Michael Oliveira fighting at home once again

Posted on | July 12, 2011 | 1 Comment

 

WBC Latino title fight vs. Soto, Saturday night in Sao Paulo, Brazil

SAO PAULO, Brazil (July 12, 2011) – Unbeaten prospect Michael “The Brazilian Rocky” Oliveira has returned home to fight once again in Brazil, headlining Saturday night’s “Sao Paulo Fight Night” pro-am boxing card, presented by MO Productions, July 16 at Credicard Hall in Sao Paulo.

 

The 21-year-old Oliveira (14-0, 11 KOs), now rated No. 18 by the World Boxing Council (“WBC”), faces tough Dominican veteran Jose “Minguito” Soto (24-7-2, 13 KOs) for the vacant WBC Latino middleweight title in the 10-round main event.

 

“Sao Paulo Fight Night” will air live on TV Globo Network, SporTV cable, GloboEsporte and TV Globo International, as well as TYC Sports in Argentina, and streaming for free outside of Brazil and Argentina for free on www.BoxingChannel.tv.

 

Oliveira, the two-time defending Brazilian International Press Award’s Athlete of the Year (2009 and 2010), was born in Sao Paulo but he moved two weeks after birth with his family to Miami. He will be fighting for the third time in Brazil as part of a six-fight, two-year deal with TV Global.

 

“I’m excited to fight in Brazil again and be close to my fans back home,” Oliveira said. “It is very important to have TV Globo and SporTV giving me support and exposure for my boxing career.

 

“My opponent is a step-up in class for me. I know he has fought some good fighters, but I’m well prepared for this fight, and I expect to put on a good show. I hope to move up in the WBC ratings with a good victory.”

 

This past March Michael won a 10-round decision against previously unbeaten Abel Nicolas Adriel in Sao Paulo for the Interim WBC Latino super middleweight crown. For his July 16 fight, however, Oliveira has dropped down to 160 poundsand is working with a new trainer, Orlando Cueller.

 

“I feel much faster and still strong fighting at 160 pounds,” Oliveira explained.“Working with Mr. Cueller has helped me improve my defensive techniques and the way I move around the ring. I’m already on weight and ready for this fight. To get to where I want to be, I need to continue working on improve in four areas: boxing, strength, conditioning and nutrition. “

 

Brazil’s last superstar boxer, four-time world champion Acelino “Popo” Freitas, made his third World Boxing Organization super featherweight title defense in Credicard Hall, one of the largest show arenas in South America, when he knocked out challenger Javier Jauregui in 2000. Freitas showed his support for Oliveira and MO Productions by being a special guest at Oliveira’s last fight.

 

“It’s an honor to be fighting where the great ‘Popo’ Freitas once for a world title,”Michael added. “Soccer will always be the No. 1 sport in Brazil, but my goal is to have Brazilians embrace me as their new boxing hero.”

 

Several amateur matches featuring some of Brazils top Olympic boxers will be part of the “Sao Paulo Fight Night” card, in addition to one other pro fight between Sao Paulo light middleweights – Jailton “Dragao Branco” De Jesus Souza (12-2, 10 KOs) and Douglas Ataibe (1-0, 1 KO) in a six-round bout.

 

All fights and fighters are subject to change.

 

GENERAL ADMISSION TICKETS ARE FREE.

 

Doors open at 6:30 PM/GMT (5:30 PM/ET), first bout at 7:30 PM/GMT (6:30 PM/ET). Go on line to www.MichaelOliveria.com for additional information.

 

Solid undercard announced by KZ Event Productions for ‘Fire & Fury: Shumenov-Santiago’

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‘Fire & Fury’ on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate” telecast live from the South Point Hotel Casino

LAS VEGAS (July 12 2011) – A solid undercard has been announced for the “Fire & Fury” pro boxing card, featuring World Boxing Association/International Boxing Association Light Heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov in his third title defense, July 29 against two-time world title challenger Danny “The Bronx Bomber” Santiago, on TeleFutura’s“Sólo Boxeo Tecate” broadcast live from South Point Hotel Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

“Fire& Fury” is promoted by KZ Event Productions (Shumenov and his brother, Chingis, own and operate the Las Vegas-based KZ Event Productions) in association with Golden Boy Promotions, Don Chargin Productions, Guilty Boxing and South Point Hotel Casino and is sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and AT&T.Doors open at 5:30 PM PT, the first bout at 6:00 PM PT and the TeleFutura broadcast begins at 11:30 PM ET / PT (10:30 PM CT).

 

Tickets, starting at $25, are available for purchase at South Point’s box office, online at www.SouthPointEventCenter.com/tickets.php, or by calling 1.702.797.8055.

