Knox Netball Centre, Ferntree
Gully, Melbourne, Victoria. Welterweight Oyewale Omotoso
13(11)-0(0)-0 Won Emanuel Augustus
38(20)-30(3)-6 TKO 9th 10 rounds Featherweight Susie Ramadan 9(4)-0(0)-0
Won Christina Tai 3(1)-5(1)-0 UD points 8 rounds Light heavyweight Dennis Okcal
2(1)-0(0)-0 Lost Joe D'Angelo 1(0)-2(1)-0 TD 4th
of 8 rounds
Vacant Australia Victoria State light
heavyweight title Super middleweight Manny Vlamis
5(2)-1(0)-0 Won Joshua Tai debut RTD 3rd of 6
rounds
time: 3:00 ~ Lightweight Manu Emery 1(0)-2(0)-0 Won
Bhaskar Sinha 2(1)-0(0)-0 UD points 4 rounds
Peter Maniatis filming for channel 31 in Cebu
Young Victor 19th. Aug.
On Tuesday night the 19th of August Peter Maniatis will be arriving in Cebu to film a documentary about the ALA gym that is owned by Antonio Aldeguer for Australia's TV C31 Boxing show.
This will cover how the boxers train, also schooling and housing of ALA boxers and the history of the gym.
Peter will be covering the live boxing promotions in Manila for his Channel 31 Boxing show which recently celebrated its 300th broadcast.
"Antonio Aldeguer has been very helpful and welcoming to the ALA gym and I would like to thank everyone at the ALA gym for the opportunity," said Peter Maniatis
The ALA gym help boxers in their sport and later in life with their careers after boxing which he thinks is very important.
Maniatis is planning to record two boxing shows which he will have shown on his KO Boxing Show.
The decision for the WBO Interim Asia Pacific featherweight title held on 9th. July this year was reversed to NO CONTEST as both fighters engaged in boxing's unlawful activities.
The fighters were Billy Dib vs Kenichi Yamaguchi they fought at Luna Park, Sydney, New South Wales, Australia on the first of channel 10"s 1HD free to air broadcast. Details of the final decision went as follows:
The officials were: Referee: Les Fear Judge: Garry Dean
Judge: Des Bloyd Judge: George Plellis
The outcome was:
The Boxing Authority of NSW at its meeting on Tuesday 4th August 2009 reviewed the contest, received reports from Authority members present on the night, and viewed the video of the contest.
TKO decision favouring Dib was ruled NO CONTEST 2:59 Round 1
The Authority's decision was by reason of what was determined to be deliberate and illegal activity by both contestants during the round.
YVB congratulates the officials that took this task as it serves as a good example for our local upcoming boxers, their trainers and promoters.
DOCKLANDS ABOUT TO FIRE UP AGAIN.
2nd Jul 09
One of the best fight cards is about to take place at Melbourne's golden venue Shed 14 under all the glitter of strobe lights and all that goes with a fantastic setup of dining tables fit for kings..
The future of Channel 10's 1HD SUPERBOXER
Channel ten need some convincing that all us boxing followers were impressed and that everybody agrees with me, and that it was overall a success and that you all want to see more of it in future.
The last 4 episode were to measure followers interest.
They need convincing that we would get behind it by tuning in and want to see more of it.
!! If you agree you need to have a show of hands where the results of interest will be sent to Channel 10's officials for viewing... to participate send your short comments here Contact the editor
Bika destroys Casanova!
Fight News Bika connected with a solid right hands to drop the import twice and the referee Gary Dean crowned the Australian based Cameroon boxer. ...
Ray Wheatley's World of Boxing is now on leading newsagents shelves.
World of Boxing journal is known to place state by state details of fight shows that took place during the recent month.
The main story on page one is "Lovemore vows to whip Mundine"....
MALVERN TOWN HALL STEPS UP AND PACKED
224th Jul 2009
Below Peter Maniatis
Fight fans were in awe at Peter Maniatis upgrading of his standards of shows.
Peter has always had a good trouble less following of boxing fans to his fightnights but this time he treated everybody with the availability of a three course meal on a nice layout of tables, he also included the officials at ringside.
Tables all tidy and covered with tablecloths, utensils, serviettes and good waiter service.
Peter stepped his standards upward closer to Brian Amatruda at Docklands and Dave Deicke/Ellis at Melbourne Town Hall, these promoters are now providing Melbourne fans with venue standards likened to Las Vegas.
YVB unofficial results:
6 3 min rounds Nick Lantouris beat Stephen Gillingham points 57-56 57-57 58-56
4 3 min rounds Kerey Palmer beat Martin Gillick KO st. round
Gealeset for Mundine card
Tasmania Mercury - Hobar,Tasmania,Australia DANIEL Geale and Anthony Mundine may be on the same boxing card in Tasmania as early as October. Tasmanian Geale's Sydney-based manager Bill Treacy said he ...
Medley stops Cabuy!
fightnews.com Ringside commentators: Andy Raymond and world rated middleweight Daniel Geale. In attendance at ringside was newly crowned IBO 147 champion Lovemore Ndou ...
Hopoate defeats Mirovic!
Fight News - USA Australian boxing legend and former WBC light heavyweight challenger Paul Briggs was in Omahony's corner. Promoter Fidel Tukel. Matcmaker Lincoln Hudson. ...
Danny Green On Jones-Lacy Undercard
The Sweet Science - USA
The “Hook City” pay-per-view show, headlined by two of the best left-hook punchers in boxing, 8-time world boxing champion Roy “Captain Hook” Jones, ...
Hopoate taunts rival prior to Canberra fight
The Canberra Times - Canberra,Australian Capital Territory,Australia Mirovic blamed the injury on Hopoate's dirty tactics and the Australian National Boxing Federation ordered a rematch much to the delight of fight fans. ...
SUPERBOXER 2
TV channel 10's 1HD
Melbourne Town Hall a boomer
16th. Jul. 2009
Prestige Sports Management's David Deicke seen on the right and Keith Ellis continue their successful march up the ladder of promoters ranks and leave little doubt that they have made it in a tough game that does leave a trail of disappointed men wondering why they didn't succeed.
Anyone that has tried it before and had no success should not feel disappointed as there is a lot that is out of one's control and can go wrong when organizing a fightnight. Sometimes luck has to be on your side.
David's theory is to give the fans the best of classy atmospheric feeling which in turn gives them a memorable buzz that can be remembered.
READ MORECOMMENTS ON THE NIGHT BY YOU
Ndou calls out Mundine
Newly crowned IBO welterweight champion Lovemore “Black Panther” Ndou is issuing a formal challenge to Anthony Mundine to defend his IBO Middleweight crown against him despite he is two divisions below.
Ndou is prepared to gain weight and spot the difference for what he expects to be a super fight.
Billy Dib Offers
Kenichi Yamaguchi a Rematch
BoxingScene.com -
Rudy,AR,USA Billy Dib and Team BTK wish to respond to the media,
supporters, boxing fans and the Australian public following
his victory over Kenichi 'MachineGun' ...
Former boxing champion Arturo Gatti, whose epic trilogy with
Micky Ward branded him one of the most exciting fighters of
his generation, was found dead in a hotel room in the posh
seaside resort of Porto de Galihnas early Saturday.
"Channel 31 KO Boxing's Peter Maniatis
hits back with another promo in the Eastern Side"
Peter has been a true pillar in the Victorian scene of boxing
for years and has hosted his KO Boxing 300th show with a
continuous successful viewing rating.
On the 24th. July Peter is back to the Malvern Town Hall with
a fight-card which undoubtedly satisfy his staunch followers
in that side of town..
More info will be added as night gets closer and you can bet
YVB will keep you well posted.
On the right hand side of this page you can see the card and
ensure you have your tickets secured right now.
GEALE MADE MANDATORY CHALLENGER TO IBO WORLD
TITLE
BUT DANIEL'S IBO RESULT PROTEST DENIED
The protest has been denied - the panel of 3 judges scored the
fight almost identically to the fight on the night however
it's a split points to Geale (the 114-113 came down in his
favour). The President scored the fight 114-114 a draw. The
other points were noted but it was found to have no case.
HOWEVER Geale on the weight of his performance and under our
championship rules has been made mandatory challenger that
Mundine must face by February.
SUPERBOXER on channel 10's 1HD First of the series!!! from Sydney!!
ended up in quite an unexpected manner.
After what was going as a successful fightnight the Japanese
import Kenichi Yamaguchi began the first round with unexpected
tactics which created a confusion by rushing like a
madman towards our newest boxing star and attempting to throw
a massive right hand which really was no threat to Dib other
than showing what sort of a sportsman he was.
The audience saw Dib trying to gain composure for some time
unsuccessfully as the the Japanese fighter kept his unusual
tactics which only ended up in placing both boxers off balance
to the point where they were falling over one another.
This had nothing to do with channel ten's 1HD organization of
the show nor the Sydney promoter of the event.
These were a select group which are hindering Australian
Boxing in NSW time and time again.
We at YVB look forward to seeing the next of the series in
Melbourne Thursday 16th July.
Furthermore rethinking where these events should be taking
place will be an important issue for channel 10 1HD.
The commentating by professional boxing standard needed
improvement.
SUPERBOXER
Its all about SUPERBOXER from now on until
16th. July 2009
Melbourne boxing fans are in for a treat not
seen since 1976, that is 33 years since free to air boxing on
channel 7 on TV RINGSIDE
YVB recommend you book your tickets now as you will be part of
modern history in our great game of boxing.
TV Ringside was the key that made us four world champions in
Lionel Rose, Johnny Famechon, Lester Ellis and Barry Michael.
In this modern age SUPERBOXER is expected to at least repeat
if not better that golden era.
Tickets can be purchased right from the right hand side of
this page, yes from YVB.
Dib's KO victory sparks all-in-brawl
between camps
AGAIN, boxing has found disgrace. In what was supposed to be a
revolutionary move for the sport by going free-to-air last
night, we saw shameful scenes as the supporters of Billy Dib
and Japanese challenger Kenichi Yamaguchi stormed the ring to
brawl after Dib's first-round knockout win.
Billy Dib leads free-to-air TV boxing crusade
Daily Telegraph -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
In what will be a welcome change from an Anthony Mundine
stoush or Khoder Nasser promotion, Dib and the Superboxer
series on Ten's One HD is expected to be ...
SUNDAY 12th July.
Darchinyan tipped
to win power war
Brisbane Times -
Brisbane,Queensland,Australia
Australia's Vic Darchinyan is being widely tipped to
knock out Joseph "King Kong" Agbeko in a brutal battle between
two of boxing's biggest punchers in ...
Green offers to take Hall under his wing Danny Green has offered to usher Barry Hall into a new boxing
career, earmarking the fallen AFL star for a professional
debut on the undercard of his proposed November matchup with
American superstar Roy Jones Jnr.
Green will invite Hall to his cruiserweight boxing world title
bout in Mississippi next month in the hope he gets a taste for
the sport - and then go on to take it up himself.......
Bendigo duo KO rivals
NATHAN DOLE
6/07/2009 4:00:00 AM Bendigo Advertiser
KANGAROO Flat’s Justin Whitehead, and Eaglehawk’s Ben Costello
achieved technical knockouts at Saturday night’s professional
boxing event at Flora Hill Stadium.
It was the first time that both had fought in a pro bout in
their hometown, and the hundreds of fans were rapt about the
victories.
Trained by Barry Quinlan at Justice Boxing in Echuca,
Whitehead and Costello were the main events on the card
organised by Brian Amatruda and Barry Michael.
More will be added when made available
Tyson is still hanging to come to Australia
Former World heavyweight champion Mike Tyson would still like
to visit Australia and YVB can't see the reason why he isn't
allowed now that he has reconciled.
Subject to unknown reasons may be the case.
Mike has mellowed over the years and has a new life remarrying
and resorting his life.
