Former world Jr. welterweight champion, DeMarcus “Chop Chop” Corley talks about his upcoming world title challenge against Marcos Maidana
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ROCKVILLE CENTER, NEW YORK (July 15, 2010)—This Saturday at Cannons Blackthorn Irish Restaurant and Bar in Rockville Center, New York, former two-time Heavyweight champion of the world, Riddick “Big Daddy” Bowe will be on hand for a very special evening with his fans.
Bowe will not only be greeting his fans but signing autographs while filming his reality show.
The champ will be on hand from 7pm to 11pm and he will sign boxing gloves for $40 and photos for $30.
Cannon’s Blackthorn is located at: 49 North Village Avenue Rockville Centre, NY for further information call 516-594-1222 after 5pm
Bowe, a former Silver Medal winner at the 1988 Seoul Olympics captured the IBF/WBC/WBA Heavyweight championship in 1991 with his thrilling win over Evander Holyfield. After two defenses, Holyfield took the title back in the rematch.
He won the WBO championship in 1995 with a sixth round knockout over Herbie Hide. Bowe made one defense with a sixth round stoppage over former Cuban amateur star Jorge Luis Gonzalez before stopping Holyfield in the third and final installment of what has become one of the greatest trilogies of all-time
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Saturday, July 24 at Wild Bill’s Fight Night is a stacked fight card featuring a main event for an NFC East Coast Championship, a co-main event between two Atlanta fighters that have absolutely hated each other for more than a year, a female pro MMA fight featuring one of Atlanta’s most powerful strikers and MMA star and former belt holder Rich Franklin will be at Wild Bill’s to witness it all!
Rich Franklin, one of the world’s most dominate MMA fighters and the guy that possibly ended the career of Chuck Liddell, will be at Wild Bill’s Fight Night on Saturday, July 24 for a meet and greet with all fans in the building. He’ll be signing autographs from 8:30 pm until midnight, but before that he’ll host a special Feast With the Beast at Wild Bill’s.
From 7 pm until 8:30 pm, a private group of 50 people have the opportunity to have dinner with Rich Franklin! For only $100 you get all you can eat wings, soft drinks, a Wild Bill’s Fight Night tshirt and a ticket in the first three rows for the fights that night! Also, make sure to bring a camera for photos and anything you want signed as you’ll have plenty of one on one time with Rich from 7 – 8:30 pm as they’ll only be 50 people in the room. You can sign up for this by CLICKING HERE
The fights on Saturday, July 24 at Wild Bill’s promise to be explosive as local favorite Dustin Chovanic puts his 6-1 record on the line in the main event against New York’s Andrew Montanez. Montanez has fought three times at Wild Bill’s winning twice, only losing to Dan Lauzon. The two will be fighting for the vacant NFC East Coast Championship.
The co-main event will feature two Atlanta guys that have tried to fight each other for more than a year, but injuries have always prevented it. Jeff Boudreaux from Roberto Traven BJJ will square off against Will Kuhn from HardKnox MMA/X3 Sports. This promises to be a heated battle come fight night as the two have already exchanged words several times. To view a video from Boudreaux regarding his feelings toward Will, CLICK HERE
Atlanta’s Maryellen Cano will fight North Carolina’s Linda Cunningham in a fight featuring two girls with stellar amateur careers that’ll both be making their professional debuts.
Former Atlanta fighter Ran Weathers, now training at Greg Jackson’s MMA, will return home to fight Lawson McClure from The HardCore Gym and Knuckle Up’s muay thai standout Eddie Walker is making his MMA debut versus Devan Plaisance from TN.
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PHILADELPHIA — In front of his Israeli supporters, the WBC’s 13th ranked Cruiserweight, Ran Nakash, successfully navigated by Oxnard, California’s Victor Barragan to stay undefeated.
With the win, Nakash — who hails from Haifa, Israel, but has fought eleven bouts in Philadelphia — improved to 25-0 with 18 KO, while Barragan fell to 11-6 with 3 KO.
The bout was slow to develop as neither fighter was able to establish themselves as the superior fighter in the ring. After spending the first round feeling one another out, Nakash began to land lead left hooks, which was a trend that continued throughout the fight. By round 3, Nakash had Barragan bleeding from what looked to be the bridge of the nose. While Nakash found success with left hooks, Barragan did most of his damage in the early rounds with combinations and counterpunches. By the mid-rounds, both fighters looked exhausted, lacking in lateral movement, thus making themselves an easy target for one another. Both fighters took advantage of the fact that their opponent was easy to find, but it was Nakash with his barrage of left hooks and straight rights that left their impressions on the judges.
The late rounds saw Barragan eating more and more of Nakash’s punches, but to his Barragan’s credit, he never failed to fire back.
In the end, it was Nakash whose hand was raised by the referee after all three judges scored the bout in the Israeli’s favor. All three judges scored the bout differently: 96-94, 97-93, and 99-91.
The fight was a gut check for both Nakash and Barragan — and both passed. It was a tough fight, and at times a sloppy fight, but Nakash outworked Barragan to stay undefeated.
The co-feature on tonight’s card was between Dominican gold-medalist, Felix Diaz, square off against Troy, New York’s Broderick Antoine. In the first two rounds of the fight, the shorter Diaz, was able to impose his will Antoine, getting within range and firing strong left hands at the face of his opponent.
It wasn’t until round 3 that Antoine started to use his reach to his advantage and stop fighting with Diaz and start boxing. However, just when Antoine had a taste of success in round 3, a nasty cut was opened above his right eye the very next round. When the bell rang for round 5, Antoine’s corner had failed to fully stop the bleeding, and Diaz was able to have even more success with his left hand.
By the time the round 7 came around, blood was flowing freely from the gash above Antoine’s right eye, along with a new stream of blood spewing from the fighter’s mouth. When the bell rang to signal the 8th round, Antoine was inexplicably allowed by the ringside physician to get up off his stool and continue to box. Luckily the referee saw that there was no sense in risking any further damage to Antoine and stopped the bout just :35 seconds into round number 8. Diaz improved his record to 5-0 with 3 KO and Antoine fell to 10-11-1 with 5 KO.
In an entertaining heavyweight bout, Ukrainian bronze medalist, Vyacheslav Glazkov, defeated fan-favorite, Mark “Oak Tree” Brown of Salem, NJ, by TKO in the third round.
Glazkov looked impressive in his win against “Oak Tree,” showing both impressive technical ability and maturity. In the first round, Brown came out unloaded wide, heavy-handed, punches at the Ukrainian, who calmly avoided his opponent’s punches. Glazkov took a very calculated approach to this fight and waiting until Brown fired wide punches before countering with straight rights and lefts.
In round 2, Glazkov troubled Brown by throwing lead left hooks that continued to connect. Finally, in round 3, after stunning Brown, the Ukrainian was able to pin his opponent up against the ropes and finish him with an onslaught of lefts and rights that forced the referee to stop the fight.
Glazkov improved his record to 6-0 with 3 KO, while “Oak Tree” Brown fell to 15-4 with 7 KO.
In perhaps the most entertaining fight of the night, Russian Maks Liminov outpointed North Carolina’s Julius Fogle to stay undefeated. The fight was 6 rounds full of action — both fighters dishing out some punishment, as well as receiving some. In this end, this fight came down to who wanted it more, and by split decision, the judges awarded the victory to Liminov. In the early goings, Liminov was the aggressor, hunting Fogle down, cutting off the ring. Eventually when his back neared the ropes, Fogle would settle in and fire at his opponent. Both fighters landed good, clean punches that undoubtedly got the attention of their opposition. In round 3, Fogle decided to try and push the action, and instead of being the hunted, he started to move forward. Once again both fighters found success, landing straight punches, as well as hooks, seemingly at will.