 

Fans at home can also be part of the action by participating in Cinturón Tecate and voting for the fighter in the main event who displays the most character in the ring by sending a text message to 55333. Voting will be open through the end of the weekend.

 

Other fights scheduled to complete the “Fire & Fury” card are a pair of WBA title bouts, in addition to an entertaining co-feature and two other competitive matches.

 

Shumenov (11-1, 7 KOs), the 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian who is now fighting out of Las Vegas, set a light heavyweight record for capturing a world title in the fewest career fights, 10, when (Jan. 10, 2010) he won a 12-round decision against Gabriel Campillo in Las Vegas. Shumenov has successfully defended his WBA/IBA titles twice against No. 1 mandatory challenger Viacheslav Uzelkov (UDEC12) and three-time world champion William Joppy (KO6) last January in Shymkent, Kazakhstan. In his 11 pro fights, Beibut has defeated four world champions (Campillo, Joppy, Byron Mitchell and Montell Griffin) and two world title challengers (Uzelkov and Epifanio Mendoza).

 

WBA #15 ranked Santiago (31-4-1, 19 KOs), fighting out of Ocala, Florida, is a two-time world title challenger.His most significant victory was a fourth-round technical knockout of Elvir Muriqi (30-1). Santiago was also featured on the third season of The Contender reality television series.

 

The co-feature between popular Las Vegas super featherweight Lonnie Smith (13-2-2, 9 KOs) and Minnesota-invader Wilton “Pretty Warrior” Hilario (12-2, 9 KOs) is also scheduled to be shown on TeleFutura’s “Sólo Boxeo Tecate”broadcast. Smith, rated No. 13 by the USBA, is riding an eight-fight win streak, while Hilario’s only two losses have been by decisions to Mario Honorio in their NABO title fight and undefeated Cuban Olympian Luis Franco.

 

Highly-regarded, unbeaten WBA FEDALATIN Welterweight Champion Ravshan Hudaynazarov (14-0, 12 KOs), rated No. 9 by the WBA, defends his title in a 10-round bout against veteran Hector “The Hurricane” Munoz(19-5-1, 12 KOs), the former USNBC titlist.

 

Undefeated, WBA No. 2-rated light heavyweight contender Gayrat Ahmedov (16-0-1, 12 KOs) defends his WBA International belt against veteran Max “The Fireman” Heyman (24-11-4, 14 KOs) in another 10-rounder.

 

Hudaynazarov and Ahmedov fight under the KZ Event Productions banner along with Beibut.

 

Las Vegas fan favorite Ramon Montano(17-9-2, 2 KOs) faces welterweight Juan Suazo (7-4-3, 5 KOs) in a six-round match. Also on the card against an opponent to be determined is Freddie Roach-trained, unbeaten super featherweight prospect Joel Diaz(4-0, 3 KOs) in a four-round bout. All fights and fighters are subject to change.

 

For additional information about “Fire & Fury,”Shumenov or any of KZ Event Productions’ fighters, visit www.KZEventProductions.com. For more information on Golden Boy Promotions, visit www.goldenboypromotions.com, follow us on Twitter at www.twitter.com/GoldenBoyBoxingor visit us on Facebook at www.facebook.com/GoldenBoyBoxing.

 

Molina Calling Out all 154-lb Champions

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Chicago’s “King” Carlos Molina and his team are sending out a challenge to the rest of the world’s best junior middleweights.

 

Molina (19-4-2, 6 KOs) established himself as an elite fighter with a near shutout unanimous decision over former world champion Kermit Cintron last Saturday night at the Home Depot Center in Carson, California, and live on the SHOWTIME network.

 

“It’s no longer a secret that Carlos Molina is the world’s best 154-lb fighter,” said Leon Margules of Warriors Boxing. “This is an open call to all the champions, Miguel Cotto, Canelo Alvarez, Austin Trout, K9 Bundradge and Sergei Dzinziruk: Carlos Molina is ready and able to take any of you on.”

 

In the comeback story of the year, Molina has gone from sitting on the shelf for two years to the breakout fighter of 2011 in the span of four months.

 

He returned for the first time since 2009 in March at the Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and fought to a controversial majority draw against Cuban sensation Erislandy Lara (most observers had Molina winning). He returned there on short notice a month later to take out hard-punching Allen Conyers via TKO 7. Then came Saturday’s dominance over Cintron.

 

“If you think about it,” stated Luis DeCubas, his advisor, “Lara beat Paul Williams and Cintron beat Alfredo Angulo and Carlos beat both of them, so he could be considered the top challenger in the world. We hope the sanctioning bodies will recognize his amazing accomplishments and move him into a position where he can fight for a world championship.”

 

Margules says that when Molina finally does challenge for a title, it will be the end of an era.

 

“Once he’s a champion, he’ll finally stop being considered the underdog in every fight. That might take him some getting used to.”

