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U.S. beats Russia, 5-2 in freestyle wrestling in Beat the Streets Gala in Times Square

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NEW YORK, May 5, 2011 – With an opening victory from 2008 Olympic champion Henry Cejudo and an inspired performance throughout the lineup, the United States defeated Russia in a freestyle wrestling dual meet in Times Square on Thursday.

The event was held in Duffy Square in New York City , located in the historic Times Square setting. Thousands of people packed the seats and stood around the raised stage, as thousands of others watched on a large screen overlooking the scene. The event was held as part of the Beat the Streets Gala, a fundraiser for local wrestling programs.

“Times Square. America. Wrestling. That was the difference today,” said National Freestyle Coach Zeke Jones. “The training, the confidence, the relaxed atmosphere. The team energy was good. We were intent on winning today. They were going to get this. They would not be denied.”

Cejudo won his first time on the mat since his dramatic victory at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing , China . He stopped Junior World bronze medalist Rasul Mashezov, 2-0, 4-3 at 55 kg. He had a key three-point move late in the second period to claim the period and capture the match.

“I feel like a wrestler again. It’s a good start. I’m not where I was in 2008 but I will get there. I want to do it again for my country. I am a patriotic American,” said Cejudo.

Russia rebounded at 60 kg/132 lbs., with Rasul Murtazaliev defeating 2009 U.S. World Team member Shawn Bunch, 3-0, 3-0.

The U.S. took a lead in the next match, one which it would never surrender. 2010 World Team member Brent Metcalf stopped Magomedmurad Gadzhiev of Russia, 1-0, 4-1, 1-0. Metcalf scored the winning the winning takedown in the third period of a competitive bout.

At 74 kg/163 lbs., 2010 U.S. Open champion Jordan Burroughs won his first match ever facing a Russian opponent, stopping Aniuar Geduev of Russia, 1-0, 2-1. Burroughs was able to get his effective double leg attack to work against a strong opponent.

Russia closed the gap to 4-2, when X Junior World champion Andrey Valiev of Russia defeated 2009 World silver medalist Jake Herbert, 3-1, 3-2 at 84 kg/185 lbs. Valiev won the key positions in a close match.

The U.S. victory was clinched at 96 kg/211.5 lbs., when 2009 U.S. World Team member Jake Varner stopped Shamil Akhmedov of Russia, 5-0, 0-1, 4-0. Varner had a strong third period to put the match away. Akhmedov defeated Varner by injury default in a bout in Russia earlier this year, when Varner was unable to complete the bout.

The final U.S. win came at 120 kg/264.5 lbs., when 2009 World bronze medalist Tervel Dlagnev swept Barsag Kesaev in two straight periods, 3-0, 3-1. Dlagnev avenged an loss to Kesaev earlier this season in Russia .

The USA vs. Russia dual meet was being billed as The Battle on Broadway, with “New York Is Wrestling” as the theme of this year’s event. The event was free to the public, and was streamed live on TheMat.com and Flowrestling.

Each year, the Beat the Streets Gala is held to celebrate wrestling and raise funds for Beat the Streets Wrestling, Inc., the successful program which has provided wrestling opportunities for thousands of middle school and high school students in New York City .

A card of eight exhibition matches featuring young athletes who wrestle in the Beat the Streets youth program, as well as high school wrestlers from the Public School Athletic League was held prior to the match. Results will be posted shortly at TheMat.com.

2011 BEAT THE STREETS GALA
Duffy Square – Times Square at 46th Street in New York , N.Y. , May 5

USA 5, Russia 2
Battle on Broadway in Times Square
New York, N.Y., May 5, 2011
55 kg/121 lbs. – Henry Cejudo ( USA ) dec. Rasul Mashezov, 2-0, 4-3
60 kg/132 lbs. –. Rasul Murtazaliev ( Russia ) dec. Shawn Bunch ( USA ), 3-0, 3-0
66 kg/145.5 lbs. – Brent Metcalf ( USA ) dec. Magomedmurad Gadzhiev ( Russia ), 1-0, 4-1, 1-0
74 kg/163 lbs. – Jordan Burroughs ( USA ) dec. Aniuar Geduev ( Russia ), 1-0, 2-1
84 kg/185 lbs. – Andrey Valiev ( Russia ) dec. Jake Herbert ( USA ), 3-1, 3-2
96 kg/211.5 lbs. –Jake Varner ( USA ) dec. Shamil Akhmedov ( Russia ), 5-0, 0-1, 4-0
120 kg/264.5 lbs. – Tervel Dlagnev ( USA ) dec.  Barsag Kesaev ( Russia ), 3-0, 3-1

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Thursday, May 5

MGM Grand, Las Vegas, Nevada

LAS VEGAS (May 5, 2011) – The trainers for Manny Pacquiao and Shane Mosley, Freddie Roach and Naazim Richardson, respectively, and the fighters who will compete on Saturday’s undercard met with the press Thursday at MGM Grand.