The later rounds featured an extremely fatigued Julius Fogle, who was able to hit Liminov, but not do any damage. Fogle’s punches had little on them and Liminov was able to walk through them and inflict his own damage on his opponent. In the end, Liminov maintained his perfect record, and improved it to 13-0 with 8 KO, while Fogle’s dropped to 15-6, 10 KO. The judges who scored the bout for Liminov both had the fight 59-55 and the judge who scored the bout in favor of Fogle saw the fight 58-56.
In his professional debut, former Penn State football player, Imani Bell stopped Michigan’s Lee Thomas after two rounds of action in the heavyweight division. The first round saw both fighter’s come out swinging wildly at one another seemingly trying to go for the knockout. Thomas struck first by sending his 282 pound opponent crashing to the canvas after a devastating blow.
However, when Bell returned to his feet, there was little follow up by an exhausted and out-of-shape Thomas to try and stop the fight in the first round.
In the second round, Bell caught a second wind and delivered crushing blows to Thomas. As the result of Bell’s punches, Thomas was sent back to his stool after round 2 with blood streaming from his nose. It was on his stool where Thomas declined to continue the fight. Bell won his professional debut, moving to 1-0 with 1 KO, while Thomas fell to 1-4.
In a fight that took place after the Nakash-Barragan main event, Russia’s Rustam Nabeev squared off against California’s Alejandro Solorio in a super flyweight bout. In the first round, Solorio came out swinging wildly trying to shock and overwhelm Nabeev. Nabeev was able to initially ward of the attack, but midway through the round was caught with a punch that sent him to the canvas. Nabeev would never fully recover and Solorio easily decisioned his opponent. All three judges scored the bout in favor of Solorio. They saw the bout: 39-36, 39-36, and 40-35.
In the night’s first fight, Israeli Oz Goldenberg faced off against Camden, New Jersey’s Marcos Garcia. Both fighters were successfully able to touch up their opposition, but it was Goldenberg who did the more convincing damage. This fight feature a ton of inside work as all four rounds were flooded with tie-ups and holding. To the referee’s credit, he allowed the fighters to work on the inside until they worked their way out of it. In the end, Goldenberg was awarded a majority decision victory. Two judges scored the bout 39-37 for Goldenberg, while the other judge saw the fight a 38-38 draw. Goldenberg improved to 2-0, while Garcia fell to 0-3.
Cruiserweight contender Ran Nakash remained undefeated by pounding out a ten round unanimous decision over Victor Barragan at the Arena in Philadelphia.
Nakash was more active and boxed effectively against Barragan, who gave a good account pf himself despite fighting much of the bout with a bloody nose.
Nakash, 204 1/2 lbs of Haifa, Israel won by scores of 99-91, 97-93 and 96-94 and is now 25-0. Berragan, 198 lbs of Oxnard, CA is now 11-6.
2008 Olympic Gold medal winner, Felix Diaz scored an eighth round stoppage over Broderick Antoine due to cuts in their scheduled eight round Welterweight bout.
Antoine was cut over his left eye and the fight was stopped thirty-five seconds into the final round.
Diaz, 146 1/2 lbs of the Dominican Republic is now 6-0 with 4 knockouts. Antoine, 145 1/2 lbs of Troy, NY is now 10-11-1.
2008 Olympic Bronze medal winner Vyacheslav Glazkov stopped Mark Brown in round three of their scheduled six round Heavyweight bout.
Glazkov dominated the bout until a big barrage on the ropes forced Benji Esteves to stop the bout.
Glazkov, 219 lbs of Ukraine is now 6-0 with 4 knockouts. Brown, 223 1/2 lbs of Salem, NJ is now 15-4.
Oz Golenburg remained undefeated by scoring a four round majority decision over Marcos Garcia in a Lightweight bout.
Scores were 39-37, 39-37 and 38-38 for Goldenburg, 129 1/2 lbs of Israel and is now 2-0. Garcia, 132 lbs of Camden, NJ is 0-3.
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Philadelphia, PA–When Derek “Pooh” Ennis defends his USBA junior middleweight title against fellow-Philadelphian ‘King’ Gabriel Rosado on Friday evening, July 30, at the Arena in South Philadelphia, it will bring back memories of some of the local showdowns that once made Philadelphia one of the boxing capitals of the United States.
The list of outstanding fights reads like a page out of Who’s Who in Philadelphia boxing history: Al Ettore vs. Gus Dorazio, Bob Montgomery vs. Wesley Mouzon, Charley Scott vs. Sugar Hart, George Benton vs. Joey Giardello, Gypsy Joe Harris vs. Kitten Hayward, Bennie Briscoe vs. Cyclone Hart….
You could go on and on.
“The formula for success in Philadelphia always has been to match two local fighters against each other,” says Nigel Collins, editor of The Ring magazine. “There is nothing like it anywhere else.”
Hall-of-Fame promoter J Russell Peltz, who is staging the Ennis-Rosado fight, agrees.
“In 1961, when I was 14 years old, my dad took me to the old Arena at 46th & Market Street to see Harold Johnson defend his light-heavyweight title against Von Clay,” Peltz said. “Johnson was from Manayunk and Von Clay was from West Philadelphia. It was an unusually hot night in late April and the Arena was not air-conditioned and you couldn’t move in there it was so packed. It was sweltering.
“We sat on the first row. Johnson was my boyhood idol and when he knocked Clay out in the second round, my emotions ran wild. I was ecstatic that Johnson had won but I was upset at Clay because I wanted to see more of the fight.
“It was the second time I had been to a fight in person and the first time at an all-Philly showdown. There were plenty to follow.”
Philadelphia long has been synonymous with tough fighters, guys who throw the left hook all night, even from left field. Fighters who stand toe-to-toe until only one of them is still standing.
“I remember the night George Benton fought Jesse Smith at the old Convention Hall in 1962,” Peltz said. “Benton was known as the Mayor of North Philadelphia and Smith ran with a fast crowd from West Philly. Benton was just too much for him and he dazzled the crowd with an incredible defensive display by staying in the pocket and making Smith miss all night while landing his own solid shots.
“I was at the Arena the night Gypsy Joe Harris got off the floor to stop Kitten Hayward in seven rounds. Again the place was packed, about 7,000 fans. We sat in the balcony—it was the only seats we could get at the last minute.”
After Peltz got in the business, he became part of the story.
“The Philly fans always liked to see the neighborhood wars,” he said. “There was a lot of interest and a lot of passion. I had been promoting less than two years when I made Cyclone Hart against Kitten Hayward at the Arena in May, 1971. North Philly against West Philly. Hart had knocked out all 18 of his opponents and he was stepping in against his most experienced opponent. Hayward had beaten Curtis Cokes and Bennie Briscoe and Emile Griffith and we sold nearly 1,000 tickets at the Arena box office the day the fight was announced.
“Hayward stayed at a hotel in South Jersey across from street from the Garden State Racetrack. He didn’t think a 19-year-old kid like Hart could beat him and he spent most of his time around the horses.
“Briscoe was in the co-feature and Augie Pantellas, a popular featherweight from the suburbs, was in the third 10-rounder. You couldn’t get in the place it was so mobbed. About 30 seconds into the first round, Hart did a little shoe-shine on Hayward along the ropes, just touching him, and then he unloaded a tremendous left hook that sent Kitten flying into the corner. Three more hooks and Hayward was down. When he got up, Hart was all over him until Zach Clayton stopped the fight. It lasted 60 seconds and made Hart an instant hero.”
