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Boxcino 2014 Toa Kōmāmā, Pita “ZAR” Petrov to fight Liam Walsh in WBO Lightweight elimination bout on October 10 i roto i te Manchester, Ingarangi

Philadelphia, PA (Mahuru 3, 2015) – Boxcino 2014 toa Pita “ZAR” Petrov (36-4-2, 17 KO o) Ka tūturu whawhai Liam Walsh (19-0, 13 KO o) i roto i te WBO a'ee whakakorenga Kōmāmā i runga i October 10

i roto i te Manchester, Ingarangi.
Ko te toa o te whawhai ka waiho te kaiwero whakahauanga mō te toa o te WBO a'ee taitara Kōmāmā i waenganui i Terry Flanagan me Diego Magdaleno, e tango te wahi i runga i te taua kāri i runga i Oketopa 10.
Petrov roaa te rave'a i runga i te kaha o te toa i te 2014 Boxcino taitara Kōmāmā ka patua e ia Fedor Papazov (14-0), Chris Rudd (13-1), ko Fernando Carcamo (17-5).
“Ko te whai wāhitanga nui ki te whawhai i roto i te eliminator whakamutunga WBO tenei, tenei hopoi mai i ahau ofi ange ki he taitara ao kua nei kua he moemoea mo'uí o toku. Kua ki i te huarahi roa hoki ki ahau tiki ki tenei tūranga, a ahau e hiahia ana ki te hanga i toku utuafare e mau hoa whakakake. E hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai Artie Pelullo mō te whakapono i roto i ahau, me te mo te whiwhi ahau i te tupono noa, E kore e haukotia ahau,”Said Petrov.
“Fighting Liam Walsh i runga i tona pūreirei te kāinga e uaua, engari i tēnei wā i roto i toku mahi kahore he koki whakairo. Ko Walsh i toku ara, a me whiua e ahau a ia ki te whakatutuki i toku whāinga. He is a young-strong fighter, engari kua kore i kite ia tangata rite ahau i roto i te whakakai.”
Mea Kara Whakatairanga Palesiteni, Arthur Pelullo, “Ko tetahi atu take o Boxcino teneite i te ake ki te he nui te whai wāhitanga. Petr has earned this opportunity, a whakapono ana tatou e riro ia tenei whawhai, ka whawhai te toa o te hui matua i waenganui i Flanagan me Magdaleno.”
I te April 3, Riro Petrov te whakatau loto 10-a tawhio noa i runga i te toa mua ao Kamariere Diaz i kurahauao, California.
Ka uru atu Petrov Kara Whakatairanga stablemate John Thompson nei e wero mo te WBO Jr. Taitara whitu ki Liam Smith i runga i te kāri kotahi.

Boxcino 2015 JR. Toa taumahawaenga, John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson ki te whawhai Liam Smith mo wātea WBO Jr. Taitara whitu i runga i Oketopa 10 i roto i te Manchester, Ingarangi


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Philadelphia, PA (August 24, 2015) – Boxcino 2015 toa John “Apollo Kidd” Thompson Kua hainatia ki te kanohi tūturu Liam Smith mo te wātea WBO ao Jr. Taitara whitu tekau i runga i October 10 i roto i te Manchester, Ingarangi.

