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HDNET FIGHTS: BAMMA 8” LIVE, THIS SATURDAY AT 4PM ET ON HDNET

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Join us LIVE this Saturday at 4:00 p.m. ET for the U.S. television debut of BAMMA, Europe’s #1 MMA promotion.

The Capital FM Arena in Nottingham plays host to a stacked card for “HDNet Fights: BAMMA 8,” including the much anticipated main event between undefeated knockout artist Jimmy “The Poster Boy” Manuwa (10-0) and French veteran Anthony “Wild Thing” Rea (22-13).

Rounding out the main card: Strikeforce veteran Joey Villasenor (28-9) takes on Jim Wallhead (22-6), Diego Gonzalez (14-5) goes toe-to-toe with Andre Winner (13-6-1), and Paul McVeigh (18-6) battles Eric Perez (9-5).

Don’t miss the action this SATURDAY, December 9 – LIVE at 4:00 p.m. ET/1:00 p.m. PT with a prime time replay at 10:00 p.m. ET/7:00 p.m. PT only on HDNet!

Boxing Links (12-08-11)

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Boxing Braces for the Wrath of Khan
Wall Street Journal
This Thursday Amir Khan—an ethnic Pakistani boxer from Bolton, England—will turn 25. The next evening in Washington, he’ll defend his WBA and IBF light-welterweight world titles against Lamont Peterson in a marquee fight on HBO. 
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Russian boxer Roman Simakov dies in hospital after collapsing in ring – official
RIA Novosti
Russian light heavyweight boxer Roman Simakov, who collapsed in the ring on Monday night during a title defense, died overnight of brain injuries in a Yekaterinburg hospital, an official said Thursday. Russian light heavyweight boxer Roman Simakov, 
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International Boxing Hall of Fame Announces Its Class of 2012
Bleacher Report
The International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) in Canastota, NY, announced its newest list of inductees. Led by multi-divisional champion Thomas Hearns, the Class of 2012 includes 13 members who will be enshrined in June. Also to enter the Hall will be
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Welsh boxer Fred Evans hoping for kind Olympics draw
WalesOnline
Evans, 20, was officially named in the Team GB boxing squad last week, the St Mellons product rewarded for his fine form in 2011 which saw him notably land European Championship gold. At the Beijing Olympics in 2008, British boxers won three medals 
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Pak Olympic boxing outfit to use Amir Khan’s gym for preparation
Associated Press of Pakistan
ISLAMABAD, Dec 8 (APP): Secretary Pakistan Boxing Federation (PBF) Akram Khan revealed on Thursday that Pakistani Olympic boxing outfit would use British-Pakistani boxer Amir Khan’s Gloves Community Gym in Bolton to prepare for the London Olympics, 
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Pawel Wolak retires from boxing
ESPN
“I am at peace with my decision to retire from boxing. I left it all in the ring and I have absolutely no regrets. I got to do what most people will never be able to and I couldn’t be more proud to have been part of the best sport in the world. 
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Inside Boxing: Revenge sweet for Cotto
SouthCoastToday.com
Margarito’s boxing license was suspended for a year while a huge dark cloud moved in over Margarito’s earlier victories over Cotto and Kermit Cintron. That cloud took the shape of an accusing finger when the Cotto camp came up with photos of Margarito 
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Showtime cancels Dec. 31 event
ESPN
31 edition of “Showtime Championship Boxing” on Wednesday. The main event was to have featured light heavyweight titlist Tavoris Cloud (23-0, 19 KOs) against former titleholder Zsolt Erdei (23-0, 19 KOs), who withdrew last Friday because of a hand 
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UK Boxer Advised as Likely Islam Ambassador
Onislam.net
I’ve never been shy of speaking about my religion,” Khan said WASHINGTON – Talented Britain’s Muslim boxer Amir Khan could serve as a promising ambassador for Islam who would play an important role in combating growing anti-Muslim prejudice in the west 
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Boxing News: James Kirkland vs. Carlos Molina Lands on HBO for January 28
Bleacher Report
James Kirkland (30-1, 27 KOs) faces Carlos Molina (19-4-2, 6 KOs) in a brutal junior middleweight slug-fest on HBO for January 28 of next year according to Boxing Scene. Kirkland is coming off his career-best knockout win over Alfredo Angulo (20-2, 
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RICH KOMISSAR PROMOTIONS PRESENTS TOMMY GALLAGHER’S WINNERS HAVE SCARS BOXING SERIES

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NEW BOXING SERIES TO HIGHLIGHT UP AND COMING STARS IN THE TRI-STATE AREA


NEW YORK (DECEMBER 8TH, 2011)—On Thursday night December 15th, longtime boxing guy Rich Komissar will be launching a brand new boxing series dubbed “Tommy Gallagher’s Winners Have Scars”.