In the mid-1970s, Peltz staged all-Philly showdowns at The Spectrum featuring a group of middleweights which included Hart, Briscoe, Willie “The Worm” Monroe and Bobby “Boogaloo” Watts.
While Peltz won’t compare the upcoming Ennis-Rosado fight to those great ones of yesterday, he’s hoping all-Philly matchups can help to revive the once-great boxing town.
“The biggest stumbling block we face today is a new generation of fight managers who want their fighters to be 25-0 by fighting easy guys,” Peltz said. “This way the managers brag to their friends about their great fighter and his great record. They don’t want to put their fighters in tough and they certainly don’t want to fight guys from the same city. I love the excuses such as ‘they train side by side in the same gym’ or ‘they’re good friends’ or my favorite is ‘why should we knock off a local guy.’
“It’s a hard sell also because most of the TV networks frown on guys who have more than one or two losses so, in some cases, it’s hard to blame the managers. But boxing suffers along the way because there are too many shows featuring Cowboys and Indians and the fighters never get to experience being under fire. When we were kids, one of us would bet the blue corner all night and one guy would bet the red corner. I can go to most fights today, look at the lineup sheet, and make money by betting the corner with all the favorites in it.
“Philly is not alone in this. New York always had its neighborhood wars. Guys from the Bronx fought guys from Brooklyn. The Lower East Side against.Hell’s Kitchen. They did it in the small clubs and they did it in Madison Square Garden.”
Peltz recalled a couple of neighborhood wars he promoted at the Blue Horizon.
“We had plenty of showdowns there,” he said. “In 1985, I made a 12-rounder for the vacant Pennsylvania State Bantamweight title between Bryan “Boogaloo” Jones, of North Philadelphia, and Troy Fletcher, of West Philadelphia. Jones had had a big amateur career and Troy was Frank “The Animal” Fletcher’s brother. Jones was 8-0, Fletcher was 8-0-1 and the fight was so popular they were selling counterfeit tickets on North Broad Street. I wanted to know why you couldn’t move around upstairs and that’s when I sent a friend outside to buy one of the tickets and we saw that someone had made copies of the same ticket on a homemade printing press with the same number on it over and over.
“When Frankie Mitchell, of West Philadelphia, fought Anthony Boyle, of Kensington, in 1992 for the NABF lightweight title, fans started lining up at 5pm, three hours before the first bout. We still had general admission seating in those days and everyone wanted to be first in line for the front row of the balcony.”
For the time being, Peltz is concentrating on the Ennis-Rosado matchup.
Ennis, 29, is from the Germantown section of Philadelphia. His record is 21-2-1, 13 K0s, and he is ranked No. 12 in the world by the IBF. He is the defending USBA champion, a title he won by beating Eromosele Albert, of Miami, FL.
Rosado, 24, is from North Philadelphia. He is 14-4, 8 K0s, and has beaten ex-world champ Kassim “The Dream” Ouma, of Palm Beach Gardens, FL, and Saul Roman, of Mexico.
The seven-bout card begins at 7.30 p.m. and will be televised by www.gofightlive.tv.
Tickets priced at $50 and $75 are on sale at the offices of Peltz Boxing Promotions (215-765-0922) or online at www.peltzboxing.com.
Ran Nakash 204 ½ – Victor Barragan 198
Felix Diaz 146 1/2 – Broderick Antoine 145 ½
Vyacheslav Glazkov 219 – Mark Brown 223 ½
Rustam Nabeev 113 ½ – Alejandro Solorio 112 ½
Maks Liminov 165 ½ – Julius Fogle 169
Imani Bell 282 – Lee Thomas 283 ½
Oz Goldenberg 129 ½ – Marcos Garcia 132
Venue: The Arena
1st Bell : 7:30 pm
According to Dan Rafael of espn.com former Middleweight champion Kelly Pavlik could be heading for a December 4th showdown with undefeated and immensely popular Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. possibly in Cowboys Stadium.
That’s the fight we are looking to do,” Said Bob Arum, who promotes both Pavlik and Chavez Jr.
“We were sitting around having drinks and we came up with it,” Arum said. “We checked with [Chavez trainer] Freddie Roach and he loves the fight. Cameron Dunkin )who manages Pavlik) checked with the Pavliks and they love the fight, so let’s get it on.”
“When I got back [to Las Vegas] from San Juan, I checked with both sides again and everybody was on board,” Arum said. “We’re going to move ahead in the next couple of weeks and get the deal done. I think we can do a lot of business with that fight.”
“The fight will be at 160 and he’ll get a nutritionist, a dietitian, whatever he has to do,” Dunkin said. “He’s fired up about this fight. He is fully committed to the fight. He’s even willing to leave [his hometown of Youngstown, Ohio] to train.”
Arum said he has not spoken yet about the fight with Dallas Cowboys owner Jerry Jones yet, but “I spoke with his guy in general about the date and this is the kind of fight that is right up their alley — a white guy from the Midwest fighting the son of the Mexican legend in Cowboys Stadium with reasonable ticket prices. I think we can do 40,000 or 50,000 people.”
“We want the fight, we absolutely want the fight,” Dunkin told ESPN.com. “We were told by Bob that it was going to happen.”
“After we got back from Puerto Rico, Bob called me again to talk about the fight and I told him. ‘Everybody was on board so let’s make the fight happen,’ ” Dunkin said.
“I still need to know the money,” Dunkin said. “Bob said he’d give us a guarantee and a really good upside and everyone will make a lot of money. He said, ‘I can’t promise you a lot of guaranteed money, but if the fight does well everybody will make money.’ We’re fine with that. We’re willing to earn our way. I think it’s a very sellable fight. I think people would like to see it. I’ll tell you one thing — it’s a fun fight and it will be an action fight. Both of these guys can hit and both of them get hit.
“We’re ready to go. We’re just waiting for Bob to let us know what exactly he’s talking about financially. Other than that my guy is itching to go. When he heard it might be at Cowboys Stadium, he got really excited. He said that would be a lot of fun.”
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According to Dan Rafael, WBA Featherweight champion Chris John’s July 26 title defense against Fernando Saucedo due to a rib injury.
“He got an injury sparring in the ribs, so the fight won’t happen on the 26th,” Said John’s advisor Sampson Lewkowicz. “We’ll look for another date, but we won’t know when because it depends on what the doctor says.”
“It’s very, very disappointing, but s— happens in boxing,” Lewkowicz said. “He’ll follow up with the doctor and see how long he will need to rest and then we’ll reschedule the fight with the same opponent.”
Twenty-four professional bouts, twenty-four victories. Eighteen coming by way of knockout.
That is a sound resume for any boxer.
But add to that prizefighter’s resume the fact that he serves as the Chief Commander of the Krav Maga Instructional Division of the Israeli Defense Force (I.D.F.) and that sound resume becomes an intimidating one.
It becomes the resume of Ran Nakash.
Before coming to the sweet science, Nakash — who hails from Haifa, Israel — trained in various fields of martial arts, including kickboxing and karate. But it is his expertise in Krav Maga, the official hand-to-hand combat defense of the Israeli military, that is perhaps his most impressive skill set.
Krav Maga, which translated into Hebrew means “contact fighting,” is a hand-to-hand combat defense style which aims at taking down an enemy as quickly as possible. It is a system of defense that was founded by Imre “Imi” Lichtenfeld, a Hungarian-Jewish boxer, wrestler, and former member of the Israeli military, in the 1930s.
From an early age, Nakash became engaged in various forms of martial arts, all roads which eventually led him to boxing.
