KESSLER THE KITTEN SHOWS
HIS TRUE COLORS, NOT HIS CLAWS
For
Immediate Release
FORMER WORLD CHAMPION PULLS OUT OF
MIRANDA FIGHT,
GOES BACK INTO HIDING
HOLLYWOOD, FL, March 26 –
Apparently, it was too good to be true - a super
middleweight showdown between a former world
champion, Denmark’s Mikkel Kessler, and
one of the sport’s brightest young stars,
Edison Miranda, to be held on May 24th and aired
on Showtime. But it’s not to be after
Kessler pulled out of the bout today, giving
no reason for his withdrawal.
Miranda, a former middleweight
title challenger who is unbeaten with two knockouts
in his first two super middleweight bouts, isn’t
surprised.
“I didn’t get
my hopes up because I know Kessler is afraid
of me,” said Miranda. “We gave him
everything he wanted to make this fight and
he still wouldn’t take it. In fact, the
only thing we didn’t give him is the opportunity
to tie my hands around my back while we fought,
but at this point I’m willing to even
give him that because I know if I yelled ‘boo’
at him in the ring he’d turn and run.
I said it before and I’ll say it again
– he should be ashamed to call himself
a Viking Warrior.”
Among the concessions Miranda
and his promoter made to Kessler were that the
bout would not be held on any Native American
owned property, including the Seminole Hard
Rock Live Arena in Florida or any other Hard
Rock property, and that it wouldn’t even
be held anywhere in the state of Florida. Financially,
Kessler’s demands kept rising throughout
negotiations, but due to a substantial offer
by Showtime, all these demands would have been
met if the fight came to fruition. Unfortunately,
at this point it won’t.
“I am outraged by the
behavior of the Kessler camp,” said Leon
Margules, Executive Director of Seminole Warriors
Boxing. “We sent them a contract with
everything they asked for and then told Showtime
we changed things. Please read their written
deal point memo sent to us by them. We gave
them everything they wanted. Showtime even moved
the date form May 10th to May 24th to accommodate
them. And then I did not receive the courtesy
of a phone call but I had to hear from Showtime
the fight was off. It is hard to believe that
any person would do business this way. I guess
the Kessler is really afraid of Miranda and
they are covering for him. They must believe
the only place they can win a fight against
a real fighter is in Denmark.”
“If Kessler isn’t
man enough to fight me, that’s okay because
now the world knows that we gave him everything
he asked for and still wouldn’t take the
fight,” said Miranda. “I know that
there has to be someone out there willing to
fight me, and sooner or later, we’ll find
him.”
The search for a high-profile
opponent for Miranda continues. Stay tuned.
See Below:
1--DATE OF BOUT TO BE MAY
24, 2008.
2--SCHEDULED FOR TEN ROUNDS.
3--KESSLER PURSE: FOUR HUNDRED
THOUSAND EUROS (400,000) UNDER A PROVISION OF
SERVICES AGREEMENT IN WHICH PROMOTER PAYS THIS
TOTAL AMOUNT TO INTERNATIONAL ENTERTAINMENT
OF DENMARK. FULL PAYMENT MADE THROUGH IRREVOCABLE
LETTER OF CREDIT TO IE'S DESIGNATED BANK BY
CLOSE OF BUSINESS LOCAL TIME (AT BANK LOCATION)
FOURTEEN DAYS BEFORE THE BOUT.
4--KESSLER TRAINING EXPENSES;
$50,000 FIFTY THOUSAND US DOLLARS TO BE PAID
UPON SIGNING OF CONTRACT TO IE BY BANK WIRE
TO IE DESIGNATED BANK. KESSLER WILL TRAIN IN
UNITED STATES FOR ONE MONTH PRIOR TO BOUT.
5--FIGHT MUST TAKE PLACE
IN ANY OF THE UNITED STATES EXCEPT FOR FLORIDA.
FIGHT VENUE CANNOT BE AT ANY VENUE OR PROPERTY
OWNED IN PART OR IN FULL OR OPERATED IN PART
OR IN FULL BY THE SEMINOLE TRIBE OF FLORIDA
OR SEMINOLE WARRIORS BOXING. FIGHT CANNOT TAKE
PLACE ON ANY TRIBAL LAND OR AT ANY TRIBAL OWNED
HOTEL OR CASINO WITHOUT PRIOR APPROVAL OF KESSLER.
6--BOTH BOXERS MAY CHOOSE
ANY BRAND OF GLOVES ACCEPTABLE TO LOCAL COMMISSION.
7--KESSLER TO WEIGH IN SECOND,
TO ENTER THE RING SECOND AS HIGHER RANKED FIGHTER.
8--WEIGHT FOR FIGHT IS 168
POUNDS LIMIT.
9--FIGHT TO BE TELEVISED
ON SHOWTIME.
10--AIR TRAVEL: IE TO RECEIVE
EQUIVALENT AMOUNT TO PAY ROUNDTRIP THREE BUSINESS
CLASS AIR TICKETS FROM DENMARK TO UNITED STATES
AND THREE ROUNDTRIP COACH TICKETS FROM DENMARK
TO UNITED STATES. PROMOTER PAYS THIS AMOUNT
TO IE, IE WILL PURCHASE AIR TICKETS ON ITS OWN.
PROMOTER TO SUPPLY THREE BUSINESS CLASS TICKETS,
THREE ROUND TRIP TICKETS FROM KESSLER USA TRAINING
SITE TO VENUE.
11--PROMOTER TO PROVIDE
FIRST CLASS GROUND TRANSPORTATION UPON ARRIVAL
OF KESSLER TEAM IN UNITED STATES AND UPON ARRIVAL
AND FOR EVERY DAY REQUIRED TO BE AT VENUE.
12--FIRST CLASS QUALITY HOTEL:
ONE SUITE, FIVE REGULAR ROOMS FOR KESSLER TEAM
FOR EACH DAY REQUIRED TO BE AT VENUE.
13--FOOD PER DIEM: ONE HUNDRED
DOLLARS PER DAY FOR EACH DAY AT VENUE FOR TWO
PEOPLE, AND SEVENTY FIVE DOLLARS PER DAY FOR
EACH DAY AT VENUE FOR FOUR PEOPLE.
14--BOUT TICKETS/CREDENTIALS:
TEN ALL ACCESS, INCLUDING IN THE RING ACCESS
CREDENTIALS TO BE GIVEN TO IE PRIOR TO FINAL
PRE FIGHT PRESS CONFERENCE. TWENTY RINGSIDE
TICKETS, 10 IN FIRST ROW AND 10 IN SECOND ROW
OF RINGSIDE, ALL IN CLOSE PROXIMITY TO KESSLER'S
CORNER.
15--TV/RADIO/INTERNET RIGHTS:
EXCLUSIVE LIVE RIGHTS PLUS EXCLUSIVE RIGHTS
IN PERPETUITY FOR IE FOR NORDIC COUNTRIES OF
DENMARK, SWEDEN, NORWAY, FINLAND AND ALSO FOR
GERMANY, SWITZERLAND, AUSTRIA AND LUXEMBOURG.
16--BOUT TO BE CONDUCTED,
NO MATTER THE VENUE, UNDER UNIFIED RULES OF
THE ABC.
MICHAEL L. MARLEY
CC: BETTINA PALLE
MOGENS PALLE
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