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Boxcino 2014 Campión dos lixeiros, Peter “Zar” Petrov to fight Liam Walsh in WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 en Manchester, Inglaterra

Filadelfia, PA (Setembro 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 campión Peter “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO) loitará invicto Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO) nunha WBO loita eliminación Lightweight en 10 de outubro

en Manchester, Inglaterra.
O vencedor da loita será o desafiante obrigatorio para o gañador da disputa polo título WBO lixeiro entre Terry Flanagan e Diego Magdaleno, que terá lugar o mesmo tarxeta en outubro 10.
Petrov gañou a oportunidade coa forza de gañar o 2014 Boxcino campionato leve cando derrotou Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), and Fernando Carcamo (17-5).
“Esta é unha grande oportunidade de loitar nun eliminación final WBO, iso me trae máis preto dun título mundial que foi un soño da miña vida. Foi unha longa estrada para me para chegar a esta posición, e quero facer a miña familia e amigos orgullosos. Quero agradecer Artie Pelullo por crer en min e para min ter a oportunidade, Non vai decepcionar,”Dixo Petrov.
“Loitando Liam Walsh na súa propia casa vai ser difícil, pero neste momento na miña carreira que non hai cantos de corte. Walsh é o meu camiño, e debo vencelo para alcanzar os meus obxectivos. He is a young-strong fighter, pero nunca viu ninguén coma min no arena.”
Dixo Banner Promotions Presidente, Arthur Pelullo, “Este é outro caso de Boxcinosendo o trampolín para unha enorme oportunidade. Petr has earned this opportunity, e nós cremos que vai gañar esta loita e loitar co vencedor do evento principal entre Flanagan e Magdaleno.”
O 03 de abril, Petrov gañou unha decisión unánime 10 redonda sobre o ex-campión mundial de Gamaliel Díaz en Corona, California.
Petrov vai unirse Banner Promotions stablemate John Thompson, que vai loitar polo WBO Jr. Título dos medios contra Liam Smith na mesma tarxeta.

Boxcino 2015 JR. Campión dos medios, Baño “Apollo Kidd” Thompson para loitar Liam Smith para WBO vago Jr. Título dos medios en outubro 10 en Manchester, Inglaterra


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Filadelfia, PA (Agosto 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 campión Baño “Apollo Kidd” Thompson asinou para afrontar invicto Liam Smith para a vaga WBO mundo Jr. Título dos medios en 10 de outubro en Manchester, Inglaterra.

Thompson xunta Willie Monroe Jr. como o segundo campión Boxcino para loitar por un título mundial en un período de cinco meses.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO) de Newark, New Jersey participará da súa loita primeiro título mundial.
Thompson é co-promovido pola Promocións GH3 de Vito Mielnicki e Promocións Banner Arthur Pelullo da.
Thompson gañou a oportunidade coa forza de gañar o Boxcino 2015 JR. Middleweight torneo con vitorias sobre Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) e unha parada redonda sobre Brandon Adams 2 (17-1).
“Estou animado. These doors keep opening, e eu só pasar por eles e pecha-los. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Para min, o torneo Boxcino foi unha gran oportunidade de ser establecido. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, e eu sabía desde o principio que é así que se preparar para estes tipos de loitas,” dixo Thompson.
“Estou moi orgulloso de 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 pulou enriba del e dixo que isto ocorre. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, son poucos son distantes entre si, e el aproveitou a oportunidade para loitar pola WBO Jr. Campionato mundial Middleweight,” Arthur Pelullo dixo de Banner Promotions
Dixo Vito Mielnicki, Presidente do GH3 Promocións, “John foi o primeiro loitador que asinado en GH3 Promocións. 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, e que vai mostrar o seu talento en outubro 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, John vai poñer nun gran rendemento.”
A loita é promovido pola Queensberry Promocións Frank Warren, en asociación con Promocións bandeira de Arthur Pelullo e GH3 Ofertas de Vito Mielnicki.
A Smith – Thompson loita vai xuntarse á loita polo título WBO Middleweight entre Andy Lee e Billy Joe Saunders, así como Terry Flanagan defender o seu título de leves WBO contra Diego Magdaleno, Wil que compoñen un triple-header campionato en 10 de outubro de Manchester, Inglaterra.

