Prazak Defeats Larcinese In US Debut

Having her first fight in the United States after signing with Greg Cohen Promotions, WIBA Super-Featherweight champion, Diana Prazak put on an impressive display of boxing defeating Lucia Larcinese of Canada in a 6 round unanimous decision in New York on Thursday night.

In the opening round Prazak with former Women's world champion-Melissa Hernandez shouting instructions from her corner moved forward well leading with her jab causing Larcinese to back up. Round 2 was action packed with both women trading from centre ring in the opening stages before Prazak stepped it up landing with her jabs to take the round.

It was a tight affair in round 3 with both boxers coming together numerous times. Larcinese seemed to land the cleaner blows to claim the round. In round 4 Prazak came out working the body shots against Larcinese who was being pushed back against the ropes and caught with more shots. In the closing stages Prazak went up and down with her jabs to claim the round.

Prazak again landed the better shots in round 5 and 6 with Larcinese backing up struggling to land any punches of note. In the closing stages of the fight Di landed some big shots to bring the decision home.

The judges scored the fight: John Poturaj 59-55 | judge: John Signorile 58-56 | judge: Steve Weisfeld 58-56 with Aus-Boxing agreeing with judge 1 scoring it 59-55.

After the fight Prazak said, "Last night was a big night, I'm very happy to walk away with a win for my first fight of the year. I'm a little disappointed with my first performance in the US but I will learn from it and come back stronger."

Di's next fight will be in the middle of February in the States before returning to Australia for the first defense of her world title and will take place in Melbourne on March 16 against Fatuma Zarika.

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Chris John Pulls Out Of Joel Brunker Fight Due To 'Betting Purposes'

Joel Brunker has advised Aus-Boxing.com that Chris John's management team has cancelled their fighters bout with the Australian Featherweight which was due to take place at the Marina Bay Sands Hotel & Casino in Singapore on March 31st, 2012 with the WBA Featherweight title on the line.

An agreement had been reached in contract form on the 14th December 2011 and the fight was sanctioned to take place in Singapore.

"Negotiations for this bout started about 2 weeks prior to the signing of the contract", said Brunker's manager Angelo Di Carlo. "Joel was already booked to fight on the Daniel Geale undercard but that position has now been lost."

Last week Brunker's Di Carlo received a phone call off Chris John's manager who told him that the fight could possibly be cancelled on the basis of 'betting purposes' as the venue wanted to see an Asian boxer in the other corner to secure the highest possible returns with regards to betting.

At 10.05am on Thursday January 17, 2012-Di Carlo received a call from Chris John's management team to say that this fight had indeed been cancelled and that a new date would possibly be scheduled for Joel in the future.

Di Carlo told Aus-Boxing that it was initially John's management that approached the Australian for the fight.

In an interview with Aus-Boxing Brunker said, "It is totally unprofessional and disrespectful to entice me out of other arrangements, agree to the term and conditions of the contract and after I sign on the dotted line a month later tell me the fights off."

"This move by John's management has caused me to miss out on a spot I had for the upcoming Daniel Geale undercard, which I was prepared to do under the obligations of the contract we both agreed upon in December 2011."

"It is back to the drawing board for us. I have lost out on so many opportunities from other promotions so I could commit myself to the Chris John fight. We will continue to chase the hard fights in our quest for a world title shot."

The author can be reached for comments or replies by emailing us at ausboxing@gmail.com.

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Katsidis vs McCloskey In The Works For March/April In Belfast

Irish-Boxing.com has revealed that Eddie Hearn has exhausted all world title avenues to no avail and can not get Paul McCloskey a shot at a prestigious belt in March.

Hearn is bringing Prizefighter to the Odyssey in late March or early April and will amazingly use the tournament as an undercard for a Paul McCloskey/Michael Katsidis clash.

“I spoke to Paul and told him we need a name to keep his profile up and we need a fight soon to keep him rocking. Katisidis is a well know fighter. He is know in Britain and Ireland because of his fights with Kevin Mitchell and Ricky Burns. He likes to go to war. He is the type of opponent that will capture the imagination. We need to keep banging the drum and defeating Katisidis will keep Paul in world title contention,” said Hearn.