The first event will take place at Schuetzen Park in North Bergen, New Jersey and it will feature some of the best Up and coming talent in the New York, Pennsylvania, New Jersey region in an effort to create not only the stars of tomorrow but put on the best crowd pleasing fights.

“When I came up with the concept, I had to instill the services of Tommy Gallagher, a lifelong friend and in many ways my personal mentor”, said Komissar of the legendary New York boxing man who has trained, managed and promoted fighters and boxing shows since as far back as the early 1960’s. “Tommy Gallagher may be best known as being part of the The Contender reality show but he is much more than that” say Komissar whose late father Stanley was one of the original founders of the legendary Starret City Boxing Club in Brooklyn NY.

“Tommy has relationships all over the world in boxing and entertainment and has worked with practically every major boxing promoter on the planet. I am open to working with any promoter and especially the smaller local guys right here in the area. We look forward to putting on shows that will help these youngsters reach their dreams.

“We have formed a strategic alliance with Rob Diaz and the people at Havoc Boxing. They have done four sensational shows in Brooklyn and we will look forward helping each other grow even further.”

“We have the first show scheduled for December 15th with some great talent on the show including undefeated Cruiserweight Santander Silgado, Puerto Rican featherweight Rafael Vazquez, local hometown guy Danny MacDermott who is always in great fights and IBO Mediterranean Lightweight Champion Floriano Pagliara.

“We already have some things in the works for a great show in January in New York City and we plan to be very active throughout 2012 with this series”

1st bout is at 7:30 pm with the Doors opening at 6:30 pm

Tickets are priced at $100; $75 and $55 and can be purchased by calling 908-240-2097 and are also available at the following locations:

Schuetzen Park is located at 3167 Kennedy Blvd. in North Bergen, NJ

Global Boxing Gym in North Bergen, NJ        201 348 3149
Jack Dempsey’s (Midtown Manhattan)          212 629 9899
Trinity Boxing Club (Wall Street)                    212 374 9393
Gleason’s Gym (Brooklyn)                              718 797 2872

Rubio Faces Vanda at WBC Convention in Vegas

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On December 16, and to coincide with the WBC Convention, Sampson Boxing in Association with Promociones del Pueblo will proudly present a night of world-class professional boxing featuring five regional title fights at the fabulous Mandalay Bay Resort & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada.

 

In the night’s potentially explosive 12-round middleweight main event, WBC #1 and WBO #3-rated Marco Antonio Rubio (52-5-1, 45 KOs) of Coahuila de Zaragoza, Mexico, will risk his lofty rankings against Saint Paul, Minnesota’s always tough Matt “The Predator” Vanda (44-13, 24 KOs). The two veterans will be vying for the vacant WBC Latino middleweight title.

 

In the 10-round co-featured bout, hot featherweight prospect Javier Fortuna (17-0, 13 KOs) from La Romana, Dominican Republic, will make the second defense of his WBC Youth Intercontinental featherweight title against Miguel Roman (37-8, 28 KOs) from Juarez, Mexico.

 

On the fiercely competitive undercard, Panama City, Panama’s Azael “Turbo” Cosio (12-1-2, 9 KOs) will go against Oklahoma City’s Ronnie “The Natural” Warrior Jr (13-5-1, 4 KOs) in a 10-round welterweight scrap for the WBC Latino welterweight title.

 

Somebody’s “O” must go in a couple of other clashes.

 

Undefeated Samuel Rogers (10-0, 5 KOs) from the US Virgin Islands will face also undefeated  Jamar Freeman (9-0-2, 5 KOs) from Wilson, North Carolina, in a 10-round fight for the vacant WBC FECARBOX light middleweight title; and undefeated knockout artist John Jackson (11-0, 10 KOs) from St. Thomas, Virgin Islands will take on undefeated Keandre Leatherwood (9-0, 6 KOs) from Birmingham, Alabama, in a 10-round fight for the vacant WBC Youth World light middleweight title.