Demetrius Andrade Arquivos apelar con WBO

Providencia (Agosto 13, 2015) – Invicto Middleweight Júnior Demetrius “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 Kos) entrou cun recurso sobre a decisión recente da Organización Mundial de Boxeo (WBO) refugallo-lo do seu campionato Middleweight Júnior WBO Mundo. Na carta ao presidente WBO Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade afirmou que o WBO fallou en ofrecer-lle un opoñente obrigatoria durante os últimos sete meses para el para defender o seu título contra.
O chamamento de Andrade tamén menciona que o WBO enviou unha carta a el en xaneiro 23, 2015, que afirmou que o WBO forzaría unha oferta da bolsa entre WBO Non. 1 reto Jermell Charlo e Andrade, se o acordo loita non foi resolto no prazo (30) días. Con todo, o WBO non forzar a oferta da bolsa, permitindo Charlo a asinar un acordo para loitar Vanes Martirosyan, case 30 días despois do Andrade asinara o contrato para loitar Charlo.
Unha copia do contrato mencionado loita, que Andrade asinado en xaneiro 14, 2015 para loitar para Charlo $300,000, Tamén foi incluído como evidencia para apoiar a reivindicación de Andrade. Andrade afirmou que o contrato asinado proba que era, de feito, O equipo de Charlo, Non Andrade, que tirou da loita.
Andrade pediu o WBO para permitirlle loitar contra calquera, declarando, “Solicitamos respectuosamente que a WBO permitir Demetrius Andrade para defender o WBO Jr. Título dos medios contra calquera dos top 15 opoñentes. Soamente o WBO ten a capacidade de facer un dos seus adversarios aprobados para loitar con el. Nós respetamos pedimos Comité Campionato do Mundo de WBO para usar o seu poder para forzar un top 15 loitador loitar con el o máis cedo posíbel posible. Nós sería máis que dispostos a permitir unha loita para ocorrer baixo as regras dunha oferta de bolsa, se é necesario. Por favor, use o seu poder e autoridade para intervir e forzar unha loita obrigatoria para permitir que Demetrius Andrade para defender o seu título no arena de boxeo, onde debe ser decidido e ten a nosa palabra de que imos honrar a WBO, ao aceptar que loitar contra calquera aprobado pola WBO antes Setembro 30, 2015.”
Equipo Andrade manifestou aínda a súa vontade de defender o seu título WBO, ao aceptar que ir ao exterior e loitar contra un opoñente WBO aprobado por menos de $150,000 que a, desgraciadamente, aínda non tiveron éxito na obtención dun ataque.
Ademais, Andrade argumentou que a WBO recentemente o indicou a súa intención de apartalo do seu cume 15 rankings en total, aínda, o WBO segue clasificar Saul “Canelo” Alvarez como o WBO Mundial Jr. Sen Middleweight. 1 contendor, aínda Álvarez non loitou como un Jr. Middleweight desde setembro. 14, 2013, nove meses antes do que defensa do título de Andrade. Equipo Andrade solicitou que o Comité do Campionato WBO Mundial permitir Andrade a mesma oportunidade de defender a súa clasificación.
Siga Demetrius Andrade no TwitterAndradeATeam ouBooBooBoxing.

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 ) 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, programa para Sábado, Agosto, 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, que continuou, “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, Luís 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”.
En outubro 2014, o invicto sensación Puerto Rican, conquistou o título WBO Latino batendo fóra Miguel 'O Fear’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena era un ex-dúas veces Campión de Estados Unidos Nacional, e 11 Luvas de Ouro veces gañador en Filadelfia.
Rodriguez ten outras vitorias notables por decisión unánime sobre o mundo candidato ao título, David Quijano, e ex-campión WBC FECARBOX, Felix Perez.
VideosComplete fights
Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena

Invicto Mauro Maximiliano Godoy para defender WBO Latino & Arxentino 140 títulos libra este venres en Bos Aires, Argenti