Jeff Fenech also a former World champion is a close friend of
Tyson's and is still pushing to have his visitation
accepted.
(left) Ray Wheatly
Your first promotion features former IBO world champion
Billy Dib (22-1,11 .... the networks get a bit
fiery when I keep getting this wrong, its ONE HD.
...
World of Boxing
- Ray Wheatley's journal out on newsagents shelves today.
29th June
Kickett stopped in Los Angeles
Lightweight Adrian Broner (10-0, 7 KOs) stopped William
Kickett (15-2, 5 KOs) in the sixth round of a scheduled eight
round bout. Kickett had his moments early in the fight, but
Broner controlled most of the exchanges. Broner dropped
Kickett at the end of the fourth with a left hook to the head
and ended matters with another left hook to the head in the
sixth. Referee Jose Cobian counted Kickett out at 2:58 of the
round.
Amatruda, Barry Michael fightnight at Moonee
Valley racecourse Reception Room
19th Jun 2009
The night's promoter Brian Amatruda with rival promoter Peter
Maniatis. (left)
This night kept up Melbourne's interest in boxing with the
venue filled with spectators.
In the ringside seats spotted by YVB was an old-timer 60's
handy and busy fighter Sam Lambozitta (right) Sam beat handy Archie
Bryant twice towards the end of his career and stopped by a
very advanced in European scene Angelo Brisci in Brisci's last
outing which was a comeback effort.
Dale Westerman (left) former OPBF light heavyweight
champion, Commonwealth super middleweight champion was shadow
judging at ringside with the aim to become a judge. Its great
to see such a staunch boxer remain involved in the game.
Details of this fightnight will be shown here as soon
as video and official results are made available.
Danny Green vs Roy Jones Junior will be a cracker if held
in Australia
This will have to rate as the biggest fight in Australia for
decades and will surely have to be on PPV in AU and the US.
Young Victor
"Press release" Channel Ten's 1HD launches new SUPERBOXER
series...READ
Mundine vs Bika
THE American mastermind behind the international hit reality
boxing show The Contender will decide whether Australian fight
fans finally get to see a bout they've demanded for years -
Anthony Mundine against IBO super-middleweight champion Sakio
Bika......READ
IBF
Pan Pacific champion Heath Ellis out due to injury
It has been reported that Heath injured his arm while
training, this
has jeopardized his chances of fighting for the IBO World
International Youth Welterweight title already lined up
against
Denkamol Kiatchanachai for
the 24th. July 2009.
More will be added here as it unfolds.
Werner
goes on a well deserved holiday
Werner Kalin boxing's best known photographer is off to
Switzerland for a four month holiday.
He will be leaving Saturday 27th June.
Werner has put a great deal into boxing with his tireless work
taking great pics to conserve fight memories.
Werner had experienced a heart attack some time ago.
It is still unknown if he ever returns to the boxing scene.
Young Victor
Lester Ellis one of
Australia's best remembered and loved World Champions
Lester Ellis World Super featherweight
champion on the night 26th April 1985
"what a glorious night"
A nine year old David Deicke now a full
blown promoter seen just
left of his brother Lester celebrating his brother's victory.
Lester and Victor are expected to
comment on the fighters during the very first Melbourne night. SUPERBOXER boxing show which will be broadcast on Channel Ten's
One HD 16th
July 2009.
Gairy St Clair retires from the fight game
St Clair has lost four of his last five bouts
and declared in a Fightnews web site story that he has
“officially retired as a boxer”.
The 34-year-old was stopped for the first time
in his career when the world-rated Jackson Asiku defeated him
on a ninth-round technical knockout in late April.
“I had a very good career, boxed several world
champions and was world champion in 2006 after beating Cassius
Baloyi in South Africa,” said St Clair, who terminates his
career with a record of 41 wins (18 knockouts) against 10
losses and two draws.
Sonny Bill makes a statement and is
congratulated by YVB
Sonny Bill Williams has hit back at critics of his decision to
box on the undercard to Anthony Mundine's world title fight
earlier this month and revealed he may even take up the sport
more seriously in the future.
Sonny's NO TO DRUGS is one issue the editor of this website
agrees with because Young Victor knows what they do to children
and if he had the power he would have every dealer placed
behind bars and forgotten about.
Daniel Geale's manager
lodges official protest against judge
By Bernie Pramberg June 02, 2009Pre-fight protests
against Queensland judge Derek Milham at last week's Anthony
Mundine-Daniel Geale IBO super-middleweight clash fell on deaf
ears.
Geale's manager Bill Treacy, who will this week lodge an
official protest to the International Boxing Organisation on a
number of issues, has revealed he had complained about
Milham's appointment before the bout.
"I complained, but the promoters insisted he stay," said
Treacy. "In the past Derek Milham has been involved with
Mundine and the World Boxing Association in certain boxing
matters. I was told that the IBO and WBA would sort out our
concerns about having him as a judge last week. But nothing
happened."
Milham, who resigned as an Australian National Boxing
Federation official two years ago but continued to work for
the WBA, scored the fight 116-113 to Mundine. It is alleged
Milham has assisted the Mundine camp to negotiate past bouts
within the WBA organisation.
English judge Marcus McDonnell went 114-113 for Mundine while
American Richard Green favoured Geale 115-112.
Treacy's written complaint to the IBO will also include
alleged verbal intimidation of McDonnell during the fight by a
pro-Mundine spectator and why referee Garry Dean had to
interrupt the fight on five occasions when tapes on Mundine's
gloves came loose.
"It's okay for the judge to say he wasn't intimidated, but it
leads to a state of mind when someone is screaming over your
shoulder," said Treacy. "It should not be allowed.
"We will also examine the videotape to see if a wet towel was
applied to Mundine's gloves so the tape would not stick."
Amazing decisions; when two judges form
the numbers...
Mundine the new IBO world
middleweight champion
Anthony Mundine has won his third world title after
claiming Daniel Geale's IBO middleweight crown in Brisbane.
Mundine almost had an early win when he
scored a knockdown in the second round of their 12 rounder.
Geale quickly recovered and took the fight to Mundine most of
the time to end up with both fighters exchanging very fast
coordinated combinations which kept the fight very exciting
and keeping the result very much in doubt.
The
rounds were interrupted by tape unusually coming loose and
dangling from Mundine's gloves which hindered Geale on several
occasions.
Geale the Sydney-based Tasmanian kept up his attacks to hold
his own against "The Man" and go the distance, only to lose by
a split decision.
Mundine now has 39 fights for 36 wins 3 losses
It was Geale's first ever loss in his 22-fight professional
career, now 22 fights for 21 wins 1 loss.
YV
thought that Geale fared better in the points department.
First Melbourne SUPERBOXER
Channel ten 1HD Boxing show will take place at
(changed venue to)
Melbourne Town Hall on Thursday 16th
July. 21st May 2009
The main event will be fought by No8 WBA
and PABA Light Heavyweight Champion "Tiger" Tim Bell, 22
fights 16 wins 13 by KO 1 draw.
Bell will face Walter Pupu'a from Tonga
of 14 pro fights 11 wins, 8 via KO, 3 losses on points.
"AT DOCKLANDS" AMATRUDA &
BARRY MICHAEL
DO IT ALL OVER AGAIN
THIS TIME WITH BOX ON THE DOCKS 5
WBO Oriental Welterweight Title
17th May 2009
Guillermo Mosquera an unusual
styled fighter of 52 fights entertained by continual jungle
style body movements along with several low blows which did
not deter local Victorian Samuel Colomban from maintaining his
persistent forward attacks and winning every one of the twelve
rounds for the WBO Oriental Welterweight Title.
This was the second of two promotions
during the same weekend in
Melbourne both of which were filled to capacity.
WBO Asia Pacific Youth Super
Bantamweight Title
.The undercard fight went the full
distance of ten rounds and was won by Victorian Daniel Ianazzo
also in a very assuring manner.
FIGHT RESULTSBox
on the Docks5 17th May. 2009
"SEE VIDEO"
At RINGSIDE
Left: Boxing promoters David Deicke
of Prestige Sports Management, Dave Hedgecock in
the centre and Fidel Tukel Sydney promoter of
(BHS) Blacktown Hit Squad with Right: Keith Ellis the
matchmaker for Melbourne.
Sydney's will be Lincoln Hudson.
Deike, Tukel, Ellis and Hudson will all
be involved in channel 10's HD TV RINGSIDE broadcasts.
Brian Amatruda and Barry Michael will be
also involed in following bradcasts.
"TIGER" TIM BELL & KANE McKay BRING HOUSE DOWN
15th May 2009 Full House, great fights with
star studded attendance filled the Sunshine Roller Skating
Centre.
The main event between "Tiger"
Tim Bell and Kane McKay had people breathless while watching
these two warriors taking it in turns to score a potential KO.
Tim Bell winning by TKO 2:49 minutes into the 9th round
stopped by referee Chris Anderson to evade further punishment
following an 8 count knockdown.
Tim now ranked No8 in the World Boxing
Association (WBA) stayed on one ruthless mission to put Kane
away round after round and didn't stop until he succeeded.
Kane McKay made a very impressive showing throughout with good
defense and answered all attacks by Bell landing a lot of his
own punches but just didn't have the strength needed to get on
top of his opponent.
This was definitely one of the contenders for fight of the
year.
Tim Bell is expected to fight for the
WBA Light Heavyweight world title sometime this year.
MELBOURNE PROMOTERS DAVID
DEICKE & KEITH ELLIS ON A WINNER
15th May 2009 STAR STUDDED ATTENDANCE AT
SUNSHINE ROLLER SKATING CENTRE
A packed house was entertained to
the hilt.
In attendance were some of boxing's cream celebrities like
former and today's champion boxers, Lester Ellis, Barry
Michael, Sam Soliman, Paul Briggs, Henry Nissan and others.
Major promoters Brian Amatruda, Fidel Tukel and Peter Maniatis
highlighted ringside.
Brad Vocale was at ringside representing "World of Boxing"
journal.
Viewers getting another
Ringside seat
Melbourne Herald Sun -
Australia
CHANNEL 10's sporting arm ONE HD is to revise a version of
TV Ringside from July. In a live show to be known as
Empire Fight Night and broadcast out of a ...
Channel Ten have already
set dates for the first four broadcasts
READ
Hungarian boxer Andras Nagy died on
Thursday after a training session in Melbourne, Australia
ahead of a light-heavyweight bout he was to fight later this
month.
Nagy, 23, had two emergency operations.
Sandor Csotonyia, president of the Hungarian boxing
federation, said: "This young man smacked against the head of
his opponent during training on May 1, causing a brain
haemorrhage."
The young fighter, who won his first three professional bouts,
arrived in Australia in January to earn money and study
English. His first fight there was scheduled for May 22. - AFP
Undisputed P4P World
Champion Manny Pacquiao to holiday in Australia
24th May 2009
Multiple divisions World
champion Manny Pacquiao will arrive in Sydney accompanied by
his manager Wakee Salud 1st June to spend some 6 days of quiet
rest after his
demolition of Ricky Hatton at MGM Grand Las Vegas Nevada US
for the IBO light welterweight Title.
The pacman has risen and held
world titles starting from Flyweight, Super bantamweight,
featherweight, Super featherweight, and Lightweight titles
before his Hatton fight.
It has been said that the
Pacman has been to Australia before privately as he loves our
country.
YVB have also been informed
that he will be visiting Melbourne for a private dinner with
local boxing promoter Peter Maniatis.
Peter seen with Manny,(right)
has been a good friend of the pacman for some years and its no
surprise that they will be meeting up.
Manny will also visit Darwin
before arriving in Melb.
by Young Victor
Young Victor Boxing have
been selected to publish all movements by this great champion
Manny Pacquiao while in Australia.
Vic Darchinyan walks around our
streets unnoticed when he is treated like royalty in his birth
place Armenia and now the US.