The heir to the Matchroom throne has already began talks with team Katsidis and claims inaugural Prizefighter winner Martin Rogan is on board to fight in a Heavyweight Prizefighter the Internationals.

Katsidis lost to Ricky Burns in his last fight and ended his long time relationship with coach and manager Brendon Smith before moving to the States.

More news about this matchup will be known over the coming weeks.

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Posted in: featured,Michael Katsidis,news,Paul McCloskey,Standard

Smithy's Promotions To Debut March 3 In Toowoomba

For the first time in six years a professional boxing card will be held on the Darling Downs. Brendon Smith yesterday was proud to announce that Smithy’s Promotions will be hosting its first event on March 3 at Rumours International in Toowoomba. This event is brought to you by Sportsbet.com.au, The National Hotel, Toowoomba Truck Spares, Reedy Creek Recycling and Sovereign Property Partners.

“It’s the first fight back here in six years. We have been promoting Toowoomba all over the world and now we are very excited to be able to bring back what we have learnt and give a great show with quality fights and fighters on the card” said promoter Brendon Smith.

The Card will feature five professional fights including Czar Amonsot who fought a 12 round war with Michael Katsidis in a world title fight in Las Vegas. The fight won fight of the year in USA.

“I told Brendon that he will not regret putting me on the card because I’m going to give an exciting fight on March 3” said Amonsot.

Also fighting on the Night is current Australian Junior Welter weight champion “The Assassin” Jack Asis.

“I’m looking forward to fighting in Toowoomba I am training very hard and want to give an exciting fight for the Toowoomba fans,” Asis said. Asis is on a winning streak after knocking out his last three opponents who include two former Australian Champions and the number 1 ranked featherweight in the USA in his last outing.

Toowoomba’s own Brayd “The Great White” Smith will be having his second professional fight, coming off a first round knockout win on the Gold Coast in August last year.

“It’s very exciting to be able fight in my hometown and show the people that support me and have helped me so much over the years here what I have learnt and what I can do in the ring” said Braydon Smith.

Making his professional debut is another Toowoomba fighter “Iron” Will Young.

“It’s an exciting opportunity to fight in my hometown, something I didn’t get the chance to do as an amateur and I am looking forward to making an impression in the pro ranks,” Young said.

Tickets went on sale yesterday and are available at Smithy’s Gym as well as the National Hotel in Toowoomba.

There are only 1000 tickets available and they are expected to sell fast priced at $75 for ringside and $45 for general seating.

“Toowoomba has had a tough 12 months since the floods last year so we have tried to price the tickets to make them very affordable for everyone”. Said Promoter Brendon Smith.

For more information or interviews contact Brendon Smith on 0418 800 878.

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Posted in: Braydon Smith,Czar Amonsot,featured,Jack Asis,news,Standard

Lovemore N'dou To Face Van Heerden

After making the decision to keep boxing late in 2011, Lovemore N'dou has announced he will fight against IBO Welterweight champion Chris Van Heerden (17-1-1) of South Africa who is 24 years of age.

"I haven't fought in Australia since early in 2007 and it's about time," N'dou told The Australian.

"After I beat Van Heerden, I plan to fight in America against the best, and then I can retire for good. With the likes of Floyd Mayweather Junior, Manny Pacquiao and Victor Ortiz out there it's a very interesting division. I am the first former boxing champion to become a lawyer and now I can become the first lawyer to win a world title."

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Prazak To Make US Debut, January 19 In New York

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WIBA Super Featherweight champion, Diana Prazak (9-1-0) who has just arrived in the States ahead of a years training under the Greg Cohen Promotions banner will fight on January 19 in New York against Lucia Larcinese (4-8-0) over 6 rounds in a none title fight.

Australian based manager Adam Wilcox told Aus-Boxing.com, "I'm very happy to get Diana on a show so early in the year, especially one in New York and televised."

"Her opponent will prove a really good test and an early indication on what the next year has ahead."

The show will be televised on the Fox Sports network in America but will not be shown in Australia.

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Billy Dib To Make Mandatory Defense Against Eduardo Escobedo

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Billy Dib has announced that he will make his first mandatory defense of his IBF Featherweight title against Mexican, Eduardo "Canilla" Escobedo (32-3-0) on March 7, 2012 in Tasmania.