 

 

 

This Saturday, May 7, at the sold-out MGM Grand Garden Arena, eight-division world champion Pacquiao (52-3-2, 38 KOs), of General Santos City, Philippines, will defend his WBO welterweight title against three-division world champion Mosley (46-6-1, 39 KOs), of Pomona, Calif., in the main event of a four-fight telecast produced and distributed live bySHOWTIME PPV® beginning at 9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT.

 

 

 

The eagerly awaited event also will be available online at www.toprank.tv, http://sports.SHO.com, andwww.sports.yahoo.com.

 

 

 

Those who buy the event online will get features unique to the digital platform through NeuLion’s technology. The enhanced and unique viewing offers a four-shot, multi-angle dynamic player that will allow viewers to interact and feel an enriched experience. The online pay-per-view is exclusive to U.S. viewers. Select cable and satellite TV systems will also be offering the pay-per-view live stream.

 

 

 

Closed circuit tickets, priced at $50, are on sale and available at all Las Vegas MGM Resorts properties.

 

 

 

WBO junior featherweight champion Wilfredo Vazquez Jr. (20-0-1, 17 KOs), of Bayamon, Puerto Rico, will make his Las Vegas debut and third title defense when he faces five-time world champion Jorge Arce (56-6-2, 43 KOs), of Los Mochis, México, former world middleweight champion Kelly “The Ghost” Pavlik (36-2, 32 KOs), of Youngstown, Ohio, meets undefeated WBC Continental Americas super middleweight titleholder Alfonso “El Tigre” Lopez (21-0, 16 KOs), of Cut and Shoot, Texas, in a 10-round super middleweight battle; and Mike Alvarado (29-0, 21 KOs), of Denver takes on “Sugar” Ray Narh (25-1, 21 KOs) of Accra, Ghana, in a 10-round super lightweight match.

 

 

 

The mega-event is promoted by Top Rank, in association with MP Promotions, Sugar Shane Mosley Promotions, Tecate and MGM Grand.

 

 

The trainers discussed Saturday’s main event in a separate roundtable session with the media Thursday while the fighters spoke at a press conference hosted by Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum of Top Rank.

 

 

 

What the participants said Thursday:

 

FREDDIE ROACH

 

 

“Manny will be Shane’s toughest opponent. Shane cannot stay on his toes for long and move. From Day 1, Manny’s attitude for this training camp has been spectacular.

 

 

 

“Normally when he runs, we start out on the flats and work our way up to the hills. This time he started with the hills. His attitude has not changed since the first day.

 

 

 

“The key to Manny’s success in a fight is keeping himself in position. We have a gameplan and he will stick with it. Shane is the best fighter with speed and punching combinations that Manny has ever fought, but Manny’s going to beat him down the middle and with overhand rights followed by the left hook.

 

 

 

“I encourage Manny to knock out more of his opponents. I tell him that because there is more money in it for him if he knocks out his opponents. Too many times he makes friends with his opponents during a fight and he avoids knocking them out. He does just enough to win the rounds.

 

 

 

“When he was beating De La Hoya, he came back after a round and I knew De La Hoya was ready to go. I told Manny it was ‘your job to KO him.’ And I still believe that. It’s his job to KO his opponents when he can.

 

 

 

“Manny would have been perfect in the golden era of boxing — fighting twice a month in 15-round bouts. He’s better now and works harder than he ever has in his career.

 

 

 

“I have a great deal of respect for Naazim Richardson. He knows how to get through to his fighters.

 

 

 

“Manny’s message (of working hard, don’t give up) appeals personally to me. I didn’t give up with all my problems (Parkinson’s disease). You work through it, make the best of it. I chose this profession. I don’t resent what boxing did to me.’’

NAAZIM RICHARDSON

“You get the opportunity to face Pacquiao, you take advantage of it. Anyone or anything that Shane can hit, he will hurt.

“I grew up in an era in Philadelphia where trainers would talk to each other. But there are only a limited amount of jobs at this level, and the trust level now isn’t what it was years ago.

“If we could get sparring partners like Manny Pacquiao, he wouldn’t be sparring with us, he’d be defending his title. Pacquiao is not just a guy off the streets. He is a legendary athlete. The last fighter I saw like Pacquiao was Aaron Pryor.

“But he’s never been hit by anybody like Shane.