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Bos Aires, Arxentina (Xullo 8, 2015)Este venres noite en Bos Aires, Arxentina, invicto e clasificado mundo, JR. Welterweight Mauro Maximiliano Godoy vai defender o WBO Latino e arxentino 140 títulos libra cando asume Xavier Luques Castelo.
Godoy de Centenario, Arxentina ten unha marca de 19-0 con 8 nocautes e é actualmente o número-9 pola WBO.
Castelo de Córdoba, Arxentina é 13-4 con 4 nocautes.
“Son grata pola oportunidade de loitar pola Banner Promotions, e eu vou feito sobre estar con unha gran empresa,” Dixo Godoy.
“Teño grandes expectativas. Castillo has fought internationally, por iso, é unha oportunidade para demostrar que podo loitar alto nivel. This will be a good fight but I will win the fight fight cleanly and emphatically.
Unha vitoria sobre Castelo ha configurar Godoy para unha gran loita nos Estados Unidos.
“Estou me preparado para ser o no gran escenario nos Estados Unidos. This is a new opportunity with Banner Promotions. I will prove that I have the qualities to become a star.
Godoy será a última importación de Arxentina para poder facer un gran nome para si mesmo, seguindo os pasos dos gustos de Lucas Matthysse, Marcos Maidana e Diego Chaves.
“Estou preparado para o tipo de loitas que foron nos. 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.
“Eu só quero dar as grazas a meu equipo. 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 en 10 PM Oriental.

‘MannyRodríguez to defend WBO Latino title against Luis Hinojosa

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Photo by Esdel Palermo / Fresh Boxing
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) Latino bantamweight Champion, Emmanuel "Manny’ Rodriguez (11-0, 7 KO) de Vega Baja, Puerto Rico will have to settle unfinished business with former world title challenger, Luís Hinojosa (27-8 , 17 KO) da República Dominicana, en Sábado, Maio 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 veces.
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, que continuou, “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, en 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. En agosto 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 lb.” 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, e #11 polo 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, Maio 8, en 10 p.m. E

 

Maio 5, 2015

 

O MetroPCS Friday Night Knockout en TruTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Venres, Maio 8, en 10 p.m. E 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, NJ, e “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.

Comentaristas para o evento incluirá Kevin Bullets introducindo play-by-play co analista Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini e reporteiro 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, , Así como unha serie, reporteiro e correspondente da NFL Network e NFL.com. Adicionalmente, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

 

A presentación da rede contará co uso continuado de “Spidercam”tecnoloxía, o primeiro do seu tipo para un boxeo telecast doméstica en directo, 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. A cámara suspendida ten a capacidade de proporcionar atractivos ángulos de 360 ​​graos sobre a acción, incluíndo a capacidade de moverse en tres dimensións - esquerda / dereita, diante / detrás e cara arriba / abaixo.

 

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, Maio 1, en 10 p.m. E

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, Maio 1, en 10 p.m. E. 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. A cámara suspendida ten a capacidade de proporcionar atractivos ángulos de 360 ​​graos sobre a acción, incluíndo a capacidade de moverse en tres dimensións - esquerda / dereita, diante / detrás e cara arriba / abaixo.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Maio 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 Kos) from Chiba, Xapón, vs. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 Kos) from Los Mochis, México, 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, Canadá, 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, , Así como unha serie, reporteiro e correspondente da NFL Network e NFL.com. Adicionalmente, 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, NJ, o venres, Maio 8, en 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 Kos) from Passaic, NJ, and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Kos) en acción. 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.

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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, Gales, 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 Abril 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 11thOutubro 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 Marzo 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 Agosto 1986.

 

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

 

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, Comunidade, 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 o sábado.

 

“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, unha guerra absoluta

 

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. Non, honestamente.

 

I just enjoy what I do, you know I’ve been to Russia, Arxentina, Xapón, 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, Eu non estaba, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that este sábado 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 (Rivais Promotions) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Escocia o sábado 25th Abril 2015.

 

Os ingresos custa £ 30 e £ 40 están dispoñibles a partir de calquera dos boxeadores que participan, ou chame Stewart en 07711 725257.

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