Thompson hono Willie Monroe Jr. rite ki te toa Boxcino 2 whawhai mo te taitara ao i roto i te rima marama whanganga.
Thompson (17-1, 6 KO o) o Newark, Ka whai wāhi New Jersey i tona a'ee taitara ao tuatahi.
Thompson te ruruku whakatairangatia-e GH3 Whakatairanga Vito Mielnicki o a Kara Whakatairanga Arthur Pelullo o.
Te whai wāhi Thompson riro i runga i te kaha o te toa i te Boxcino 2015 JR. Whitu whakataetae ki te whakauru ia mo Ricardo Pinell (10-1-1), Stanyslav Skorkhod (9-0) me te mutu a tawhio 2 mo Brandon Adams (17-1).
“Ko oaoa ahau. These doors keep opening, a tika te haere ahau i roto i a ratou, ka kati ia ratou. I have to do my job. I am going into this fight making sure that I am in tip-top shape. Hoki ahau, te whakataetae Boxcino ko te whai wāhitanga nui ki whakapumautia. It is a strong platform to show my talents. I fought very tough competition, a mohio ahau i te timatanga e te pehea koe te tiki rite mo enei momo o whawhai,” Said Thompson.
“Ko ahau rawa whakakake o Hoani. 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, Peke a Hoani katoa i runga i taua mea, ka mea kia tupu te reira. John is a real fighter and understands when these types of opportunities come up, He tawhiti i waenganui i he torutoru ratou, a ka peke ia i te whai wāhi ki te whawhai mo te WBO Jr. Whitu taitara ao,” ka mea a Arthur Pelullo o Kara Whakatairanga
Said Vito Mielnicki, Peresideni o GH3 Whakatairanga, “Ko Hoani te toa tuatahi i haina ahau i GH3 Whakatairanga. 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 ka whakaaturia e ia ki tona taranata i runga i Oketopa 10. It won’t matter that he his going into Smith’s Backyard, Ka hoatu a Hoani i runga i te mahi nui.”
Whakatairangatia ana te a'ee e Whakatairanga Queensberry Frank Warren o, i roto i te feohi ki Kara Whakatairanga Arthur Pelullo o a GH3 Whakatairanga Vito Mielnicki o.
Ko te Smith – Ka uru atu Thompson a'ee te WBO Whitu taitara whawhai i waenganui i Andy Lee me Billy Joe Saunders, me te Terry Flanagan te parururaa i tona WBO taitara Kōmāmā ki Diego Magdaleno, e hapu, hanga ake te taitara takitoru-pane i runga i Oketopa 10 i Manchester, Ingarangi.

A Rimitiriu e Kōnae Andrade karanga ki a WBO

Providence (August 13, 2015) – Tūturu whitu tekau teina A Rimitiriu e “Boo Boo” Andrade (21-0, 14 Koó) Kua tuku i te tono e pā ana ki te whakatau tata o te Mekemeke Organization World (WBO) ki te muru i ia o tona taitara whitu tekau teina WBO Ao. I roto i te reta ki te peresideni WBO Francisco Valcarcel, Kī Andrade i taka te WBO ki te whakahere a ia he hoariri whakahauanga nga marama e whitu mua i roto i ki a ia mo te paruru i tona taitara ki.
Faahiti hoki tono a Andrade i tono tangata te WBO he pukapuka ki a ia i runga i Hānuere 23, 2015, i kī e te WBO e faahepo i te tono putea i waenganui WBO No. 1 kaiwero Jermell Charlo a Andrade, ki te kahore i fakapapau'i te whakaaetanga whawhai i roto i (30) ra. Heoi, kihai te WBO e faahepo i te tono putea, tuku Charlo ki te haina i tētahi whakaaetanga ki te whawhai Vanes Martirosyan, tata 30 ra i muri i Andrade hainatia i tona kirimana ki te whawhai ki Charlo.
He kape o te kirimana whawhai i faahitihia, i hainatia Andrade i runga i Hānuere 14, 2015 ki te whawhai ki Charlo hoki $300,000, I whakaurua hoki rite taunakitanga hei tautoko i te kerēme a Andrade. Kī Andrade e io te kirimana hainatia i te reira, i roto i te meka, Kapa o Charlo, e kore e Andrade, i unuhia i roto i te a'ee.
Tono Andrade te WBO ki te tukua ki a ia te whawhai tetahi mā te kī, “Faka'apa'apa tono tatou e te WBO tukua a Rimitiriu e Andrade ki te tiaki i te WBO Jr. Taitara whitu tekau ki tetahi o te runga 15 hoariri. Anake te WBO e te kaha ki te faahepo i tetahi o ratou challengers whakaaetia ki te whawhai ki a ia. Tatou i te faatura ui i te Championship Komiti WBO Ao ki te whakamahi i to ratou mana ki te faahepo i te runga 15 toa ki te whawhai ki a ia i tou hinaaro taea tuatahi. E tatou, nui atu i te pai ki te tuku i te whawhai ki te puta i raro i nga ture o te tono putea, ki te tika. Te whakamahi i koa koutou kaha, me te mana ki te taahi i roto i te, ka faahepo i te whawhai whakahauanga ki te tuku i a Rimitiriu e Andrade ki te paruru i tona taitara i roto i te papa mekemeke, te wahi kia whakaritea e te reira, e to tatou kupu e faatura tatou i te WBO mā te whakaae ki te whawhai tetahi whakaaetia e te WBO i mua i to koutou Mahuru 30, 2015.”
Atu faaite Team Andrade tona hinaaro no te paruru i tona taitara WBO mā te whakaae ki te haere ki tāwāhi, me te whawhai i te hoariri whakaaetia WBO hoki iti iho i $150,000 e, kāore, ko ratou tonu kāore i whiwhi i te a'ee.
I tua atu, Tohe Andrade e te WBO tata ana ki a ia o tona hiahia ki te tango ia ia i tona runga 15 tūranga rawa, ano, tonu te WBO ki te whakawā Haora “Canelo” Alvarez rite te WBO World Jr. Whitu tekau No. 1 nguha, ahakoa kahore i Alvarez whawhai ano he Tamaiti. Whitu tekau mai i Mahuru. 14, 2013, marama e iwa mua atu i taitara korero a Andrade. Tono Team Andrade e tukua te Championship Komiti WBO World Andrade te faingamālie taua ki te paruru i tona ana'iraa.
A pee i a Rimitiriu e Andrade i runga i TwitterAndradeATeamBooBooBoxing ranei.

