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WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS

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March 24, 2009 – Mexico City.

From the office of WBC President José Sulaimán:

World Boxing Council President Jose Sulaiman and all the members of the WBC Executive Offices joined the Mexican people and attended the lying in state mass that was officiated at the Shrine of Guadalupe, where Raul “Raton” Macias said goodbye to his beloved Virgin of Guadalupe in her own home.

The WBC recommends that all Mexican promoters kindly ring the bell 10 times, in every single fight that is held as of today, and the WBC is also asking all ring officials to wear a black ribbon as a homage to Raul Macias. Today has been declared a day of national mourning due to the passing away of the greatest sportsperson Mexico has had in its history.

Raul “Raton” (Mouse) Macias, idol of grandmothers, of the President; a fighter who came out of the core of the Mexican people itself. The idol of businessmen too, and idol of all Mexicans from border to border and from coast to coast, left as an example for Mexican young people the fact of having been an honorable, upright, clean, and honest champion in addition to being a passionate patriot, in the ring as well as in his private life.

Not until March 23, when it was the 52nd anniversary of his being married to his wife, Mrs. Yolanda Calderon, did he want to leave this world.

May his soul rest in peace!!

JERMAIN TAYLOR SETS HIS SIGHTS ON CARL FROCH FOR WBC WORLD SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING APRIL 25 / MGM GRAND THEATER / FOXWOODS RESORT AND CASINO

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“I’m going to take him in deep water, and I hope he can swim”

MIAMI, Tuesday, March 24 – This time, Jermain Taylor is training for one thing, and one thing only. He wants his championship belt back. Taylor, who held the Mddleweight Championship from 2005 through 2007, will get his shot at the WBC Super Middleweight belt when he faces current WBC titleholder Carl Froch on Saturday, April 25, on Showtime Championship Boxing from MGM Grand Theater at Foxwoods Resort and Casino in Mashantucket, Conn. The telecast will air live at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast).

The fight card is being promoted by DiBella Entertainment in association with Hennessy Sports. Tickets are on sale now and priced at $200, $100, $75 and $50. Tickets are available at www.mgmatfoxwoods.com your

local Ticket Master and MGM Grand Box Office 866-646-0649.

Taylor (28-2-1, 17KO”s) said the knowledge that he could be champion again is the only incentive he needs to train like he never has before for this fight. He has a new perspective and appreciation for boxing after more than

nine years as a professional fighter.

“Every time I get up in the morning, I say to myself, let’s go get that belt back,” Taylor said. “Every fighter wants to be world champion and have a belt. I have a sense of purpose and motivation to be a world champion again.”

It will be Taylor’s first action in the ring since a unanimous victory over Jeff Lacy on Nov. 15, 2008, a near-flawless performance that rejuvenated Taylor’s career and vaulted him back to boxing’s elite. Taylor first won a title

on July 16, 2005, when he beat Bernard Hopkins. He held the title until Sept. 29, 2007, when current titleholder Kelly Pavlik took the belt away.

“I’ll be honest, I didn’t know what I had until I lost it”, Taylor said. And now I want it back. I’ll do the hard work that it takes to get it back. I know now what it takes. I know if you get comfortable, you’ll lose. There’s nothing comfortable about this camp. I’m very focus on what I have to do for victory. I’m bringing a lot of fire power and explosives with me when I enter the ring on April 25th.”

Taylor is training in his familiar locale of Miami, Florida where he has worked out of and on since turning professional in 2001. Taylor said this camp has a renewed sense of energy from all of Team Taylor. They know what is

on the line, and everyone is working to get Taylor back to the top of the boxing world.

“This camp is a lot more focus and intense because there is a championship title on the line,” Taylor said. “It’s a totally different camp. I can see it in everyone’s faces. They want the title back as much as I do.”

Taylor is once again working with his longtime mentor and head trainer, Ozell Nelson. Both said the pairing is working as well as it ever has.

