadšený,. These doors keep opening, a já jsem jen chodit přes ně a zavřít. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Pro mě, turnaj Boxcino Byla to skvělá příležitost být stanovena. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, a já jsem věděl, že od samého začátku, že to, jak se připravit na tyto typy bojů,” Said Thompson.
“Jsem velmi hrdý na Johna. 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 vyskočil nad ním a řekl, aby se to stalo. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, je jich málo, jsou daleko od sebe, a skočil po příležitosti k boji za WBO Jr. Middleweight mistrovství světa,” řekl Arthur Pelullo of Banner Promotions
Said Vito Mielnicki, Prezident GH3 Promotions, “John byl první bojovník jsem podepsal na GH3 Promotions. 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, a on ukáže svůj talent na říjen 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, John bude klást na skvělý výkon.”
Záchvat je podporována Frank Warren Queensberry Promotions, ve spojení s Arthura Pelullo prapor propagace a Vito Mielnicki je GH3 Promotions.
Smith – Thompson zápas se připojí k WBO Middleweight boj o titul mezi Andy Lee a Billy Joe Saunders, stejně jako Terry Flanagan bránit svůj WBO Lightweight titul proti Diego Magdaleno, který wil tvoří mistrovské triple-header 10. října z Manchesteru, Anglie.

Demetrius Andrade Soubory odvolání s WBO

PROVIDENCE (Srpen 13, 2015) – Neporažený junior middleweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KO) podal odvolání, pokud jde o nedávné rozhodnutí Světové boxu organizace (WBO) se ho zbavit jeho WBO mistrovství světa juniorů middleweight. V dopise prezidentovi WBO Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade Celek WBO se nepodařilo, aby mu nabídnout povinný soupeř během posledních sedmi měsíců, za něj obhájit svůj titul proti.
Andrade odvolání rovněž uvádí, že WBO poslal dopis s ním ledna 23, 2015, který říkal, že WBO by vynutit peněženku nabídku mezi WBO č. 1 vyzývatel Jermell Charlo a Andrade, pokud dohoda boj nebyl vyřešen v rámci (30) dny. Nicméně, WBO nenutil se kabelka nabídku, umožňující Charlo podepsat dohodu o boji Lopatky Martirosyan, téměř 30 dny po Andrade podepsal smlouvu bojovat Charlo.
Kopii smlouvy o výše uvedené boj, což Andrade podepsané ledna 14, 2015 bojovat za Charlo $300,000, byla také zahrnuta jako důkaz na podporu tvrzení Andrade se. Andrade uvedl, že podepsaná smlouva dokazuje, že to bylo, vlastně, Charlo tým, Není Andrade, že vytáhl ze zápasu.
Andrade požádala WBO dovolit jemu bojovat proti každému uvedením, “Zdvořile žádáme, aby WBO dovolí Demetrius Andrade hájit WBO Jr. Middleweight Název proti některého z vrcholu 15 oponenti. WBO má pouze schopnost vynutit jednu ze svých schválených vyzyvatelů s ním bojovat. Jsme uctivě se zeptat WBO mistrovství světa výbor využívat jejich síly ke vrchol 15 bojovník s ním bojovat ve vašem nejbližším možném pohodlí. Rádi bychom být více než ochoten umožnit boj nastat podle pravidel o peněženku nabídky, v případě potřeby. Použijte svou sílu a autoritu vystoupit a vynutit povinný boj dovolit Demetrius Andrade obhajovat svůj titul v ringu, kde by mělo být rozhodnuto, a máte naše slovo, že budeme ctít WBO tím, že souhlasí, aby bojovat proti každému schválený WBO před Září 30, 2015.”
Tým Andrade dále vyjádřil svou ochotu obhajovat svůj titul WBO tím, že souhlasí jít v zámoří a bojovat s WBO schválený protivníka za méně než $150,000 tím, že, bohužel, oni byli stále neúspěšné na zajištění záchvat.
Mimoto, Andrade argumentoval, že WBO mu nedávno informovala o svém záměru odstranit jej z jeho vrcholu 15 celkem žebříčku, ještě, WBO i nadále hodnotit Saul “Canelo” Alvarez jako WBO světové Jr. Middleweight Žádné. 1 uchazeč, ačkoli Alvarez nebyl bojoval jako Jr. Middleweight od září. 14, 2013, devět měsíc dříve, než titulu obrany Andrade se. Tým Andrade požádal, aby mistrovství výbor WBO svět dovolit Andrade stejnou možnost hájit své pořadí.
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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 ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, naplánováno na Sobota, Srpen, 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, který pokračoval, “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”.
Října 2014, neporažený Puerto Rican senzace, zachytil WBO Latino titul tím, že dorazí Miguela 'No Fear’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena byl bývalý dvojnásobný mistr Spojené státy národní Champion, a 11 časy Golden rukavice vítěz ve Philadelphii.
Rodriguez má jiné pozoruhodné vítězství na základě jednomyslného rozhodnutí nad světového titulu uchazeče, David Quijano, a bývalý WBC FECARBOX mistr, Felix Perez.
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Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena

