Liakhovich sets Chambers story straight; Calls out Arreola

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SCOTTSDALE, Arizona (January 18, 2012) – Former world heavyweight champion Sergei “The White Wolf” Liakhovich is not fighting this Saturday because his scheduled opponent, “Fast” Eddie Chambers, failed in a timely fashion to notify Team Liakhovich that he was pulling out of their fight due to broken ribs, which resulted in the cancellation of their fight as well as insufficient time to find a suitable replacement for Chambers..  Liakhovich (25-4, 16 KOs) and Chambers (36-2, 18 KOs) were scheduled to headline Saturday’s NBC Sport Network’s “Fight Night” debut show live from Philadelphia’s Asylum Arena.   “Eddie Chambers is trying to save face in the press but I want to set the story straight by telling everyone what really happened,” Liakhovich said. “Chambers’ medical report about his broken ribs is dated, January 6, 2012. He knew about his broken ribs back then but he didn’t let us know until January 13, seven days before our fight. Instead of shooting his mouth off to the press for a week about how easily he was going to beat me, when he already knew he was not going to fight me, he and his team should have acted professionally and immediately informed my team of his injury.    If we had two week’s notice, I have no doubt that finding a suitable replacement and making training adjustments wouldn’t have been a problem, but it was a serious problem trying to do so with only seven days to go before the fight.   “I think boxers like Chambers should be punished by every promoter and networks should know how he operates. He plays the good guy to the press, but Chambers is a fake. He didn’t have the simple decency to tell another athlete about him pulling out of the fight as soon as he knew. It was his obligation to inform everyone immediately.I wasted six weeks of training, as well as the expenses for training camp, and now I’m not fighting because of his actions. NBC Sport Network, Main Events and everyone involved had to scramble to put together a main event at the last minute, all the results of Chamber’s action. He is all talk and no action. So, for now, Chambers is history.”   Liakhovich, a 1996 Bellarusian Olympian, captured the World Boxing Association (“WBO”) heavyweight title in 2006 by way of a unanimous 12-round decision over Lamon Brewster.   Already in top shape for his now cancelled fight against Chambers, Sergei is now targeting world heavyweight contender Chris Arreola. “Arreola is waiting for another big payday to fight one of the Klitschkos,” Liakhovich commented. “He’s been fighting journeyman after journeyman. How about a real fight with me? I challenge Arreola to take a fight with me. This is a fight boxing fans would love to watch.”

Coach Bret Corner’s Concordia Falcon’s Flying High, Talks to Takedown

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Boxing Links (1-18-12)

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Boxing bout reinstatement down for the count Stuff.co.nz Promoters of Sonny Bill Williams’ latest boxing bout have knocked down suggestions they reinstate his initial opponent after the man was bailed from jail. Richard Tutaki, 33, had been scheduled to fight the All Blacks star on February 3 but Williams’ … See all stories on this topic »

Respected boxing trainer says Marciano, and not Ali, was “The Greatest” Examiner.com British boxing icon Lennox Lewis wrote in the Daily Telegraph Tuesday that Muhammad Ali, who turned 70 today, “should be considered the greatest sportsman of all time.” “I studied all the great heavyweights, but Muhammad Ali for me was the main guy,” … See all stories on this topic »

Boxer Khan withdraws appeal of loss to Peterson AFP The appeal was supposed to be heard Wednesday by the International BoxingFederation, one of two governing boxing bodies that sanctioned the 140-pound world title fight in Washington, DC on December 10. Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KOs) won the fight on a … See all stories on this topic »      AFP

Amateur boxing chiefs will discuss this week whether female boxers must wear … BBC Sport The Amateur International Boxing Association (Aiba) has previously asked boxers to trial the skirts to help spectators distinguish them from men. Please turn on JavaScript. Media requires JavaScript to play. All seven of Aiba’s commissions are meeting … See all stories on this topic »      BBC Sport

Roach pushing hard for Pac-Mayweather ESPN Tags: manny pacquiao, floyd mayweather, freddie roach, la sportscenter, boxing So will Manny Pacquiao and Floyd Mayweather Jr., boxing’s two best fighters and biggest stars, ever give fans around the world what they want by fighting each other? … See all stories on this topic »      ESPN

Manor boxing coach collects history of the sport Tarentum Valley News Dispatch MANOR — Muhammad Ali, who celebrated his 70th birthday yesterday, was a fighter who backed up everything he said he would do in the boxing ring. That’s how former amateur boxer, boxing coach and now boxing memorabilia collector-extraordinaire Ron “Bad … See all stories on this topic »

Boxer helps fight breast cancer Las Vegas Review – Journal Boxing champion Floyd Mayweather Jr. is donating $100000 to the Susan G. Komen for the Cure’s Southern Nevada affiliate in a presentation ceremony today. Tuesday’s announcement, in a news release from the breast cancer organization, came 12 days after … See all stories on this topic »

Championship boxing scheduled at Staten Island’s Hilton Garden Inn SILive.com Championship boxing will be on display tomorrow evening at the Hilton Garden Inn in Bloomfield when Greg Cohen Promotions presents a pair of co-main events, an intriguing woman’s fight and a huge undercard. The event, which will be broadcast live on … See all stories on this topic »      SILive.com

A Heavyweight Gamble in NBC Sports’ New Boxing Series BoxingScene.com By Cliff Rold This coming Saturday night marks the debut of a new boxing series on US airwaves. The NBC Sports cable outlet can be assumed to aspire to compete one day with ESPN. For now, it’s enough that it provides a new platform for fistiana. … See all stories on this topic »

Baltimore Boxing and Ballroom Boxing to Donate Tickets!