He is one step away from entry
into the world boxing hall of fame.
Vic is one of three of
Australia's biggest achievers on the boxing world scene. ...READ
KID YOUNG passes away
Leo White's boxing name was
Kid Young.
Kid Young as known in boxing
had a gym in Geelong. During the period he took George Bracken
to his Lightweight championship reign.
He was a good manager
because George was the biggest draw-card of his time in
Melbourne, he packed West Melbourne Stadium as it was known
before renamed Festival Hall about September 1959.
Geelong boxing great Leo White laid to
rest
JUST like in his fighting days, champion boxer, larrikin and
gentleman Leo White drew a large crowd for his final show
yesterday.
The former Australian featherweight champion passed away aged
88 last Thursday....
World of Boxing Journal
is out on leading news agents
shelves now. Read
about
"My plan to slam the
Man"
GREEN STOPS VAN
NIEKIRK IN TWO
Former WBA light-heavyweight champion Danny
Green (25-3, 23KO’s) made an impressive ring return on Sunday
in Perth, Western Australia after stopping experienced South
African Anthony Van Niekirk (21-7-2, 13 KO’s) at 2.42 of the
second round....READ
ON
Green returns to
ring with early KO
Danny Green has made a
successful comeback (file photo). (AAP: Tony McDonough)
Australia's Danny Green has
made a successful comeback to boxing by knocking out his South
African opponent in their light heavyweight bout in Perth.
The 35-year-old Green knocked
out Anthony van Niekerk in the second round.
Green is expected to fight
fellow Australian Anthony Mundine for the second time early
next year.
Mundine won the first fight in
an unanimous points decision in 2006.
VICTORIAN PROFESSIONAL
RATINGS
Some interest should be taken
to help in resurrecting Victorian Professional Boxing Ratings.
YVB have taken it upon
themselves to follow up and maintain one and its concept can
be seen on this
page with the use of a BLOG.
This is going to be maintained
by a formed committee and members who wish to
participate.
an
open book style item to keep it
all very impersonal.
We are hoping to attract boxing promoters trainers and
managers to participate using their vast experience.
This knowledge will help matchmaking so needed in our sport of
professional boxing.
Julian Holland
(Fighting Farrier) with a
major fight on his hands.
Former Commonwealth Champion
Julian Holland is in hospital fighting cancer.
Everybody knows Jules as one of
the nicest people in Boxing and YVB pray that he overcomes his
horrible state and comes back to health.
Julian a true fighter has all
the ingredients to make it.
Good luck Jules from all boxing
fans Australiawide.
Leave a message to Jules on
BLOG
Ring Announcer Chris Korner
to Hang Up the Microphone
Popular
Perth boxing ring announcer, Chris Korner is hanging up his
microphone but not without one last hurrah. Chris’s last Perth
gig will be the WBC Muay Thai International Titles on Saturday
May 9th at the WA Italian Club in North Perth.
Continued..
and how YV remembers a little
part of the era ....
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! In need of help from
Anthony Mundine and Danny Green !!
This is about Damien Farrell
and what he is doing for our aboriginal kids that are so
unfortunately deprived from the luxuries we are accustomed to
in the big cities like Melbourne and Sydney.
This is what Damien sent YVB to show his present and past
boxing involvements including what he is doing for the
aboriginal community in Queensland.
READ: EXACTLY AS SENT TO YVB.
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LOCAL FIGHTERS WINNER TAKES ALL
CHALLENGE $50.000.00 ready to go! 15th
June 2009
Called lester Ellis Cup see
card at top of this page in:
NEXT FIGHTNIGHT IN MELBOURNE
VICTORIA
"PRESTIGE SPORTS MANAGEMENT"
another class addition to Melbourne's
growing Boxing Promotion World. They promise they are set to
fire up with their second promo called Lester Ellis Cup
with $50k up for grabs.
Young Victor Boxing welcomes
Prestige Sports Management entry into the Victorian Boxing
legacy of promoters now made official by the Victorian Boxing
and Combat Sports board of control.
Keith Ellis and David
Deicke are brothers sharing the same blood and belong to
the famous Ellis family of Australian Boxers and are expected
to form a strong force in Melbourne Boxing..
Keith Ellis is no newcomer to
fight promotions and matchmaking, so a good card is expected.
This Ellis team will be holding
their second show at Sunshine Skating Centre after their
first successful show at Dallas Brooks Hall 6th March.YVB wish
them well and expect it will be another successful night of
boxing.
Results
Malvern Town Hall
Bob Rose Cup - Peter Maniatis Promotion
Rising star … Kerry Foley, right, has
attracted interest from the US.
Final Fight for Jack
Johnson...
THE fight for a pardon of Jack Johnson,
the first black heavyweight boxing champion, is being taken to
Barack Obama, the first black US president.
READ MORE
Tim Bell's manager Keith Ellis
and his brother David Diecke of Prestige Sports Management are
well into a trilogy setup for Tim over the next few months.
David informs YVB:
After Prestige Sports Management's
successful promo at the Dallas Brooks Hall in Melbourne with
Tim Bell's shutout points win over Sonnie Michael Angelo Tim
will first fight Kane McKay on May 15th. at Sunshine
Roller
Centre and will be ready
to take on Danny Green during the following month.
Keith/David said they are deep into
negotiations with Danny Green's manager Justin Manolikos in
preparation for a Tim Bell/Danny Green fight which will take
place in June 2009.
Sakio Bika calls out Hopkins in a media
statement Current IBO
Super Middleweight Champ & Contender Gold Medalist Sakio Bika
spoke out this week about his frustration at the lack of
challengers. Speaking from his home in Sydney Australia Bika
had this to say....
Mosley Praises Aussie Boxing!
WBA welterweight champion Shane Mosley has been in Sydney, Australia
this week and gave his opinion of Australian Boxing on Fox Sports News.
He stated, “Boxing in Australia is in great shape and I saw with my own
eyes this week some of the talent that exists over here. In Anthony
Mundine, Vic Darchinyan and Michael Katsidis you have some real world
class fighters and just underneath that level you have some excellent
prospects. The sport over here is in great shape and I am sure will be
exciting in the years to come. When you look at the boxing styles of....
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Geale, Dib, Zappavigna win!
IBF#14,
WBC#12,WBO#5 middleweight Daniel Geale (25-11-3, 14 KOs) made
short work of Canada’s Ian MacKillop (25-11-3, 14 KOs) when he
stopped in the import in round one at The Cube, Campbelltown,
NSW, Australia on Wednesday. Geale jumped on MacKillop at the
bell and scored with accurate combinations that dropped his
opponent and referee Gary Dean counted him out at 1.58.
MacKillop holds a knockout win over world rated middleweight
Shannan Taylor who went the distance against IBF 160 champion
arthur Abraham and Anthony Mundine. Geale is scheduled to meet
Mundine on May 27....READ
MORE
Impressive Geale
KO’s MacKillop in 1, Sends a Message to Mundine
Wed 11-Mar-2009 22:51
By Paul Upham: At Monday’s press
conference, Canadian Ian MacKillop told the media that
while he was a good young fighter, IBO middleweight
boxing world champion Daniel Geale didn’t have any real
power. On Wednesday night, Geale showed Australia the
special talent he possesses with a stunning 1st round
knockout win at The Cube in Campbelltown, Sydney. In
doing so, Geale sent a message to his next opponent,
Anthony “The Man” Mundine.
Green announces comeback!
Former WBA light-heavyweight and WBC interim
super-middleweight champion Danny Green (25-3, 22 KO’s)
announced today that he will return to the ring in his
hometown of Perth...
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Elomar brothers get panelized for riot
involvement
BOXING brothers Ahmed and Mohamed Elomar
have branded the sport's officialdom "racist bastards" after
they were sensationally banned for six months yesterday.
The pair cannot fight again until September for throwing
chairs during an appalling fight-night riot in Gosford last
year. Both are now threatening to quit boxing altogether.
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Former heavyweight boxer Vince Cervi shot
dead in Preston
Melbourne Herald Sun - Australia
Cervi, 41, who once held the Australian heavyweight title
belt, died from a wound to the abdomen at Preston, after the
alleged confrontation. ...
Boxing champion shot dead
Boxing champion shot dead in Melbourne
March 10, 2009 - 4:54PM
A former Australian heavyweight champion known during his
short-lived boxing career as Voodoo Man has been shot dead.
Vince Cervi, 41, who won the national heavyweight title in
1995, was found lying on the front lawn of a house in
Melbourne's north at 8pm (AEDT) with a shotgun wound on
Monday.
Police tried to revive the former boxing champ before
paramedics arrived but Mr Cervi died at the scene.
David Curran, 45, was arrested at the house in Dalgety Street,
Preston, and later charged with murder.
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Shot
boxing champion dies on lawn
Reko
Rennie
March 10, 2009 - 2:29PM
Former Australian heavyweight champion Vince Cervi was gunned
down in the driveway of his Preston house last night.
The champion boxer, 41, known as the 'Voodoo Man', was killed
by a gun shot wound to his stomach.
Police have charged a 45-year-old man with the shotgun murder
at a home in Melbourne's north last night.
As investigations continued at the scene of the shooting this
morning, police charged a man they arrested at the Preston
house....
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AT the height of his fame 10 years ago,
Solomon Haumono was among the most destructive forwards in
rugby league, earning $400,000 a season....
Healed Darchinyan eying off new horizons
Australia’s undisputed super
flyweight boxing world champion Vic Darchinyan has had the
stitches removed from an eye injury and negotiations are
underway for his world title challenge at bantamweight.
Geelong boxer Kane McKay
eyes bout in Japan
GEELONG fighter Kane McKay is
eyeing a trip to Japan as he looks to get to back in the ring
following his recent loss to Nader Hamdan.
McKay lost on points to Hamdan in an eight-round bout on the
undercard of the Anthony Mundine-Shannon Taylor middleweight
title fight in Wollongong earlier this month and said he was
keen to get back into the ring as soon as possible.
I expected harder fight Setanta
There's Anthony Mundine. Arthur Abraham
and Felix Sturm. Whichever fight will be the best situation.
Rubio said he never felt right on the night and did not feel
capable of putting together the combinations to disrupt
Pavlik's rhythm. ...
Kelly Pavlik vs Marco Antonio Rubio -
Without looking quite at his best, Pavlik bounced back from
his convincing points defeat to Bernard Hopkins and beat Rubio
who refused to come out for the tenth round.
Photo by Sumio Yamada
Manny Pacquiao is a smart thinker and
has a kit far wider than Ricky Hatton. Like Floyd Mayweather
the pacman will outpace his opponent land cleaner punches
which will take their toll by the mid rounds, after that the
pacman will punish the Englishman.
Undoubtedly the result will be
determined by Hatton's condition to last and maintain his
savage attacks in the hope of roughing up and softening the
pacman's speedy style.
Bad mouthing Danny Green and
other fighters
News.com writes on:
YOU had to
feel sorry for Shannan Taylor. There he was, finally having
his moment in the sun, and Danny Green rained all over it.....
READ YVB think this is a bit
un-Australian, there is nothing wrong with our champions
creating publicity. Both Danny Green and Shannon Taylor did us
proud at their peak.
YV
Mundine casts Taylor aside
February 11, 2009 - 11:59PM
Anthony Mundine won a unanimous points decision over veteran
Shannan Taylor in their WBA middleweight fight in Wollongong
on Wednesday night.
In Mundine's first bout at the lower weight, the two-time
former super middleweight world champion showed he had lost
none of his speed, winning every round to likely send
36-year-old Taylor into retirement.
In a scrappy encounter that never reached any great heights,
Mundine landed far more punches and dictated terms without
inflicting too much damage on the Bulli Blaster.
Taylor was lucky not to be disqualified after using elbows,
head clashes and low blows to try to pull off an unlikely
victory and he was clearly outboxed.