“Ever since we started training camp, we’ve talked about it,” Nelson said of the quest for the super middleweight crown. “It means a lot to Jermain to become world champion again and we plan to take full advantage of the opportunity. Jermain knows what he has to do and he’s hungry for the title. It’s about putting the work in, staying focus and executing the game plan. This is a camp full of confidence.”

“I’m confident that a re-focused, dedicated Jermain Taylor will take the belt from Carl Froch’s waist,” said Taylor’s promoter, Lou DiBella.

Taylor has said that he took Kelly Pavlik lightly when he first lost his title in 2007. But it is a new Taylor fighting Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) now, one that is hungry for a title like he never has been before. Taylor is going into

April 25 with a sense of urgency unseen in his career before now.

“Here’s why,” Taylor said. “I’m the one wanting the title not him. He’s trying to keep the title and make a name for himself by fighting me. He has never fought on this level or anyone like me before. I’m going to take him in deep

water and I hope he can swim.”

Taylor has never been a boxer to trash talk. Froch doesn’t seem to have a problem opening his mouth, and it is making for an exciting buildup to the highly-anticipated fight.

“I’ve been hearing he’s talking a lot of trash,” Taylor said of the Englishman Froch. “If that’s what he feels he has to do for this fight, so be it. I don’t expect him to be talking nice.”

Taylor certainly isn’t about to be nice when he enters the ring on April 25th. Not when the WBC Super Middleweight belt is on the line.

JULIO DIAZ TO TO BATTLE ROLANDO REYES ON APRIL 4TH “LIGHTWEIGHT LIGHTNING” CARD AFTER CASAMAYOR WITHDRAWS DUE TO INJURY

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LOS ANGELES, March 24 – Former World Champion Julio Diaz will now square off against Oxnard, California’s Rolando Reyes, who agreed to fight Diaz on the April 4th “Lightweight Lightning” card at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, Texas after Joel Casamayor was forced to withdraw from the bout last week due to an acute lumbar spine sprain that will keep him out of action for six weeks.

Rolando “Pochito” Reyes (30-4-2, 19 KOs) is one of the rising contenders in the lightweight division and a stiff test for Diaz. Winner of nine of his last ten bouts, including four in a row, the 30-year old Reyes holds TKO wins over former world champs Stevie Johnston and John Brown, and he plans on adding another big name to his resume on April 4th.

“Lightweight Lightning,” which is presented by Golden Boy Promotions and sponsored by Cerveza Tecate and Southwest Airlines, will air live on pay-per-view beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT with a suggested retail price of $39.95. The unprecedented four-bout pay-per-view card features Edwin Valero vs. Antonio Pitalua in a 12 round bout for the vacant WBC World Lightweight Crown, Jesus Chavez vs. Michael Katsidis in a 10 round lightweight bout, Carlos Hernandez vs. Vicente Escobedo in a 10 round lightweight bout and Julio Diaz vs. Rolando Reyes in a 10 round lightweight bout. The four-bout lightweight extravaganza will take place on Saturday, April 4th at the Frank Erwin Center in Austin, TX.

Tickets, priced at $200, $100, $75, $50, $35 and $25, are on sale now and may be purchased at the Frank Erwin Center box office, by phone at (512) 477-6060 or 1-800-982-2386 or online at TexasBoxOffice.com. Tickets are also available at Texas Box Office Outlets including select H-E-B stores located in Austin and surrounding areas.

SHOWTIME SPORTS GIVES FIGHT FANS A SPECTACULAR MARCH AND APRIL LINEUP

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Four World Championship Fights in Just 28 Days, Live on SHOWTIME®

NEW YORK (March 24, 2009) – Over a span of 28 days SHOWTIME Sports will feature a frenzied fight schedule, with late March and April filled with championship fights and meaningful matchups. With two highly anticipated SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecasts, two installments of ShoBox: The New Generation and the debut telecast from leading MMA promoter Strikeforce, almost every weekend features a can’t-miss event.

It kicks off when undefeated super middleweight prospect and 2004 Olympic Bronze medalist Andre Dirrell (17-0, 12 KOs) takes on Derrick Findley (13-2, 8 KOs) on Saturday, March 28, in a 10-round super middleweight fight in a special Saturday edition of ShoBox: The New Generation.

