BATTLEQUEST 7: RESSURECTION RESULTS
Posted on | February 27, 2008 | No Comments
Story By Ann Dain, www.coloradofightevents.com
Photo credit: Robert Terry, www.rofmma.com
(Brett Roller tries desperately to shake Tyler Toner from his back during the main event at Battlequest 7)
Friday night, February 22nd, Softball Country Sports Pavilion was transformed from an indoor industrial practice space into a professional arena with drama-smoke, rap music, stadium seating and swirling spotlights among the roof trusses.
The entire place was spanking clean (including the Ladies’ Room which somehow even stayed that way throughout the evening)! In spite of a busy bar scene, enthusiasm was allowed to express itself but I didn’t observe anyone being unruly. Perhaps that was “helped” by the very visible presence of Security Personnel but even Sven Bean and his wife Lisa seemed to be able to relax and enjoy themselves with their guests and sponsored fighters.
The evening started with two Kick Boxing matches. The first was in the 165 lb. weight class between Sean Johnson and T. J. Miner. Although Johnson’s style was more classical with artful kicks, Miner seemed to take the advantage in Round 1 with some staggering punches to the head. In Round 2, Miner delivered a seemingly inadvertent illegal knee to the head for which Referee Thrasher gave him a warning before restarting the bout. Both fighters gave it their “all” in the 3rd Round before the decision was turned over to the judges who voted: 29 – 28 (Miner) 28 – 28 and 28 – 28 resulting in a majority “Araw”.
The next fight was again at 165 lbs. between Ben De Anda and Akil Shareef. This was De Anda’s ring debut but his High Altitude support team was extremely strong with both Nate Marquardt and Brandon Thatch in his corner. The first round consisted mostly of the fighters checking each other out but the second round saw an increase in intensity from both fighters as knee strikes were traded fairly equally. As the bell sounded the beginning of Round 3, Shareef came out in a flurry, knocking De Anda to the mat. After a short consciousness check, the fight was restarted. The win decision was again made by the judges who voted: 30 – 27 (Shereef) 29 – 28 (De Anda) 29 – 28 (Shereef) making the winner by split decision, Akil Shareef.
The first MMA fight of the evening was between John Bryant of Wichita, KS and Sundar Mims of Glenwood Springs. This was Mims’ debut and he immediately engaged as the bell announced the beginning of Round 1, coming out aggressively to take dominance early. However Bryant’s experience paid off when 1:26 into Round 1, he forced a submission tap-out when he caught Mims in a heel hook.
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Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
Klitschko jabs his way to victory!
Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
Cautious, defensive-minded tactical bout doesn’t win over MSG crowd.
By Mike Indri
Retired Boxers Foundation
February 23, 2008
NEW YORK – Wladimir Klitschko pawed, jabbed and swatted his way to a twelve round unanimous decision win over Sultan Ibragimov in a rare heavyweight unification title fight; which enabled Klitschko to add Ibragimov’s World Boxing Organization title belt to his trophy case, along with his own International Boxing Federation championship crown.
Headlining a Madison Square Garden fightcard which featured several quick knockouts by talented local prospects and a ten round “Pier Six” style brawl between popular Irish middleweight John Duddy and Francisco Mora, the Klitschko-Ibragimov heavyweight clash was hoped to be an intriguing, classic battle of two champions willing to put their hard earned titles at risk in their quest to become the one and only true “Heavyweight Champion”, instead the huge crowd had to endure twelve rounds of a tentative, strategic effort by the physically bigger and stronger Klitschko against a willing and game champion who had no answer to combat his obvious disadvantages in height (five inches) and weight (close to twenty pounds).
From the opening bell it was clear that this bout was to be more of a chess match than a fight, as Klitschko came out using as much energy swatting at Ibragimov’s range-finding jabs as he did in looking to land his own punches. Unfortunately for Sultan, Wladimir is an expert chess player.