 

Rounding out the action will be a special six-round female super featherweight attraction between Las Vegas-based southpaw Laura “La Poeta del Ring” Serrano (17-4-2, 6 KOs) and Jamestown, New York’s Ela “Bam Bam” Nunez (10-11-1, 2 KOs).

 

This event is sponsored by Corona.

 

Tickets go on sale Monday (December 12) and are priced at $100 ringside and $25 General Admission. They will be available at the Mandalay Bay box office and online at www.mandalaybay.com.

 

Wrestling Links (12-8-11)

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Wrestling star The Miz part of ‘WWE Tribute to the Troops’
Fayetteville Observer
Observer: Looking back to your “Real World” days, do you find it was easier or more difficult to have done that show before getting into wrestling? Mizanin: A little bit of both. It was easier because I was used to the cameras and being a complete ham. 
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Muskegon area wrestling notebook: Ravenna returns to mat with varsity team
MLive.com
By Shawn Liverance | Muskegon Chronicle, December 08, 2011 8 am The area will have a new high school wrestling team joining the ranks this season. Ravenna High School has restored itswrestling program after a 20-year hiatus. 
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Muskegon area wrestling capsules
MLive.com
Outlook: The Packers should be one of the top teams in the area as they have a good mix of experienced wrestlers and young wrestlers with plenty of talent. Coach: Brandon Pastor. Key returnees: Tyler Pastor, sr., 119; Tommy Martinez, soph., 130; 
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Wrestling weights changing with the times
Yakima Herald-Republic
Wrestling has everything to do with weight — making it, cutting it, measuring it, adding it and thinking about it at each meal. Nothing new there. In one of the biggest shifts of weights in state history, Washington preps are transitioning this season 
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Wrestling: Lakota fight hard, can’t overcome forfeits
Fremont News Messenger
Lakota’s Jordan Jaso takes down Port Clinton’s Caleb Cuevas during a high school wrestling match Wednesday. / Jonathon Bird/News-Messenger PORT CLINTON — Lakota won four of six head-to-head matchups Wednesday but suffered several forfeits in a 36-25 
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North wrestlers have potential
Hometownlife.com
Mike Williams will be a senior tri-captain for the Raiders in the 2011-12 wrestling season. / John Stormzand | Staff Photographer North Farmington has enough veteran wrestlers and experience on its team to entertain the prospect of a successful 2011-12 
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High School wrestling: Perfect Mishawaka beaches Lakeshore
South Bend Tribune
“We started practicing Thanksgiving week,” said veteran Lakeshore coach Bruce Bittenbender, whose 787 career wins is the second-highest total in national high school wrestling history. “But this is a team that’s only going to get better. 
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Prep wrestling: Early-season loss not a big deal for Wisconsin Rapids
Wisconsin Rapids Tribune
The Wisconsin Rapids wrestling team lost a match — 36-33 to Mukwonago — during the final round of the KM Laser duals and life as we know it didn’t end. The world, or wrestling season for that matter, didn’t end on Dec. 3. 
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KHS, Wells wrestlers looking for pins and wins
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By Carl Pepin The high school wrestling season begin this weekend with the Kennebunk High and Wells High squads both heading to York for the annual Sullivan Duals on Saturday. The Rams will again compete in the always tough West A regional and Class A 
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WRESTLING: Flat Rock goes 1-1 on opening night. WITH VIDEOS & PHOTOS
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By Dave Herndon Dakotah Docktar may be 2-0 after notching a pair of pins on opening night, but he has yet to wrestle a match. The 189 pounder for Flat Rock pinned both of his opponents in under a minute combined. He started off with a stick in 35 
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“War Machine” Finally at Peace

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Welterweight Jon Koppenhaver Joins Bellator Fighting Championships

 

CHICAGO, Ill. (December 8, 2011) — No one needs to tell Jon Koppenhaver what it means to hit rock bottom. After being raised by a substance-abusing mother and spending over a year in state prison, “War Machine” has seen it all. Only 29 years old and coming off a dominating TKO victory over former Bellator and UFC fighter Roger Huerta, the talented welterweight is ready to resurrect his MMA career by joining Bellator Fighting Championships.