“I started training at the age of ten, kickboxing — Muay-Thai,” Nakash said. “I kickboxed for seventeen years and have been boxing for four,” he continued. “It just came naturally.”
But kickboxing or Krav Maga were not all that Nakash did in his previous seventeen years before coming to boxing. In addition to placing first in Israel’s kickboxing championships, Nakash has also won Israel’s free style fighting championship and the full contact karate championship.
Further, in 1997, when Nakash’s main focus was kickboxing, he placed second in the world Muay-Thai championships in Thailand.
For Nakash, who is the 13th ranked Cruiserweight by the WBC, that same year also marked the first of three years he would spend as lead instructor at the IDF’s school for Krav Maga.
Nakash then spent five years as head of the Krav Maga division in the security center of Israel’s court system. Along with this title came the responsibility of training special security personnel to prepare them to serve as personal bodyguards to “judges, senators, councilmen, and businessmen.”
It wasn’t until 2007, however, that he was tapped to become the Head of the IDF’s Krav Maga school.
According to his website, RanNakash.com, it is a position that put the undefeated fighter in charge of:
– The teaching and instructing of chosen IDF soldiers into Krav Maga instructors.
– Choosing the Krav Maga curriculum of each unit. With an emphasis on Special Forces.
– Fitting specific forms of Krav Maga to each unit’s special needs.
– Creating the curriculum and instruction of the IDF’s anti terror school.
– Many more important aspects of this position simply cannot be exposed due to their level of confidentiality.
While training Krav Maga, Nakash is responsible for teaching all who seek his wisdom. However, in the ring, Nakash is solely responsible for himself — something he has been perfect at, having yet to suffer a loss.
Although boxing and Krav Maga may seem intertwined, Nakash is quick to expose differences between the two.
“It is not the same,” said Nakash. “Krav Maga is very different than boxing. All the things you aren’t allowed to do in boxing, you do in Krav Maga; and the opposite.”
Upon further inquiry, however, Nakash did admit to the mental advantages that his Krav Maga training and his experience in the Israeli military have given him.
“The advantages are the mental things: to go all the way, never bail out, keep going forward,” Nakash said. “That’s what we teach the soldiers in Israel.”
Tonight at The Arena in South Philadelphia, Nakash will fight his thirteenth bout on American soil, his eleventh in the City of Brotherly Love.
“Philadelphia is like a second home,” Nakash said. “This is my eleventh fight here, so I know everybody, it is great.”
The man tasked with attempting to blemish Nakash’s perfect record will be Victor Barragan (11-5, 3 KO) of Oxnard, California.
For Nakash (24-0, 18 KO), a win against Barragan will put him one step closer to a title-shot and add one more impressive victory to his already intimidating resume.
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15rounds.com Claudia Bocanegra was at The Palm in midtown Manhattan for the final press conference for the Heavyweight showdown pitting David Tua against Monte Barrett that will take place this Saturday night in Atlantic City.
Morden’s Lenny Daws showed great ring generalship as he made a second successful title defence of his British light welterweight title has he turned back bloody but brave challenger Steve Williams after ten rounds.
Williams last time out had beaten Tottenham’s Michael Grant for the vacant English bauble back here at the York Hall in Febraury on the undercard to Daws first defence which ended in a draw against Welshman Jason Cook.
However to begin with it was Williams who got off to a rip roaring start as he outfought the notoriously slow starting champion, who did very little compared to the challenger whom kept in close banging away with both hands on the inside as Daws could’nt match the workrate being metered out by the determined Liverpudlian.
In the second Lenny did seem to pick things up a bit more and when he did he showed the better accuracy of the two if not the determination of Williams, it seemed to myself that Daws was mearly saving something for later on, Williams though seemed to skate the first three rounds with ease.
Fourth round action saw things pace wise dip a little, but when both did spring into action Daws found himself backed up, but it was the champion who now and again showed some nice combinations as he found his range, and was it seemed to be testing the water as he fought mostly in spurts as if he was testing his man skill wise and obviously conceded the early rounds though Williams was missing more than Daws, it was with greater conviction and overall workrate that Williams was applying himself, throwing four punches he was landing two or three, but they were two more than Daws was throwing!
The fifth saw a turn in the tide as Daws, true to form started to ease his way in as he started to land with flurrys, even one burst of shots opened a cut over Williams right eye as Daws took control of the fight from the ring’s centre and it was the challenger who was looking rather disorientated due to Daws better accuracy, the blood from the afforementioned cut did’nt help matters as Daws notched up the fifth.
From thereon it was all Daws has he blocked most of Williams attacks and countered nicely, it was more than evident that Lenny was doing a job, however in the Seventh Williams workrate dropped, Daws was now controlling the destiny of the bout and it seemed it was a matter of time until the fight was eventually awarded in favour of the champion, but in boxing it ain’t over ’til the fat lady sings’ and though there seemed from here on that Williams was’nt going to pull out a miracle punch, it was his right hand that did land now and again on Daws unprotected chin, but it seemed unlikely to say the least that Williams could turn the tide, Daws himself had his signature punch, a left hook that kept landing as Williams had defeat written on his face at times.
In the next stanza the eighth Williams was drinking in the last chance saloon as the blood flowed from the cut over his right eye, coming out throwing himself at the champion with a fusilade of leather, but Daws had his number as early as the second it seemed before moving up the gears, in the ninth Williams again kept trying gallantly and found the target on the odd occasion, but still Lenny evaded most of the attacks coming his way and counter punched effectively on the open target that was Williams!
At the start of the tenth Williams had a little more success as he landed twice with combinations, but has he came on the inside, it was there that Lenny tied up his man in the clinches before again finding his range and outboxing his man, at the end of the round third man Ian John Lewis was called over to the challenger’s corner where Williams remonstrated as he was over ruled by his corner and Ian John Lewis waved it over with the challenger on his stool.
So what next for the champion, Daws who a brilliant tactician and technician could be in line for a shot at Northern Ireland’s European champion Paul McCloskey in a battle for the British and European titles.
{For the record, the judges officiating had thing’s almost level at the end, I wonder what fight these so called professional’s were watching?, I has a few other observant ringsider’s had Daws leading}
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The undercard featured the comeback of Matt Skelton the former British and Commonwealth heavyweight champion and former W.B.A title challenger, opposing the Bedford man was Lee Swaby a durable veteran type in a rather labourous six rounder, things were a little messy through out until the finish, when Skelton landed an over hand right that dumped Swaby to the deck, on arising referee Ken Curtis waved things over as Swaby bravely got to his feet at the 1:00 mark of the fifth.
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Bradley Pryce former Commonwealth light middle king looked impressive in dismantling Brixton’s ‘Dangerous’ Ted Bami in just two rounds.
Things looked like they were shaping up nicely in the opener as Bami pressured the taller Pryce, who worked nicely off of the left jab before whipping in some spiteful looking left hooks and doing enough to take the opener, things in the second were of a similar veign to that of the opener, however just before the end of the session Pryce smashed in a big right just before the bell that had Bami over before getting up where Ref Jeff Hinds waved it over, though some felt the stoppage a little premature, it obviously was’nt the case as Bami almost seemingly collapsed in a heap after the bouts conclusion, ref Hinds decision was spot on and he should be commended for his timely intervention.
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Canning Town’s George Hillyard coming back from a the disapointment of last Febraury’s Prizefighter to eventual winner Prince Arron who also featured on the undercard here tonight.