It was not until round five that the 14,011 predominantly Klitschko fans that packed the Garden, along with the millions watching live on HBO, finally witnessed the first sign of Dr. Steelhammer’s mighty right hand. The shot temporarily silenced the boo’s from the action deprived crowd and had the familiar “Klitschko-Klitschko-Klitschko” chants ringing throughout the rafters of boxing’s most hallowed venue.
As round six brought three more minutes of fruitless work by Ibragimov and conservative effort by Klitschko, this championship fight was suddenly half over and if you blinked more than once you surely had missed most of the action.
One thing was for certain, whether it be for lack of a good effort or not, this fight was slipping away from Sultan Ibragimov and you would think that the undefeated fighter would realize that his current approach to this career defining opportunity was definitely not working and maybe it was time to resort to Plan B.
Apparently there was no Plan B for the thirty-two year-old Russian born southpaw, and that ineffectiveness along with the former Olympic silver medallist getting tagged with several more Klitschko right hands in rounds seven, eight and nine put Ibragimov in a dire situation. Those big right hands in round nine actually stunned Ibragimov and sent the hurt fighter sprawling into the ropes were it appeared that the ropes may have been all that was holding the soon-to-be former WBO heavyweight king up; as close to a knockout that this non-epic bout would see.
Against the urging and pleading from his most ardent fans, Klitschko laid back and played it safe. Content to pile up the rounds in listless fashion, Klitschko went back to the jab, albeit a solid one, and neglected the punch that makes him the most dangerous heavyweight today, perhaps the lone heavyweight with pure one-punch knockout power.
Never able to overcome the big physical disparity, and later claiming that his left hand had been broken weeks earlier during training, Ibragimov, now 22-1-1 (17 KO’s) was barely able to scrap out one round on two of the judge’s scorecards over the last six rounds. Highly respected judge Steve Weisfeld, a Rivervale, NJ native, did not see Ibragimov winning any rounds over the last half of the bout.
With all credit to Wladimir Klitschko, 50-3 (44 KO’s), for fighting a determined and controlled match, obviously sticking to a pre-set fight plan, I really don’t know who had a more difficult time: Sultan Ibragimov in trying to penetrate Dr. Steelhammer’s tight and ever so cautious defense, or the fans who were watching?
Judge Don Ackerman scored it 119-110, while judge Chuck Giampa saw it 117-111 and the aforementioned Weisfeld had it 118-110. This writer also had it 118-110.
All for the unanimous decision winner, Wladimir Klitschko. Afterwards the IBF, and new WBO heavyweight world champion would say, “I am not disappointed in this performance as he (Ibragimov) is a very difficult guy to fight, he kept leaning back.”
“I had to be careful to shoot my right hand-not to lose my balance”, stated Klitschko. “Anyway, the fight is over and we have the winner of the fight. I am ready to fight as soon as possible. I wish to get another champion to fight.”
In the co-feature attraction, popular middleweight Irish John Duddy overcame an early rough beating in his ten round bout against rugged, yet unheralded, Walid Smichet to survive with a controversial majority decision victory. Getting pounded with 47 of 85 power shots (according to the CompuBox punch stats) in round one Duddy, fighting out of New York by way of Derry, Ireland, was forced to battle from the opening bell and came out on the short end of most of the two-fisted volleys throughout the first half of this bar room brawl. Smichet, a Canadian from Montreal who now calls New York home, had Duddy bleeding from both sides of his face; the real danger being an extremely deep and nasty gash of a cut over the left eye. Luckily for the likable slugger, he was in the capable hands of top-notch cutman, Big John Mitchell.
Eventually Smichet would tire and his offensive output would greatly diminish, giving Duddy the chance he needed to get back into the fight. Employing a good jab, actually moving away from some punches and working the body of a tiring Smichet would pay off dearly for the Irishman. While the emphasis of boxing over brawling salvaged the night for Duddy, the exposed showing against his rudimentary opponent blew Duddy’s real shot; his all but signed June 7th title opportunity against middleweight world champion Kelly Pavlik.