Exactly one week later, SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING showcases a world championship unification bout when WBC 140-pound champ Timothy Bradley (23-0, 11 KOs) takes on WBO champ Kendall Holt (25-2, 13 KOs) on Saturday, April 4, live from the Bell Centre in Montreal with a special start time of 10:45 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast) to accommodate fans watching the conclusion of the 2009 NCAA® Men’s Final Four®.

The following week features the highly anticipated debut of Strikeforce on SHOWTIME on Saturday, April 11, live from the HP Pavilion in San Jose, Calif. MMA pioneer Frank Shamrock takes on irreverent slugger Nick Diaz and Josh Thomson defends his Strikeforce lightweight title against Gilbert Melendez in a rematch. Also on the telecast is female MMA fight between Cris Cyborg and Hitomi Akano, and former champ Scott Smith takes on Benji Radach.

Six days later on Friday, April 17, ShoBox brings fans another stylistic matchup with world title implications when Yuriorkis Gamboa (13-0, 11 KOs) squares off against Jose Rojas (25-6-1, 17 KOs) for the interim WBA featherweight title.

To top off a spectacular month of April, SHOWTIME gives fans another world championship fight the following night on Saturday, April 25, when WBC super middleweight champ Carl Froch (24-0, 19 KOs) takes on former middleweight champ Jermain Taylor (28-2-1, 17 KOs) live from MGM Foxwoods in Mashantucket, Conn.

For a complete schedule of SHOWTIME Sports telecasts, plus exclusive behind-the-scenes videos, photos and interviews, please visit http://sports.SHO.com

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Tuchscherer captures 1st SNMMA title at “Beatdown 4”

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NEW TOWN, North Dakota (March 24, 2009) – North Dakota-native Chris Tuchscherer captured the first Sovereign Nations Mixed Martial Arts (SNMMA) title by defeating veteran heavyweight Brandon “The Iron Lion” Lee Hinkle, headlining “Beatdown 4” last Saturday night before a sold-out crowd at 4 Bears Casino in New Town, North Dakota.

SNMMA links federally recognized tribes throughout the United States and Canada. SNMMA’s mission is to develop, promote and help regulate mixed-martial-arts in a fair and professional manner by federally recognized tribes that are sovereign nations.

Former NCAA, Division II wrestling champion Hinkle (14-10-1, 8 (T)KO, 4 Submissions), fighting out of Columbus, Ohio, didn’t have any answers for 2-time NCAA, Div. II All-America wrestler Tuchscherer (16-1-0, 5 (T)KOs, 7 Submissions), who hails from nearby Fargo.

Tuchscherer, who trains regularly with UFC heavyweight champion Brock Lesnar in Minneapolis, controlled the action from start to finish, which came at 4:43 of the fourth round, when the referee stopped the fight due to a series of damaging strikes.

“Chris is a great athlete who takes the sport and his career very serious like a true professional must in order to have any kind of future in this demanding sport,” SNMMA president Pat Packineau said. “The SNMMA is honored to have the heavyweight title go to a person such as Chris Tuchscherer, who respects what the sport has to offer as he continues his journey to become one of the top fighters in the world.”

Minnesota Martial Arts Academy welterweight Nick “The Carnie” Lentz (15-3-1) won a three-round unanimous decision against ex-UFC fighter Drew Fickett (36-11-0) in the co-feature.

SNMMA

SNMMA is committed to serving the communities and advancing the lives and economic situation off all Native people, as well as all professional boxers, in a positive and professional manner. For more information about Sovereign Nation Mixed Martial Arts call 701.6277539, go online at www.snbcmma.com, or write to SNMMA, P.O. Box 5, Parshall, ND 58770.