 

“KING” GABRIEL ROSADO TO BATTLE ALLEN “THE DREAM SHATTERER” CONYERS THIS FRIDAY LIVE ON GFL

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Rosado – Conyers headlines action packed Atlantic City fight card that will also feature Ferrante – Hemphill rematch as well as Tyrone Luckey – Bryne Green in Lightweight shootout

FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE

NEW YORK / ATLANTIC CITY (July 11, 2011)—This Friday an important Jr. Middleweight bout will take place between Gabriel Rosado and Allen Conyers with the winner taking a big step towards a significant bout.

The fight will take place at Ballys in Atlantic City

That fight plus a full six bout undercard can be seen LIVE all over the world on gfl.tv.

The show can be purchased for just $9.99 by clicking:
http://www.gfl.tv/Events/Fight/Boxing/Rosado_vs_Conyers/1092

Rosado of Philadelphia has a record of 16-5 with nine wins coming via knockout and has fought the best in the Middleweight divisions.

Rosado holds wins over undefeated James Moore (15-0); former world champion Kassim Ouma (26-5-1); Latif Mundy (9-1); Saul Roman (32-5) and has suffered losses to the likes of Alfredo Angulo (15-1); Fernando Guerrero (12-0) in a bout that Rosado sent Guerrero to the deck and a Fight of The Year split decision defeat to Derek Ennis (21-2-1) in a bout for the USBA championship.

Rosado has won two straight which includes his last bout when he stopped Jamaal Davis on February 26^th in twelve rounds to capture the interim NABA Super Welterweight championship.

Conyers of Bronx, New York is known for his knockout prowess.

He has a record of 12-5 with nine knockouts and like Rosado has fought top competition.

He began his career with an 8-0 mark with six knockouts.

Conyers has not only faced by but beaten top competition such as Russell Jordan (12-1) via first round stoppage to win the New York State Championship; undefeated and future USBA champion Derek Ennis (10-0-1); and this past January he shocked undefeated rising contender James De La Rosa (20-0)

He has faced former world title challenger Delvin Rodriguez (11-1-1); World Ranked James Kirkland (20-0); Said Ouali (23-2) and in his last bout he was stopped in seven to one of the hottest Jr. Middleweights in the world in Carlos Molina (17-4-2).

The co-feature is a rematch of a fight that took place on January 15^th, 2010 when Tony Ferrante eked out a controversial six round split decision over Andre Hemphill in a Light Heavyweight bout.

In that bout, it was Hemphill who landed a great number of body shots that had most ringsiders stunned that he got the nod and Saturday night he will look to even the score with Ferrante.

Ferrante of Philadelphia has a record of 10-2 with five knockouts.

Hemphill, also of Philadelphia has a deceptive record of 10-17-2 with five knockouts.

He is known as a guy who will fight anybody at anytime on just hours of notice and has pulled many upsets in those ten wins.  He will look to extract revenge on Saturday night.

In what could be the fight of the night, undefeated knockout artist, Tyrone Luckey (4-0, 4 KO’s) takes on speedy Bryne Green (6-4-1, 3 KO’s) in a Jr. Lightweight bout.

FULL CARD

10 Rounds—Jr. Middleweights—Gabriel Rosado (16-5, 9 KO’s) vs. Allen Conyers (12-5, 9 KO’s)
8 Rounds—Light Heavyweights—Andre Hemphill (10-17-2, 5 KO’s) vs Tony Ferrante (10-2, 5 KO’s)—Rematch
6 Rounds—Jr. Middleweights—Jamaal Davis (12-8, 6 KO’s) vs. Eberto Medina (5-6, 1 KO)
4 Rounds—Welterweights—DeCarlo Perez (3-0-1) vs. Keane Davis (1-2)
4 Rounds—Middleweights—Antowyan Aikens (1-0, 1 KO) vs. Alando Swain (3-1, 1 KO)
4 Rounds—Jr. Lightweight—Tyrone Luckey (4-0, 4 KO’s) vs. Bryne Green (6-4-1, 3 KO’s)
4 Rounds—Jr. Welterweight bout—Naim Nelson (1-0) vs. Korey Sloane (1-0)

 

Wrestling Links (7-12-11)

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TNA’s Impact Wrestling tapings in Alabama, Georgia, Tennessee MiamiHerald.com Impact Wrestling on Spike TV (9 pm EST/PST Thursdays) will hit the road in August, September and October to shoot new episodes in three cities: Huntsville, Ala.; Knoxville, Tenn.; Macon, Ga. Impact Wrestling features TNA wrestlers Mr. Anderson, … See all stories on this topic »