“Jon’s not had an easy road,” said Bellator Chairman & CEO Bjorn Rebney. “And there’s no doubt he’s made some poor choices, but after having had conversations with him since his release, he really seems to understand where and why things went wrong and wants to make them right.  And, when he’s focused on nothing but training and fighting, he’s a talented and exciting fighter.  I hope he’s able to turn this second chance into something positive.”

Born and raised in California, Koppenhaver has dealt with personal demons nearly his entire life. Watching his mother abuse drugs was common for Koppenhaver, which eventually led to him leaving home to live with his biological father. Soon after the move was made, Koppenhaver’s father suffered a heart attack and died in his son’s arms.

“My past has kind of shaped and molded who I’ve become, but the mistakes I’ve made in the past have definitely made me realize that I have to avoid certain situations in order to be the type of person I want to be,” War Machine said.

Fighting certainly has shaped Koppenhaver’s life, both in and out of the cage. After a 5-1 start to his professional MMA career, War Machine began a downward spiral that included numerous altercations in bars and nightclubs, which eventually led to his year-long incarceration. Originally signed by Bellator in 2009, War Machine made disparaging political comments that led to his release before he could step foot inside the Bellator cage. Now back with Bellator, War Machine realizes this is a chance not everyone gets.

“It’s like I hit the rewind button,” War Machine said. “I pressed rewind and now I have a chance to get my life back on track. It feels great. Not everyone gets this kind of opportunity. I’m just stoked to be back in the mix here with Bellator. I didn’t get released from Bellator because I sucked. I got released because I was making poor decisions in my life. Right now I’m just out to show the world that I do belong here fighting the best with Bellator.” With the recent win over Huerta, War Machine is aware of what is on the line with Bellator, and is ready for this opportunity.

“I feel like I belong fighting with the best fighters in the world and Bellator has a bunch of them,” said War Machine. “I’m ready to fight the best guys again, and now I have that chance. I’m excited for the chance to prove myself and make up for a lot of the stupid stuff I’ve said and done in the past. I love my family and my teammates and I want to make them all proud of me. I want to show them what I’m truly capable of. I know there are a lot of kids and people I care about there watching me so I need to be a lot more careful about some of the choices I make. I just want to make everyone proud of me.”

For more information, visit Bellator.com, follow Bellator on Twitter @BellatorMMA or on Facebook at www.facebook.com/Bellator

About Bellator Fighting Championships

Bellator Fighting Championships is a Mixed Martial Arts promotional company headquartered in Chicago.  Bellator’s founder/CEO, Bjorn Rebney, is an experienced fighting sports and entertainment professional with a deep commitment to the purity and integrity of the sport of MMA and its athletes.  Bellator Fighting Championships’ executive team is comprised of top industry professionals in the areas of live event production, television production, fighter relations, venue procurement, sponsorship creation/development, international licensing, marketing, advertising, publicity and commission relations.

THE 10 MOST SIGNIFICANT SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT TITLE BOUTS IN HISTORY

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Photo By: Tom Casino/SHOWTIME

By: Steve Farhood

 

On December 17, every eye in boxing will be glued to the super middleweight battle between WBA titlist Andre Ward and WBC titlist Carl Froch, who will clash in Atlantic City in The Final of the Super Six World Boxing Classic.

 

The super middleweight division was born in 1984, when Scotland’s Murray Sutherland was crowned IBF champion. Since then, many of the greatest fighters of their generation, including Sugar Ray Leonard, Thomas Hearns, Roy Jones, James Toney, and Joe Calzaghe, have engaged in 168-pound title bouts.

Ward-Froch will be the 76th unification bout in boxing, and the sixth at super middleweight. Given the immense stakes, it will be one of the most critical contests in the division’s 27-year history.

 

To date, the 10 most significant super middleweight title bouts:

1. Roy Jones W 12 James Toney, November 18, 1994, Las Vegas (Jones retains IBF title): Those who insist Jones ducked the best available opposition conveniently choose to forget this fight. Toney, 44-0-2, is ranked second pound-for-pound, Jones, 26-0, seventh. Toney drains himself making weight, rehydrates until he is a bag of water, and performs accordingly. Jones scores a knockdown in round three en route to a clear-cut decision win.

