PSU’s 3x AA Molinaro Knows Importance of Family, Talks to Takedown Wrestling

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Penn State, ranked No. 5 nationally, stormed through the finals of the 2012 Southern Scuffle, crowning four champions and winning the team title over No. 3 Minnesota by 14 points. Penn State won the title with 191.5 points while Minnesota was second with 177.5. The Nittany Lions entered day two with a slim 7.5 point lead over the gophers and used a superb 6-3 run in the semifinals and a 4-2 showing in the finals to claim the crown.

The morning’s semifinal fireworks led way to Penn State crowning four individual champions and getting the tournament’s Outstanding Wrestler Award, given to All-American David Taylor (St. Paris, Ohio) for his 165-pound title. Joining Taylor as titlists were All-American Frank Molinaro (Barnegat, N.J.) at 149, All-American Ed Ruth(Harrisburg, Pa.) at 174 and All-American Quentin Wright (Wingate, Pa.) at 184.

The blistering run through the semifinals set up five championship finals matches featuring six Nittany Lions. For Penn State the championship finals began at 149 where No. 1 Molinaro met No. 11 Dylan Ness of Minnesota. Molinaro scored big for Penn State with a dominating 9-1 major over Ness. Molinaro won his first Scuffle title with a 5-0 mark with two techs and a major.

SHOWTIME SPORTS® HIGHLIGHTS FOR THE NETWORK’S FREE PREVIEW WEEKEND STARTING THIS FRIDAY, JAN. 6

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Offerings Include Replays of A Game of Honor,

Live Boxing On Friday,

And Live STRIKEFORCE MMA On Saturday

NEW YORK (Jan. 4, 2012) — SHOWTIME® will be available in a record 60 million households duringFree Preview Weekend that features two live events from SHOWTIME Sports beginning this Friday,Jan. 6.

From Friday to Sunday, Jan. 8, viewers across the country will have the opportunity to sample the premium network’s award-winning programming on SHOWTIME, SHOWTIME HD™ and SHOWTIMEOn Demand^®.

The acclaimed documentary film produced in conjunction with CBS Sports, A GAME OF HONOR, will be available this weekend on SHOWTIME (Sat. at 9:15a ET/PT), on SHOWTIME Extreme^® (Fri. at 11p ET/PT) and via SHOWTIME On Demand (throughout the weekend).

The live sports offering includes professional boxing and mixed martial arts. On Friday, four promising boxers will be featured on ShoBox: The New Generation (11 p.m., ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). In the main event of a doubleheader, undefeated Luis Ramos of Santa Ana, Calif., faces Mexico’s Raymundo Beltran. A bout between unbeatens Michael Perez and Omar Figueroa Jr. will open the telecast from Indio, Calif.

On Saturday, live Strikeforce MMA fights will be televised on both SHOWTIME (10 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast) and SHO Extreme (8 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on the West Coast). STRIKEFORCE middleweight champion Luke Rockhold of San Jose, Calif. will defend his title against Keith Jardineof Albuquerque, N.M. in the main event of a five-fight show on SHOWTIME from the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas. And, for the first time, preliminary bouts will be televised live on SHO Extreme in anew series titled STRIKEFORCE EXTREME.

This week’s episode of the Emmy® award-winning Inside The NFL will air several times during the weekend on SHOWTIME and SHO Extreme. It can be seen the first two times at 7 p.m. ET/PT and 10 p.m. ET/PT on Friday on SHO Extreme, one day before the NFL playoffs begin.

Kendric Maple Wins Midlands 141 title, Remains Undefeated, Talks to Takedown

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Sooners Place Third at Midlands Championships

Kendric Maple took home the 141 title and remains unbeaten on the year.

Kendric Maple

Dec. 30, 2011

 

EVANSTON, ILL. –The ninth ranked Oklahoma wrestling squad finished third overall and claimed one champion among a talented field at the 2011 Midlands Championships, hosted by Northwestern University, on Friday, Dec. 30.

Oklahoma finished the tournament taking home the third place trophy with 94.5 points. Iowa ran away with the title after tallying 152 points. Northwestern placed second with 105.5 points. Virginia Tech (76.5) and Edinboro (74.5) rounded out the top five.