UFC’s Chael Sonnen Not The First MMA Star To Try Pro Wrestling Shenanigans SB Nation But The MMA Encyclopedia author Jonathan Snowden says Sonnen is not the first fighter to recognize the appeal of pro wrestling style promotion. Jul 12, 2011 – Jim Miller has won seven fights in a row inside the UFC Octagon. Yushin Okami has won three … See all stories on this topic » SB Nation

Goodrich’s Kristi Garr Continues Wrestling Success at Oklahoma City University MLive.com Kristi Garr is already an All-American wrestler in only her freshman year at Oklahoma City University. Goodrich’s Kristi Garr has proven that she can compete at the next level. In only her freshman year at Oklahoma City University , Garr received … See all stories on this topic »

Pacman Jones: Will Pacman Return to Wrestling If NFL Bans Him? Bleacher Report When Jones was suspended before, he signed a contract with TNA wrestling as a personality for the organization. If the NFL decides that they don’t want Jones in the league anymore because of his pension for getting in trouble, expect to see the athlete… See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Stephen Decatur wrestling coach resigns from post Delmarva Now While it has been the perfect place for Gilligan, the longtime head wrestling coach and defensive coordinator on the football team will move on. Gilligan has resigned to take a job at Huntingtown High School in Calvert County, citing the need to be … See all stories on this topic »

TNA Wrestling: How Destination X Lived Up to the Hype Bleacher Report Having seen other PPV events and wanting so bad for the show to prove to me that Impact Wrestling was moving in the right direction, the start was compelling and then lost a little luster in the middle, only to save itself in the end. … See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Paul Daley Discusses Tyron Woodley, Improving Wrestling Bloody Elbow I found Paul’s talk about improving his wrestling to be the most interesting part of the interview: Moving on, you’ve got Tyron Woodley coming up. He’s a wrestler — how do you stop him from doing what Josh Koscheck did to you? … See all stories on this topic »

WWE Smackdown and TNA Impact Wrestling tapings (correspondents needed), Shane … ProWrestling.net -TNA is taping next week’s Impact Wrestling at the Impact Zone in Orlando, Fla. There are no matches advertised for this particular show. If you are going to the Impact Wrestling tapings and can send in a report on the show, contact me at … See all stories on this topic »

WWE/Impact Wrestling: Is Pro Wrestling Starting to Get Interesting Again?! Bleacher Report Moments….memories to look back on and say wow, this is one of the best moments in wrestling history. Or simple moments that you couldn’t believe happened or went down. This is what keeps fans tuning in to witness more exciting,great moments! … See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

RAW: CM Punk rips up his contract CANOE Wrestling Not only is this the last Monday Night RAW before the Money in the Bank PPV, it is also the last time we will see CM Punk on RAW. Even though Punk was reinstated, it seems to be common knowledge at this point that he will not be extending his … See all stories on this topic » CANOE

 

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Monday Night Pro Wrestling WWE Raw TNA Destination X 07/11 by … By Blitz hardcore podcast Impact Wrestling / TNA Wrestlings PPV Destination X from Sunday July 10 2011 we discuss this pay-per-view was this the X-divisions coming out party Is this th Jul 11. Blitz hardcore podcast

 

VIDEO: Ten Years of ShoBox: The New Generation

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321 Fights

157 Telecasts

43 Future Champions

Only One ShoBox: The New Generation

Catch the Tenth Anniversary Edition of ShoBox: The New Generation

LIVE this Friday, July 15 at 11:05 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast)

 

Interview With Promoter Spencer Fearon – Talks World Title For Choi, Nathan Graham, Darren Hamilton and much more

Posted on | July 12, 2011 | No Comments

There’s a real buzz around the London Boxing scene at the moment thanks to the plethora of new young promoters strutting their stuff.

Whilst the young guns have been busy feeding the City’s hungry boxing fans, the big five, Frank Warren, Barry and Eddie Hearn’s Matchroom Sport, Ricky Hatton, Frank Maloney and Mick Hennessy on the other hand have seemingly ignored the Capital, instead deciding to stage their big shows in Liverpool, Sheffield, Manchester and the like, or in Mick’s case across the pond.

I know, DeGale-Groves was held at the O2, Murray-El Ouazghari took place at York Hall, Matchroom presented Barker-Spada at Olympia as well as regularly hold their exciting Prizefighter series in the Capital and of course the Hennessy Sports promoted Chisora-Fury will be at Wembley on the 23rd July, but honestly is that enough boxing action, in the seven months of this year so far, for the nine million souls that populate the Capital city?

No it’s not, but luckily for us that live in the metropolis, and in need of a regular fix of pugilistic action, this fabulous new breed of promoters have been serving up a heady cocktail that more than satisfies the neediest boxing junkie – like me.