 

2. Sugar Ray Leonard D 12 Thomas Hearns, June 12, 1989, Las Vegas (Leonard retains WBC title; Hearns retains WBO title): The legends are rematched eight years after their historic unification battle at welterweight. While both are past their primes, they produce a thrilling duel, with Leonard, 35-1, suffering knockdowns in rounds three and 11, and Hearns, 46-3, barely surviving round 12. Almost no one agrees with the decision, including Leonard, whose thought before the announcement of the decision is, “The only uncertainty left was the margin of [my] defeat.”

 

3. Joe Calzaghe W 12 Mikkel Kessler, November 3, 2007, Cardiff, Wales (Calzaghe retains WBO title, wins WBC and WBA Super titles): The Welshman and the Dane fight for three belts before a crowd of almost 50,000 at Millennium Stadium. In a crisply fought bout, Kessler, 39-0, is stronger for five rounds, but Calzaghe, 43-0, rallies to take a well-received unanimous decision. Having made 21 defenses, Calzaghe is finally recognized as a legitimately great fighter. “I had plans for this fight,” Kessler says, “but he just crushed my dreams.”

 

4. Nigel Benn D 12 Chris Eubank, October 9, 1993, Manchester, England (Benn retains WBC title; Eubank retains WBO title): Like Leonard and Hearns before them, bitter British rivals Benn, 37-2, and Eubank, 35-0-1, are rematched at a higher weight. (In a 1990 title fight at middleweight, Eubank stopped Benn in nine rounds.) The second bout, fought before 42,000 on sacred grounds at Old Trafford Stadium, is a disappointment, with neither fighter willing to take the chances that marked their pulsating first encounter. As it turns out, a point lost by Benn for punching low costs him the win.

 

5. Sugar Ray Leonard KO 9 Don Lalonde, November 7, 1988, Las Vegas (Leonard wins newly created WBC super middleweight title and WBC light heavyweight title): Fighting for only the third time in 6 1/2 years, Sugar Ray, 34-1, becomes the first boxer in history to win world titles at five different weights. The naturally bigger Lalonde, 31-2, drops Leonard with a right hand in the fourth, but Sugar Ray rebounds to punish the Canadian champion and brutally finish him in the ninth.

 

6. Joe Calzaghe W 12 Jeff Lacy, March 4, 2006, Manchester, England (Calzaghe retains WBO title, wins IBF title): Despite Calzaghe’s credentials and home field advantage, the powerpunching Lacy, 21-0, is the betting favorite. The bettors are dead-wrong; the southpaw Calzaghe, 40-0, dominates with speed and sharp punching and wins virtually every round. “Long before the finish,” writes Brian Doogan in “The Ring,” “it had become almost unbearable to watch [Lacy] suffer such a beating.”

 

7. Andre Ward Technical Win 11 Mikkel Kessler, November 21, 2009, Oakland (Ward wins WBA title): In the opening round of Showtime’s Super Six tournament, 2004 Olympic gold medalist Ward, 20-0, making a mammoth jump in class, scores an upset, chopping up longtime titlist and tournament co-favorite Kessler, 42-1. The ringside doctor halts the bout because of a butt-induced cut over Kessler’s right eye.

 

8. James Toney KO 9 Iran Barkley, February 13, 1993, Las Vegas (Toney wins IBF title): Toney, 33-0-2, becomes a two-division champion with a career-best performance. He utterly dominates Barkley, 30-7, who is two fights removed from defeating Thomas Hearns for a second time. When referee Richard Steele intervenes, Barkley’s left eye is closed, his right cheek is swollen, and he’s bleeding from the nose and mouth.

 

9. Sven Ottke W 12 Byron Mitchell, March 15, 2003, Berlin (Ottke retains IBF title, wins WBA title): As is often the case, Ottke, 34-0, benefits from home cooking, edging American puncher Mitchell, 25-1-1, by split decision in a unification match. Moving in and out, the German utilizes a pitty-pat attack and survives a rocky moment in the final round.

 

10.Mikkel Kessler W 12 Carl Froch, April 24, 2010, Herning, Denmark (Regains WBC title): In one of the outstanding bouts of the year, Kessler, 42-2, rejuvenates his career–and strengthens his standing in the Super Six tournament– by edging Froch, 26-0, by unanimous decision. There is little to choose between the two (scores of 117-111, 116-112, and 115-113), but in the later rounds, Kessler is clearly invigorated by the crowd’s support.

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