While the severe cut over his left eye may require as much as four months of recuperation, the real question now is his worthiness.
Judge Frank Lombardi called it a 95-95 draw, while both judges John McKaie and Don Trella somehow scored it 98-92 for Duddy, keeping the Irishman undefeated at 24-0 (17 KO’s), while the short lucked Smichet falls to 17-4-3 (13 KO’s).
On the K2 Promotions and Warriors Boxing “Heavyweight Unification” undercard:
Powerful middleweight prospect Joe Greene retained his NABA regional title and picked up the vacant NABO belt as well with his commanding ten round technical knockout win against gutsy Francisco Mora. Pounding the resilient Argentinean from the onset Greene, decked out in all green: robe, trunks, shoes, and even gloves dropped Mora twice in round two and twice in round four. Despite the constant beating by the southpaw Greene, Mora, to his credit, is doing just enough to justify his right to continue, while skilled referee Tony Chiarantano is keeping a close eye on Mora.
Winning every round the only blemish on the fight ledger is the one point penalty Greene picks up in round six for low blows. While Mora’s trip to the canvas in round seven is rightly ruled a slip, it just shows that the big-hearted fighter’s legs are gone as well.
With his face bruised Mora gets a look from the ring doctor in round eight and although his right eye is damaged, the thirty-four year-old fighter is allowed to continue. After six more minutes of a beating administered at the hands of the Queens, NY native, Mora returns to his corner after the tenth round and drops to his knees, then slumps onto his side. While Mora’s heart and soul would not stop his body did, and at the advise of the doctor the one sided scheduled twelve rounder was halted, giving the still perfect Greene, now 18-0 (14 KO’s) the impressive TKO win. Mora slips to 52-13 (35 KO’s).
Former IBF Cruiserweight champion Imamu Mayfield did not last too long against highly touted, Kronk gym fighter Jonathan Banks. After a solid right hand drove Mayfield backwards and his glove hit the canvas to keep him up, Banks followed with what seemed to be a grazing right hand atop Mayfield’s shoulder which surprisingly sent the 35 year-old Perth Amboy, NJ resident to the canvas again, where he stretched out until the count of ten and referee Eddie Cotton felt he had seen enough. Banks, now 19-0 (14 KO’s), gets credit for the KO at 1:49 of the first stanza. Mayfield fell to 25-9-2 (18 KO’s), and has now lost five of his last six fights, dating back to 2004.
Talented super middleweight Peter “Kid Chocolate” Quillin also made short work of his opponent, Thomas Brown, now 11-4-1 (7 KO’s) as he devastated the York, SC native, sending him writhing in pain to the canvas. Referee Pete Santiago was forced to stop the one sided match, scheduled for six rounds, at the 1:32 mark od round two.
“Kid Chocolate” sweetens his already perfect record to 17-0, with Brown a very quick 14th knockout victim.
European heavyweight prospect Alexander Ustinov was treated very nicely in his first fight stateside by journeyman Earl Ladson, now 13-18-1 (7 KO’s). After getting dropped early in round one with a shot behind the head that was ruled a knockdown, Ladson did not waste much time in getting back down to the canvas for two more trips before referee called a halt at 1:59 of the first round. Ustinov, of Minsk, Belarus, now is 8-0, with 8 knockouts. Ladson travels back to Winston-Salem, NC a loser in ten of his last twelve fights.
Fighting for the sixth time since turning pro last September, busy jr. middleweight Ronnie Vargas improved to 6-0 (4 KO’s) with his four round unanimous decision win over Monyette Flowers, now 4-9-1, from Memphis, TN. Highly acclaimed as a top-ranking amateur Vargas, fighting out of the Bronx, dominated the night’s opening bout; all three judges scored it 40-36 for the young Venezuelan boxer.