We’ve had former World Champion Graham Earl put on some stonkingly great shows earlier this year, whilst the lovely Miranda Carter seems intent to make Sunday’s her own with the Left Jab series of excellent Sunday afternoon thrillers.

We’ve even got a Father and Daughter, Steve and Olivia Goodwin, competing against each other to see who can draw the biggest crowd to their awesome thirteen and fourteen bout mega shows.

Then we have the subject of this interview, MR BOXING himself, Spencer Fearon and his wicked Hard Knocks Boxing events. If you’ve been to a Hard Knocks show I don’t need to tell you they are the bee’s knees, they are loud, they are hot and sweaty, they are electric and best of all they are crammed with genuine 50/50 fights – awesome!

Spencer is a larger than life type of character, he’s a sort of suave Don King, without the silly hair and flags, oh hang on I seem to remember him waving flags at a show recently, OK Don King without the the silly hair, he’s loud, he’s brash and he’s always immaculately turned out, in couture outfits that must have cost almost as much as his dazzling shows, but amazingly very approachable, again if you’ve been to one of his shows you’ll know what I mean.

Spencer started out as a boxer, fought under the ring name ‘The Spirit’ and chalked up a respectable 11-6 record during his six year career, during which he fought for the Southern Area title three times.

It shouldn’t come as any surprise that he was a crowd pleaser that went into each fight with a belief and full intention of giving his all for the full duration. If you see his battles with Dave Walker or Gilbert Eastman – in fact any of his fights – you’ll know what I mean.

On retiring from the ring Spencer took up coaching and boy when he did it was like a duck to water and it wasn’t long before some of the best known names in the sport turned to him to get their careers firmly on track. We’re talking names like Anthony Small and Danny Williams here, serious stuff.

No surprise really that he would soon take the ultimate step and start promoting, and when he did he made the statement that his will be the best shows and would have genuine 50/50 match-ups. Most people thought it was all hot air, but true to his word that’s just what he delivered.

I covered two of Spencer’s shows this year and I can attest that they were everything promised and much, much more.

His last event ‘Summer Smash’ not only blew me away but every other scribe that covered the event, including Boxing News’ Simon Euan-Smith!!! This so called small hall event was rammed to the rafters, and the fights – well every single one was a cracker – but the headline Choi versus Jackson Asiku was the best fight seen in this country this millennium, let alone this year.

Somehow Spencer had managed to macth a two time (undefeated) World Champion, Choi, against former IBO champ Jackson Asiku, who had only just lost his World crown in his previous bout. Neither gave or expected any quarter. It was ten rounds of nonstop action. It was just…magnificent, it was pugilistic heaven.

Sorry, I’m recalling the fight in my head, now I’ve been to some of the biggest fights on both sides of the Atlantic and I can honestly say that Choi-Asiku really was one of the best I’ve had the pleasure to be ringside at. It equals my all time favourite Steve ‘USS’ Cunningham versus Tomasz Adamek at the Prudential Centre in Newark New Jersey in December 2008 (Look it up, it was a real barnstormer).

OK, back to the subject in hand, Spencer Fearon, anyway I caught up with Spencer on the very day he heard the news that his next show – nah, his next EVENT – will be broadcast live on TV, rightly so in my view, and this is what the man himself had to say.

Rio – Congratulations you’ve really made an impact with your exceptional shows, especially the last one, Summer Smash, which was probably the best British boxing event this year. What do you think is the major difference between your shows and those by other promoters, including the big five?

Spencer – Look I don’t just do the best shows in England, I do the best shows in the whole world. I mean I do the best shows in the whole world and I want people to know this.

It’s only going to get bigger, it’s only going to get better and with my energy, listen, I endear myself to the boxing fan.

Look, when I put a question on my facebook I’ll get ninety thousand comments and I’ll read everyone of those ninety thousand comments. I wont read eighty nine thousand, nine hundred and ninety nine, I’ll read every single comment to hear what the boxing fan wants.

I ask loads of different questions, religion, race, gender, sexual preference, everything, because when people come into my shows. How many young people do you see in my shows, loads and loads of young kids.

Why?, because I’m up and down the country speaking to the young kids on how to better themselves and the simple motto is ‘If I can, you can’ I know where I’ve come from to what I am doing now and I’ve just started.

I know when I first started in this game loads of people said ‘oh yeah see what Spencer does, he’ll be skint in a year, yeah he’ll be finished’. It’s amazing four years down and I’m still getting stronger.

You must understand when you’re getting acclaim from guys like Steve Bunce, Johnny Nelson from Sky TV, yeah he’s my friend as well, he come to the show and said ‘I Can’t believe it’, he’s looking around and saying ‘I cannot believe it”.

Clifton Mitchell is doing his thing with his Nation group, trust me you’re doing your thing, Clifton Mitchell I allow you to copy my clappers and put your logo on there, but remember that Hard Knocks did it first.