Already the No.1-ranked WBA middleweight contender, Mundine is
perfectly placed for a world title fight against Felix Sturm
in his native Germany later this year, although a re-match
with Perth's Danny Green also appears a strong possibility.
Mundine improved his record to 35-3, while Taylor dropped to
48-7, with three draws. as seen in
SMH
Rumours yesterday suggested
Katsidis
would fight former world champion Jesus Chavez as part of a
lightweight tournament in Houston on April 4.
Darchinyan Stops Arce
Above photo by
Naoki Fukuda
After 11 Rounds to
Retain Super Flyweight Belts
Posted by
Raymundo Dioses on
02.08.2009
Ringside Report: Armenia's Vic
Darchinyan proves to much for Jorge Arce, stopping him before
the final round to keep a firm hold of his WBC, WBA and IBF
titles
Photos by Tom Casino / Showtime
ANAHEIM, CA - This time, media members picked
Vic
Darchinyan
to win, and this time, they were right.
The "Raging Bull" successfully defended his WBA, WBC and IBF
titles with a TKO stoppage over challenger
Jorge
Arce
after eleven rounds in front of a raucous crowd of 5,450 at
the Honda Center in Anaheim, California.
Darchinyan wasn't as the stalker he was in his last fight,
which also ended in a stoppage by knockout over
Christian
Mijares,
but Darchinyan slowly got into an offensive rhythm to which
Arce, (51-5, 39KO's) could not answer to.
Darchniyan's momentum began in the second round, as he began
to land his left hand with force, with Arce returning fire,
yet not as effectively as the reigning super flyweight
champion.
Arce landed his first major punch midway through the third
round as the two proceeded to exchange in attempts to gain the
momentum factor. Arce also had a productive fourth round, in
which he landed a solid left hook to begin the round, and was
able to land three to four punches in succession.
In the sixth, seventh and eighth rounds, Arce succumbed to the
constant left hands from Darchinyan. Arce waiting to find
openings in Darchinyan's offense, and there proved to be
little. Darchinyan was able to apply more offense in these
rounds, and won them simply due to more punching output with
an advantage in punching power.
In the tenth, Arce was able to land an occasional right hand,
but failed to either follow up on his punches or seriously
hurt Darchinyan, who walked through Arce's punches with ease.
Darchinyan was able to land solid, effective punches in the
30th minutes of the fight, which left the right side of Arce's
face swelled.
The eleventh and decisive round was all Darchinyan, as Arce
fell prey to big shots that left Arce's already swelling eye
in a worse condition. He was battered against the ropes
several times, and nearly stopped before the bell rang, ending
the round.
After the round, ring side physician Paul Wallace suggested to
referee, Dr. Lou Moret, to stop the fight based on Arce's
badly cut and swelled right eye, and the fight was ended, with
Darchinyan first winning over his journalistic critics, who
predicted he would lose to the then favored Mijares in
November of last year, then proving them right with their
predictions of this fight and in the process retaining his
championship titles.
Heading into the final round, Darchinyan, (32-1-1, 26KO's) was
massively ahead on all three judges' scorecards, 109-100.
Vic Darchinyan Punishes Jorge Arce for 11 Rounds
Doghouse Boxing - Toronto,Ontario,Canada Vic Darchinyan improved his record to 32- 1- 1, 26 KO’s
while delivering a beating to the charismatic but a bit
overmatched Jorge Arce (51-5-1, ...
British Boxing Star Joe
Calzaghe retires:
Joe Calzaghe has retired holding
WBC WBA and WBO world super middleweight titles after a
somewhat questioned by some career.
Joe never really ventured outside of the
UK to fight until recently so he was seen to be selective of
opponents and not taking any risks.
YVB selects Joe Calzaghe as a great
champion and has proven to be one of Britain's best.
(summary)
YV's money on Mundine:
On Main Event, Wednesday
11th February 09 at 7:00pm AEST
Shannon Taylor has been a great
ambassador for Australian Boxing this fight has come a little
late hour.
Many would like to see Mundine eat
humble pie but results from fights don't just come by any
wishes regardless who does the wishing.
Darchinyan vs. Arce
On Main Event, Sunday February
8th 09 at 1:00pm AEST
: Media Central WBC/WBA/IBF super flyweight
boxing world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan from
Australia faces Mexican three division world champion Jorge
Arce this weekend on 7th February in Los Angeles, USA.
The massive fight for Darchinyan’s undisputed super flyweight
world title will be televised live into Australia on Main
Event Pay-Per-View and Fox Sports Pub & Club Vision from
1:00pm AEDT on Sunday 8th February 2009.
Katsidis targets Casamayor!
Fight News - USA
If the Casamayor fight was to be inked it would be an
excellent spectacle for Australian boxing fans after
Katsidis was actually ahead on the scorecards ...
February 2009
edition of
"World of Boxing Journal"
-
Out now at leading newsagents.
Young Brock Ellistakes over Fighter-Online website in
the view of keeping an old name in boxing going.
Fighter-Online was run my Mike Ryan a
very well known boxing man, he was the publisher of the well
known and well remembered magazine from the 70s and 80s.
Fight magazine was a great magazine
which followed the "Australian Ring" a magazine which was
regarded the bible of boxing through from the 30s into the
late 60s.
Nice to see young blokes take the steps
in helping to maintain Boxing's never ending struggle for
greatness. (Young Victor)
Nathan Briggs heads for the
US in 2009
Nasty Boy Nathan Briggs has his hopes
pinned on heading to the USA and fighting twice there in 2009.
Excited about what the future holds Briggs speaks candidly
about what is in store this year.
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Hopoate faces dilemma
as 'HIV-tainted' fighter throws down gauntlet January 4, 2009
AUSTRALIA'S foremost boxing doctor has vowed to protect John
Hopoate - or any other local heavyweight - from the potential
risk of being exposed to the HIV virus should a proposed bout
featuring former world champion Tommy Morrison take place in
Melbourne later this year....READ
MORE
Boxing in hibernation in
Vic.
While the festivities take
place the boxing game will be quiet for some time.
The Victorian Boxers and
Trainers awards seem to indicate the end of a great year that
was full of good promotions and left fight fans satisfied.
The next listed fight night in
Melbourne will be held on Friday 27th February at Knox Netball
stadium followed by a Peter Maniatis Promotions show on the
3rd April at Malvern Town Hall.
Maniatis also has in motion a fundraiser
for Tommy Morrison KO AIDS. This will be held on Friday 17
April 2009 at the Powerhouse Reception Centre, Albert Park,
Vic tickets: 0419154340
If you want to see some of Melbourne's
2008's fightnights you can view the main ones on YV's YouTube
list
http://au.youtube.com/user/youngvictor
an extension to YVB's in-house videos.
OPBF ADMINISTRATION MOVES TO
JAPAN
THE secretariat of the Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation
(OPBF) has been transferred from Australia to the Japan Boxing
Commission (JBC), with the changeover effective from January
1, 2009.
Incoming President of the OPBF
is the widely-respected and experienced administrator Mr.
Tsuyoshi Yasukochi, Executive Secretary of the JBC.
correspondence about all OPBF matters will be directed to Mr
Yasukochi. A Sevsek
Promoter of the Year
For the third time in the last
4 years Peter Maniatis has won this prestigious Boxing award,
he must be doing something right.
Peter is a hard working man in
the sport and hosts TV channel 31 Boxing show aired twice a
week.
He has been doing this for the
last 4 years and he is immensely proud of doing of it.
We hope to see more of
Peter "pistol" Maniatis also called Mr. Latte by his peers as
he frequents trendy cafes in Melbourne.
YV
Promoters Head to Head
Brian Amatruda - Barry Michael
Sports and Peter Maniatis Promotions have been holding
exciting Venues in Melbourne Town causing a frenzy in the
sport of Boxing for the fans.
Brian and Barry with
astonishingly classy setups for white collar fans and Peter
with budget priced shows which give the larger section of
Melbourne fans a chance to attend our great sport.
Both parties are very
successful and well known in this town. We have other
successful promoters which need mentioning the likes of Keith
Ellis Promotions, Korica Promotions, (newcomers) Iannazzo
Promotions and Fighters Factory Boxing, they are all
looking good in Victoria. YV
No1 photographer in
Australian Boxing retires from his massive contribution he
makes to our beloved sport.
Werner Kalin asked Young Victor
the editor of this website to announce his retirement.
This was following his acceptance of the
award of "Best Boxing Camera Man Photographer" of the year
2008. What was mostly embarrassing about Werner's award was
that an old leftover 2007 trophy with a removed plaque so
un-named was used to honour his unparalleled contributions to
Boxing.
A lot of what seemed last minute changes
were made to the recipients list quite different to YV's
(committee member) list which was compiled at the last meeting
which had determined the finalists.
Many in Boxing know that Werner's
tireless efforts and assistance to the entire industry will be
missed and are hoping that after the new year he
reconsiders.......
This website will publish the official
list when it is made available.
ILTORO FIGHTS AT DAREBIN
LEISURE CENTRE
A well matched long long night of boxing
went on with the last fight finishing around 2:00am.
Usually called the Hank Stanley's VBTL,
like last year has kept up the momentum by Keith Ellis with
help from promoter Peter Maniatis and Damian Membrey, this was
restarted in 2007. The reason is because Hank (John) is a
little on the bad side of health and it has just become too
big and effort for him and his daughter Christine.
About 14 boxing gurus got together and
invited the author that's me Young Victor to participate in
the committee and help out with getting the word out there.
The meeting took place at Frank's pizza shop in Footscray.
After a lot of debate that resulted in
agreement, a list of 30 awards to boxers, trainers, promoters,
ring card girls, photographers and media people were collated
as recipients.
YV was impressed with the enthusiasm
shown by everyone.
The presentation and celebrations will
be held on the 14th December from 4:00 to 7:00 pm at the
Celebrity Room at Moonee Valley Racecource in the suburb of
Moonee Ponds, just a few minutes out of Melbourne.
De La Hoya - Pacquaio a
Mismatch
Manny Pacquiao
vs Oscar de la Hoya
Photo credit:
Sumio Yamada
LAS VEGAS, Nevada
-- It was Manny Pacquiao's well-executed body punches as early
in the second round that brought down Oscar De La Hoya and put
a grotesque finale of the much-ballyhooed "Dream Match" at the
MGM Grand here Saturday (US time).
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Elite Cranes Cup Fightnight
in Malvern Promoter: Peter
Maniatis
Promoter Peter Maniatis Promotions did a
great job in matchmaking but this was unfortunately spoilt by
the decisions. Most winners in my book were the losers.
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& SEE ALL FIGHTS VIDEOS
Darchinyan to kick a little
Arce
"I can't get enough of Mexican fighters.
They bounce real good off the canvas when I hit them," boasted
Darchinyan. "Let's see, I've stopped Cristian Mijares, Victor
Burgos and Luis Maldonado over the past two years. Unlike
Jorge Arce, those three fighters were very tough hombres..
Defeating Arce won't take much training. It won't even be a
fight for me --more like pest control.
click to see more
Mundine set sights on world
champ
BY MICHAEL CARAYANNIS
25/11/2008 9:11:00 AM
ANTHONY Mundine said he was more than happy to get in the ring
with the likes of new world champion, Rockdale's Sakio Bika,
provided they fight on his terms.
Mundine, who, in his last fight, easily disposed of Rafael
Sosa Pintos, of Uruguay, in a points decision, has set his
sights on going to the US to meet Oscar de la Hoya after the
``golden boys'' fight on December 6th.
``We are trying to fight (Daniel) Geale, Bika and these sort
of guys,'' Mundine said.
read more
Vic Darchinyan to fight
Jorge Arce
Vic has recently on Nov. 1st
unified the three major world titles in the Super Flyweight
division against Cristian Mijares and is about to get
satisfaction by attempting to beat Jorge Arce after so much
bad mouthing by the latter in recent times. The showdown is
rumored for about March 5th.