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Baltimore, MD (January 18, 2012) – Jake “The Snake” Smith of Baltimore Boxing Promotions and Ballroom Boxing announced that they’ll give back to the community by donating more than 100 tickets to wounded warriors and amateur fighters for the January 26 Baltimore vs Navy card at Michael’s Eighth Avenue.

Prater’s Controversial Win over Silva at UFC® 142 Turned the Tables for Many Kountermove Fantasy MMA Players

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San Francisco, CA. – January 18, 2012 – Rio de Janeiro wasn’t the only MMA hot spot this weekend. Thousands of fantasy MMA players competed on www.Kountermove.com for nearly $8,000 in cash prizes during UFC® 142. The fantasy MMA site, backed by Randy “The Natural” Couture, continues to gain momentum in the MMA community. It has quickly become a popular destination for MMA fans, fighters and key media players.

According to Aaron Ard, co-founder of Kountermove, “We are thrilled to report that Kountermove experienced a 40% increase in tournament play between UFC® 141 and UFC® 142. The Kountermove movement has gained a great deal of momentum. We couldn’t be happier!”

Mario Yamasaki’s controversial decision to award a first-round victory to Carlo Prater over Erick Silva definitely upped the stakes during Kountermove’s UFC® 142 tournament play. The unpredicted twist stripped Kountermovemembers who drafted Silva of their 100-point, first-round victory bonus. Instead players who picked an unconscious Prater were awarded 100 points for his DQ ‘victory.’

UFC® 142’s most valuable Kountermove fantasy fighter was Gabriel Gonzaga who scored 114 points for a fantasy MMA salary of $4,300. Yuri Alcantara (76 points, $5,400 salary) and Vitor Belfort (112 points, $5,500 salary) were also great draft picks. The least valuable fantasy fighter was Ernaldo Oliveira. His fantasy MMA salary was $5,300 and he yielded zero points during tournament play.

Randy “The Natural” Couture finished 1st out of 50 players in Kountermove’s MMA Media Slam Invitational for UFC® 142. Couture amassed 403.5 fantasy points on the road to victory with his team of Vitor Belfort, Gabriel Gonzaga, Mike Pyle, Antonio Carvalho, and Sam Stout.

Rounding out the top five money winners in Kountermove’s MMA Media Slam Invitational tournament were Erik Fontanez (@Erik_Fontanez) of MMAWeekly.com, Amy Barton (@amesbelle) of MMA Diehards, Matt Saccaro of Bleacher Report (@MattSaccaro), and Matt Erickson of Heavy MMA (@MattErickson23).

Kountermove member Robert Kham clinched the top spot out of over 100 Kountermove players to take home the $480 first-place prize in Crooklyn’s $1,200 Nooner tournament with 441 points.

Kountermove’s fantasy MMA games work very similar to fantasy football. Members draft a team of fighters and compete with that team against other Kountermove players in their league. Members have a $25,000 “salary cap” when drafting their fantasy team of fighters, each fighter has a “salary” designated by Kountermove. Members choose from free or entry fee games of varying sizes.

Winners and losers are then determined by fantasy points earned based on each fighter’s performance – strikes landed, submission attempts, knockdowns, dominant positions, rounds won, and knockout or submission bonuses.

After each event, Kountermove updates game results by listing the points members received for that event, the rankings, and prize pool winners. All entry fees are added into a prize pool that is divided among the league’s winners at the end of the game. Visit www.kountermove.com for full details on the Kountermove fantasy MMAscoring system.

About Kountermove:

Kountermove, Inc. is backed by MMA legend Randy “The Natural” Couture and is currently the world’s leading fantasy MMA website. Kountermove is fun, friendly, fair, and legal. Fans win cash prizes by drafting teams of MMA fighters in salary cap-style fantasy games. Beyond that, it also provides a compelling platform for interaction between fighters and fans.

To find out more about Kountermove please visit www.kountermove.com. Fans can also follow Kountermove on Twitter at twitter.com/kountermove or like Kountermove on Facebook at www.facebook.com/kountermove.

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Key Links:

Crooklyn’s $1,200 Nooner tourney:

https://www.kountermove.com/crooklyns_1200_nooner-T-10/results/1668/

MMA Media Invitational tourney: 

https://www.kountermove.com/the_mma_media_slam_-_invitational-T-5/results/1751/ 

How It Works:

https://www.kountermove.com/pages/how_it_works/

Scoring:

https://www.kountermove.com/pages/scoring/

Falcon’s Coach Joel Sharrett Talks Competition and VonOhlen with Takedown

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Cole VonOhlen Named WWC Wrestler of the Week 
Junior receives seventh weekly honor of his career

Buy this Photo Junior Cole VonOhlen

Jan. 17, 2012

 

OREM, Utah – Air Force junior Cole VonOhlen (Jackson, Minn.) has been named the Western Wrestling Conference Wrestler of the Week, as announced today by the league. It marks the second time this season and seventh time in his career that VonOhlen has been awarded the honor.

VonOhlen led the Falcons with a 4-0 record at the Lone Star Duals on Saturday, registering a fall, a technical fall and a pair of decisions. Among his wins was an 11-5 decision over Harvard’s previously undefeated Corey Jantzen, currently ranked seventh in the nation by InterMatWrestle.com.

VonOhlen, who is currently ranked third in the nation at 149 pounds, now holds a 22-2 record on the season and needs just three more wins to reach 100 for his career.

The Falcons open their home slate this Thursday, Jan. 19, when they host conference foe Utah Valley in a 7:00 p.m. contest.

 

 

 

 

 

ODU Asst. Mike Dixon Talks to Takedown of Monarchs Emergence in Top 25

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Alan Waters: Big 12 Wrestler of The Week, 56-8 Career, He Talks to Takedown

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