Look how I energise the crowd, look at the applause Charlie Magri got, Charlie Magri is my old trainer, he comes to the shows and says ‘Spencer it was tear jerking’ Charlie Magri saying to me he wants to cry.

I give the best shows in the whole world because I’m the only one out there that endears the fight fans, just look at my facebook, my facebook is like a phone, it gets more comments than any phone. I can cover four or five subjects and get more comments than people get on boxing websites.

Why? Because I’m personable, Why? Because I speak my mind, I’m human I can make mistakes, I can say certain things and have to come out and apologise to certain people because I’m frigging human.

Understand this I’ve not got a malicious bone in my body, I’m the only one going out and uniting the people of our great country. I’m uniting it, people say this all the time.

Our flag, which is based on the St George’s cross, which is based on the Scottish flag, has the red, white and blue in it. Do you understand the red means the blood that flows through every human being on the face of the planet, therefore our flag is telling me just one thing, that we must embrace everyone on the planet and that’s what I’m doing. People are coming to the shows and embracing it.

Rio – Your last show had York Hall absolutely rammed to the rafters. I’ve never seen the place so packed. The atmosphere was electric, it was a true occasion. How do you do it?

Spencer – It’s quite easy, because if you have a guy that was thirsty, dying for water and you give him a glass that is dirty and tell him to drink from it because he’s thirsty, he will.

Now I’m feeding thirsty people, I’m nourishing them with water, you can taste this water and it tastes sweet, that’s because they have been drinking shit for god knows how long and then all of a sudden they’re drinking something proper.

What I am doing is making people recognise the only way you can really recognise a real boxing event is to come to our shows. The only way you will really recognise that Spencer is the truth here, he’s giving us fluid, he’s giving us what we want.

Down at the Real Fight Club, where Hard Knocks has it’s office, I have corporate guys in on a daily basis, I’m around the white collar society and the white collar society are coming to my shows.

You know what, it’s beautiful, I love this place. People know I’m accessible, I’ll talk to anyone, that’s because, I’m a nice guy anyway but, I like to hear peoples opinions. So when people come in and give their opinions on how good my shows are and ask how can you top that.

I’ve already topped it by giving people what they want to see. All my fights are 50/50 because I know how to match make so when fighters go on my show they have to fight.

I say to any fighter if you want to go on my show make sure you can fight and if you ‘re good and put on a good show but lose I’ll still have you back.

Rio – Your shows are seriously well matched, genuine 50/50 fights. How come you are able to get these prospects to fight each other, and not take an easier opponent, in the first place and then get them so fired up that each fight is an all out war?

Spencer – It’s quite simple, you want a guy that can fight, yeah, I want to endear fighters so I say if you can fight, you fight him. So when they say they can’t fight him, now I’m a really good shit stirrer I’m one of the really great ones, so I say you can’t beat him, are you seriously saying you can’t beat this guy here.

Then I’d go to the guy that will be in the opponent corner and say if you beat this guy I’ll pay you more money. They say really and I say I know what I’m paying you, if you beat this guy I’ll give you twenty percent more money. So they say to me what, I’m coming already and you’re giving me more incentive to go. So they end up fighting their heart out and that’s what happens.

That’s it I’ll pay you X amount of money if you fight harder and if you fight harder and give people a good show it’ll bring in a big crowd and it’ll be incredible and that’s what I do.

Rio – OK, now I’d like to talk about one of the fights, on your last show, in particular. Choi against Jackson Asiku, which was the fight of the year so far, not just my opinion but by unanimous decision of all the boxing writers that were present and it will be a contender for that honour at the end of the year. What were your thoughts of that fight?

Spencer – Look if I was to die tomorrow I’d be happy knowing that I promoted a fight of that magnitude.

People talk about my fight with Dave Walker, but we didn’t touch nothing with that fight as you had ten rounds of a boxer versus a slugger. The slugger becoming the boxer and the boxer becoming a slugger and heart and everything.

The most beautiful thing for me was here you had the archetypal East End pugilistic fan sat there cheering on a Mongolian or cheering on a Ugandan. This is the greatest country in the world and I done that and I’ll do it again.

I’ve spoke to certain guys who match-make for Sky TV and I said can you put Choi on the show and they said no, no, no Spence, were not interested in showing foreign fighters. So what they are trying to tell me is that if Manny Pacquiao came to Oldham instead of going to Vegas would he have ended up like Choi and not got the opportunity. That’s what they are saying to me.

People say yes Spence you’re a good trainer when everything is working for you like it is with Choi, But I remember what that lot were saying when I was working with Anthony Smalls and he wasn’t doing too good, I remember what they said about me when Danny Williams lost.

