Old-time boxing geared for new Ontario boxing fans Vargas-Plaitis …
TORONTO (January 16, 2012) – Old-time boxing returns Saturday night, February 11 to the Hershey Centre in Mississauga, Ontario as unbeaten welterweight Samuel Vargas and dangerous Manolis Plaitis headline a competitive, entertaining …
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NBC Sports Boxing Premiere: Rosado vs Soto Karass Bumped to …
By Scott Christ
Bad Left Hook has an update on the retooled card for Saturday night’s premiere episode of NBC Sports Fight Night.
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Boxing legend Muhammad Ali Turns 70 – COLORLINES
By Jorge Rivas
The boxing legend and social activist turns 70 today.
Colorlines

Boxing: Vic Darchinyan to fight for world championship title – Boxing …
Former Armenian world boxing champion Vic Darchinyan, who turned 36 earlier this month, will fight, on April 1, against Japanese Shinsuke Yamanaka for the WBC bantamweight title, according to media reports. Darchinyan’s promoter Gary …
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The power puncher Stevenson (16-1, 13 KOs), fighting out of Longueuil, Quebec, is more powerful than a locomotive. He is coming off of a sensational ninth-round technical knockout victory over Aaron Pryor Jr. last month for the North American Boxing Association (“NABA”), North American Boxing Organization (“NABO”) and International Boxing Federation (“IBF”) Inter-Continental super middleweight titles.

A great puncher and entertaining fighter, Stevenson is rated No. 8 by the World Boxing Association (“WBA”), as well as No. 15 by the World Boxing Council “WBC”) and IBF. Adonis will defend his IBF Inter-Continental belt against former NABF champion Jesus “El Martillo” Gonzales (27-1, 14 KOs) in the 12-round main event.

More important, Stevenson-Gonzales will also be an IBF super middleweight voluntary eliminator fight for the No. 2 rating. The victor of this fight will be very close of a world title opportunity by earning the # 2 position in the IBF world ranking of the division ruled by Lucian Bute.

A slick southpaw out of Phoenix (AZ), Gonzales was a great amateur boxer. His style has been compared to the legendary Marvelous Marvin Hagler. He is rated No. 12 by the IBF and No. 14 by the WBC. He is riding a 10-fight win streak into the Feb. 18th fight that clearly has future world title fight implications and at 27 years old, he is at the top of his game!

“The winner of the Stevenson-Gonzalez voluntary eliminator fight will better position himself for a world title fight in 2012,” promoter Yvon Michel said. “Stevenson is targeting the IBF belt. To succeed he has no intention of hoping for a favor, he will do it the old fashion way, he will earn it! This is the reason why a win against Gonzales is a must at this point of his career.”

This highly-competitive card is absolutely loaded from top to bottom with champions, contenders and some of Canada’s best boxing prospects in action.

One prospect on the fast track in the light heavyweight division is unbeaten Montreal favorite Eleider “Storm” Alvarez (7-0, 5 KOs), the reigning NABO title-holder from Colombia and 2008 Olympian. Alvarez faces former USBA champion Otis “Triple OG” Griffin (23-9-2, 9 KOs), winner of Oscar de la Hoya’s The Next Great Champ television reality show, in the eight-round co-feature.

Another undefeated Montreal fighter is light welterweight Dierry “Douggy” Jean (20-0, 13 KOs), a red-hot prospect who is matched against former English champion, southpaw Ryan Barrett (25-9-3, 5 KOs), in an eight-round bout.

Former NABA super featherweight titlist Arash Usmanee (16-0, 8 KOs), also fighting out of Montreal, by way of Afghanistan, squares-off against inappropriately named Danish invader Innocent Anyanwu(21-3-2, 12 KOs) in an eight-rounder.

In another intriguing eight-round match, unbeaten 2008 Colombian Olympian Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas(8-0, 5 KOs) takes on former Croatian kick-boxer Ivica Perkovic (15-12, 11 KOs).

Popular featherweight Tyler Asselstine (8-0, 5 KOs), a decorated amateur boxer who was a member of the 2009 Canadian National Team, has been billed by some as a younger, smaller version of fellow southpaw, Lucian Bute, or “Bute-light.” From Ontario but a fixture fighting in Montreal, where six of his pro fights have been held, the 25-year-old battles Andras Varga (5-1-2, 0 KOs) in an eight round bout.

Also scheduled to fight on the undercard is Quebec heavyweight Didier Bence (4-0, 2 KOs) vs.Stephane “Brutus” Tessier and light welterweight Ghislain Maduma (5-0, 2 KOs) vs. Jeremy Abbott (3-2, 2 KOs) in a pair of six-round bouts; as well as super featherweight Baha Laham (7-0, 2 KOs) vs. Csaba “Little Tyson” Toth in a four-round match. All fights and fighters are subject to change.

Tickets, starting at $60.00, are available to purchase at the Bell Center, at www.evenko.ca, or GYM’s office (514-383-0666). Go on line www.groupeyvonmichel.ca for more information about the Feb. 18 show.

UFC 142: Joe Rogan explains why he confronted … – MMA Mania
By Jesse Holland
UFC color commentator Joe Rogan explains why he went after Mario Yamasaki after the DQ finish in the Erick Silva vs. Carlo Prater fight last Saturday night in Rio.
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On the shortcomings of MMA rules | Fightlinker – UFC, Strikeforce …
By fightlinker
Because we’re a new sport, our rules haven’t always been fleshed out as well as they could be. It doesn’t help that the people codifying these things are often from the boxing world and have no idea how MMA fouls play out in the cage.
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