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Boxcino 2014 Letvægts mester, Peter “Zar” Petrov to fight Liam Walsh in WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 i Manchester, England

Philadelphia, PA (September 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 mester Peter “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO s) vil kæmpe ubesejret Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO s) i en WBO Letvægts elimination Bout10 oktober

i Manchester, England.
Vinderen af ​​kampen vil være den obligatoriske udfordrer til vinderen af ​​WBO Letvægts titel Bout mellem Terry Flanagan og Diego Magdaleno, som vil finde sted på det samme kort oktober 10.
Petrov fortjent mulighed på styrken af ​​at vinde 2014 Boxcino Letvægts mesterskab, da han besejrede Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), og Fernando Carcamo (17-5).
“Dette er en fantastisk mulighed for at kæmpe i en WBO endelig eliminator, dette bringer mig tættere på en verden titel, som har været en livslang drøm af mine. Det har været en lang vej for mig at komme til denne position, og jeg vil gerne gøre min familie og venner stolt. Jeg vil gerne takke Artie Pelullo for at tro på mig og for at få mig chancen, Jeg vil ikke skuffe,”Said Petrov.
“Fighting Liam Walsh på hans hjemmebane vil være hård, men på dette tidspunkt i min karriere er der ingen skære hjørner. Walsh er på min vej, og jeg må slå ham til at nå mine mål. He is a young-strong fighter, men han har aldrig set nogen som mig inde i ringen.”
Said Banner Kampagner præsident, Arthur Pelullo, “Dette er et andet tilfælde af Boxcinovære springbræt til en enorm en mulighed. Petr has earned this opportunity, og vi tror, ​​at han vil vinde denne kamp og kæmpe vinderen af ​​main event mellem Flanagan og Magdaleno.”
Den 3. april, Petrov vandt en 10-round enstemmig afgørelse i løbet af tidligere verdensmester Gamaliel Diaz i Corona, California.
Petrov vil slutte Banner Kampagner stablemate John Thompson, der vil udfordre til WBO Jr. Mellemvægt titel mod Liam Smith på samme kort.

Boxcino 2015 Jr. Mellemvægt mester, John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson kæmpe Liam Smith for ledige WBO Jr. Mellemvægt titel oktober 10 i Manchester, England


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Philadelphia, PA (August 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 mester John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson har underskrevet til ansigt ubesejret Liam Smith om den ledige WBO verden Jr. Mellemvægt titel 10 oktober i Manchester, England.

Thompson slutter Willie Monroe Jr. som den 2. Boxcino mester til at kæmpe for en verden titel i en fem måneder span.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO s) af Newark, New Jersey vil deltage i hans første verden titel Bout.
Thompson er co-fremmes af Vito Mielnicki s GH3 Kampagner og Arthur Pelullo s Banner Kampagner.
Thompson fået mulighed på styrken af ​​at vinde Boxcino 2015 Jr. Mellemvægt turnering med vinder over Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) og en 2. runde arbejdsnedlæggelse i Brandon Adams (17-1).
“Jeg er spændt. Disse døre fortsætter med at åbne, og jeg bare gå igennem dem og lukke dem. Jeg skal udføre mit job. Jeg går ind i denne kamp for at sikre, at jeg er i topform. For mig, den Boxcino turneringen var en stor mulighed for at være etableret. Det er en stærk platform til at vise mine talenter. Jeg kæmpede meget hård konkurrence, og jeg vidste fra begyndelsen, at er hvordan du få forberedt til disse typer af kampe,” Said Thompson.
“Jeg er meget stolt af John. Han var en sidste minuts udskiftning i Boxcino. Han fortsatte med at vinde til turneringen med stil ved at score en spektakulær knockout over den stærkt begunstigede Brandon Adams. Da muligheden kom til at kæmpe Liam Smith om titlen, Johannes sprang over det og sagde gøre det ske. John er en rigtig kriger og forstår, hvornår denne type muligheder kommer op, de er få er langt mellem, og han sprang på muligheden for at kæmpe for WBO Jr. Mellemvægt VM,” sagde Arthur Pelullo af Banner Promotions
Said Vito Mielnicki, Formand for GH3 Promotions, “John var den første fighter jeg underskrevet i GH3 Kampagner. Han har altid taget de hårde kampe, når du ser på hans historie. Jeg føler, at han er langt den mere dominerende fighter i denne kamp, og han vil vise sit talent oktober 10. Det betyder ikke noget, at han går ind i Smiths Backyard, John vil lægge på en stor ydeevne.”
Den kamp bliver fremmet af Frank Warren s Queensberry Kampagner, i samarbejde med Arthur Pelullo s Banner Kampagner og Vito Mielnicki s GH3 Kampagner.
Smith – Thompson Bout vil slutte sig til WBO mellemvægt titel kamp mellem Andy Lee og Billy Joe Saunders, samt Terry Flanagan forsvare sin WBO Letvægts titel mod Diego Magdaleno, som wil udgør et mesterskab triple-header den 10. oktober fra Manchester, England.