Leading the way for Oklahoma was redshirt sophomore Kendric Maple who won the 141 pound title to remain unbeaten (12-0) on the year. The Wichita, Kan., native entered Friday’s semifinal matchup having earned bonus points in each of his last seven bouts. In the semifinals Maple defeated Iowa State’s Luke Goetti, 13-1. In the championship bout, Maple downed Iowa’s No. 1 seed Montell Marion, 5-3.

In addition to OU’s 141 pound champion, five other Sooners – Jarod Patterson (fifth), Nick Lester (fourth), Matt Lester (fifth), Bubby Graham (sixth) and Erich Schmidtke (fifth) – claimed top six finishes among their respective weight classes.

Patterson finished fifth among 125 pounders after he fell to the eventual champion, Iowa’s Matt McDonough, in the semifinals. In wrestleback action the junior was defeated by the top seed in Illinois Jesse Delgado. Patterson closed out the tournament with a 6-2 win over Central Michigan’s Joe Roth.

Final Brackets and Team Standings | Kendric Maple Profile | Championship Central

Nick Lester claimed fourth at 149 pounds. Lester dropped his semifinal bout to Rutgers’ top-seeded Mario Mason and then downed Utah Valley’s Josh Wilson, the seventh overall seed. The redshirt sophomore then dropped the third place match to Edinboro’s David Habat.

Like his twin brother, Matt Lester faced the top-overall seed in his weight class, Northwestern’s Jason Welch. Lester fell to Welch, but was able to finish fifth among a talented field of 157-pounders after he defeated PU’s Tommy Churchard, 10-3.

Graham opened action dropping his semifinal matchup to Virginia Tech’s Pete Yates, 4-2. In wrestleback action Graham dropped two close bouts to finish sixth in the 165 pound bracket.

Schmidtke won two straight over Edinboro’s Vic Avery and Iowa’s Vinnie Wagner in the 184 pound wrestleback bracket before falling to the second seed in Northern Iowa’s Ryan Loder. Schmidtke closed out the fifth place bout with a 5-3 win over Elmhurst’s Joe Rau.

Jordan Keller (133 pounds) and Keldrick Hall (197) were also in action in their respective wrestleback brackets on Friday. Keller fell to Stanford’s Ryan Mango, the seventh seed. After posting a 3-1 record on Thursday Hall dropped his opening match in overtime to Maryland’s Christian Boley, 8-6.

Up next, the Sooners travel to Laramie, Wyo., to take on No. 20 Wyoming on Tuesday, Jan. 3 at 7 p.m.

Team Scores

1. Iowa (152.0)
2. Northestern (105.5)
3. Oklahoma (94.5)
4. Virginia Tech (76.5)
5. Edinboro (74.5)

OU’s Championship Matchup

141 – Kendric Maple (OU) dec. Montell Marion (IA), 5-3 

 

MEET “IRISH” MICKY WARD AT THE OFFICIAL WEIGH-IN FOR THE FRIDAY, JANUARY 6, ‘WINTER WARFARE’ BOXING EVENT AT THE PALACE OF AUBURN HILLS IN AUBURN HILLS, MICHIGAN

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OPEN TO THE PUBLIC

Thursday, January 5, at 6:00 p.m. at

The Holiday Inn in Auburn Hills –

Food and Beverages Will Be Served

The official weigh-in for Friday, January 6’s “Winter Warfare” professional boxing event presented by Donofrio Entertainment (in association with Palace Sports and “First Lady of Boxing” Jackie Kallen) at the Palace of Auburn Hills in Auburn Hills, Michigan, will be held on Thursday, January 5 at The Holiday Inn in Auburn Hills at 6:00 p.m.

The weigh-in is open to the public and the great “Irish” Micky Ward, subject of the Oscar nominated movie “The Fighter” will be in attendance to shake hands and sign autographs. All fighters and event promoters Joseph Donofrio and Jackie Kallen will also be available for interviews, autographs and photo opportunities.

The Holiday Inn in Auburn Hills is located at 3990 Baldwin Road (Tel: 248 322-7000).

Tickets for the “Winter Warfare” are available at The Palace of Auburn Hills Box Office,palacenet.com, all TicketMaster outlets or via charge by phone at 248-645-6666.

Doors open at 6:00 pm and fights start at 7:00.