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

Bantamweight WBO Latino champion Emmanuel ‘Manny’ Lotilikuesí ( 12-0, 8 KO o ) will be defending his title for the third time, against Mexico’s Alex Rangel ( 16-4-2, 10 KO o ) on a scheduled 10 rounds duel, whakaritea hoki Rāhoroi, 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, nei tonu, “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”.
Lotilikuesí, 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”.
I te Oketopa 2014, te sensation Puerto Rican tūturu, riro te WBO taitara Latin i te patuki i Miguel 'e wehi No’ Cartagena in the first round. Cartagena ko te mua rua wā United States National Champion, a 11 wa Golden karapu toa i roto i Philadelphia.
He ētahi atu whakaora nui i te whakatau loto mo te ao nguha taitara Rodriguez, Rawiri Quijano, me te toa WBC FECARBOX mua, Pirika Parete.
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Rodriguez vs. Hinojosa
Rodriguez vs. Cartagena

Tūturu Mauro Maximiliano Godoy ki tiakina WBO Latin & Āketina 140 taitara pauna tenei Rāmere i Buenos Aires, Argenti

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Buenos Aires, Argentina (Hōngongoi 8, 2015)Tenei Rāmere i roto i te Buenos Aires po, Argentina, tūturu me te ao runga, JR. Welterweight Mauro Maximiliano Godoy ka tiakina e te WBO Latin me Āketina 140 taitara pauna, ina e ia i runga i Xavier Luques Castillo.
Godoy o Centenario, Argentina e ha lekooti o 19-0 ki 8 knockouts a kua runga i tēnei wā maha-9 i te WBO.
Castillo o Cordoba, Argentina Ko 13-4 ki 4 knockouts.
“Mauruuru nei au no te whai wāhi ki te whawhai mō te Banner Whakatairanga ahau, a ka pūmatua ahau i runga i te te tahi i te hui nui,” Said Godoy.
“I ahau tūmanako nui. Castillo has fought internationally, na ko ha faingamālie ia ki te whakamatau taea whawhai ahau i te taumata tiketike. This will be a good fight but I will win the fight fight cleanly and emphatically.
He wikitōria ki runga ki Castillo ka whakaturia ake Godoy mo te whawhai nui i roto i te United States.
“Kua teuteu e ahau ki te hei i te i runga i te atamira nui i roto i te United States. This is a new opportunity with Banner Promotions. I will prove that I have the qualities to become a star.
Godoy ka te kawemai hou i Argentina ki te e taea ki te hanga i te ingoa nui hoki ia, e whai ake nei i roto i nga tapuwae o nga momo o Lucas Matthysse, Marcos Maidana a Diego Chaves.
“Ko ahau rite mo te momo o te whawhai e kua ratou i roto 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.
“Noa e hiahia ana ahau ki te whakawhetai ki toku rōpū. 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 i 10 PM Eastern.