Alexa Ray Joel, daughter of legendary musical artist Billy Joel, added to the special night by singing the national anthem. Fight announcer Joe Antonacci aptly handled the duties until HBO prime timer Michael Buffer steeped in, but unfortunately for the packed house neither Klitschko or Ibragimov must have heard the “get ready to rumble” part, as the main event was a stinker that will hopefully be quickly forgotten. Otherwise a great night of boxing, at boxing’s greatest venue Madison Square Garden; star studded as always.
Mike Indri can be contacted at RBFNJMIKE@aol.com
KITSCHKO VS. IBRAGIMOV IS UNEVENTFUL
Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
Klitschko Beats Ibragimov In A Less Then Thrilling Heavyweight Unification!
By Matt Yanofsky
In the first heavyweight unification since Lennox Lewis and Evander Holyfield in 1999, IBF king Wladimir Klitschko 50-3 (44 KO’s) retained his belt while winning the WBO strap from previously unbeaten but untested Sultan Ibragimov 22-1-1 (17 KOs). After being outworked in an extremely uneventful first round by the smaller Ibragimov, Klitschko began using an effective jab working while using a parry like move to push Sultan’s punches away.
Outside of a knockdown that referee Wayne Kelly missed in round 9 where a Klitschko right hand had Ibragimov held up only by the ropes, there was little action as Klitschko’s jabs and occasional right hands continued to tell the story. Scores were 119-110, 118-110, and 117-111 for Klitschko who may be heading toward a fight with the winner of the March 8th WBC title fight between Sam Peter and Oleg Maskaev.
ESPINO WANTS TO FIGHT ORNELAS
Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
MIGUEL ESPINO CALLS OUT
NABF CHAMPION ENRIQUE ORNELAS
February 23, 2008 — WBC CABOFE Middleweight Champion and Former Contender TV Series Star Miguel Espino is calling out to NABF Champion Enrique Ornelas after watching his recently televised bout on Telefutura. After listening to Ornelas say that he wants tougher competition and a fight with Kelly Pavlik, Espino stated, “Ornelas needs to beat a true fighter from the Contender series and then climb his way up to a Championship match with Pavlik and that starts with me. I’m ranked at #13 and he’s at #14 in the WBC. An opportunity for a Championship title bout just doesn’t happen overnight, you have to earn it.”
Espino also went on to say, “This would be a great fight for the Middleweight division and we both know that a shot at the Championship is going to take a few more fights. Although Ornelas is a good boxer, he has been taking on fighters that were coming up from 147 and 154 pounds such as Norberto Bravo and I just think it’s time he fights a fighter that is a natural 160 pounder. We’re also both from Southern California and I respect the fact he is one of Oscar De La Hoya’s Golden Boy fighters. Golden Boy has always had a great stable of fighters and this would be a great win on my resume.”
Espino’s next fight against Humberto Corral is scheduled to occur some time in March after he was forced to postpone due to an illness. Espino is looking forward to a showdown with Enrique Ornelas in the near future if Ornelas is willing to accept the challenge.
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Reality Combat Championship “The Second Encounter”
Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
For Immediate Release
What: Reality Combat Championship (RCC) “The Second Encounter”
When: Saturday, March 1st, 2008
Where: The University of North Florida Arena, Jacksonville, FL
Doors Open 7:00, Fights Start at 8:00
FightZone™ TV is proud to announce another partnering with Jacksonville’s Premier MMA Promoter, Reality Combat Championship (RCC).
Continuing on our quest to bring MMA fans the finest MMA fights from around the world, FightZone™ TV will be participating in the taping of RCC2 “The Second Encounter” at The University of North Florida Arena in Jacksonville, FL on Saturday, March 1st, 2008. This event will be aired at a later date on SunSports (6,000,000+ FL Homes and nationally on DirecTV and the Dish Network (2,000,000+ subscribers). FightZone™ TV is now one of the largest Independent Producers/Providers of Broadcast Quality MMA content in the country.
