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

Philadelphia, PA (September 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 fortissimus Peter “Zar” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO scriptor) pugnabit invictam Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO scriptor) in a WBO Lightweight eliminanda bout on October 10th

in Manchester, England.
Victor certaminis erit nuncius challenger victor of the title WBO Lightweight bout inter Terry Flanagan et Diego Magdaleno, quae futura est in eadem kalendis Octobribus card 10.
Petrov meruit occasionem in fortitudine conciliandos 2014 Boxcino Lightweight patrocinium cum victi Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), et Fernando Carcamo (17-5).
“Sacramentum hoc magnum est pugnandi potestatem faceret in WBO finalis eliminator, Qua me propinquius opto perpetuam esse mundi titulum. Eam iam diu ad hoc iter mihi, volo facere familiares superbo. Et credit in me, quia volo ago artie Pelullo traducendi me fortuna, Ego autem non confundit,”dicta Petrov.
“Pugnans Liam Walsh in domum caespite erit lentus, sed hanc fortunae meae non est angulis amputatis. Walsh est in via mea,, et illas oportet me consequi metas caedentes. He is a young-strong fighter, sed nunquam vidit quisque intra me litteras annulo meo.”
Praeses dixit Promotions Banner, Arthur Pelullo, “Haec est alia causa Boxcinosit ut a PETAURUM ingens locus. Petr has earned this opportunity, Vicerit credimus proelio victor et principale eventus inter se pugnare et flanagan Magdaleno.”
On April 3rd, Petrov parta a X-rotundus unum congruerunt sententiae remissionem praecedentium mundi fortissimus Gamaliel Diaz in Corona, California.
Petrov applicabit Banner Promotions stablemate John Thompson qui provocare ad WBO Jr. Middleweight titulum adversus Liam Smith eodem card.

Boxcino 2015 Jr. Fortissimus Middleweight, John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson pugnare Liam Smith pro vacant WBO Jr. Middleweight title on October 10 in Manchester, England


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Philadelphia, PA (August 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 fortissimus John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson est signati ad faciem invictam Liam Smith vacanti WBO mundi Jr. Middleweight title on October 10th in Manchester, England.

Thompson iungit Willie Monroe Jr. sicut etiam ad pugnandum pro a 2nd Boxcino fortissimus mundi title in a quinque mensis span.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO scriptor) de novo, New Jersey et participando in prima mundi title bout.
Thompson est co-promoveri per Vito Mielnicki scriptor GH3 Promotions et Arthur Pelullo scriptor Banner Promotions.
Thompson parta occasio in fortitudine conciliandos Boxcino 2015 Jr. Middleweight torneamentum cum uincit super Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) et a 2nd circuitu sistendum Brandon Adams (17-1).
“Ego sum excitatur. These doors keep opening, et iusti ambulabunt in eis et claudere. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Nam me, in Boxcino tournament erat a magna occasionem ad normam statuorum. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, Sciebat enim ab initio et quam praeparavit quarum tibi agnouit,” dicta Thompson.
“Ego sum valde superbus of 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 laetabundus omnia super eam et ait faciam istud. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, pauci sunt longe inter, et misit ad occasionem superuacuaneum est pugnare pro WBO Jr. Middleweight mundi patrocinium,” dixit Arthur Pelullo of Banner Promotions
Said Vito Mielnicki, Praeses GH3 Promotions, “John primus pugnator firmavi at 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, et indicabit ingenium kalendis Octobribus 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, John Induet pro magno effectus.”
IRCA promovetur by Frank scriptor Queensberry Warren Promotions, in consociatione cum Arthur Pelullo scriptor Banner Promotions et Vito Mielnicki scriptor GH3 Promotions.
Fabrum – Bout iunget Thompson WBO Middleweight title pugna inter Andy Lee et Billy Joe Saunders, as well as Terry Flanagan defendendo WBO Lightweight titulum adversus Diego Magdaleno, quae faciam a patrocinium trisulcus arcuato header on October 10th a Manchester, England.

Demetrius Seoane Files appeal with WBO

DILIGENTIA (August 13, 2015) – Inuictus est junior middleweight Demetrius “Boo Boo” Ampuero (21-0, 14 KOs) interposita est appellatio ad arbitrium superioris saeculi Organizatio Pugilatu (WBO) detrahere eius WBO World junior middleweight patrocinium. Quas in epistula ad WBO praeses Francisco Valcarcel, Andrade petatur WBO defecerunt offerentes illi mandatorias adversarius superioris septem mensibus pro eo defenderet titulum adversus.
Meminit Andrade adhortamur ut Kalendis Ianuariis eum miserant WBO 23, 2015, quod dictum est, quod WBO adigere sacculum bid between WBO No. 1 Aemulator Jermell Charlo et Seoane, decrevit animus intus si longior pugna esset consensus (30) diebus. Autem, The WBO non constituit lóculos bid, sino Charlo subscribere ut pugnarent Vanes Martirosyan, fere 30 post dies Seoane erant contractus pugnare Charlo.
Exemplar autem predicti in pugna contractus, quae Seoane January consignatur, 14, 2015 pugnare enim Charlo $300,000, inclusa etiam indicio suscipere Seoane scriptor clamium. Probat quod dictum erat signati contractus Andrade, in eo,, Charlo scriptor quadrigis, non Seoane, quod quam e IRCA.
Andrade requisiuit WBO permissuri pugnare quis assignant, “Rogo, ne nos cum reverentia quae in sino WBO Demetrius Seoane defendere WBO Jr. Title contra summum Middleweight 15 adversarios. WBO solum in facultate, coercent eorum probata challengers loco proelium. Reverenter, hoc nos petere WBO World Championship Committee uti possunt ad Quinctius a vertice 15 Pugnator loco proelium tuum commodum potestate,. Pugnam quam voluit tenere volumus fieri loculos sub regulas bid, si opus. Commodo ingrediantur imperio, fascibus certamen vim mandati fracta ut titulus Demetrius anulum defendere Andrade, ubi et placuit sermo quem habetis qui honorificent probati WBO WBO nont prius pugnare September 30, 2015.”
Quadrigis Seoane ulterius exprimitur voluntatemque defenderet WBO title nont transfretaturus et dimicare WBO probata adversarius minus quisquam $150,000 quod, infeliciter, adhuc essent unsuccessful ad procurandas IRCA.
Praeterea, Disserebatque brevibus momentis WBO Andrade nuper adierunt eum removere a summitate ipsius intentionis 15 omnino rankings, tamen, The WBO pergit rate Saul “Canelo” Alvarez ut WBO World Jr. No middleweight. 1 CONCERTATOR, quamvis non Alvarez attriverant a Jr. Middleweight quia Sept. 14, 2013, novem menses prius quam Seoane s title defense. Quadrigis Seoane petieruntque ut WBO World Championship Committee patitur Seoane eandem occasionem defenderet ordo.
Demetrius sequi Seoane on Twitter autAndradeATeamBooBooBoxing.