Hillyard looking strong and in tremendous shape kept up the pressure through out the six rounds has he banged in good body shots to Keiron Gray’s midsection, chasing the Telford man for the best part of the contest, one big left hook from the Canning Town man staggered Gray towards the end of the opener but Hillyard could’nt follow up.
From here on Gray got on the move and did little but survive to the bell though he did try in the third Hillyard shook off the effects with out any trouble has he continued to dominate his man, in the fourth Hillyard’s work fell by the wayside as Gray did manage to pick it up a little has he picked off the Londoner, who finished the fight a little sluggish but who’s earlier work had easily clinched it, a he claimed a fairly conclusive 59-57, I had it by a far wider margin myself.
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Enfield’s Chris Evangelou got off to a fairly impressive start to begin with has his army of adoring Greek fans in the hall showed there support for there man.
Evangelou coming off an easy thirty second blast out back in April, came out landing nicely with two handed attacks, however despite his early success the bout took on a rather scrappy sloppy look as both got in close, at the fights conclusion Evangelou was awarded a charitable 40-36, I had it closer despite Chris taking the opener comfortably from there on Fox hardly sly himself, hence his surname showed a good work rate when in close, though things were has I mentioned earlier decidely messy I had it 39-37 myself.
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Bradley Evans from Hertfordshire closed the show, but had to settle for a easy four round points decision over Sheffield’s Jason Carr, who could’nt get out of first gear {sorry for the pun guys}
Evans got inside of the gangly looking Carr and put his foot on the gas as he drove Carr backwards, the taller Sheffield man kept on the move and was never in the contest as Bradley won everything with better workrate throughout and was deservedly awarded a decision.
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On getting to the venue late, thanks to the fifty or so mile journey from Work, I got in for the Matt Skelton v Lee Swaby fight, however before I made my way in Barry Morrison a former British light welter champion who had succumbed to bill topper and current British 10st boss Lenny Daws last year for the then vacant British light welter title, had a fairly easy time of it has he over came Worcester’s Billy Smith inside of a round, with a few more good performances Morrison could feature in another tilt at Daws in what would prove to be a rubber match, has Morrison won there first encounter a few years ago, before Daws exacted revenge to annex the British title.
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Also featured was Prizefighter champion at light middle, Prince Arron who dropped Birmingham’s Tony Randell twice throughout there six rounder at light middle, the last knockdown prompting the third man to step in a save Randell from further punishment in the sixth and final session, and while on the subject of Prizefighter champion’s, Michael Lomax the inaugural winner of the welterweights in Barry Hearn’s tournament chalked up a victory has he beat Ghana’s Stephen Okine at welter in a scheduled six three’s.
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Poland’s Gregorsz Proksa boxing out of Redhill, Surrey beat and back in Febraury won something called the European Union title at light middle, as if there is’nt enough titles in boxing, we now have two European champions per each division, please don’t laugh but one’s called the European Boxing Union, and the bastard child the European Union, confused? try not to be!
Michael Angelo Serra
BROOKLYN, NEW YORK (July 13, 2010)—On Saturday night August 7th, Havoc Boxing will make its initial foray in to boxing promotion as the upstart Promotion presents a terrific night of boxing at the Aviator Sports Complex in Brooklyn, New York.
In the main event, Curtis “Showtime” Stevens will see action a Super Middleweight bout scheduled for ten rounds against Corey Cummings
Stevens, of the boxing hotbed of the Brownsville section of Brooklyn is one of the most feared punchers in the Super Middleweight division and has a record of 21-3 with fifteen knockouts.
Stevens started out his career as one of the most ballyhooed prospects in boxing as he racked up thirteen straight victories with eleven knockouts. After suffering a controversial stoppage defeat to veteran Marcos Primera, Stevens scored a eight round unanimous decision in the rematch that took place four months later.
After winning four consecutive bouts, Stevens dropped a ten round unanimous decision to former U.S. Olympian Andre Dirrell in a bout that was shown on HBO.
Stevens went on to win four consecutive bouts which included a three round pounding over then undefeated Piotr Wilczewski (22-0) in front of predominantly Polish crowd in Newark, New Jersey.
In Stevens last bout, he came out strong before dropping a twelve round unanimous decision to former member of the Contender Jesse Brinkley (34-5) in an IBF title elimination bout on January 29 in Brinkley’s hometown of Reno, Nevada.
Cummings of Baltimore, Maryland has a record of 17-4 with thirteen knockouts.
Cummings won his first fifteen fights which included twelve wins coming by knockout. He then lost two in a row with the second coming to former WBC Middleweight champion Keith Holmes.
Cummings dropped two of his next three which includes losses to former Light Heavyweight champion Montell Griffin and Interim Light Heavyweight champion Chris Henry.
In his last bout, Cummings scored a ninth round stoppage over Demetrius Davis on March 29, 2009 in Baltimore.
In the co-feature, Former world Bantamweight champion Mauricio Martinez will take part in a ten round bout against former Light Flyweight champion Mauricio Pastrana.
Martinez, a native of Panama has a record of 35-9-1 with twenty-three knockouts.
Martinez was 8-0-1 in his first nine bout before being stopped and overmatched against twenty-six fight veteran and future world champion, Freddie Norwood way back on May 31st, 1997. Martinez split his next four fights with a win over undefeated Antonio Diaz and two losses to future WBC Super Bantamweight champion Hecto Arcero Sanchez.
That did not dissuade Martinez as he went on to win nine straights, all by knockout which included winning the WBO Bantamweight title with a fifth round knockout over Lester Fuentes in Manchester, England and making one defense which was first round knockout over Esham Pickering in Pickering’s home country of England. Martinez lost the belt to Cruz Carvajal via ninth round stoppage on March 15th, 2002.
Martinez went on to win nine in a row which set him up for another challenge of the WBO Bantamweight title. Martinez lost a controversial majority decision to Ratancchi Singwangcha in Singwangcha’s homeland of Thailand. Martinez won three in a row before being stopped by future world champion Gerry Penalosa.
Since the loss to Penalosa, Martinez has gone 4-2 with his latest outing being a twelve round unanimous decision loss to Heriberto Ruiz on March 20, 2009.
Pastrana has a record of 35-14-2 with twenty-three knockouts.
The native of Monteria, Colombia won his first fifteen bout before scoring a huge upset as he took a twelve round split decision over Michael Carbajal to win the IBF Light Flyweight title on January 18th, 2007 in Las Vegas.
Pastrana made two defenses before losing his belt on the scale before his scheduled title defense against Carlos Murillo on August 29, 2008.
Pastrana simply moved up in weight and captured the WBA Interim Flyweight title with a twelve round unanimous decision over Jose Bonila.
After winning his first twenty-three bouts, Pastrana suffered his pro loss as he dropped a twelve round unanimous decision to Jorge Lacierva.
In the last decade, Pastrana has fought for world titles such as losing a bid to win the IBF Super Flyweight title to Felix Machado on June 16, 2001. Losing twice to IBF Bantamweight champion Rafael Marquez and being stopped in eight by WBA Super Bantamweight champion Celestino Caballero.
Pastrana has dropped four in a row with his most recent bout being an eighth round disqualification loss to Mike Oliver on June 26th, 2010 in Uncasville, CT
In an eight round Light Heavyweight bout, Ronson Frank of Rosedale, New York 15-0 with seven knockouts will risk his undefeated mark against rough and rugged Ariel Espinal, 8-14-4 with three knockouts of Brooklyn.
Uundefeated Light Heavyweight Will Rosinsky will see action an eight round bout against Miguel Hernandez.
Rosinsky has a record of 12-0 with seven knockouts and has quickly become one of the most popular fighters in the New York area.