The fight will form part of an IBF World Title doubleheader with Daniel Geale defending his title against Adama in the main event.

On the fight Billy said, "This is a fight that was supposed to happen on two occasions but fell through." "I'm going to knock this guy out!"

Escobedo won an IBF title eliminator in July against Joksan Hernandez with a 2nd round knockout to earn himself a world title shot. His biggest fight came against Daniel Ponce de Leon in December 2007 for the WBO Super Bantamweight title where he lost in a 12 round decision. Apart from that Eduardo has held the WBC Silver Super Featherweight title and most recently the IBF Latino Featherweight title.

The card which also features Kali Meehan is expected to be shown on Main Event PPV.

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Graf-Lookmakarmwan Set For WBU Women's Title Showdown

Wollongong will again play host to a world title boxing event when German-Alesia 'The Tigress’ Graf who now calls Wollongong home takes on Thailand's Jubjang Lookmakarmwan (who usually fights in Muay Thai) for the vacant World Boxing Union (WBU) super bantamweight title at the Fraternity Club on Wednesday night-21st December, 2011.

Graf's trainer and promoter-Lee Murray said, "Fitness is the key - we've been trying to make her the fittest female boxer in the world."

"She's been out of the ring for a year so she's looking forward to it." Both fighters came in under the 55.3kg (122lbs) weight limit at yesterdays weigh in.

Tickets for the fight night are available at the Fraternity Club, UOW Sports Hub or by phoning 0422431303. Prices range from $30 to $60 and corporate tickets are $150.

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Posted in: Alesia Graf,Jubjang Lookmakarmwan,news,Standard

IBF World Title Double Header In The Works

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Daniel 'The Real Deal' Geale will make the second defense of his IBF world title in Tasmania February 2012. The show is promoted by Grange Old School Boxing and the card will also feature Kali Meehan, Jamie Pittman and Steve Maxwell.

In the main event Daniel Geale (26-1-0) will face Osumanu Adama (20-2-0) of Ghana in the Australian's first mandatory defense of the IBF Middleweight title. Adama defeated Roman Karmazin in a title eliminator with a 9th round knockout in October. Adama is a former IBO world title holder and will prove to be the champions toughest opponent yet.

There has been reports by BoxRec that Billy Dib (33-1-0) will make his first mandatory defense of the IBF Featherweight title in the co-feature bout with Dib's management still weighing up their options.

The show is expected to screen live on Main Event PPV.

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Posted in: Billy Dib,Daniel Geale,Kali Meehan,news,Osumanu Adama,Standard

Yao Yi Ma To Face Pradeep Singh In Fiji, Weigh In Drama Almost Stops Fight

 

Photo by Eliki Nukutabu // Article courtesy of Fiji Times

Sydney based Yao Yi Ma will take on Indian born-Pradeep Singh tonight at the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji over 10 rounds.

At the weigh in Yao Yi Ma threatened to pull out because his opponent weighed in at 73.6kg (0.6kg over the 73kg catchweight limit).

Yi Ma came in at 71kg (2kg under the limit) and forced Singh to sweat it out in the carpark for 30 minutes where he was able to lose the 600 grams.

Fight Card:

Main Bout: 10x3 minutes middleweight International contest - Pradeep 'The Indian Warrior' Singh-Yao Yi Ma

Main Supporting Bout - 8x3 minutes round Welterweight contest - Opeti 'Naitasiri Prince' Tagi-Johnny 'Machine Gun' Singh

Supporting Bout 8x3 Minute Middleweight - 'Smokin' Joe Naleca-Osea 'The Hunter' Nakanacagi

6x3 minutes Heavyweight contest - Alifereti 'Iron Man' Misioka-Inia Vuli;

6x3 minutes Light Middleweight - Pita Taburua confirmed-Iosego Cakaunivalu;

4x3 minutes Super Middleweight - Tomasi Dago-Mathew Michael

Amateur Fight: Raylex Waymarra (Mundines Boxing Gym)-Mitieli Vakacegu (Army Boxing Club)

Chad Hoskins (Mundines Boxing Gym)-Isaia Raqila (Army Boxing Club).