Demetrius Andrade Files appel med WBO

PROVIDENCE (August 13, 2015) – Undefeated junior mellemvægt Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 KOS) har indgivet en klage vedrørende den nylige beslutning om World Boxing Organization (WBO) at fratage ham hans WBO verden junior mellemvægt mesterskabet. I brevet til WBO præsident Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade hævdede WBO undladt at tilbyde ham en obligatorisk modstander i løbet af de seneste syv måneder ham at forsvare sin titel mod.
Andrade appel nævner også, at WBO sendt et brev til ham i januar 23, 2015, der erklærede, at WBO ville tvinge en pung bud mellem WBO Nej. 1 Challenger Jermell Charlo og Andrade, hvis kampen aftalen ikke blev løst inden for (30) dage. Men, WBO ikke tvinge pung bud, tillader Charlo at underskrive en aftale om at bekæmpe Vanerne Martirosyan, næsten 30 dage efter Andrade havde underskrevet sin kontrakt til at kæmpe Charlo.
En kopi af den førnævnte kamp kontrakt, som Andrade underskrev i januar 14, 2015 at kæmpe Charlo for $300,000, blev også inkluderet som beviser til støtte Andrade påstand. Andrade erklærede, at den underskrevne kontrakt beviser, at det var, faktisk, Charlo team, ikke Andrade, der trak sig ud af kampen.
Andrade anmodede WBO at tillade ham at kæmpe nogen ved at sige, “Vi respektfuldt anmode om, at WBO tillade Demetrius Andrade at forsvare WBO Jr. Mellemvægt titel mod en af ​​de top 15 modstandere. Kun WBO har evnen til at tvinge en af ​​deres godkendte udfordrere for at bekæmpe ham. Vi beder respektfuldt WBO VM-udvalg til at bruge deres magt til at tvinge en top 15 fighter at bekæmpe ham på din snarest muligt bekvemmelighed. Vi ville være mere end villig til at tillade en kamp at forekomme efter reglerne i en pung bud, Hvis det er nødvendigt. Brug venligst din magt og myndighed til at træde til og tvinge en obligatorisk kamp for at gøre det muligt for Demetrius Andrade at forsvare sin titel i bokseringen, hvor det skal besluttes, og du har vores ord, at vi vil ære den WBO ved at acceptere at bekæmpe nogen godkendt af WBO før September 30, 2015.”
Team Andrade yderligere udtryk for sin vilje til at forsvare sin WBO titel ved at acceptere at gå oversøiske og kæmpe en WBO godkendt modstander for mindre end $150,000 at, desværre, var de stadig forgæves på at sikre en kamp.
Endvidere, Andrade hævdede, at WBO nylig informerede ham om sin hensigt til at fjerne ham fra sin top 15 placeringer i alt, endnu, WBO fortsætter med at bedømme Saul “Canelo” Alvarez som WBO verden Jr. Mellemvægt Ingen. 1 contender, selvom Alvarez ikke har kæmpet som en Jr. Mellemvægt siden september. 14, 2013, ni måneder tidligere end Andrade titel forsvar. Team Andrade anmodede om, at WBO VM Udvalg tillader Andrade samme mulighed for at forsvare sin placering.
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Emmanuel 'Manny’ Rodriguez is set to defend his WBO Latino title against Alex Rangel in Fajardo, Puerto Rico