The native of Brooklyn has developed a string fan base as he has fought eleven of his twelve pro bouts in New York and has been steadily stepping up the competition.
In his last bout, Rosinsky made his second appearance at the famed Madison Square Garden and stopped Angel David Gonzalez in three rounds as part of the Ivan Calderon – Jesus Iribe undercard that took place on June 12th.
Hernandez of Chicago has a record of 20-11 with ten knockouts.
Popular Super Featherweight, Gary Stark Jr. 22-3 with eight knockouts of New York City will return to the ring against Pedro Rincon Miranda, 30-17-2 with twenty-five knockouts of Cartagena, Colombia in a six round bout.
Undefeated Featherweight, Joselito Collado, 10-0 with three knockouts of Jamaica, Queens will take on Ever Luis Perez, 12-19 with nine knockouts of Cartagena, Colombia in a six round bout.
Christian Martinez, 4-0 with four knockouts of New York City will tussle with Hector Rivera, 2-5 with one knockout of Paterson, NJ in a six round Jr. Welterweight bout.
Former 2008 U.S. Olympian Sadam Ali will fight a six round Welterweight bout against an opponent to be named.
Ali has a record of 7-0 with three knockouts. The Brooklyn native, who will be fighting on July 16th in Newark, New Jersey is coming off a four round unanimous decision over forty-two fight veteran and perennial spoiler Martinus Clay on May 21st in New York.
Light heavyweight Andy Mejia, 7-0 with three knockouts will take on an opponent to be named in a six round bout.
In a four round Featherweight bout, Chazz McDowell, 2-0 with one stoppage of Yonkers, NY will take on Jamel Brown, 0-1 of Bronx, New York.
Tickets for this special night of boxing are priced at $50 for all seats and can be purchased at the Following Locations:
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Gleasons Gym (718) 797 2872
Sadam Ali Boxing & Fitness Center (917) 807 3630
New Legend Boxing Club (718) 487 4474
The Aviator Sports Complex is located at:
3159 Flatbush Ave – Brooklyn, N.Y. 11234
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Californian based Mexican Leodegario Santa Cruz 13-0-1(5) is looking to gatecrash the world scene at Super Bantamweight in the coming months. It’s been a slow start to the year for the 21 year old who returned from a 6 month hiatus with an impressive third round stoppage over Jose Angel Cota. The man nicknamed “Teremoto” meaning Earthquake hopes to continue his path to the top when he gets back into action in quick time facing hard hitting southpaw Andre Wilson 11-4-1(9) who is sure to pose new questions on 17 July in Pala, Ca.
Hello Leo, welcome to 15rounds.com
Anson Wainwright – Firstly congratulation’s on an impressive win recently when you stopped Jose Angel Cota in three. What can you tell us about that fight? Did you feel you had any ring rust?
Leo Santa Cruz – Yeah I felt good. I trained hard for it. I hit him in the second with a left hook, i dropped him and then in the third I got him with a straight right he kinda wobbled and the referee stepped in and stopped it.
Anson Wainwright – You’ve been off for 6 months what kept you out of the ring for that amount of time?
Leo Santa Cruz – It was because my manager & promoter were trying to get me a couple of fights but they got cancelled. I was going to be busy but the fights kept falling out.
Anson Wainwright – You came in very light at 116 against Cota, but have been up at around 120 was there any reason you fought that low?
Leo Santa Cruz – Right now I’m trying to fight at a higher weight but I can’t gain more weight. My goal is to make 130. But right now I’ll fight at 122, fight there for like a few years then move on. I walk around at 126/127.
Anson Wainwright – What weight are you looking to settle down at?
Leo Santa Cruz – I haven’t thought about that really. Wherever I feel natural. At the moment around 120/122 i feel good.
Anson Wainwright – Who is part of Team Santa Cruz? Who’s your trainer, manager & promoter? Also what gym do you train at?
Leo Santa Cruz – My manager is Cameron Dunkin, my trainer is my father Jose Santa Cruz & my promoter is Chet Koerner’s TKO. I first trained at Eddie Heredia’s but now I’m at Maywood.
Anson Wainwright – Southern California is a hot bed for Boxing with many top fighters, who have you sparred with?
Leo Santa Cruz – I sparred with Giovani Segura, Jose Navarro & Ronnie Rios and another guy Joseph Diaz right now he’s amateur. He’s training for the USA Championships in July. I’ve sparred with a lot of good fighters. I feel good against them, people tell me I look good too.
Anson Wainwright – What is a typical day’s training for you?
Leo Santa Cruz – I train Monday to Saturday. I go to the gym at 10 I go at 1.30 i spar and mitts stuff like that and get home around 2. If it’s a light session 12.30-1.
Anson Wainwright – Can you tell us about your amateur career? What titles did you win and what was your final record?
Leo Santa Cruz – I did 70 something fights, I only lost 8. Mostly I fought at tournaments. I lost in the finals of the USA’s against Gary Russell the guy who went to the last Olympics.
Anson Wainwright – Your from a family with your older brother Jose Armando also fighting and having a big fight with Zab Judah coming up? Are any other brother’s or cousins boxers?
Leo Santa Cruz – My oldest brother used to box and my other brother Robert too. But one got sick and the other quit.
I think my brother can beat him. All he has to do is watch out for the first few rounds. My brother will pressure and pressure him. He has to watch Judah early he’s strong then.
Anson Wainwright – What can you tell us about your life from when you were growing up and how it took you into Boxing?
Leo Santa Cruz – When I was about 8 I went to the gym to watch my brother fight and one day my dad told me you want to get in the ring and spar I said yeah and then I fought a guy who had fought a lot. I hit him and beat him. People said I should take it up. From there I started liking it. I went to school and played with my friends then I went home and trained.
Anson Wainwright – What are your interests away from Boxing? What do you like to do, do you have any hobbies?
Leo Santa Cruz – I like playing Soccer & Bowling. When I’m not Boxing I go and play with my brother Jose, he likes Bowling too. I was hoping Mexico would win (In the World Cup) but they lost and USA too. I think Germany or probably Brazil, one of those two will win it.
Anson Wainwright – How far do you consider yourself from fighting the top guys in your weight class?
Leo Santa Cruz – Right now I still need more work. When I get to 20 fights maybe even 18/19 I will start fighting the top guys. I’ve sparred with the top guys & looked good with them.
Anson Wainwright – Who was your favourite fighter growing up?
Leo Santa Cruz – Chavez haha I liked the pressure he brought and the bodypunching and he was tough. I saw him at the gym with his son but didn’t get chance to meet him.
Anson Wainwright – Finally do you have anything to say to the Boxing public?
Leo Santa Cruz – I’m hoping people will take notice of my fights and show them there is more than one Santa Cruz in Boxing not just my brother. We’ll try to do our best for them.
Thanks for your time Leo.
Anson Wainwright
15rounds.com
Norwalk, CT (July 12) – Even though he has tasted defeat just once in twenty seven professional bouts, Tarvis Simms’ career has not gone as planned.
In 2005 when he was a perfect 24-0, Simms entered the hometown of title contender Robert Frazier for what looked to be a step in the right direction. After ten rounds of stifling the local favorite, silencing his adoring fans in the process, the bout was surprisingly ruled a draw. The official scorecards left Simms both shocked and disgusted, but what happened next was simply unimaginable.
Although he was world rated and seemingly on the cusp of landing a match up with an elite middleweight, the Norwalk, CT native found himself on the shelf for an extended period of time. Before he knew it, two and a half years of his blossoming career were gone.
“I was always in shape and ready to go”, Simms said in regards to the long layoff. “I was constantly in contact with different promoters across the nation to get on cards but nothing panned out.”