Ticket prices range from $15 (balcony), $20 (ringside) and $30 (super ringside - only 500 available). Ticket will be sold at Vodafone Arena from 11am. The show is promoted by Toe To Toe Boxing Promotions with George Reno the matchmaker. Anthony Mundine was expected to be ringside on the night but was unfortunately unable to attend. He is expected to be present at the next Toe To Toe promotion in Fiji.

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Posted in: Articles,Pradeep Singh,Standard,Yao Yi Ma

Kirby To Defend Aussie Title Against 'Big Daddy'

Photo by Clive Franklin

Australian Heavyweight champion "The Iron Rhino" Michael Kirby will fight former MMA champion-Lucas "Big Daddy" Browne now 10-0 in boxing in the first defense of his Aussie title.

Kirby won the belt on the Gold Coast in October against three-time Heavyweight champion Colin Wilson and will head to England providing he is successful against Browne.

The fight will take place February 17th 2011 on the Gold Coast and will be shown live nationally on Fox Sports.

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Posted in: featured,Lucas Browne,Michael Kirby,news,Standard

Weights: Dawson 69.8kg vs Kalakoda 69.8kg

Weights ahead of Western Alliance 6 at the WA Italian Club, Perth, Western Australia, Australia on Friday 9th December 2011 promoted by Ty Colman/CDL Boxing Promotions.

Photos by Damo Photography

12 Rounds-PABA Light Middleweight Title
Daniel Dawson 69.8kg vs Virgil Kalakoda 69.8kg

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6 Rounds-Light Heavyweight
Andrew Green 82.0kg vs Kashif Mumtaz 79.9kg

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6 Rounds-Heavyweight
Lucas Browne 118.5kg vs Alipate Liava'a 110.5kg

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4 Rounds-Super Middleweight
Luke Sharp 75.0kg vs John Argus 76.3kg

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4 Rounds-Middleweight
Wes Capper 72.4kg vs Daniel Roy Maxwell 69.5kg

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Posted in: Alipate Liava'a,Andrew Green,Daniel Dawson,Daniel Roy Maxwell,featured,John Argus,Kashif Mumtaz,Lucas Browne,Luke Sharp,news,Standard,Virgil Kalakoda,Wes Capper

Waters Ends Career On A High

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Friday night signaled an end to the boxing career of Ryan Waters who fought for the last time at the Sharkies Leagues Club.

Waters challenged Anthony Mundine late in 2010 which ended unsuccessfully for the man from the shire who said the fight took the spark out of him after he really believed he could beat 'Choc' that night.

After a knockout loss to Lee Oti in October, Waters was able to turn it around on Friday knocking out Dion McNabney in the third round of their championship bout for the interim PABA Light Middleweight title.

McNabney was down once in round 1 and twice in round 2 before the fight ended at 1:07 of the third.

It was a fitting ending for the 33 year old who will still promote fights under his Left Hook Promotions company as well as train boxers such as Jack Brubaker.

In the main event at Cruiserweight Yoshinori Nishizawa defeated Chokchan Sithkrupon with a 5th round knockout at 0:35 after Sithkrupon was down twice in round 4.

In the opening professional fight Robert Whaley won against Ariel Omongos after he retired at the end of the second round with a shoulder injury.

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Posted in: Ariel Omongos,Dion McNabney,featured,news,Robert Whaley,Ryan Waters,Standard

Anselmo Moreno Too Good For Darchinyan

 

Photo by Tom Casino/SHOWTIME

Anselmo Moreno has retained his WBA Super World Bantamweight title with a 12 round unanimous decision over Australian, Vic Darchinyan (116-111, 117-110, 120-107).

Darchinyan came forward early stalking Moreno and did enough to take the opening round but Moreno with the reach advantage dominated the fight and his flashy footwork and good evasive skills made Darchinyan miss and became continually frustrated.

Darchinyan was deducted a point in round 4 for a none-boxing move but in the end it didn't matter as Moreno was too strong for the Australian.

After the fight Moreno told Showtime announcer, "I was a little nervous, but Vic was a stupid fighter." When asked about a fight with the Agbeko vs Mares winner he said, "I have always wanted to fight either of them." Darchinyan said, "I started rushing in, and couldn't land anything."