Micky Ward Biography

“Irish” Micky Ward (born October 4, 1965) is a retired junior welterweight professional boxer from Lowell, Massachusetts.  Micky is regarded as a working class hero, a blue-collar athlete who has overcome many difficulties in life and prevailed through determination and hard work. Ward won three New England Golden Gloves titles as an amateur before turning pro in 1985. He started off 14-0 in his professional career. Ward was known for his devastating left hook to the body and his ability to withstand punishment while waiting to land his trademark shot. A perennial underdog, he has been known to suddenly drop his opponent in the late rounds with a single shot to the body as he did against Emanuel Burton.

New Year Outing For Prizefighter Star George Jupp, Faces Dan Naylor on the 13th of January

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Choi Tseveenpurev may have won the Prizefighter-Featherweights tournament back in October, but it was without doubt his semifinal opponent, 20 year old  ‘Saint’ George Jupp, that stole the limelight – and the plaudits, for his sensational performance against the twice his age two-time World Champion.

The Belvedere youngster showed a maturity that belied his tender years as he traded with the Mongolian Warrior, matching him punch for punch throughout, only to lose out on a place in the final by the slimmest of margins.

Jupp’s disappointment, of not making the final and potentially winning the £32K prize money, was short lived as within days Francis and George Warren signed him to a promotional contract with their Queensberry Promotions organisation.

To complete his joy, the Warren brothers have ‘Saint’ George making his maiden outing, under their promotional banner, on the undercard of fellow TRAD TKO Boxing Gym and Queensberry Promotions team mate Leon ‘Solid’ Williams’ first defense of his British Cruiserweight title, against Shane McPhilbin, at York Hall in Bethnal Green, London, on Friday, 13th January.

Following a sparring session, with Super Bantamweight Commonwealth Champ Carl Frampton, yesterday Jupp spoke briefly about the Choi battle, “Yeah, it was a close fight, I couldn’t really scream about the decision as it could have gone either way.

If ten people watched it, five thought I won and five thought he won.

I thought it was a good fight and I take a lot of confidence from that, I mean he’s a two time World Champion and there’s no one at my level that’s going to have done that.”

before moving onto discuss the upcoming bout against Dan Naylor, “I’ve seen a few video’s of Dan, he’s quite a slick southpaw. I’m glad I’m fighting someone like him so I can show my skills to full effect.

He’s in your face, unlike some other opponents, which suits me and my style of fighting.

I keep doing what I’m doing, hopefully this six rounder goes OK and I get a few rounds under my belt.

It’s important to get a couple of six rounders under my belt as hopefully within the next twelve months or so I’ll then be able to get in position for a shot at the Southern Area title.

Saying that I’ll keep looking at each fight as gaining more experience, I will never look past any opponent as each fight is an important part of my learning curve.

It’s hard not to think of titles as we’re doing really well here at the TRAD TKO at the moment, we have had so many Champions over the past year, I think it’s five or six.

That’s why I’m really glad to be fighting on this show, as one of our British Champions, Leon Williams, is headlining.

I can’t wait, I’ve been training hard all over Christmas, been getting some good sparring with Michael Maguire, he’s lighter than me and he’s so good technically he’s hard work. If you can catch him with a clean punch you can catch anyone.

Also been sparring with Juris (Varuskins), he’s quite a tough kid, he pushes you for every round, and Danny (Connor), he’s a bit heavier than me, a bit of an awkward type and of course today was sparring Carl (Frampton), he’s already a champion so very much on top of his game. So I’m getting the best of all worlds, sparring like, with all the different styles.

I am really happy with the way the training and sparring has been going and I’m really looking forward to the 13th.”

‘Saint’ George Jupp, against Dan Naylor, features on the undercard of Leon ‘Solid’ Williams versus Shane McPhilbin  for the British Cruiserweight title headlines Francis and George Warren’s Queensberry Promotions first event of the New Year, which takes place at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, on Friday 13th January 2012 and broadcast live on BoxNation (Sky platform Channel 456 & Virgin 546)

Tickets, Standard Seated – £40 and Ringside SOLD OUT for Williams vs. McPhilbin are available now on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com. Tickets are also available direct from the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA.

THE RETURN ON GERALD “THE JEDI” NOBLES HEADLINES SHULARS BOXING ON JANUARY 28TH AT THE FIRST DISTRICT PLAZA IN PHILADELPHIA

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Also the return of Dhafir Smith; Julian Williams Anthony Allen; Frankie Trader; Althea Saunders; Alex Barbosa; Bo Lattimer and  the pro debut of Kareem McFarland

PHILADELPHIA (JANUARY 3, 2012)—On Saturday night January 28^th, 2012, Percy “Buster” Custas Shulars Boxing Promotions presents a night of world class boxing that will be headlined the return of Heavyweight Gerald “The Jedi” Nobles in a six round bout against Marlon Hayes.