Vic has entered a league in
boxing enjoyed by Australian great, former triple world title
holder Kostya Tszyu.
We would think that all the
noise Arce was making is about to turn to creampuff but this
is not so in boxing as the numerous styles of different
fighters has a massive bearing on the result.
On the other hand Arce is known
for his not just beating but demolishing his opponents.
by young victor
"only hope that Darchinyan
won’t run"
Jorge Arce, one of boxing’s
most brash talkers, is no longer clamoring for a fight against
WBC super bantamweight champion Israel Vazquez. Arce has now
set his sights on WBC/WBA/IBF super flyweight champion Vic
“The Raging Bull” Darchinyan.
“Vazquez had his shot, but he waited too long to make a
decision and quite frankly, I think he was scared of the match
up,” Arce said. “I can only hope that Darchinyan won’t run for
the hills like Vazquez did.”
Arce, who fights two divisions lower than Vazquez, has been
chasing the fellow Mexican-native for quite some time. Most
recently, Arce called out Vazquez after his fourth round TKO
win over Isidro Garcia just two weeks ago (Saturday, Nov. 1).
“I really wanted the fight against Vazquez,” Arce said. “But
this is a business and right now a fight with Darchinyan makes
more sense. Let’s see how much guts the so-called ‘Raging
Bull’ actually has.”
Arce has a record of 51-4-1, with 39 knockouts. (as seen on
SecondsOut)
Super Lightweight World
Title Match Ricky "Hitman" Hatton vs. Paul "Magic Man" Malignaggi
Englishman Ricky "Hitman" Hatton defends his super lightweight
world championship title, that he first won from Kostya Tszyu,
against leading contender Paul "Magic Man" Malignaggi on Main
Event Television LIVE this coming Sunday 23rd November 2008
from 1:00pm AEDT.
Lionel Rose and Muhammad Ali
on SBS
On Friday November 28, SBS
screened two boxing documentaries.
Lionel Rose will screen at 7:30pm, followed by Becoming
Muhammad Ali at 8:30pm.
LIONEL ROSE
This is the story of the extraordinary life of Australia's
first boxing champion. In 1968 a young aboriginal boxer with a
charming smile punched his way to history by defeating the
existing world champion, a Japanese boxer called 'Fighting
Harada'. Lionel Rose became the new bantamweight champion of
the world and Australia's SECOND boxer to hold a world crown.
When Rose returned to Australia after his victory, he was
celebrated by a crowd of 250,000 people. His success came just
months after the passing of an Australian referendum, giving
the Government new powers to advance Aboriginal rights. In
this climate, Rose was more than a black sporting hero - he
was also a symbolic figure in the interracial politics of the
time. But four years after winning his crown, Rose lost his
title to Ruben Olivares, and things began to go downhill. MUHAMMAD ALI
As it Happened - The story of Cassius Clay
Bika over Manfredo for IBO super
middleweight
International Herald
Tribune - France
AP PROVIDENCE, RI: Sakio Bika captured the vacant
International Boxing Organization super middleweight title
Thursday night, stopping Peter Manfredo, ...
Mundine wins comfortably
THERE was none of the usual glitz and
glamour as Anthony Mundine turned in a workmanlike performance
against Uruguay's Rafael Sosa Pintos in Liverpool last night
he hopes will kick start his middleweight career.
Read more...
Young Victor calls out the
ANBF and the Australian Boxing and Combat Board of
Control
The result of bad floor management is
going to massively take its toll on our sport if something is
not done about it very soon.
The spoiling of a good venue called The
Nitro Fight Night at Central Coast Leagues Club was carried
out by a small amount bad fans that don't know how to behave.
Heavy penalties should be placed on
these types by police which should be in attendance.
Police presence should be compulsory
with heavy fines to the participants.
Young Victor was under the impression
this was compulsory in some states. Australia has been
producing a very long list of world ranked boxers unseen for a
long time and this is due to vast connections with WBC, IBF,
WBA, WBO and other sanctioning bodies like our regional OPBF.
The Nitro Fight Night promotion at the
Central Coast Leagues Club in NSW ended in controversy on
Friday night when a wild brawl erupted inside and outside the
ring after Ahmed Elomar had scored a devastating 1st round
knockout win over highly touted prospect Willie Kickett.
The previously unbeaten Kickett had exploded at the opening
bell, hurting Elomar with a series of fast straight right
hands. 25 year-old Elomar 15-1-2 (8) gritted his teeth in
weathering the blows, but appeared hurt and wobbly on his
legs. Just as Kickett moved in for what could have been his
own knockout win, Elomar launched the punch of his career, a
perfect overhand right which landed on Kickett’s chin and
knocked him out cold before he even hit the canvas.
By Young Victor: Its a shame it happened
as it took all the colour out of an exciting win for Elomar
and hopefully a good lesson for Kikkett to never underestimate
any fighter regardless of rank, I ko'd a fighter in the first
60 seconds of an unbeaten fighter when usually I would just
use the first round as a feeler for the opponents style.
Same thing he attacked to overwhelm me and bingo he was out
for 60 seconds.
Our Boxing has been going so well, we should help it along not
hinder it. I am positive hye will get to a world title, this
has just slowed his pace down
I hope Kickett learns from this, if he does it has done him no
harm, everyone needs to know his boundries.
Referee Lou Moret counts
Cristian Mijares out after the Mexican was knocked
down in the ninth round by Australian Vic Darchinyan
in Las Vegas.
Photo: A
Darchinyan's secret is out
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Referee Lou Moret counts Cristian Mijares out after the
Mexican was knocked down in the ninth round by Australian
Vic Darchinyan in Las Vegas. ...
November edition of
"World of Boxing Journal"
is out now at leading newsagents.
Read about the great Australian
National Boxing Hall of Fame inductees, fighters and
celebrities in attendance.
(order it from this page in
the advertisement below in Magazines. read by Young Victor)
Darchinyan says Mexican is
scared of him
Vic Darchinyan loves to knock his opponents out in the early
rounds but the fiery Australian southpaw has a different plan
for Mexican champion Cristian Mijares.
Darchinyan's fight plan for next week's historic super
flyweight boxing unification fight in Los Angeles is to punish
Mijares until the 12th round and then lay him flat on his
back.
"I'll touch him, play with him, destroy him and then knock him
out in the 12th round," Darchinyan told AAP on Thursday.
The November 1 bout at LA's Home Depot Centre is historic
because the winner will become the first to unify the super
flyweight division.
Darchinyan is risking his International Boxing Federation belt
while Mijares, rated the No.6 pound-for-pound boxer in the
world, is putting his World Boxing Council and World Boxing
Association titles on the line.
The champions have traded plenty of verbal blows at press
events in the lead-up to the fight and Darchinyan said he will
make the Mexican pay for his words.
Mijares, 27, has accused Darchinyan, 32, of being scared, slow
and not smart.
"He's trying to give himself confidence and show that he's not
scared or afraid," Darchinyan said.
"Well, I think he's scared and afraid of me."
Darchinyan will hold his last sparring session at his base in
Las Vegas Friday and on Sunday will fly to LA for the final
week of his preparation.
Dib suffers first defeat,
October 19, 2008 Billy Dib declared he would come back "a much better
boxer" and was unperturbed by his unanimous points loss to WBO
featherweight world champion Steven Luevano in their world
title bout in New Jersey.
READ
Barry Hall thinks inside the
box
Oct 19, 2008
AFL star Barry Hall faces the decision of his life as he
weighs up a lucrative offer to quit footy to pursue a career
as a boxer. The Sydney Swans spearhead yesterday held talks with
former world boxing champion Danny Green about cutting ties
with the AFL world and getting in the ring full time.
Green said Hall would move to Perth in coming months to train
with him for several weeks, with a lucrative offer on the
table to hang up his boots and put on the gloves.
Tonight's Boxing results
results
by Damian Membrey.
Murray Thomson Promotion 17th. Ootober 2008
Reggio Calabria Club - Brunswick
6x2
Kwanpirom Muanggroi-ed 54.0 v Susie Ramadan 55.40
Winner: S Ramadan TKO 1:58 R1
Referee: Malcolm Bulner
Judges: Aneeka Williams : Bryan Membrey : Joe
Mahon
8x3
Saengsakda Charoenkasem 66.70 v Oyewale Omotoso
66.60
Winner: O Omotoso TKO 2:18 R2
Referee: Malcolm Bulner
Judges: Aneeka Williams : Bryan Membrey : Joe
Mahon
PORKY RETURNS
Daniel "porky" Lovett will
be ready to fight by March 2003
Daniel fought himself to a
standstill against Tiger Tin bell for the PABA and OPBF Light
Heavyweight titles in what was considered one of the hardest
fights for years.
READ
His trainer Jimmy Slatter and
his brother Brian feel that porky will be back in A1 shape by
that time.
Brian Amatruda and Barry
Michael the founders of BOX on the DOCKS shows at Docklands
have already offered porky to fight on the 21st March 2008
promotion.
ANBHOF DINNER
Saturday 11 Oct 2008
The Australian National Boxing
Hall of Fame annual dinner took place in Melbourne's top AFL
football ground's function room where Australian Champions
were honoured and more inducted into what is now Australia's
listed fighters for all time to come.
A huge amount of known faces
from the last 60 years of boxing in Australia were present
which made it a memorable evening for all.
(more to come)
Docklands Fights 5th Oct
2008
BOX on the DOCKS III
Huge amount of upsetting decisions took
place during another of the best boxing shows promoted by
Victoria's elite promoters Brian Amatruda and Barry Michael.
The matchmaking was excellent but the
results were very unexpected.
Tiger Tim Bell amazes by
beating Daniel "porky" Lovett and huge odds by winning
OPBF and PABA Light Heavyweight titles last night at Docklands
Central Pier
This was a huge thrilling fight and YVB
expect it to be listed as the fight of the year.
Right up until the end of the fight
Lovett was expected to get on top of Bell and take the titles
home but this was not to be.
Daniel kept getting on top of Bell's
attacks by countering with fantastically accurate combinations
that seemed to bring the fight to its end but Tim just kept
coming back in the following rounds.
From the first bell Tim put in place the
kind of attacks that kept wearing Lovett away until his
trainer most sensibly threw the towel in, porky was furious at
this move as he gallantly wanted the fight to continue due to
his huge heart.
Jim Slatter's decision was well timed as
the loved by fans Daniel Lovett has certainly figured by now.
Keith Ellis dubbed the trainer of the
century certainly put his critics back in seats by preparing
Tim which looked a treat in fitness despite at times looking
like he was fading, he just kept coming back with fantastic
recovery, possibly due to his hunger in getting what he
wanted.
Tim Bell is a deserving champion and has
certainly had his family problems to trouble him in the past
so here is one for Timmy:
SEE ALL THE FIGHTS
"CONGRATULATIONS TIGER"
"About the venue" - BOX on
the DOCKS III
All the glitter, crystal glasses,
champaign, classy food and drinks and orderly setting
This is about the show -
Fightnights like these have not been seen in Melbourne for
years, if ever.
This was a brilliant Boxing show in Boxing's Capital City of
Melbourne
Brain and Barry you have to get the oscar for the leading
promoters in OZ, the setting was like a logi night, you are
certainly putting Professional Boxing in Melbourne in an elite
level.
The matches were great despite locals getting beaten, the
better men win on the night regardless.
What a fantastic example of a classy fightnight.
"Great Fightnight at Darebin
Sports & Leisure Centre"
Elio Doria promoter of ILTORRO
FIGHTING BULLS PROMOTIONS put together a good card and
left everyone satisfied.
IBF Boxing official Mr Ray Wheatley was
at the venue to present all the titles up for grabs giving
local boxers world recognition for their future in our great
game of boxing.