“Shane has to do what he does best. We have a great gameplan. You can’t match what Pacquiao does unless you’ve been doing it your entire career. So Shane has to play to his own strengths. Shane was one of the legendary boxers of his area. He is very smart and knows what he wants to do.

“Shane is a gladiator and will be prepared for everything, and his experience is a great strength. Pacquiao starts fast, almost abnormally fast, but Shane can adapt and will. He’s ready to fight 12 hard rounds.’’

WILFREDO VAZQUEZ JR.

“I’m very happy to be fighting on a big show like this. Arce is talking about a knockout? He is crazy – I’m ready for him.

“Arce is a great fighter, a great champion and he has a lot of guts. But the knockout is not going to happen. I fight for my family and I’m going to win on Saturday night.”

JORGE ARCE

“I know that everyone will be watching on Saturday night because Manny Pacquiao will be fighting. I don’t know what will happen but only one thing is for sure – I’ll win by knockout.”

KELLY PAVLIK

“The story has been done, everything has been written. But what hasn’t been talked about is how zeroed in I am for this fight. This is a hungry kid, he’s undefeated and he’s looking to make a statement in his career. We didn’t take him lightly. He’s a tough kid with a lot of knockouts and he’s a great opponent to come back to.

“The energy level of this training camp is the best I’ve had in my career. I’m ready to show the boxing world that we’re back and we’re ready to make our stamp in this division.”

ALFONSO LOPEZ

“What an amazing event to be a part of. I had a great camp. This is going to be a tough fight. Pavlik is a great champion. He’s very strong and we all know what he can do in the ring. I’m just ready to get in there and fight.”

MIKE ALVARADO

“I need to win this fight to get to the next level for all the great champions in front of me. Saturday night is going to be a very explosive and intense fight. I’ve had a great camp and I’m ready to go.”

RAY NARH

“I’m here to take care of business. I can’t lose. He brings everything to the table and that’s what I like. It will bring the best out of me. I know he’s going to come ready to fight but I’ll be the one with my hand raised at the end.”

 

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Baltic Boxing Union News

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BBU title fights in Finland – new countries into the BBU area –

updated BBU Baltic rankings

During the first four months of year 2011 there have been 2 fights for Baltic Boxing Union International titles in
Finland. Shows have been promoted by Markus Lammi (Caramelito Promotions).

BBU Int. Heavyweight: In his first heavyweight BBU International title defense the reigning champion Janne
Katajisto (FIN) squared of with Latvian Aleksandrs Selezens in front of fully packed night club audience. Although
Katajisto had obvious advantage in technic and hand speed, the durable Latvian boxer was able to cause some
problems with his difficult fighting style. After six rounds of boxing Katajisto retained his BBU International belt
and improved to 8-0 with 3 KO. In other fights of the show Finnish welterweight Jarkko Jussila beat Russian
Dmitry Pankratov (TKO 4) and debutant Teemu Tuominen beat Latvian Maksims Ivancikovs KO 3 also in
welterweight division.

BBU Int. Welterweight: There was battle on 8.4.2011 for vacant BBU International Welterweight title in
Vaasa Finland. The challengers were local hero Jarkko Jussila (who is also reigning WAKO Pro European champion
and WKC International champion in kick boxing) and Lithuanian warrior Arvydas Trizno.

In two first rounds Trizno was taking the control of the ring while Jussila was a bit more slow to start his engine. In
round three Jussila started to put more pressure and was dominating the ring. At the end of fifth round Jussila
was hurting Trizno a couple of times badly and getting him near to stoppage, but wasn´t able to finalize the
moment while Lithuanian boxer showed his big heart with throwing some heavy counterpunches although being
very tired and hurt. The final stanza was again more equal and both boxers were able to hear the final bell. After
six rounds of action Jarkko Jussila was crowned as a new BBU International welterweight champion with a split
decision while judges scored were: 58-59 (in favour of Trizno), 59-57 and 58-56 in favour of Jussila. With the
victory Jussila improved to 3-0 with 1 KO. Although Trizno lost the fight, he made good show all time and will
surely offer many entertaining moments in various professional boxing shows around the Europe in future.
In two other fights Latvian Ivars Sedlins upset Finnish Roope Puumalainen in a middleweight bout by taking
unanimous decision victory after 6 rounds. Sedlins improved to 4-2-2, 2 KO while Puumalainen dropped to 3-1-1,
2 KO.

In a cruiserweight bout Caramelito Promotions´ Janne Forsman beat Latvian Valerijs Gubins by TKO 1 at pretty
end of the round after earlier he was himself floored once in the opening stanza. Forsman improved to 2-0, 1 KO
while Gubins dropped to 4-3, 3 KO.