Nobles of Philadelphia has a record of 26-1 with twenty-one knockouts and will be making his first start in four years, which was a first round stoppage over Andy Sample.

Nobles holds a stoppage win over former WBA Heavyweight champion Bruce Seldon and his only defeat was a controversial disqualification defeat to future WBA champion Nikolai Valuev in a bout that Nobles was ejected for low blows that appeared to be caused by Valuev’s trunks being elevated.

Hayes of Newark, New Jersey has a record of 23-10 with eleven knockouts.

Hayes won his first twenty bouts and has a win over former IBF Light Heavyweight champion William Guthrie.   Hayes has fought the likes of former world title challengers Robert Allen, Elvir Muriqi and Danny Santiago as well as currant Super Middleweight titlist Robert Steiglitz.

Also seeing action in a six round co-feature will be undefeated Jr. Lightweight, Frank “Nitty” Trader.

Trader will take on Kywayne Hill (1-9) of Philadelphia.

Trader of Philadelphia is perfect with a record that reads 8-0 with two knockouts.

He is known for his slick boxing skills and is coming off a six round unanimous decision over Tommy Atencio on April 9^th.

Also seeing action on January 28^th will be Super Middleweight Dhafir Smith (24-22-7, 4 KO’s) of Upper Darby, PA in a six round bout.

Hot prospect Julian Williams (8-0-1, 4 KO’s) will take part in a six round bout.

Four round bouts will feature Jr. Lightweight Anthony Allen (0-1); Woman’s Lightweight Althea Saunders (2-0-1) of Atlantic City; Woman’s Lightweight Liz Sherman (3-2, 1 KO) of Philadelphia; Bantamweight Alex Barbosa (1-01, 1 KO) of Philadelphia, Jr. Middleweight Bo Lattimer (1-0) and the pro debut of Philadelphia Jr. Middleweight Kareem McFarland.

There will be celebrities and honored guests in attendance

The First District Plaza is located at 3801 Market Street

Tickets are on sale for $65; $40; and $30 by Contacting
Percy Custus at 215-416-1282
Shulars Gym –750 North Brooklyn Street—Phone 215-662-5665
Spencer T’s Barber Shop—4045 Lancaster Avenue—Phone 215-386-7974

Wrestling Links (1-4-12)

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Wrestling ninjas – why sabre-toothed predators have massive arms Discover Magazine (blog) Time and again, evolution has equipped cat-like predators with the combined skills of the wrestlerand the ninja. Back in 2010, Meachen-Samuels placed Smilodon fossils in an X-ray machine, and showed that it has extra-thick, reinforced bone in its … See all stories on this topic »

Wrestling notebook: Injury could put Northwest ace on the shelf STLtoday.com Cagle, though slowed by a shoulder injury that may keep him out of this week’s Suburban WrestlingChampionships, carries a 16-0 record into the 2012 portion of the season. (Andrew Jansen | Journal) This weekend’s Suburban Wrestling Championships is the … See all stories on this topic »

Wrestling: Around the state for the week of Jan. 4 The Star-Ledger – NJ.com 21, will wrestle at Pingry on Wednesday at 6 pm before serving as the host to No. 3 Jackson on Thursday at 6:30 pm A year ago, Bound Brook was 13th at the Hurricane tournament, which was a 10-spot improvement over its 23rd place finish two years ago. … See all stories on this topic »

Building the Town’s Future Wrestling Program Patch.com East Haven High School Coach Paul Cicarella develops a youth wrestling program with an eye toward advancing the middle school and high school teams. By Fred Musante East Haven High School Coach Paul Cicarella develops a youth wrestling program with an … See all stories on this topic »

Brunswick wrestler’s first loss is learning experience WRESTLER OF THE WEEK Press Herald No wrestler likes to lose a match, but sometimes it’s better to lose and learn from defeat than to win and learn nothing. That’s why the world didn’t come to end for Brunswick’s Jared Jensen when Chris Lash, a two-time state champion from Colchester, … See all stories on this topic »      Press Herald