Neporažený Mauro Maximiliano Godoy bránit WBO Latino & Argentinský 140 libra tituly tento pátek v Buenos Aires, Argenti

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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Červenec 8, 2015)Tento pátek noc v Buenos Aires, Argentina, neporažený a svět zařadil, Jr. Welterweight Mauro Maximiliano Godoy bude bránit WBO Latino a Argentince 140 libra tituly, když přebírá Xavier Luques Castillo.
Godoy z Centenario, Argentina má rekord 19-0 s 8 knockouts a je v současné době zařadil číslo-9 podle WBO.
Castillo Cordoby, Argentina je 13-4 s 4 průchodky.
“Jsem vděčný za příležitost bojovat za Banner Promotions, a budu vydělávat na tom, že s velkou společností,” Said Godoy.
“Mám velké očekávání. Castillo has fought internationally, tak to je příležitost, jak dokázat, že jsem se bojovat na vysoké úrovni. This will be a good fight but I will win the fight fight cleanly and emphatically.
Vítězství nad Castillo zřídí Godoy na velký boj ve Spojených státech.
“Připravuji, že je na velké fázi ve Spojených státech. This is a new opportunity with Banner Promotions. I will prove that I have the qualities to become a star.
Godoy bude nejnovější dovoz z Argentiny, aby bylo možné provést velké jméno pro sebe, Následující ve stopách likes Lucas Matthysse, Marcos Maidana a Diego Chaves.
“Jsem připraven pro typ bojů, že byly v. 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.
“Chci jen poděkovat svému týmu. 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 na 10 Premiér Východní.

‘MannyRodríguez to defend WBO Latino title against Luis Hinojosa

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Photo by Esdel Palermo / Fresh Boxing
Světová boxová organizace (WBO) Latino bantamweight Champion, Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez (11-0, 7 KO) Vega Baja, Puerto Rico will have to settle unfinished business with former world title challenger, Luis Hinojosa (27-8 , 17 KO) Dominikánské republiky, na Sobota, Květen 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 doba.
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, který pokračoval, “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, v 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. V srpnu 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 ve světě WBO, a #11 podle 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, Květen 8, na 10 p.m. A

 

Květen 5, 2015

 

The MetroPCS pátek večer Knockout na truTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Pátek, Květen 8, na 10 p.m. A 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 KO) from Passaic, New Jersey, a “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KO). Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michel Soro (25-1-1, 15 KO) from France, with Monaghan defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title against Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 KO) from Brazil.

Komentátoři pro akce budou zahrnovat Kevin Bullets poskytující play-by-play s analytikem Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini a reportér 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, stejně jako hostitel, reportér a korespondent pro NFL síť a NFL.com. Dále, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

 

Prezentace síť je představí další používání “Spidercam”technologie, první svého druhu pro živé domácí boxu televizní vysílání, 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. Pozastavena Kamera má schopnost poskytnout přesvědčivé 360 ° úhlů akce, včetně schopnosti pohybovat ve třech rozměrech - vlevo / vpravo, vpřed / vzad a nahoru / dolů.

 

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, Květen 1, na 10 p.m. A

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, Květen 1, na 10 p.m. A. 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. Pozastavena Kamera má schopnost poskytnout přesvědčivé 360 ° úhlů akce, včetně schopnosti pohybovat ve třech rozměrech - vlevo / vpravo, vpřed / vzad a nahoru / dolů.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Květen 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 KO) from Chiba, Japonsko, proti. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 KO) from Los Mochis, Mexiko, 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 KO) from Quebec, Kanada, proti. Konstantin Ponomarev (27-0, 13 KO) 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, stejně jako hostitel, reportér a korespondent pro NFL síť a NFL.com. Dále, 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, New Jersey, v pátek, Květen 8, na 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 KO) from Passaic, New Jersey, and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KO) v akci. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 KO) from France, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 KO) 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, Wales, 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 Duben 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 11thŘíjen 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 Březen 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 Srpen 1986.

 

With numerous British, Commonwealth and European title contests under his belt on the 8th Červen 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, Japonsko.

 

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, Společenstvi, 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 v sobotu.

 

“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, absolutní válka

 

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. Já ne, poctivě.

 

I just enjoy what I do, you know I’ve been to Russia, Argentina, Japonsko, 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, Nebyl jsem, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that tuto sobotu 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 (Soupeří s Promotions) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Skotsko v sobotu 25th Duben 2015.

 

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