BBU Heavyweight title: On 28th of May At Kankaanpää Finland there will be an 8 round scheduled fight for
vacant BBU heavyweight title between in BBU Baltic Rankings #5 ranked challenger and current BBU International
champion Janne Katajisto and opponent to be announced later. Show will be promoted by Markus Lammi
(Caramelito Promotions)

Belarus and Ukraine: Belarus and Ukraine are the new member countries in Baltic Boxing Union. Boxers
from these countries or licenced by these countries´ federation are allowed to fight for BBU titles and are also
currently in BBU Baltic Rankings. The BBU Board has appointed Mr. Anton Gorunov ( npopok@mail.ru ) as the
Ukraine representative in BBU Board.

Rankings: BBU Baltic Rankings has lately been updated for May-June 2011. Rankings can be checked at
http://balticboxingunion.com/champions.php .

Facebook: BBU has now also its own facebook.com -page. The page can be found with name “Baltic Boxing
Union.”

Situation of titles

BBU champions

Heavyweight: Upcoming fight 28.5.2011

Lightweight: Krzysztof Cieslak (POL) 16 (5 KO) – 2 – 0

BBU International champions

Heavyweight: Janne Katajisto (FIN) 8 (3 KO) – 0 – 0

Cruiserweight: Robert Gortat (POL) 10 (6 KO) – 0 – 0

Light Heavyweight: Andrejs Barabanovs (LAT) 8 (5 KO) – 1 – 0

Super Middleweight: Ruslans Pojonisevs (LAT) 12 (9 KO) – 15 – 1

Welterweight: Jarkko Jussila (FIN) 3 (1 KO) – 0 – 0

BBU Female champions
Super Bantamweight: Sofia Sidorova (RUS) 12 (10 KO) – 0 – 0

How to contact BBU:

Please remember that Baltic Boxing Union is always looking for new co-operation partners from our working area
at Norway, Sweden, Finland, Germany, Poland, Denmark, Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania and Russia. As known our title
fights are cheap, reliable and easy to arrange and they will always give significant experience for boxers and also a
new boost for champion´s career.

If you are interested to get either BBU Championship title fight (8 / 10 rounds) or BBU International Championship
fight (6 / 8 rounds) to give more meaning for your show or if you are interested to know how your boxer can
challenge the reigning BBU champion please visit our web pages at (www.balticboxingunion.com) for more
information and contact BBU Board (bbu@balticboxingunion.com).

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Duane Ludwig and Danny Downes Guests on Tonight’s Combat Sports Show

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Tony and Rich welcome two Mixed Martial Arts Fighters on tonight’s Fight News Unlimited Combat Sports Show (8-10PM EST). Duane “Bang” Ludwig joins us first at 8:30 PM EST and Danny Downes comes on at 9:00 PM EST to talk about their fight careers and all things MMA. Rich and Tony will also discuss the latest combat sports news, including results of last weekend’s UFC 129 and thoughts on this coming weekend’s Pacquiao vs. Mosley fight.

STEPHAN BONNAR GUEST HOSTS ON HDNET’S “INSIDE MMA”

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Ben Henderson and Tapout’s Punkass and Skyskrape on the panel –TOMORROW NIGHT Friday, May 6 at 9:00 p.m. ET

DALLAS (May 5, 2011)  With “El Guapo” Bas Rutten away shooting a movie, UFC Light Heavyweight Stephan Bonnar slides into the co-pilot seat next to the captain Kenny Rice as this week’s guest host on “Inside MMA.”

Joining Stephan and Kenny to break down all the action from UFC 129 are Ben Henderson and Tapout’s Punkass and Skyskrape.

Henderson was in action last weekend, his first fight inside the octagon, and scored a unanimous decision over Mark Bocek – moving his career mark to 13-2.    “Smooth” breaks down his win, but tells the panel he’s sick of going to decisions. Henderson has had 3 fights go the distance in his career, all taking place in his last five fights.

Then we get the latest on the business of MMA with the Tapout Crew. Punkass and Skyskrape give us an update on the sponsorship scene and the growth of the sport from the perspective of the MMA’s leading clothing brand.

Plus, Bonnar goes into the Tapout cage to dissect where Jake Shields strategy went wrong in his fight with Georges St-Pierre and Ron Kruck recaps UFC 129 from Toronto with thoughts from all the principles.

A preview clip of this week’s show featuring Stephan’s unique look at the UFC Expo is available at:

http://www.hd.net/blogs/2011/05/inside-mma-preview-inside-mma-at-ufc-129/

“Inside MMA” airs every Friday at 9:00 p.m. ET on HDNet: Your Home for MMA.

 

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