Featuring the most visible MMA commentator on MMA Television today, FightZone’s own Jay Adams will be joined by Roving Reporter, Nancy Evans as part of FightZone TV’s Broadcasting Team. This will be the second RCC event televised. (For Full FightZone™ TV Airing Schedule, including RCC 1, Bonecrunch Fighting League, WFC and Jay’s Brand New “Brawl Call” Show, see listings below.)
Adding to the excitement of RCC2 will be two MMA Greats, Lightweight UFC Champion Sean Sherk and 2 time World Shooto Champion Erik Paulson who will be in attendance as celebrity guests.
Fighters and coaches are from renowned fight schools such as: Rob Kahn Gracie Tampa, Tallahassee Mixed Martial Arts, Erik Paulson CSW Training Center, World Martial Arts Jax, David Avalon Freestyle Fight Academy, Mark Cuban HDnet Fights and many more.
Official RCC2 Fight Card
Marc Seno VS Shawn Lee (170 lbs)
Jahmal Mclennan VS David Diquallo (155 lbs)
Steven McDonald VS Matt McCook (145 lbs)
Mike Thomas VS Felix Lopez (155 lbs)
Dan Funes VS Calvin Martin (140 lbs)
Shane Weinischke VS Brian Eckstein (135 lbs)
Josh Samman VS Michael Shoffner (185 lbs)
Eric Reynolds VS Brandon Bledsoe (155 lbs)
Jose Figueora VS Sean Bartlett (155 lbs)
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EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
Dmitri Sartison, 21-0, steps in for Jurgen Brahmer and fight Pablo Daniel Zamora Nieves tomorrow night in Halle an der Saale. As for why Brahmer pulled out German media have been informed by Universum that it is because of illness in the family. The show still shapes up insterestingly with the European debut of Colombian puncher Santander Silgado, 11-0 (11) as a possible highlight on the undercard. EBU lightheavy champ Thomas Ulrich is the favourite against Yuri Barashian but the Ukrainian southpaw is in with a good chance against the sometimes erractic German.
The scheduled deadline for purse bids or agreement for the vacant EBU heavyweight clash between Matt Skelton and Sinan Samil Sam have been moved from today until March 3. Sam have a fight lined up March 14 in Munich but question is if he can go through with that depending who will promote the Skelton fight and when.
Bild Zeitung reveals today the plans / dreams for a giant event in Berlin this fall but there are many many pieces that must fall to place. First Wladimir Klitschko must beat Sultan Ibragimov, then his brother Vitali must successfully comeback. If yes on both we might see Wladimir Klitschko vs Alexander Povetkin and Vitali Klitschko vs the winner of Peter vs Maskaev in Berlin this fall. Possible? Well, it´s not impossible, is it?
Sauerland Event will do EBU supermiddle champ Cristian Sanavia vs young hotshot and newly crowned EE-EU ruler Karo Murat as chief support to Sebastian Sylvester vs Javier Castillejo April 12 in Neubrandenburg. Sauerland had intended to make Sanavia vs Danish veteran Mads Larsen but it fell through, reportedly due to lack of Scandinavian TV backing.
The Hammer is gone (the sponsor) but Knockout Promotions remains and promote along with Main Events and Warriors the IBF eliminator at cruiser between Tomasz Adamek and O´Neill Bell April 12 in Katowice, Poland. The undercard will feature jr middle Damian Jonak and cruiser Tomasz Hutkowski, both in WBC Youth titles. Heavies Andrew Wawrzyk and Marcin Najman clash for the Polish heavyweight title.
EBU cruiser champ Johny Jensen´s defence of the title against Frenchman Jean Marc Monrose will go ahead May 3 in Marseille.
Superbantam Franklin “Destroyer” Theran take on Hungarian Zsolt Nagy March 7 in Algarve (Portugal).