South Wrestling Opens Early Lead, Defeats Pearl River Patch.com The Clarkstown South wrestling team won the first five matches of its duel meet against Pearl River Tuesday night, building up a 27-point lead that was too much for the Pirates to overcome. The Vikings (2-11) won the match, 46-33, although Pearl River … See all stories on this topic »

Calaveras wrestlers looking to extend MLL domination Calaveras Enterprise Calaveras senior Robbie Weaver is one of the top wrestlers for the four-time defending Mother Lode League champions. Posted: Tuesday, January 3, 2012 9:36 am | Updated: 9:35 am, Tue Jan 3, 2012. The Calaveras High wrestling team begins its quest for a … See all stories on this topic »

New Rochelle Modified Wrestlers Take The Mat The Daily New Rochelle by Danny LoPriore (email) 8 hours ago HASTINGS-ON-HUDSON, NY – Young up-and-comingwrestlers from Hastings, New Rochelle and White Plains high school modified wrestling programs met in a tri-match scrimmage at Hastings High School Tuesday to work on … See all stories on this topic »

Dec. 4: Wrestling; Planning Board Patch.com Huntington Wrestling: Islip travels to Huntington to face the Blue Devils in wresting action Wednesday. The match begins at 6:15 pm Free admission. 2. Town Planning Board: The Town of Huntington Planning Board meets for the first time in 2012 at Town … See all stories on this topic »

Warren never offered Shumenov Feb. 25 Unification fight vs. Cleverly

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LAS VEGAS (January 3, 2012) – Hall of Fame promoter Don Chargin, advisor for World Boxing Association (“WBA”) and International Boxing Association (“IBA”) light heavyweight World champion Beibut Shumenov, has responded to a press release issued by Frank Warren Promotions that claimed Shumenov turned down a unification offer to fight World Boxing Organization (“WBO”) titlist Nathan Cleverly.   The press release announced that Cleverly will be defending his WBO title February 25 against Tommy Karpency in Wales. It also claimed: An offer went to WBA title-holder Beibut Shumenov to face Cleverly, but he said he would not be ready in time – although it could happen later this year.   Back in November, Chargin reached out to Warren, after reading stories that Cleverly was interested in a unification fight against Beibut.   Chargin spoke twice to Warren’s matchmaker, Dean Powell, but Don didn’t hear back until he received an email yesterday.   “I thought that it was strange to get an email just yesterday asking what it would take to get Beibut to come to the UK, especially where we had been talking by phone, and they never responded to our offer weeks ago for Cleverly to fight Beibut in Las Vegas,” Chargin said. “The next day they announce a fight between Cleverly and Karpency? The truth of the matter is Beibut never turned down any fight against Cleverly because they didn’t make an offer to us. We offered them a fight against Shumenov in Las Vegas and they never even responded to that offer, which, to me, means they turned it down. To say Beibut wouldn’t be ready in time to fight Cleverly in two months is quite amusing. Beibut’s been ready to unify since he first won the WBA title. I am terribly disappointed that they would make false statements like that.”   Shumenov (12-1, 8 KOs), a 2004 Kazakhstan Olympian, set a light heavyweight record for capturing a world title in the fewest career fights, 10, when (Jan. 29, 2010) he won a 12-round decision against Gabriel Campillo in Las Vegas. In three successful world title defenses, Shumenov won a unanimous 12-round decision versus No. 1 mandatory challenger and previously undefeated Viacheslav Uzelkov (UDEC12), followed by a six-round knockout of three-time world champion William Joppy (KO6), and then his victory last July by ninth-round TKO versus three-time world title challenger Danny Santiago.   In only 13 pro fights, Beibut has defeated four world champions (Campillo, Joppy, Byron Mitchell and Montell Griffin), as well as three world title challengers (Uzelkov, Santiago and Epifanio Mendoza   For more information about Shumenov visit www.KZEventProductions.com.   About KZ Event Productions, Inc.                KZ Event Productions is a full service, international boxing promotional company in Las Vegas, Nevada. Owned and operated by Beibut and Chingis Shumenov, its growing stable of champions include WBA/IBA light heavyweight World Champion Beibut Shumenov, WBA FEDALATIN welterweight champion Ravshan Hudaynazarov, WBA International light heavyweight champion Gayrat Ahmedov and WBA International light welterweight champion Alexandr Zhuravskiy.   -KZ-

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