I remember all of that but I have a great team around me with Ciaran Baynes. I have Steve Bunce endorsing me publicly and the Boxing News, Tris Dixon and all these guys, John Dennen they put me at number three, they should have put me at number one, but why, ‘cos two shows this year, Shamrock Showdown, Nathan Graham and Adil Anwar best fight of the year, and everyone says how can you surpass that show, then I went and done it again and you know what I’ll do it again on the next show.

The next show will be on TV, I aint going to get into it but Rio you know what the little hush is, it’s going to be on TV and I thank everyone of you guys that call my name, even if you call my name badly, call my name. The reason why, while you are sleeping I’m working out plans. While people are going out socialising I’m in my house, I’m on my computer studying this game. I study this game so much I eat, sleep and live this game and everything else has been reciprocated back to me.

Rio – OK, you covered two things I want to ask about, the first is Choi. What are your plans for him?

Spencer – Choi is going to get another World title fight this year. We are in talks with the Mongolian Embassy right now and we’re going to sort something out for him. Choi is going to fight for one of the three major belts, just fighting for it is something special even if he doesn’t win them, but he is going to win them because there is something inside that Mongolian that is different from any other human being I have been around.

I don’t know where he gets it from, he’s never been trained, everyone knows I sit down with him and watch fights all the time, we watch Roberto Duran constantly. We sit down and study these fights.

Choi is a beautiful person, when Danny Williams’ father, Augustus, was ill Choi was training for Prizefighter. Every morning I would take Augustus breakfast at St Thomas’s Hospital and Choi would come with me. He would just sit down and talk with us.

Choi is such a beautiful person. The ironic thing is Danny Williams mother, and his niece and mother in law came to the show and sat ringside with my family and they were cheering on Choi and they didn’t even know that Choi knew her husband and that was really, really touching to me.

When she did find out she asked me to thank Choi, but he had already gone back to Mongolia but when he’s back in a few months for his nex fight, which will be in September, we’ll see what we can do. That was really beautiful and very, very touching.

See Hard Knocks is a real boxing family, there’s no class system or race system, no nothing the system is boxing, you know what I mean, that’s why I love boxing so much.

Rio – Another one of your fighters I want to ask you about is Darren Hamilton. After that blatant head-butt which cost him the title what are your plans for him?

Spencer – Firstly I have to say that he done a stupid thing, which he’s apologised for. We shall make him and Dave Ryan again. Him and Dave Ryan down in London, because I like the energy his supporters bring down from Derby.

Darren needs to prove himself, Clinton Mitchell is hell bent that Dave Ryan can beat him and I just want to make a good fight and Dave Ryan wants to beat him.

I’m not going to shoot him down, Darren fought beautifully against Pete McDonagh and he has the opportunity to go and prove himself again and come back and fight this guy. He can come back and beat this guy. if he trains properly and fights properly.

I’m happy to make the fight again as the show is going to be big and it’s going to be on TV, that’s going to be excellent.

Rio – You said about Nathan Graham earlier, another excellent fighter but has lost his last two fights, against Adil Anwar and Junior Witter. How are you going to go about rebuilding his career?

Spencer – Nathan Graham against Robert Lloyd Taylor, hopefully I can get it for the Southern Area title, either way it’s going to be a fantastic fight.

Nathan has improved so much, grown so much. I have seen Robert Lloyd Taylor as few times and he wants the fight. He’s got a beautiful fan base as well, so when the fans come out and they do what they have to do then we can move onto the next one.

I just want to give the fans what they want to see. I’m bringing back Kreshnik Qato, he was a foundation guy for Hard Knocks and I don’t forget people. Everyone’s saying Ah you’re a big man, everyone’s calling your name, I don’t forget no one so I’m bringing Kreshnik back, it’s got to be for the Southern Area title.

People think he got robbed on Miranda Carter’s show, but Miranda’s my boxing sister and I love her dearly, but they did take a liberty with Kreshnik’s title though.

Rio – I understand that you have a new star waiting in the wings, word on the street is he is the real deal. Enlighten us please.

Spencer – Larry Ekundayo is one of the most talented human being that I ever have had the company of in Great Britain.

He’s got a minor immigration problem which should be resolved soon and he should be on our show in September and he will show people that he is what he is.

He’s superb, he’s a World Champion in the making, no doubt. Larry can have five fights and be British Champion and I’m not saying that to be cocky either, I’m saying that because it’s true. He’s going to be a massive star, massive World star.

Rio – OK, now lets go back to your last event Summer Smash, how are you going to top that.

Spencer – I just topped the Summer Smash just by me being alive and being able to look after my kids, just to know that my son loves me and my daughter loves me.

I said to my daughter the other day do you love daddy, she said yes and I said no you don’t and my daughter said I do because you’re my daddy. That’s it that’s me topping anything.