Action was at its peak in most fights
with the exception of the main event where Heath Ellis won
every round to collect the IBF Pan Pacific Welterweight Title.
Featherweight 6x3 Mark Quon 56.30kgs Win Points Over Kane
Buckley 56.50kgs Score: 59/55, 60/54, 59/55
Victorian State Welterweight Title 8x3 Steve Maxwell 64.20kgs Win Points Over
Robert Monitto 63.60kgs Score: 80/72, 79/73, 79/73
IBF Pan Pacific Youth Bantamweight Title 10x3Daniel Iannazzo 53.50kgs Win Points Over
Narongchai Kiapaiboon 53.30kgs
Score: 99/92, 99/91, 99/91
IBF Australasian Light Heavyweight Title 12x3
Jon Walker 78.90kgs Win TKO 4 2:00 Round 4 Over Komgrit Nanakorn
79.20kgs
IBF Pan Pacific Welterweight Title 12x3 Heath Ellis 66.60kgs Win Points Over
Kongthawat Sorkitti 63.80kgs Score: 120/107, 120/107, 120/107
Alex (the Bronx bomber)
Ramos founder of Retired Boxing Foundation in critical
condition.
Nervously calling upon Alex's apartment
complex manager, a conscientious check by Jacquie found Ramos
unconscious, barely breathing and in near-death condition.
Rushed to a nearby hospital and feverishly worked on for over
an hour in order to be resuscitated, Ramos spent the day in
critical condition with a grim prognosis.
After battling for many hours Alex has been transferred to the
Intensive Care Unit. He is currently on a respirator; his
condition has been stabilized, but has not regained
consciousness and is in a drug-induced coma, to rest his
brain.
Latest word is that Alex's eyes are following the direction of
light from his doctor's flashlight and they may plan to take
him off the respirator sometime tomorrow.
Alex is a good friend of YV and we hope
he gets over this difficult period.
Las Vegas, Nevada (August 25, 2008) Current World Boxing
Organization oriental welterweight champion Emanuel "The
Drunken Master" Augustus arrived in Las Vegas, Nevada today
at 10:15 A.M. pacific time at McCaren Airport from Sydney,
Australia to begin training with Roger Mayweather at the
Mayweather Boxing Club. Emanuel Augustus has relocated
to Las Vegas, Nevada to prepare for an all out assault on
the Jr. welterweight division and the opportunity to fight
for a world title.
Vic Darchinyan Knocks Out Dimitri Kirilov, Wins IBF Title
BoxingScene.com -
Rudy,AR,USA
By Mark Vester At the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma,
Washington, former IBF flyweight champion Vic Darchinyan
(30-1-1, 24 KOs) knocked out Dimitri "The ...
Darchinyan Blasts His Way
Back To The Top
Media Release Photo Credit: Tom
Casino/SHOWTIME
Media Release Photo Credit: Tom
Casino/SHOWTIME
TACOMA, Washington, USA (Aug.
3, 2008) – “The Raging Bull” Vic Darchinyan promised a
highlight reel knockout and delivered one bone-crunching left
hand after another. The Armenian-born Australian stopped
Russia’s Dimitri Kirilov in the fifth round to earn the IBF
junior bantamweight championship, his second career world
title, Saturday night on SHOWTIME.
The SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast in the USA
originated from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma, Wash.
“I have learned a lot from my last few fights,” said
Darchinyan. “I was very focused and ready for this fight. I
never under estimate my opponents.”
Kirilov, who had never been stopped in 33 professional fights,
could not handle the destructive power that Darchinyan brought
to the 115-pound fight.
Darchinyan used a consistent jab as a range finder and mixed
in monstrous straight left hands and a few uppercuts. From the
outset, he landed one big punch after another.
Early in the fifth, the accumulation of punches took its toll
and Kirilov went down for the first time. After regaining his
feet, Darchinyan pounced and sent Kirilov down again just
seconds later. Referee Earl Brown reached the count of 10 at
1:05 of the fifth.
“I would like to have a rematch with Nonito Donaire,” said
Darchinyan, who improves to 30-1-1 with 24 big knockouts. “But
who ever they put in front of me, Christian Mijares, Fernando
Montiel, it doesn’t matter. I love to fight.”
The game Kirilov (now 29-4-1, 9 KOs) spoke to SHOWTIME
reporter Jim Gray immediately after the fight. “I feel okay
physically. I am disappointed that I lost the fight. I took
the wrong approach. Freddie Roach was telling me to move to my
left and throw combinations, but I couldn’t get off. I
couldn’t do the work that I normally do.”
Peter Maniatis
in Cebu filming a documentary for the ALA gym that is owned by
Antonio Alderguer.
The film will cover the boxers
training and the gym"s history.
One of Australia's
top boxing show TV hosts and former “Promoter of the Year”
Peter Maniatis is in Cebu City and has begun shooting a
documentary on the famed ALA Gym for his popular TV boxing
show in Australia.
Closed Fists, Open Heart
The Danny Green Story Friday 18th July
2008 9:00pm -11:00pm – boxing documentary on
Fox Sports 1
Replayed the next morning at 9:30am on Fox Sports 2, Saturday
19th July 2008
Brian Amatruda, and Barry Michael Sports
were the promoters and put together with local fighters Daniel
Lovett, Lance Gostello, Frank Loporto, Pat Rullo, Sam Colomban
and Heath Ellis and a great fightnight is expected. Interstate
fighters, Les Sherington from Broadbeach, Queensland, Robert
Toomey from Palm Beach, Queensland and Adrian Campbell from
Wollongong, New South Wales.
Australian lightweight boxer
Michael Katsidis has won a battle even before stepping into
the ring with former world champion Juan Diaz in Houston on
September 6.
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Fight to the end
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Hard living has taken its toll on Lionel Rose, but the much
loved boxing legend is not about to quit, writes John
Elder. Killer hands . ...
by Young Victor
Azuma Nelson came into the ring
first and got a loud ovation by the large crowd in attendance.
Fenech came in to a huge standing ovation, little different to
the years back in 1992 when he fought Azuma at the Princes
Park Football Ground in Melbourne.
Jeff Fenech put his Aussie critics that were badmouthing
this event back in their armchairs.
Little did they expect that these legends can put on a show
that satisfied logical thinking people and gave exactly what
could be expected from two well past world legendry champions.
Jeff outsmarted the professor by few simple but effective
techniques that worked to a tee which after all that’s how
fights of world status are fought.
Obviously this could only work between fighters of their level
of knowledge.
Jeff crowded Azuma for most of the fight with close encounters
which to the inexperienced eye would look like fouling and
would have expected the referee to make them break.
This did happen whenever they eventually got tangled.
After getting broken up by Melbourne's very experienced
referee Malcolm Bulmer, Azuma would throw and sometimes land
his bombs, some landing and looked like creating havoc however
Jeff kept to his game plan and ended up in close quarters
again where he was best performing.
The fight was reasonably full of action and exciting, quite
unexpectedly, little did they pause and when they did this it
was just for a very short while.
The 9th. and the 10th. Rounds.
Fenech coasted for the last two rounds and sensibly kept out
of Azuma's attempt to put him away.
It was very well expected at this stage that Azuma Nelson
would be going for a stoppage to win the fight and it was
obvious that Johnny Lewis instructed Jeff to use the ring and
that he was well in front on points and that all he needed was
to be there in the finish.
The decision was popular despite the wooing at Jeff's lack of
action in these last two rounds.
Jeff fought to a plan which was executed to perfection.
WORLD OF BOXING JOURNAL
25th Jun 08
Out today on major newsagents
shelves.
Read about (Mr. Boxing)
Ray Wheatley's Order of Australia award amongst good
descriptions of what took place in boxing in recent times.
Ray is in Melbourne and was at the
Fenech/Nelson venue called "The Last Round" at Vodafone
16 years after their heyday, Fenech
beats Nelson on points
MELBOURNE, Australia: Australian Jeff Fenech beat Ghana's
Azumah Nelson in a majority points decision in a junior
middleweight boxing bout Tuesday, 16 years after their last
epic battle for a world title.
Judges scored the 10-round bout 96-94, 96-94 and 95-95 in
Fenech's favor......
Kickett downs former world
champ
June 24, 2008 WILLIAM Kickett
underlined his star potential with a win over former world
champ Gairy St Clair in their junior welterweight boxing bout
at Vodafone Arena.
The main support before the Jeff Fenech-Azumah Nelson clash,
Kickett took control in the middle rounds and then dominated
the ninth of 10 rounds, which earned him a unanimous points
decision. ......
IBF Pan Pacific Flyweight
belt
In the only title bout of the night, Indonesia's Angky Angota
won the vacant IBF Pan Pacific Flyweight belt by pipping Omari
Kimweri of Tanzania on points after 12 bruising rounds.
The three judges awarded the fight to Angota, but two of them
had him winning by just one point and the other had him ahead
by two after an even tussle.
Justin Whitehead vs Justin Bailey
Victorian heavyweight Justin Whitehead began his professional
career with a convincing win over Justin Bayley by knocking
the Queenslander down in the third round.
Cameroon's Sam Columban scored an undisputed points decision
over Kofi Manu from Ghana in their welterweight bout.
Shannon McMahon vs Australian
Champion Mick Skaw
The welterweight bout between Queensland's Mick Shaw and
Victoria's Shannon McMahon also went to the judges, who gave
it a majority decision to Shaw.
Rob Sanders vs Ben Costello
In the junior welterweight bout South Australia's Rob Sanders
won a majority decision over Victoria's Ben Costello.
AAP
Surprise Surprise
Mundine/Green touted for January 2009
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Vic Darchinyan Today
Vic Darchinyan will hold an
open training session TODAY at 12:00pm and then a press
conference at 12:30pm for the Media this Friday 20th June 2008
at his “Raging Bull” Gymnasium in Marrickville, Sydney. This
will be Darchinyan’s final open Sydney training session before
heading to the USA for this next fight.
Two-division boxing world champion and current IBO super
flyweight title world champion Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan
will next challenge current Russian IBF super flyweight world
champion Dimitri Kirilov in the USA on 2nd August 2008.
The Darchinyan-Kirilov world title unification bout will be
seen by millions of fans live in the USA on the SHOWTIME
network. It will also be televised live into Australia on 3rd
August 2008.
Such is Darchinyan’s impressive profile in the USA promoter
Don King has included him in his new boxing video game “Don
King Presents Prizefighter”, on Xbox 360, Wii and Nintendo DS.
Past and Present Boxers
Association Reunion
For those who are interested this is
being held next Sunday 22nd Jun. at Turf Hotel 1 Flemington
road Melbourne. 3000
!Mario Magriss!! where is YV's
newsletter???
YVB have not received a news letter so
we apologize for not including the date for you members.
John (Hank) Stanley president of the Vic
Boxing League suggested go there and demand it.
YV's opinion is that its not very
respectful, YV remembers sparring with Mario Magiss with his
right hand tied to his neck in preparation for his last fight,
he was one of three fighters doing one minute each, the others
were George Beris and Les Dun. They were great characters.
Fight to the end
Sydney Morning Herald -
Sydney,New South Wales,Australia
Hard living has taken its toll on Lionel Rose, but the much
loved boxing legend is not about to quit, writes John
Elder. Killer hands . ...
Ray
Wheatley awarded Order of Australia Medal
World of Boxing publisher Ray Wheatley was named in the
Queen's Birthday honours list to receive the prestigious Order
of Australia Medal which was approved by the Governor-General
in his capacity as Chancellor of the Order of Australia, for
45 years service to boxing.
Wheatley became an amateur boxer in 1963, winning the NSW
title in 1964 and Golden Gloves championship in 1967. ....
Long wait for a shot at the title
Chris Vernuccio
11Jun08
AN everlasting desire for a professional boxing title lured
Lower Templestowe-trained Micky White out of retirement.
White's return to the ring in April, for his first bout in
seven years, ended in defeat.