‘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’ Lotilikuesí (11-0, 7 KO o) o Vega Baja, Puerto Rico will have to settle unfinished business with former world title challenger, Luis Hinojosa (27-8 , 17 KO o) o te Dominican Republic, i runga i Rāhoroi, Kia 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 wa.
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, nei tonu, “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), Pirika Parete, 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 roto i te 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 roto i te 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.
Lotilikuesí, 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, a #11 i te 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, Kia 8, i 10 p.m. AND

 

Kia 5, 2015

 

Te MetroPCS Friday Night knockout i runga i truTV series will feature its second consecutive week of live boxing coverage Rāmere, Kia 8, i 10 p.m. AND 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 Koó) from Passaic, N.J., a “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Koó). Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michel Soro (25-1-1, 15 Koó) from France, with Monaghan defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title against Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 Koó) from Brazil.

Körero mo te takahanga ka ngā Matā Kevin whakarato tākaro-i-tākaro ki te kaitātari Ray "Boom Boom" Mancini me te kaipūrongo 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, me te rite ki te ope, pūrongo me te kaituhi mō te NFL Whatunga me NFL.com. I tua atu, closed captioning in Spanish will be available.

 

Ka ngā whakaaturanga o te whatunga te whakamahi tonu o “Spidercam”hangarau, te tuatahi o ia ahua mo te telecast mekemeke motu ora, 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. Ko te kāmera e iri nei te kaha ki te whakarato i mālohi koki 360-tohu o te mahi, tae atu ki te kaha ki te neke i roto i te toru taha - mahue / matau, whakamua / whakamuri, me te ake / iho.

 

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, Kia 1, i 10 p.m. AND

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, Kia 1, i 10 p.m. AND. 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. Ko te kāmera e iri nei te kaha ki te whakarato i mālohi koki 360-tohu o te mahi, tae atu ki te kaha ki te neke i roto i te toru taha - mahue / matau, whakamua / whakamuri, me te ake / iho.

“Spidercam” will provide the definitive views of the action throughout the series, including a main event on Friday, Kia 1, showcasing Takahiro Ao (27-3-1, 16 Koó) from Chiba, Japan, vs. Ray Beltran (29-7-1, 17 Koó) mai i 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 Koó) from Quebec, Canada, vs. Konstantin Ponomarev (27-0, 13 Koó) 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, me te rite ki te ope, pūrongo me te kaituhi mō te NFL Whatunga me NFL.com. I tua atu, 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., i runga i te Paraire, Kia 8, i 10 p.m. – will be headlined by Top-10 contenders Glen “Jersey Boy” Tapia (23-1, 15 Koó) from Passaic, N.J., and “Irish” Seanie Monaghan (23-0, 15 Koó) i roto i te mahi. Tapia will defend his NABO junior middleweight title against Michael Soro (25-1-1, 15 Koó) from France, with Monaghan (defending his WBC Continental Americas light heavyweight title) facing Cleiton Conceicao (20-6-2, 16 Koó) 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 Deal – British 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 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 Pipiri 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 i runga i Rāhoroi.

 

“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, he pakanga tūturu

 

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. Kihai i ahau, tika.

 

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, Kihai i ahau, just they never seemed to get the verdict from me, so it’s quite ironic that tenei Rāhoroi 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 (Tāwhai Whakatairanga) event at the Rivals Gym in Wishaw, Koterana i te Rāhoroi 25th April 2015.

 

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