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Posted in: Anselmo Moreno,featured,news,Standard,Vic Darchinyan

Green Falls Short Against Wlodarcyk

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Krzysztof Wlodarcyk has retained his WBC Cruiserweight title with a 11th round stoppage of Australian, Danny Green.

In this fight Green was hoping to return to world championship glory after being soundly beaten by Antonio Tarver in his previous unsuccessful IBO world title defense. From the begging it seemed that Green was well in charge with his ramrod of a left jab and rights to the body, Green for the majority of the fight was staying back on the ropes and trying to time his opponent onto left jabs and right hands.

In the middle rounds Wlodarczyk walked into a fierce left jab which made him stumble and it appeared that Green was going to knock his opponent out, however because of his opponents tight high defense this objective was unable to be achieved.

Green pattern of out boxing his opponent appeared to continue until rounds 9 and 10 when Wlodarczyk’s jab appeared to finally find its target, but in my opinion Green still won those rounds, going into the 11th round I had Green 8 rounds up.

By this stage he appeared to be heading towards certain victory, then in the 11th round Green got hit with a right hand and then got hit with a left hook flush on the chin which knocked him down and it appeared that Green was not getting up but he showed incredible courage to make it up by the count of 9, the referee determined he was not fit to continue.

Green's dream was over and the majority of the crowd in Challenge Stadium were stunned along with many in there lounge rooms watching on Main Event.

John Dominates Merdov

In the co feature bout which was after the main event, Chris John took on Stanyslav Merdov in their WBA super world featherweight title fight, this was a big coo for the Australian public because Chris John rarely fights out of home base in Indonesia.

Chris John dominated the fight with solid right hands superior defensive skills and combinations, he was very un-Chris John like in appearing to look for the knock out after hitting some solid right hands which appeared to wobble his opponent in the early stages as a result he over extended on certain occasions which he wouldn’t normally do and got hit with some right hands himself which produced a cut over the eye, but overall it was another boxing master class from Chris John which produced a unanimous decision victory to Chris John.

Tomlinson Wins IBO Title In War

Next was for the IBO super Featherweight world title between rising Australian superstar “Wild” Will Tomlinson and tough Mexican Alan Herrera, this was Will’s first shot at a world title and was going to be his toughest fight yet against the tough Mexican determined to spoil the Australian party.

From the beginning you knew Will was going to be in deep water when a deep cut began to open up over his right eye, however Will is used to cuts and was able to out box Herrera with beautiful left jabs and right hands to the body, as the fight went on because of a head butt a cut began to develop down the bridge of Will’s nose and underneath the left eye.

Will was dealing with three cuts and showed incredible intestinal fortitude and courage to claim his first world title and my personal opinion with the power and speed that this kid has got in both hands if he stops over extending and over balancing on those right hands and decides to use more of his boxing skills instead of being willing to trade all the time “Wild” Will can accomplish much more in the sporty of boxing.

Rising Star, Yordan Too Strong For Archuleta

We then saw Young Indonesian rising star Daud Cino Yordan who took on veteran Frankie Archuleta who’s had victories over the likes of Johnny Tapia, from the beginnings you knew that Archuleta was majorly out of his depth and going to be majorly out classed, Yordan was walking up on Archuleta and treating him with utter content, hitting Archuleta with powerful combinations, with precession accuracy and power and you knew it was a mere formality that Archuleta was going to get stopped, he was taken care of in 4 rounds and Yordan gained his IBO Asia Pacific Featherweight title and in my opinion with this guys skill level and precession accuracy this title is the first of many I believe will end up around this man’s waist

McCracken Stops Tilyard In Four

What began the nights drama was a war between the two big guys, Anthony “The Bull” McCracken and Shane Tilyard involved themselves in an absolute war where there seemed to be absolutely no regard for each other’s defense and it seemed to be a battle of McCracken’s right hand vs Tilyard’s uppercut, during the fight McCracken had to deal with major swelling over one of his eyes, which was threatening to close over and obscure his vision, in the end McCracken’s determination and will shone through and he managed to get rid of Tilyard in round 4.

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Posted in: Chris John,Danny Green,Krzysztof Wlodarcyk,news,Standard,Will Tomlinson