But, that did little to dampen his confidence, or appetite,
for a breakthrough title win....
Ex-champ Holyfield having financial woes
with home,
child support payments
The "Real Deal" appears real broke.
His $10 million estate in suburban Atlanta is under
foreclosure, the mother of one of his children is suing for
unpaid child support, and a Utah consulting company has gone
to court claiming the boxer failed to pay back more than a
half million dollars for landscaping....
Peter Maniatis Promotions Show on
Phillippines TV
JUN PADERNA’S FIGHT IN AUSTRALIA ON ‘THE MAIN EVENT’
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 06 Jun 2008
The battle between Jun “The Neutralizer” Paderna and
highly-touted Australian lightweight Lincoln Stewart will be
featured on the top-rated weekly boxing show “The Main Event”
on June 8 at 9:00 p.m. over IBC 13 with a replay on Viva Prime
on Sunday at 10:00 p.m. sponsored by Tanduay, the No.1 Rhum
and PAGCOR......
One aspect of the Peter Maniatis promotion will surely be the
tall, attractive round girls on the show......
Mundine considers Hobart bout
ABC Online - Australia
It comes a week after Mundine beat Sam Soliman in a 12 round
bout in Melbourne. The World Boxing Association
super middleweight champion says he would like ...
Mundine wins by unanimous
decision
Mundine finished the stronger to win on
points in a fast action packed fight.
Sam gave a good account of himself in
the early rounds but looked like he was tiring when Mundine's
stronger punching started to tell from the fifth round onwards
until the ninth round when Soliman looked like getting back on
top but didn't last and Mundine went on to a victory which
meant he kept his WBA Super Middleweight championship title
belt.
Pat Mcleod
26May08
LES `Lock and Load' Sherrington may have been outpointed in
his world boxing title tilt in South Africa at the weekend but
his impressive showing has already opened exciting doors.
The Gold Coast super middleweight Australian boxing champion
is now a definite starter on the next The Contender reality TV
show, which will be filmed in Australia....
This was seen in an Aussie forum and it
portrays many Australian's feelings:
CHANGING OF THE GUARD
What a sad time in Aussie boxing with 3 warriors of the sport
calling it quits. Danny Green, Nader Hamden and now Paul
Briggs, pulling the pin on fantastic careers. Each one bought
something special to the ring and gave there all and showed us
what courage and professialism is all about.
The fighting spirit these blokes showed in both victory and
defeat makes me proud to be a Aussie.
The stage is now set for a couple of our young guns to show if
they have what it takes to step up and fill the void.
ringnut.
Tszyu eager to fight again, if the price is right
Sydney Morning Herald - Sydney,New South
Wales,Australia
"But compared to boxing fitness, it's very, very
different." Hatton shocked Tszyu in Manchester, when the
Australian refused to get off his stool in the ...
JEFF Fenech turns 44 today. Happy
birthday to one of Australia's best fighters.
He threw a biggish party for 65 guests - "I just wanted to say
thank you to a few people" - at a sailing club near his Sydney
home on Monday night, but didn't have a drink himself and
pulled up stumps by 10pm.
Yesterday it was back to the twin tasks of promoting and
training for his one-off comeback fight against old nemesis
Azumah Nelson in Melbourne on June 24.
So what else is happening in the fight game?....
FORMER world champion Danny
Green said it was a "no-brainer" that Anthony Mundine would
win his World Boxing Association super-middleweight title
fight against Sam Soliman at Vodafone Arena tonight.
Mundine will be defending for the fourth time the title that
he first won in March last year by stopping Soliman in the
ninth round.
Green declared Mundine an easy winner, saying his former
arch-rival's speed, power and agility would be too much for
the tenacious Soliman....
WBA World Super Middleweight
Boxing Championship on Main Event
Champion Anthony Mundine vs. Challenger Sam Soliman
In another important match for 2008, Main Event Television
will televise the WBA world super middleweight boxing
championship match between Champion Anthony "The Man" Mundine
and challenger Sam "King" Soliman LIVE on Wednesday 28 May
2008 from 7:00pm AEST.
Mundine vs. Soliman 3, Main Event Television -
Wed May 28, 2008 WBA World Super Middleweight Boxing
Championship
Champion Anthony Mundine vs. Challenger Sam Soliman
In another important match for 2008, Main Event Television
will televise the WBA world super middleweight boxing
championship match between Champion Anthony "The Man" Mundine
and challenger Sam "King" Soliman LIVE on Wednesday 28 May
2008 from 7:00pm AEST.
This boxing match is the third meeting between the two arch
rivals. Mundine was given a controversial points decision over
Soliman in September 2001. Mundine then won a 9th round
knockout in March 2007.
Soliman reestablished his career as a semi-finalist on Sugar
Ray Leonard's The Contender reality boxing television series,
which was watched by millions in hundreds of countries around
the world.
33 year-old Anthony Mundine from Carss Park, NSW has 31 wins,
3 losses and 23 knockout victories.
34 year-old Sam Soliman from Melbourne, Victoria has 35 wins,
10 losses and 13 knockout victories.
The main event and undercard at the Vodafone Arena in
Melbourne, Victoria commencing at 7:00pm AEST are available on
pay-per-view from MAIN EVENT TELEVISION via FOXTEL, OPTUS and
AUSTAR.
ANBHOF Elections
for a new President
The elections are going to be held
25th. May 2008. Mr. Frank Maher, Mr. Brett McCormick and Mr.
Gus Mercurio are the candidates and hopefully the right
result will prevail.
At this stage Young Victor Boxing and
associates are of the opinion that Mr. Gus Mercurio still
stands as one of Australian Boxing's greatest achievers and
should be re-elected to the position.
Gus's endless effort has for years
been unparalleled for Australian Boxing. His latest being the
establishing an ANBHOF museum for all time to come.
Not only did he achieve the above but
also made sure it stands solidly in concrete alongside the
Australian Football League's Hall of Fame.
Young Victor thinks this is one of
boxing's greatest steps forward in an endless life of
Australian fighters.
Young Victor supports Gus in this
issue 100%
All members need to send in their
proxies to arrive before 25th. May 2008 and sent to:
Mr. Frank Maher
Po Box 273 Preston 3072
Azumah Confirms Comeback Bid
Modern Ghana - Ghana ... over the weekend ended what was becoming a debate
among boxing lovers over his decision to stage a
comeback against his old foe Australian, Jeff Fenech.
...
Felix Sturm retains title against Jamie
Pittman
Per Ake Persson: WBA middle champ Felix Sturm retained the
title tonight in Duesseldorf with a seventh round tko win over
brave but outclassed Australian challenger Jamie Pittman. The
fight was stopped with the challenger, right eye shut and cut,
down from a right uppercut, right hand and then a left as
Sturm poured it on. Pittman made a good, aggressive start to
the fight but couldn´t keep the pace up, nor score
effectively..
Azumah-Fenech Again?
Modern Ghana - Ghana
By Daily Graphic Ghanaian boxing legend, Azumah Nelson,
is set for a surprise comeback later this year in a famous
rematch with long-time Australian foe, ...
TEAM KESSLER NEGOTIATED FOR WBA TITLE
SHOT WHILE AGREEING TO MIRANDA BOUT AT THE SAME TIME
HOLLYWOOD, FL, April 4 – In another case of shady dealings
sullying the great sport of boxing, Seminole Warriors Boxing,
promoters of super middleweight contender Edison Miranda, have
discovered that former world champion Mikkel Kessler
negotiated in bad faith with Team Miranda and Showtime,
agreeing to a May bout while at the same time trying to put
together a WBA title fight against a fighter he already
defeated, Anthony Mundine.
Read more
"Brian Amatruda with Barry
Michael promotion a big hit"
This was one of Melbourne's modern
age promotion which promises to revive boxing as it should be
in Victoria.
If Brian and Barry continue to promote
fights in this manner they will develop our state back to its
former dominance in the grand way it deserves.
WBO
Oriental a Big Hit in Melbourne
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 30 Mar 2008
The WBO Oriental is indeed making its mark as a regional title
to reckon with.
In a long distance
phone conversation with Fil-Am WBO Asia Pacific Vice President
Leon Panoncillo, who has guided many Asian and Pacific
fighters to opportunities, the boxing executive informed that
Australia is on its way to producing more WBO Regional
champions.
Just recently hot prospect Lance Gostelow of Melbourne,
Australia scored a convincing unanimous decision over
Indonesian tough as nails Tia Koswara in a 12-round clash for
the vacant WBO Oriental Jr. welterweight title.
See
Video
Shane Brock vs Omari Kimweri
Omari Kimweri was in too good a
condition to beat Shane Brock by ko in the 6th round of an 8
rounder.
The harder punching windmill style
fighter Kimweri could not get on target until Brock seemed to
get tired in the later rounds.
Brock fought hard all the way and may
have won on points if he wasn't so set on putting his opponent
away throughout the fight.
See Video
Heath Ellis vs Jun Paderna
Heath is very gifted with boxing natural
ability but like most fighters he tries to make tricky moves
which makes one look more professional, well!! with fighters
like Paderna he was way out-experienced and realy needed to
dig back into his basic defences of boxing and make sure he
does not allow big bombs to land especially on the jaw.
I just hope that the damage done does not effect his
confidence as anyone's jaw would have broke with the same
blows and to make sure he does not allow more punches like
those to land ever again.
The kid is brilliant and to make it worse he has a huge name
to live up to, if he understands this he will certainly keep
moving up the ladder.
See Video
Rising star Pat Rullo was extended
but showed up well by winning on points.
Pat Rullo did well winning against a
more experienced Robert Toomey, his better each and well
placed punches gave him the edge which got him the pat.
Robert took the fight to Rullo and
together made a very good fight of it.
A rematch would go well as the result
was in doubt and both boys thought they won.
See Video
World of Boxing
journal with Ray Wheatley is out and can be found in all major
newsagents all over Australia. In it you will find out about
Jeff Fenech's comeback fight and Danny Green's reasons for
hanging up his gloves.
Champion Boxer Floyd
Mayweather Jr vs. Wrestler 'Big Show'
In another monster match of a different kind in 2008, Main
Event Television will televise the WWE's 'WrestleMania 24'
event featuring a special attraction match between the world's
best boxer pound for pound Floyd 'Money' Mayweather Jr and man
mountain wrestler Big Show LIVE this coming Monday 31 March
2008 from 10:00am AEDT.
Read More
AUSTRALIA'S first family of boxing has ended an 18-year feud
to promote the career of a promising young fighter.
Keith Ellis, 50, and brother Neil, 47,
came together before Christmas and will be in the same corner
when Neil's teenage son Heath fights tomorrow night at the Box
on the Docks at Docklands.
The Barry Michael-Brian Amatruda
promotion has been selected by the Ellis family as the second
coming for the 19-year-old welterweight, who joined the Keith
Ellis Fighting Chance Boxing Club in Sunshine after his father
and uncle settled their differences.
read more
Weigh in for Friday
night's fights is set for Thursday 27th. at The
Groverner Hotel in Brighton Road Stkilda at 6.30 pm.
All fights have been confirmed with the
exception of Kerey Palmer due to his 28 day clearing time due
to his stoppage by Daniel McKinnon fight in New Zealand.
Green set to hang up gloves
AUSTRALIAN
light-heavyweight boxer Danny Green is expected to announce
his immediate retirement from the sport today.
Green, who won the World Boxing Association title in front of
his home fans in December, had been scheduled to make his
first defence against mandatory challenger Hugo Garay at
Challenge Stadium in Perth on April 27.
Less than two weeks ago, he shelved plans to train in Perth
for the fight and flew to Sydney to prepare for a bout that
was expected to be another step towards a lucrative rematch
against nemesis Anthony Mundine.
Sources close to Green said he had been sharp during a
sparring session on Saturday.