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 scriptor ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO scriptor ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, pro annuntiatione Saturday, 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, qui permansistis, “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 mercede Militum etc..
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”.
On October 2014, ad invictam Puerto Rican sensatio, cepit WBO Latino titulo excutere Miguel 'No Fear’ Cartagena in the first round. Carthago a duobus illis superioribus sensibus tempore Civitatum Foederatarum National Champion, atque 11 times aurei Gloves victor in Philadelphia.
Rodriguez habet, alij insignes victorias, per unum congruerunt sententiae super mundi title CONCERTATOR, David Quijano, et priore WBC FECARBOX fortissimus, Felix Perez.
VideosComplete fights
Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena

Inuictus est Mauro Maximiliano Godoy defendere WBO Latino & Argentinian 140 libram titles this Friday in Buenos Aires, Argenti

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Buenos Aires, Argentina (July 8, 2015)Hoc Friday nocte in Buenos Aires, Argentina, et inuictus est degrediunturque, Jr. Welterweight Mauro Maximiliano Godoy defendam WBO Latino et Argentinian 140 libram titles cum suscipit Xavier Luques Castillo.
Godoy of Centenario, Argentina has a record of 19-0 apud 8 Knockouts et est currently praeferebantur numerus per IX-WBO.
Castillo Osii, Argentina est 13-4 apud 4 knockouts.
“Gratus sum Promotions velit pugnandi potestatem faceret, et cum in multa turba adeptus esse,” dicta Godoy.
“I habere magnus exspectationes. Castillo has fought internationally, Pugnatur probare possum sic altam occasionem. This will be a good fight but I will win the fight fight cleanly and emphatically.
Major A ad pugnam CONCILIO Godoy erigam Castillo in Civitatibus Foederatis Americae.
“Ego facio in Iunctus Civitas in magna scaena esse. This is a new opportunity with Banner Promotions. I will prove that I have the qualities to become a star.
Summa erit de latest Godoy posse ad magnum sibi nomen Argentina, Lucas Matthysse vestigia videntur defuturi, Marcos Maidana et Diego Chaves.
“Paratus sum in genere pugnae fuerunt. 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.
“EGO iustus volo ago amet. 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 at 10 PM Orientales.

‘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 scriptor) Baja de Vega, Puerto Rico will have to settle unfinished business with former world title challenger, Luis mercede Militum etc. (27-8 , 17 KO scriptor) de Respublica, on Saturday, May 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 times.
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, qui permansistis, “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, in 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. In 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 pondo.” 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, atque #11 per 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, May 8, at 10 p.m. ATQUE

 

May 5, 2015

 

The Nocte MetroPCS fringilla in truTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Friday, May 8, at 10 p.m. ATQUE 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., atque “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.

Commentatores evenerit include Kevin Bullets providente play by plura mater Analyticum Radius "BUTIO BUTIO" Mancini et notario 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, tam bene quam exercitus, notario et correspondente pro NFL and NFL.com. Superaddita, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

 

Expositio in usu permansit pluma retiacula “Spidercam”technology, in domesticis primum genus for a Live boxing telecast, 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. Suspensis gradus CCCLX camera angulos habet actionem praebere coactis motabilem trium dimensionum possidet - left / right, deinceps / ventitaret up / down.

 

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, May 1, at 10 p.m. ATQUE

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, May 1, at 10 p.m. ATQUE. 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. Suspensis gradus CCCLX camera angulos habet actionem praebere coactis motabilem trium dimensionum possidet - left / right, deinceps / ventitaret up / down.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, May 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, tam bene quam exercitus, notario et correspondente pro NFL and NFL.com. Superaddita, 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., on Friday, May 8, at 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) in action. 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 Aprilis 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 11thOctober 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 March 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 June 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, Publicae, 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 on Saturday.

 

“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, absoluta bellum

 

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. Ego non, honeste.

 

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, Non essem, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that hoc Saturday 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 (Promotions aemuli) eventus Rivals Gym in Wishaw, On Saturday Scotland 25th Aprilis 2015.

 

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