My children give me the emphasis to do good, you know what I mean I can look at what I can improve on. My kids give me the emphasis to be the best human being I can. So with me being the best human being in my field I have to be the best at what I’m doing.

So therefore I’m going to top Summer Smash in September. It’s going to be bigger, it’s going to be better, it’s going to be more invigorating. I’m going to have a lot of fans, Nathan Graham’s got a lot of fans, Robert Lloyd Taylor has a lot of fans. So therefore I’m going to get Nathan Graham and Robert Lloyd Taylor.

It’s all about amalgamation, amalgamation, amalgamation. I’m very fortunate that I have boxing brothers, yes I’m a promoter and have daddies that I look up to who know what I’m like, they know that I respect the dignity of the fans and I’m only going to get better.

Because I’m doing that they reciprocate. It’s only at my shows that you see the whole spectrum, there’s people from all different sectors at my shows. The racial unification is only at my shows, you know what I mean, I’ve got all of that at my shows, nobody else can do that.

You see Asians at our shows, Mongolians at our shows, Albanians at our shows, the English white guy and the English black guys at our shows, the West Indians, you go right through the whole spectrum come to our shows.

I embrace this, I go and thank everyone of them personally. I thank them genuinely for coming to our shows. I thank the fans I thank everybody.

So the reason I’m going to top this thing is for my kids, the fans and the next show is going to be bigger and I’m just happy man.

Rio – My final question is how long can you keep putting shows on at York Hall, your last show was not just sold out, it could have been sold out almost twice over as so many people wanted to be there. Do you think it’s time to find a bigger venue for your shows?

Spencer – Everybody knows it’s the mecca for British Boxing. I boxed as an amateur at the York Hall, I boxed as a pro at the York Hall, I’ve won and lost at the York Hall as a professional fighter.

So I’ll keep putting on shows at York Hall, even though it’s too small for my shows.

Watch this space, Spencer will be making an announcement in the coming weeks on his next event, the man has said he’ll top Summer Smash and you know what I believe him – and can’t wait!

Mixed Martial Arts Links (7-12-11)

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MMA brouhaha after ugly loss Calgary Sun A mixed martial arts referee is being investigated after a competitor was unconscious for several seconds during a card Friday night at the Telus Convention Centre. Kim Couture, the ex-wife of MMAlegend Randy Couture, was placed in a leg scissor choke … See all stories on this topic »

Cage fighting question: How young is too young to train? KENS 5 TV So they started mixed martial arts. It became love at first fight. “It’s just my life,” said Danny. “My passion. I’d like to make a career of it. My dream is to be in the UFC.” The Ultimate Fighting Championship promotes American mixed martial arts. … See all stories on this topic »

Martial arts students and teachers mourn teen caught in gang gunfire Chicago Sun-Times By Brian Stanley bstanley@stmedianetwork.com July 11, 2011 9:34PM The assistant martial arts instructor would’ve started off giving “his goofy smile that made others start laughing” to some of the 30 students at SUDA Mixed Martial Arts Academy. … See all stories on this topic »

Experiment could revolutionize MMA judging Yahoo! Eurosport UK US MMA expert Dave Meltzer says an experimental scoring system could prevent controversies like the one between Dennis Siver and Matt Wiman at UFC 132. At UFC 132 on July 2 in Las Vegas, a fight between Dennis Siver and Matt Wiman followed what has … See all stories on this topic » Yahoo! Eurosport UK

State not pulling punches with MMA Buffalo News By Ryan Marfurt For the third straight year a bill that would allow for the regulation ofmixed martial arts (or MMA) events in New York State died before it reached the Assembly floor. The bill ended this year’s Legislative session in the same spot as … See all stories on this topic » Buffalo News

Money Talks in “MMA“ ChicagoNow By tedgruber, today at 11:01 am When do you draw the line on embarrassing yourself and ruining your legacy as an MMA fighter? It seems Ken Shamrock and James Toney are on that path and their history in their respective sports, are being tarnished. … See all stories on this topic »

Mixed Martial Arts and Trash Talking: Is It Doing More Harm Than Good? Bleacher Report In Mixed Martial Arts, there has been no shortage of trash talk over the years. The great thing about MMA is that it is a sport that allows one athlete to talk trash to another, and then have the chance to back it all up. Since MMA is an individual … See all stories on this topic » Bleacher Report

Delegate says mixed martial arts rules deter promotions Daily Mail – Charleston by Paul Fallon AP Matt Wiman takes down Dennis Siver during the first round of their UFC lightweight mixed martial arts match, Saturday. Promoters and fighters are hoping to get the sport off the ground in West Virginia, but say state legislators are … See all stories on this topic »

 

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