But it is believed the 35-year-old stunned his family and
management team on Sunday when he revealed his decision
following a restless night of soul-searching.
It is believed Green, who had 25 wins (22 by knockout) and
only three losses in a seven-year professional career, decided
to quit while he was at his peak.
Family considerations are almost certain to have played a
pivotal part in Green's thinking.
Beyond the defence against Garay, Green Machine Promotions was
lining up a bout against Roy Jones jnr and a money-spinning
clash with Mundine.
Green's 2006 fight against the Sydney boxer was one of the
most eagerly anticipated in Australian boxing history.
After losing to Mundine, Green won his next three fights by
knockout before winning the world title with a unanimous
points decision and sending Stipe Drews into retirement.
"I've persevered and pushed through a lot of pain and this is
what it's all about," said Green, after winning the WBA belt.
"I've been fighting for 15 years as an amateur and
professional and it's just unreal." as seen in
The Age
BOX ON THE DOCKS
On Friday 28th March 2008
“Peninsula,” entertainment venue will be presenting an
international event including Lance Gostelow who will
challenge Indonesian boxing champion Tia Kosawara in a 12 x 3
minute rounds for the vacant WBO Oriental Light Welterweight
Title. Kosawara is accompanied by trainer “Pino Bahari.’
Koswara comes from the training camp including Daniel Bahari
who is flying out in April to contest another world title in
Germany. Koswara has the opportunity if he wins this bout of
being ranked in the top fifteen in the world.
READ MORE
Danny Green may retire
The manager of WBA light heavyweight
boxing world champion Danny Green Green is trying to contact
his fighter after rumours he will make a shock retirement
announcement on Tuesday. see news below.
Why Mundineis fighting Sam Soliman
As explained by Soliman's manager Stuart
Duncan to those controversial pundits.
Some boxing couch gurus in Australia think that Sam Soliman
should not be Anthony Mundine's next opponent, however there
are others like the YVB editor that think otherwise.....
Read the in-depth explanation
Mundine, Soliman Prepare For Trilogy Bout
BoxingScene.com -
Rudy,AR,USA
Mundine holds a decision win over Green, but their fight was
one of the most lucrative in Australian boxing history
and most predict the rematch will do ...
Champion Manny Pacquiao vs.
Champion Juan Manuel Marquez In another monster boxing
match in 2008, Main Event Television
will televise the World Super Featherweight boxing
championship match between Champion Manny "Pacman" Pacquiao
and Champion Juan Manuel Marquez LIVE this coming weekend on
Sunday 16 March 2008 from 12:00pm AEDT....READ
MORE
FORMER triple world
champion Jeff Fenech is in training to make a shock
professional comeback against Thailand boxer Samart
Payakarun - more than 20 years after their first fight in
Sydney.
Fenech, who turns 44 in May, has
already asked long-time mentor and trainer Johnny Lewis to
again be in his corner.
And in another stunning
development, former world champion Kostya Tszyu told
The Daily Telegraph he would be prepared to assist
Fenech's return. Fenech will receive more than $1million
for the fight and has flown out to Thailand to finalise
details of the bout.
The fight is planned for Bangkok
in mid-June with Fenech to fight at around 67kg, 6kg
heavier than when he retired in 1996. Fenech has lost 7kg
and is telling friends: "I've got three months to train
and I'll train like never before.''
as seen in Daily Telegraph
Green swipes back at Fenech DANNY Green would be retired,
seriously injured and without a world title belt had he not
split from Jeff Fenech.
Green, the reigning WBA light-heavyweight world champion, made
the amazing claim last week in the wake of a withering attack
on his training methods by boxing legend Fenech.
Green also declared he would never again work under Fenech,
despite the continued campaign of criticism from his former
mentor....
READ MORE
PPBA reunion will be
held Sunday 2nd March 2008
12:30pm
SPOTSWOOD RSL at The Avenue
Spotswood. Melbourne Vic.
World of Boxing Journal by Ray Wheatley is at news agents
Australia wide now
Great boxing reading:and more.
MUNDINE OUTPOINTS HAMDAN in Sydney
Results: Date February 27
Location Sydney, Australia
Anthony Mundine w.ud.12 Nader Hamdan WBA super middleweight title
117-111, 119-109, 120-108
Solomon Haumono w.tko.3 Tommy Connelly
Daniel Baff w.tko.3 Rasef Mumtaz
Peter Mitrevski Jr w.tko.2 Dion McNabney
Kerry Foley w.ko.2 Plaisakda Singwancha
Peter Kazzi w.tko.1 Rakesh Kumar
Zac Awad w.tko.1 Abhay Chand !!see news below!!
Mundine retains title over brave Hamdan
Tough slog... Mundine and Hamdan
went the distance in an entertaining affair. (Getty
Images: Cameron Spencer)
Anthony Mundine retained his World
Boxing Australia (WBA) super middleweight world title for
a third time with an unanimous points decision over
compatriot Nader Hamdan at the Sydney Entertainment Centre
on Wednesday evening
READ MORE
Joel Casamayor: "Katsidis, This is My
Time"
LOS ANGELES, CA – In an intriguing clash of styles
that will have boxing pundits declaring this bout an early candidate for
2008 Fight of The Year, master boxer Joel Casamayor will put his Ring
Magazine Lightweight World Championship on the line against a fighter
many are calling the next Arturo Gatti, unbeaten Australian and WBO
Interim Lightweight World Champion Michael Katsidis. The 12 round
championship contest, for the WBO Interim and Ring Magazine Lightweight
World championships, will take place on Saturday, March 22 at the
Morongo Casino Resort & Spa and will be televised live on HBO’s Boxing
After Dark, beginning at 10:05 p.m. ET / PT.....
read more
Joe Louis: America's
HeroBetrayed shows the "Brown Bomber" to be more than one of
boxing's legendary heavyweights, and that appeals greatly to
his son, Joe Louis Barrow, Jr.....
Sid Ellis passed away.
Yesterday 18th Feb. Sid Ellis a
very well known attendee to the Victorian Past and Present
Boxers Association and ANBHOF has passed away.
Sid was a very nice man and
quite a character, he was the founder of Sid Ellis Motors, a
very large car sales company these days run by his son, YVB
offers Sid's family and his partner Emma our condolences for
the sad loss of such nice man. YVB will include here his
funeral details when they become available. Vale Sid Ellis.
World Heavyweight Title
fight.
in another superfight
to begin 2008, Main Event Television in
Australia will broadcast the World Heavyweight Title
Unification boxing match between current IBF/IBO world
champion Wladimir Klitschko and current WBO
world champion Sultan IbragimovLIVE
on Sunday 24 February from 12:30pm
AEDT.
Read here
Pavlik beats Taylor in a
point decision.
LAS VEGAS (AFP) — Kelly Pavlik used a
strong finish to defeat Jermain Taylor for the second time in
less than six months, registering a 12-round unanimous
decision in a non-title super middleweight fight......
Pavlik seen here landing a powerful
right cross on Jermain Taylor.
Photo by:
Naoki Fukuda
Tony Aquilina, Young
Victor's youngest brother breaks collar bone while cycling
Tony, Young Victor's brother was run
into by one of his cycling friends during his exercising this
morning at the Black Rock area in Beach Road, he was taken to
the Austin hospital and is expected to be released later
today.
read more
World of Boxing Journal
The World of Boxing journal splashes its
front page with Nader Hamdan vs Anthony Mundine upcoming world
title fight listed for 27th Feb 2008. A very detailed story of
Nader and his association with Jeff Fenech and Mundine on the
streets is awesome and very well worth reading, it portrays
Nader's start in life and its pitfalls along his way to this
world championship fight.
The boxing journal can be bought at
leading news agents Australia wide.
Young Victor is looking for a
shop site to run his new menswear shop in.
He is looking for a site around
the 100/120 sq. meters and must be in a prime position.
If you have contacts with real
estate agents or own such a property, you may contact Young
Victor from the webmaster link above.
The store will carry fashion
clothes for young men and include boxing gear.
Young Victor has had plenty of
experience in opening successful fashion menswear stores.
"Darchinyan result a draw"
both fighters visit the
canvas.
REFEREE
RUINS GORRES-DARCHINYAN BOUT
By Dong Secuya
PhilBoxing.com
Sun, 03 Feb 2008
Cebu City -- New
Zealand referee Lance Revill ruined what could have been a
good night of boxing as last night's explosive Gorres-Darchinyan
bout at Waterfront Hotel & Casino here totally went out of
control.
read more
David Oved - Boxer
inducted into hall of fame
by Joshua Levi
AN Australian boxer who featured on Australian television in
the 1950s and 60s has been inducted into the Maccabi Haifa
Boxing Hall of Fame.
David Oved, one of Australia’s most decorated Jewish boxers
who has a record of 65 wins and six losses, has been
recognised 45 years after his last fight.
“This honour is very important to me because it shows they
appreciate me,” Oved, now 72, told The AJN.....
read more
St Clair's boxing career at
crossroads
January 29, 2008
Australian boxer Gairy St Clair knows his career is at a
crossroads.
A win against British youngster Amir Khan in their
Commonwealth lightweight title fight at London's ExCel Arena
on February 2 promises not only a big payday, but a chance at
many more.
Defeat puts St Clair, who turns 33 on the day of the bout,
back among the rank and file literally fighting to make a
living in Australian boxing.
read more
Duilio Loi passes away
20th Jan. 2008
Italy's greatest exponent of the Noble
Art, Duilio Loi succumbed to the ravages of Elzheiner disease,
and at last the grim reaper managed to score a KO win at the
expense of the great warrior.
Peter Maniatis is to return to
Melbourne on Monday 21st. he reportedly was treated very well
in the Philippines by World class referee Bruce McTavish,
Manny Pacquaio, American trainer Rick Steheli and top
Australian referee Chris Daley.
Peter is to look into his
rearranging of his March 16th. card to a later date to be
announced soon after his arrival in Melbourne and has
cancelled the rest of his trip to the US.
Boxer Ndou beats Rafael Ortiz in US
The Age -
Melbourne,Victoria,Australia
The Australian was unable to force Malignaggi into an
immediate rematch and on Sunday emphasised he would seek to
enforce his rights legally if the American ...
Maniatis in Manila
4th. Jan. 08 Yesterday Peter
was seen in an interview with Many Pacquaio in Manila on
GMA-7 in Quezon.
He was invited to comment on sports and boxing in general.
Pacquiao is the biggest celebrity in
Asia at the moment and also released a rap song that
sold close to one million Cd's last year.
Peter will appear on TV GMA network Gilberto Duavit JR as a
special co-host guest with Pacquiao for a few of the shows
that Pacquiao will host starting January 2nd 2008 to
January 15th 2008. Pacquaio has a 3 year deal worth millions
of dollars with the TV network.
There is a possibility that Peter will be hosting sport shows
and entertainment shows in conjunction with Pacquaio whom is
already offered a 3 year contract hosting sidcom and other
entertainment.
Peter is postponing his March 16th boxing show to some time in
April to not conflict with Pacquiao WBC title fight on the
same date.
Peter has already visited the Scorpion gym in Thailand, he is
now in Cubu Philippines and will be going to Los Angeles to
visit the Wild card gym in West Hollywood. by
Young Victor
Peter with
Pacquiao and his wife and manager Wakee Salud taken at the
television station.
World of Boxing Journal by Ray Wheatley is at news agents
Australia wide now
Great boxing reading: At last Dan's the Man - Geal the real
deal - Mundine eyes Soliman - Bika demands parity with The Man
and more.
YVB wishes all our champions
a very happy Christmas and a Happy New Year.
Never does Young Victor remember as sweet a time in boxing
from an aspect of having so many champions at the one time as
we have now.
I think that in 2008 we could witness one of the biggest time
in boxing Australia has ever seen.
Not forgetting all the upcoming fighters that are doing their
best to uphold the sport, here is an impressive list that we
should be over the moon with.