Simms resurfaced in 2007 and scored five consecutive victories during next two years, defeating the likes of former world champion Carl Daniels and spoiler Marcus Upshaw. After defeating Upshaw, Simms’ long awaited opportunity came, albeit when he least expected it.
Nine days before fight night, Simms got a call about facing top rated super middleweight Allan Green on the Showtime Network. Even though he returned to the gym 48 hours prior to the fight offer, he accepted the potential career defining opportunity.
As per the short notice, Simms struggled to make weight and still put forth a valiant effort come fight night, but it wasn’t enough. He ultimately dropped competitive a ten round decision and hasn’t fought since.
With his lone defeat now nine months behind him, the 39 year old southpaw is itching for what may very well be his final opportunity. As a skilled technician who has taken minimal punishment during his career, Simms is eager to show that he can outpoint any middle or super middleweight on the planet.
“I’m willing to fight any of these top guys, just give me fair notice and a reasonable offer”, exclaimed Simms. “I know Kelly Pavlik is on the comeback trail, so if he wants to get it on I’ll take the next plane to Youngstown. I am ready to prove to the world that age 39, I haven’t lost a step. All I need is an opportunity.”
According to Dan Rafael of espn.com, Golden Boy Promotions for 90 days due to The promotional company failure to turn in paperwork as relating to the May 15th fight card that featured Amir Khan’s WBA Super Lightweight title defense over Paulie Malignagii and Victor Ortiz’s uananimous decision over Nate Campbell at the Madison Square Garden Theather.
“The reason that it was issued was the lack of disclosure of information on their previous show at Madison Square Garden related to their promotional agreements,” said Ralph Petrillo, who is the commission’s director of Boxing.
“They are obliged to supply to the commission any promotional agreements for any boxers they have on that show. They didn’t do that,” Petrillo said.
New York attorney Judd Burstein, who is representing Golden Boy, told ESPN.com the paperwork was turned over to the commission Monday. He was contrite about the situation.
“The commission is not wrong. Their unhappiness was well justified,” Burstein said. “There were innocent errors of omission by Golden Boy. I became involved on Friday. Since then every single document the commission requested has been provided. We’re in talks with the commission to resolve this matter. There’s nothing to hide.”
“This is not a situation where I will say the commission is acting irrationally by being upset,” Burstein said. “There was no willful intent or false statement made. The guy [David Itskowitch] who usually handles it went on his honeymoon and the guy [Armando Gaytan] who [handled it] didn’t know what the hell he was talking about. It’s a completely honest mistake.”
“We were in constant weekly e-mail contact with them after the fight asking them for it,” Petrillo said. “We went back and forth. They were going to check with their legal department was what we were told in the last [e-mail] about three weeks ago. They originally signed our disclosure form saying they would release [the contracts]. They said they hadn’t disclosed their contracts to other states.”
2008 Olympic Bronze Medal Winner Vyacheslav Glazkov talks about his July 14 fight with Mark “Oak Tree” Brown plus fighting in America
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Cruiserweight contender, Victor Barragan talks about his July 14th sgowdown with undefeated Cruiserweight in Philadelphia
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Undefeated Russian Super Flyweight, Rustam Nabeev talks about his July 14th fight in Philadeldhia agianst Alejandro Solorio
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Undefeated Heavyweight prospect, Joey Dawejko of Philadelphia talks about his July 14th fight
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Russian Promoter German Titov talks about the prospect of promoting Russian fighters in the United States
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Undefeated Middleweight Maks Liminov of Russia talks about his July 14th fight with Julius Fogle in Philadelphia
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No Limits Boxing Promotions Press conference to announce big night of boxing on July 14th at The Arena in Philadelphia
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World champion Juan Manuel Lopez and wife Barbara will be married in a church on Sunday.
“We were first married in a civil ceremony,” said Juanma. “At the time that was all we could afford. Now we are going to have a nice church wedding. We are both excited and can’t wait,” Juanma said.
The guest list is over 250 friends and family.
Lopez announced the wedding plans following a riveting performance and knockout win over challenger Bernabe Concepcion on Saturday at the Coliseo in Hato Rey, Puerto Rico.
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MATT KOROBOV UPDATE
Unbeaten middleweight Matt Korobov of Russia is back in the gym, working with chief trainer Kenny Adams in Las Vegas. Korobov was out for weeks with a nasal septum deviation.
“Everything is fine now. Matt is training every day,” said manager Cameron Dunkin.
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STEVEN BADGLEY
U.S Army Chief Warrant officer Steven Badgley, who fought at Madison Square Garden last month, has been tranferred from Fort Drum, N.Y. to a base in Colorado. “I’m very busy training as a soldier right now, but I do plan to stay in boxing,” he said.
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HERNAN ‘TYSON’ MARQUEZ
Mexican fighter Hernan ‘Tyson’ Marquez, who lost to Nonito Donaire in a 115-pound fight on Saturday night in Puerto Rico, said he plans to return to the 112-pound divison. “That is where I belong,” he said. …..
Donaire said he will moving from the 115 pound division to bantamweight at 118 pounds.
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“The conduct of both Mr. Margarito and Mr. Capetillo was unacceptable and threatened the health and safety of another licensee.” – Carrie Lopez, Director, State of California Department of Consumer Affairs, Feb. 10, 2009
“We’ll figure out a fight for (Margarito) in Mexico. It will be on one of our pay-per-view shows this summer. I think we’d have the opportunity to do 200,000 or 300,000 buys.” – Bob Arum, CEO, Top Rank, Feb. 10, 2009
And so here we are, 506 days later, and Mexican Antonio Margarito is no nearer to having a license to fight in the United States than he was on the day his license was revoked. Has he “served his time” or “paid his debt to society” or “(insert courtroom drama cliché here)”? Irrelevant, your honor.
Right now, Margarito is no more permitted to climb in a prizefighting ring in this country than an eight year-old boy is allowed to take Dad’s car for a spin. He has no license. And he will not have a license until the California State Athletic Commission (CSAC) gives him a license. Or until some other athletic commission determines California’s handling of his case is unjust enough to be overruled. The rest is just noise.
And there’s plenty of that.
On Friday, the Nevada State Athletic Commission (NSAC) refused to give Margarito a license and make the details go away. Instead, the NSAC told Margarito to go back to California with his application. Bravo. However you feel about Margarito’s innocence or guilt, you cannot condone a fighter shopping for a sympathetic commission – first Texas then Nevada – and still say you care about the cleanliness of our sport.
Margarito did not have his license suspended in California 17 months ago. He had his license revoked. Because the right to appeal is one of America’s defining traits, Margarito was told he could return to California in 365 days to ask for a new license.
Fighters have their licenses suspended all the time. Margarito has had his license suspended twice before. He had a one-week “rest” suspension in 2001 after he knocked out Robert West. He had a 45-day “hard fight” suspension in 2007 after he lost to Paul Williams. He attended no hearings, hired no attorneys, fired no trainers, and was back in a prizefighting ring on schedule.
Margarito knows the difference between the Spanish verbs “revocar” and “suspender.”
And yet, to hear him tell it to the NSAC on Friday, he’s already met every requirement for a new license, and he’s just been looking to swing by Austin or Las Vegas to pick up the license as a matter of convenience.
“I’ve paid a high price,” Margarito said Friday in Nevada. “But I think I’ve earned the right to come before you and respectfully request to receive my license and fight for my fans.”