BoxingEurope, headed by Tomasz Adamek´s longtime trainer Andrei Gmitruk, stage a show in Dzierzoniow (Poland) March 3 with supermiddle Piotr Wilczewski on top in a TWBA title defence.
Natascha Ragosina vs Theresa Perozzi March 15 in Magdeburg is billed as “Sieben auf einen Streich” and hints at the seven titles at stake. In supporting bouts Russian giant Evgeny Orlov face Dirk Thielecke, who like Orlov have the bulk of his career in Muay Thai. The show also feature the comeback of of another female star, Esther Schouten from the Netherlands, who´s now trained by Torsten Schmitz.
WBA, WBC and GBU bantam queen Anita Christensen defends her titles against Bulgarian Galina Ivanova March 23 in Esbjerg, Denmark.
Cruiser Ali Isamailov and Spanish welter Amaro Dialo headline a show in St Petersburg March 1.
FRANK MALONEY GEARING UP FOR BRITISH BOXING WEEKEND
Posted on | February 25, 2008 | No Comments
Frank Maloney’s Big Weekend
A big weekend in British boxing is fast approaching, starting with Rendall Munroe’s attempt to snatch the European super bantamweight title from hard punching Spaniard Kiko Martinez at the Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre in Nottingham on Friday, March 7.
Munroe knows this is the biggest fight of his career to date and has taken two and a half weeks off from work to concentrate on his final preparation. Munroe, who failed to win the British title at featherweight, is counting on that big fight experience will help him through this European title challenge.
“Opportunities like this come along once in lifetime,” said Munroe. “I intend to grab it with both hands and not let any of my fans down. I want to add to the success of Leicester boxing, like Tony Sibson and Chris Pyatt did.”
Supporting the European title fight is a stablemate of Munroe’s, Scott Haywood, who is also looking to step into championship contendership. The 26 year old must put on a first class performance against the evergreen Gary Reid if Haywood is to realize that ambition.
Haywood, who has appeared on quite a few Frank Maloney promotions, and also took talented lightweight John Fewkes the distance during a one point loss, knows that a win over Reid could open up an opportunity for a Commonwealth title challenge against Ajose Olusegun at light welterweight or even step back down to lightweight and challenge at the 135 pound limit.
It will be a busy weekend for Maloney, who promotes the Munroe vs. Martinez show in Nottingham on a Friday, but will then need to be back in London the next day, Saturday, March 8, to watch his fighters WBC/WBA cruiserweight champion David Haye and British super featherweight champion Carl Johanneson in action at the 02 Arena. The promoter has been working with Johanneson in training camp and helping to prepare him with trainer Martin Williams.
Maloney will be looking for a 2 – nil victory over rival promoter Frank Warren with both his men, Johanneson and Haye, looking to make it a great Easter for Frank Maloney Promotions.
Frank Maloney Promotions presents “The Bull vs. The Matador”, Rendall Munroe vs. European super bantamweight champion Kiko Martinez, at Nottingham’s Harvey Hadden Leisure Centre on Friday, March 7, 2008. Tickets are priced at £75 and £35 and are available by logging onto www.frankmaloney.com or by calling the Box Office at 0871 226 1508. For any further press information please call 0208 467 7647.
Sky Sports will televise live on SS2 starting at 9:30PM.
Frank Maloney Promotions also announces “Northern Rock”, the first title defense by British super flyweight champion Chris Edwards, who faces Doncaster’s English champion Andy Bell at the Metrodome in Barnsley, England on Friday, March 28, 2008.
On Friday, April 18, 2008, Frank Maloney Promotions return to London when British light middle champion Gary Woolcombe faces the challenge of former titleholder Ryan Rhodes at historic York Hall on “Divine Retribution”. Also featured will be John McDermott and Pele Reid, who will argue the vacant English heavyweight title.
Tickets to these shows can be purchased by calling the Box Office 0871 226 1508 or by logging onto www.frankmaloney.com
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