Bantamweight WBO Latino champion Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Rodriguez ( 12-0, 8 KO s ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO s ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, planlagt til Lørdag, August, 22 at the Tomas Dones Coliseum in Fajardo, Puerto Rico
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, der fortsatte, “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 ( Singapore 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”.
Den October 2014, den ubesejrede puertoricanske sensation, erobrede WBO Latino titel ved at slå ud Miguel 'No Fear’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena var en tidligere to gang USA National Champion, og 11 gange Golden Gloves vinder i Philadelphia.
Rodriguez har andre bemærkelsesværdige sejre ved enstemmig afgørelse i løbet verden titel contender, David Quijano, og tidligere WBC FECARBOX mester, Felix Perez.
VideosComplete fights
Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena

Undefeated Mauro Maximiliano Godoy at forsvare WBO Latino & Argentinsk 140 pund titler denne fredag ​​i Buenos Aires, Argenti

Buenos Aires, Argentina (Juli 8, 2015)Denne fredag nat i Buenos Aires, Argentina, ubesejret og verden rangeret, Jr. Weltervægt Mauro Maximiliano Godoy vil forsvare WBO Latino og argentinske 140 pund titler, når han tager på Xavier Luques Castillo.
Godoy af Centenario, Argentina har en registrering af 19-0 med 8 knockouts og er i øjeblikket rangeret nummer-9 af WBO.
Castillo fra Cordoba, Argentina er 13-4 med 4 knockouts.
“Jeg er taknemmelig for muligheden for at kæmpe for Banner Promotions, og jeg vil udnytte at være sammen med en stor virksomhed,” Said Godoy.
“Jeg har store forventninger. Castillo has fought internationally, så det er en mulighed for at bevise, jeg kan kæmpe på et højt niveau. This will be a good fight but I will win the fight fight cleanly and emphatically.
En sejr over Castillo vil oprette Godoy for en større kamp i USA.
“Jeg forbereder at være den på den store scene i USA. This is a new opportunity with Banner Promotions. I will prove that I have the qualities to become a star.
Godoy vil være den seneste import fra Argentina for at kunne lave et stort navn for sig selv, efter i fodsporene på folk som Lucas Matthysse, Marcos Maidana og Diego Chaves.
“Jeg er klar til den type kampe, som de har været i. 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.
“Jeg ønsker blot at takke mit hold. 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.ar10 PM Eastern.

‘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 s) af Vega Baja, Puerto Rico will have to settle unfinished business with former world title challenger, Luis Hinojosa (27-8 , 17 KO s) Den Dominikanske Republik, på Lørdag, Maj 30 at the Cosme Beitia Coliseum in Cataño, Puerto Rico.
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 gange.
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, der fortsatte, “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, i 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. I august 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 i verden af ​​WBO, og #11 af 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, på 10 p.m. OG

 

Maj 5, 2015

 

Den MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout på truTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Fredag, Maj 8, på 10 p.m. OG 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., og “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 KOS). Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michel Sorø (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.

Kommentatorer for begivenheden vil omfatte Kevin Kugler leverer play-by-play med analytiker Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini og 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, såvel som en vært, reporter og korrespondent for NFL Network og NFL.com. Derudover, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

 

Netværket præsentation vil funktionen fortsat brug af “Spidercam”teknologi, den første af sin art for en levende indenlandsk boksning fjersynsudsendelse, 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. Den suspenderede Kameraet har evnen til at levere overbevisende 360-graders vinkler ved aktionen, herunder evnen til at bevæge sig i tre dimensioner - venstre / højre, frem / tilbage og op / ned.

 

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, på 10 p.m. OG

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, på 10 p.m. OG. 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. Den suspenderede Kameraet har evnen til at levere overbevisende 360-graders vinkler ved aktionen, herunder evnen til at bevæge sig i tre dimensioner - venstre / højre, frem / tilbage og op / ned.

“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, Mexico, 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, Canada, 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, såvel som en vært, reporter og korrespondent for NFL Network og NFL.com. Derudover, 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., på fredag, Maj 8, på 10 p.m. – 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) i aktion. 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, 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 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 11thOktober 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 Marts 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 August 1986.

 

With numerous British, Commonwealth and European title contests under his belt on the 8th Juni 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, Commonwealth, 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 på lørdag.

 

“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, en absolut krig

 

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. Jeg gjorde ikke, ærligt.

 

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, Jeg var ikke, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that denne lørdag 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 (Rivaler Kampagner) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Skotland lørdag 25th April 2015.

 

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