To hear his attorneys tell it, Margarito is the victim of more sinister goings-on in the Golden State, as well as the victim of his former trainer Javier Capetillo, a contract worker who absconded with Margarito’s hands just before that 2009 fight with Shane Mosley and accidentally put the tiniest bit of slightly used gauze in Margarito’s knuckle pad. Attorney Daniel Petrocelli – to whom Margarito never should have given the pass code for his Apr. 5 conference call – views the CSAC’s treatment of Margarito as a direct violation of our country’s founding document, of course:
“About the contracts, Capetillo wasn’t an employee of (Margarito’s),” Petrocelli ruled three months ago. “You can’t be penalized because somebody did something without your knowledge or participation, let alone something as severe as taking away your right to earn a living (sic). That’s just unconstitutional.”
Right now, it’s hard to imagine how Margarito could have handled the revocation of his license and reputation much worse. From his disappearing act in 2009, to his lawsuit against the CSAC, to his lack of remorse, to his presenting himself as a victim, to Friday’s unsatisfactory conclusion, Margarito has put himself on a path to become boxing’s version of Pete Rose.
Rose, you’ll remember, was found to have bet on baseball and, in accordance with Rule 21(d) of Major League Baseball’s code, banned from the game in 1989. Since then, Rose has gradually admitted, usually in tortured language, to a variety of unscrupulous things – just never that for which he was banished.
He had a friend named Paul Janszen whom he called just before games and who placed calls to bookies from Rose’s hotel room.
“No, no, don’t start on the phone records,” Rose said in an interview with Sports Illustrated in 1999. “I am at the ballpark. So I can’t be in my room making a phone call if I’m at the ballpark. And it is obvious to me once again Paul Janszen is making bets, and he is making them from my room, because he had adjoining rooms with me.”
As things concern the plaster-like substance smeared on a pad that was placed over his knuckles, Margarito, too, was victimized by a person he trusted.
“Before the fight, my former trainer, Javier Capetillo, put old knuckle pads on my hand,” Margarito said Friday. “As I learned later, there was an irregularity with them.”
And this is where lawyers are a hindrance to Rose and Margarito, not a help. They give them words like “irregularity,” lend them their cloaks of certainty, and send them before panels to haggle over the difference between responsibility and culpability. But all anyone wants – all anyone will accept – is contrition.
Instead of contrition, Margarito, like Rose before him, presents his years as a well-liked professional as evidence that he’s incapable of wrongdoing. People loved Margarito because he fought in an unglamorous way. People loved Rose for running to first base every time he was walked. Trouble is, the admiration of others, which they cite, is gone by the time they cite it: I’m not sure I ever knew Antonio Margarito, are you?
There are a number of differences between Rose’s case and Margarito’s. Rose was a much larger figure in baseball than Margarito is in boxing. Rose made wagers. Margarito, or his trainer, plotted to harm another athlete. And most importantly for Margarito, Rose was retired from playing the game when all his troubles happened.
Margarito is 32 years-old. He’s past the prime of his career but was very much at its apex, in accomplishment and popularity, two years ago. If he’s not licensed to fight in the United States in 2010, he’ll lose what remains of his drawing power. That’s something he should consider while his attorneys assure him of victory in a case slowly making its way through the California Court of Appeals.
If the CSAC is injudiciously biased against Margarito, he needs to get them on the record saying something new and biased. What’s currently there is not persuasive enough for other commissions to overrule the CSAC.
But, see, it’s not overruling! It’s a brand new license to do something entirely different in a place that is not California. It’s unconstitutional to deny the man a right to feed his family!
That didn’t work Friday. And the NSAC just set a precedent that says it isn’t going to work later or elsewhere.
Writing of elsewhere, Margarito still can fight in Mexico, of course, because he’s licensed to fight there. But 50 percent more people were in Aguascalientes at his May return fight with Roberto Garcia than paid to see it on pay-per-view. Exit drawing power.
It’s time for Margarito to try something wholly different. The Spanish word for it is “contrición,” Tony.
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PHILADELPHIA (July 11, 2010)—This Wednesday night at The Arena in South Philadelphia, 2008 Olympic Gold Medal winner, Felix Diaz will now take on Broderick Antoine in the eight round co-feature of a big night of world class boxing that will be promoted by No Limits Promotions in association with Joey Eye Boxing.
In the main event, undefeated Israeli Cruiserweight Ran Nakash of Haifa, Israel will risk his 24-0, eighteen knockout record against Victor Barragan, 11-5 with three knockouts of Oxnard, California.
Diaz of Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic has been perfect as a pro as he has compiled a record of 5-0 with three knockouts.
Diaz has fought all over the world as he already as fought in his native Dominican Republic, Germany, Russia and the United States.
This will be Diaz second bout in the United States as in his second pro bout, Diaz scored a second round knockout over Omar Brown in Miami on September 18, 2009.
This will be Diaz third bout in 2010 as on January 23rd, he scored a third round knockout over Bronislav Kubin (9-1) in Cuxhaven, Germany.
In Diaz last bout, he scored a six round unanimous decision over twenty-four fight veteran Orlando Membreno on March 12th in the Dominican Republic.
In the 2008 Beijing Olympics, Diaz became only the second fighter from the Dominican Republic to capture a Gold Medal in any sport.
His style has been described as an aggressive, fan friendly style.
In Antoine, Diaz will be facing a fighter who has a record of 10-10-1 with five knockouts.
The native of Troy, New York started his career just 2-5 but has improved as he continued to gain experience.
Just three fights ago, Antoine scored a third round stoppage over Norberto Frias (8-6-1) before embarking on a currant two fight losing streak.
Those two bouts have been to the most accomplished fighters that Antoine has faced. A seventh round stoppage loss to Ty Barnette (16-1) and in his last bout, Antoine went the distance before losing a six round unanimous decision to 2008 U.S. Olympic Alternate, Danny O’Connor (11-0) on May 22nd in Ucasville, CT.
The rest of the card reads as Follow:
Vyacheslav Glazkov (5-0, 3 KO’s) of Lugansk, Ukraine battles Mark “Oak Tree” Brown (15-3, 7 KO’s) of Salem, NJ in a six round Heavyweight bout.
Maks Liminov (12-0, 8 KO’s) of Prokopyevsk, Russia will fight Julius Fogle (15-5, 10 KO’s) of Cary, NC in a six round Middleweight affair.
Donatas Bonarevas (7-1-1, 2 KO’s) of Lithuania will take an opponent to be named in a middleweight bout scheduled for six rounds
Former world Jr. Amatuer champion Joey Dewejko (3-0, 1 KO) will take on Tauheed Wheeler (0-1) of Washington, DC in a four round Heavyweight bout.
Rustam Nabeev (5-0) of Tobolsk, Russia will tussle with Alejandro Solorio (3-2, 3 KO’s) of Huntington Beach, CA in a four round Super Flyweight bout.
Oz Goldenberg (1-0) of Israel will see action against Mike Latorre (Pro Debut) of Scranton, PA in a Lightweight bout scheduled for four rounds.
In a four round Heavyweight bout, Carmello Marrero (PD) of Reading, PA will take on William Miranda (1-0) of Allentown, PA.
Former Penn State Offensive Lineman, Imani Bell will make his pro debut against Lee Thomas (1-3) of Saginaw, MI in a four round Heavyweight bout
Tickets for this memorable night of boxing are priced at $100, $75, and $50 and can be purchased at following locals:
Peltz Boxing (2501 Brown Street) 215- 765 -0922
The Arena (7 West Ritner St.) 267-687-7560
Joey Eye 267-304-9399
Don Elbaum 610-933-7510
The Arena is located at 7 West Ritner Street in Philadelphia