Full results below:

MAIN EVENT

Chris Tuchscherer, Fargo, ND 16-1-0, [6 (T)KOs, 6 SUBs]

WTKO4 (4:43 – Strikes)

Branden Lee Hinkle, Columbus, OH, [14-10-1, 8 (T)KOs, 4 SUBs]

(Tuchscherer wins SNMAA heavyweight title)

HEAVYWEIGHTS

Karl Knothe, Eagen, MN, 8-6-0, [2 (T)KOs, 5 SUBs]

WSUB1 (3:28 – arm lock)

Jessie Wallace, Santa Barbara, CA, [3-1-0, 2 (T)KOs]

Seth Harrison, Fort Yates, ND, [2-1-0, 1 (T)KO, 1 SUB]

WSUB1 (1:37 – Rear Naked Choke)

Tyler Barth, Minneapolis, MN, [0-1-0]

LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHTS

Bruce Nelson, Ada, MN, [18-25-1, 1 (T)KOs, 15 SUBs]

WTKO1 (2:46)

Jim Miltonberger, Minot, ND, [1-2-0, 1 SUBs]

Dane Sayers, Fargo, ND, [4-0, (1 (T)KO, 3 SUBs]

WSUB1 (1:12 – Guillotine Choke)

Shane Deezee, Minneapolis, MN, 8-4-0, [3 (T)KOs, 6 SUBs]

MIDDLEWEIGHTS

Josh Rosaaen, Rapid City, SD, 3-3-0, [1 (T)KOs, 2SUBs],

WSUB1 (4:05 – Arm Bar)

Andrew Kapel, Minn., MN, 2-5-0, [1-2-0, 0 (T)KOs, 1 SUB]

WELTERWEIGHTS

Nick Lentz, Minneapolis, MN, [15-3-1, 4 (T)KOs, 7 SUBs]

WDEC3

Drew Fickett, Tucson, AZ, [36-11-0, 3 (T)KOs, 25 SUBs]

LIGHTWEIGHTS

Marshall Martin, Fargo, ND, [11-5-0, 2 (T)KOs, 9 SUBs]

WSUB1 (1:34 – Guillotine Choke)

Dan Casey, Minneapolis, MN, [12-3-0, 1 (T)KO, 10 SUBs]

Pablo Garza, Fargo, ND, [3-0-0, 2 SUBs]

WDEC3

Jon Knutson, Rapid City, SD, [2-4-0, 1 (T)KO, 1 SUB]

FEATHERWEIGHTS

Yaolzin Meza, Phoenix, AZ, [12-4-0, 4 (T)KOs, 4 SUBs]

WSUB1 (1:40 – Rear Naked Choke)

Travis Reddinger, Minneapolis, MN, [10-1-0, 3 (T)KOs, 7 SUBs]

Clint Godfrey, Rapid City, SD, [7-1-0, 2 (T)KOs, 4 SUBs]

WSUB2 (1:09 – Rear Naked Choke)

Rich Taylor, St. Paul, MN, [5-2-0, 3 KOs, 1 Submission]

-SNMMA-

MANUEL “EL TORO” QUEZADA CALLS OUT JAMES TONEY

Posted on | March 24, 2009 | No Comments

Press Release
For Immediate Release
TACHI PALACE CASINO

March 24, 2009

WBC CABOFE Heavyweight Champion, Manuel “El Toro” Quezada, is calling out James “Lights Out” Toney. Quezada, who’s been working with Joe Goossen, is riding a 15-fight winning streak and is currently ranked # 17 by the WBC.

“When I heard the news that James Toney wanted to start his own promotional company and headline his first show my eyes lit up,” said Quezada. “I’m willing to fight him anywhere at anytime. James, this message is for you, LETS GET IT ON.”

“James was a great fighter at one time, but he’s past his prime and it’s time for the new blood to take over,” said Quezada’s promoter Christian Printup. “If he’s willing, Manuel will fight him under his new banner and send him into retirement.”

Quezada recently sent out the message that he is willing to fight any of the top heavyweight contenders in the world and that message is still valid.

Contact Promoter: Christian Printup cprintup@hotmail.com
Contact Matchmaker: Tom Brown (818) 817-8004

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