Promoter Ahmet Oner has shocked Sauerland Event by winning today’s purse bid for the intercontinental middleweight championship between Sauerland’s prospect Dominik Britsch and former i/c champion Benjamin Simon at the International Boxing Federation (IBF) office in New Jersey.
Oner’s winning bid was 183,000.- US-Dollars while Sauerland was hoping to get the nod with 131,400.- US-Dollars.
“We had told Sauerland before that we have investors in Turkey who are interested in this bout”, says Oner. “We made them a very good offer but they refused because they said that they don’t want to fight in Turkey. I guess now they have to… Our date is set for March 9th in my hometown Tekirdag.”
Benjamin Simon and his trainer and manager Robert Rolle were happy with the purse bid result as well. “Actually we don’t care where we fight – as long as we get our hands on Britsch”, states Rolle. “We were preparing for February 25th and we were ready to fight at their show. But, of course, this is even better for us. Going to Turkey with Ahmet is like a home fight for us and we will take the belt from Britsch. We thank Ahmet and ARENA for their support and their trust in us.”
Eurosport will broadcast the show live on March 9th from Tekirdag.
UNDERCARD ANNOUNCED FOR SUPERBRAWLS FRIDAY NIGHT FIGHTS CARD, FEBRUARY 3 AT TEXAS STATION CASINO IN LAS VEGAS
Roberto J. Acevedo, Juan Carlos Velasquez, Evgeny Gradovich, and Cameron Kreal all scheduled for battle
The undercard has been announced for the February 3, 2012, Warriors Boxing and Sampson Boxing blockbuster SUPERBRAWLS show at the Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel in Las Vegas.
Several exciting matchups are scheduled in addition to the ESPN Friday Night Fights-televised portion of the show consisting of a 10-round light heavyweight main event between Colombian powerhouse Edison “Pantera” Miranda and South Africa’s WBC #6, WBA #13, and WBO #14-rated Isaac “Golden Boy” Chilemba, as well as Hylon Williams Jr. (15-0, 3 KOs) of Las Vegas and Rances “Kid Blast” Barthelemy (14-0, 11 KOs) in the eight-round lightweight co-main event, and a heavyweight showdown between 2005 and 2006 Russian super heavyweight amateur champion Magomed Abdusalamov (12-0, 12 KOs) and Cuba’s Pedro Rodriguez (8-0, 6 KOs).
Topping the all-action undercard will be “can’t miss” Puerto Rican super middleweight prospect Roberto Jose Acevedo (2-0, 1 KO) in a four-round showcase fight against Las Vegas resident Velvet Malone (0-3).
Other bouts scheduled include a noteworthy six-round super featherweight tussle between Igrim, Russia’s undefeated Eveny Gradovich (11-0, 6 KOs) and Las Vegas’ Robert Osiobe (11-3-4, 6 KOs); a four-round junior welterweight match-up between Vegas residents Cameron Kreal (0-0-2) and Jesus Gutierrez (1-0, 1 KO); and Puerto Rico’s Juan Carlos Velasquez (10-1, 5 KOs) in a six-round super featherweight bout against TBA.
Tickets for “Super Brawls” are priced at $25 and $50 and are available at Ticketmaster, any Texas Station rewards center or at Stationcasinos.com/concerts. A few VIP seats are available at a price of $100. Please call (954) 985-1155.
On fight night, doors open at 5:30 and the action starts at 6:00 pm.
Station Bucks may be used to purchase tickets. All ages welcome. Under 21 must be accompanied by an adult 21 or over. Show subject to change without notice. Management reserves all rights. Digital Photography and video prohibited. Tickets can be purchased at any Station Casinos Boarding Pass Rewards Center, The Fiesta’s, by logging onto stationcasinos.com/concerts or by calling 1-800-745-3000.
Texas Station Gambling Hall & Hotel is located at 2101 Texas Star Ln in North Las Vegas. Telephone: (702) 631-1000 or (800)654-8888.
POLISH PRINCE ANDRZEJ FONFARA HEADLINES WINDY CITY FIGHT NIGHT 22, March 17th
CHICAGO, IL (January 24, 2012) Chicago’s Polish Prince and world ranked light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara will return to battle on Saturday, March 17th at Windy City Fight Night 22, it was announced today by Dominic Pesoli, President of 8 Count Productions.
Advance tickets, priced at $31, $51, $76 and $101 are available through Ticketmaster, (www.Ticketmaster.com), the UIC Pavilion Box Office (Phone 312-413-5740) and the 8 Count Productions Office (312-226-5800).
The heavy-handed 24-year-old Fonfara, sporting a record of 20-2-1 with eleven knockouts continues to draw very large “loud and proud” crowds at the UIC Pavilion from the massive Polish population in Chicago. Most recently Fonfara crushed Phil Williams on December 16th, drilling him to the canvas in the third round to earn the stoppage.
Currently ranked #9 by the World Boxing Organization, the Warsaw, Poland native has resided in Chicago since turning professional five years ago. He will appear in a scheduled ten round bout for the USBO Light Heavyweight Title against an opponent to be named.
Undefeated in his last eleven bouts, the last eight by knockout, Fonfara has received a sensational amount of interest nationally and overseas due to his highlight real stoppages, many of which have garnered tens of thousands of viewings on Youtube.com.
Said Pesoli, “This is going to be a big year for Andrzej. His improvement over the last two years has been incredible. We’ve drawn tremendous crowds for his fights at the UIC Pavilion and after each one I receive a larger amount of requests for news on his next fight. I would strongly encourage fans to make their purchases early as the best seats will go quickly.”
Also battling at Windy City Fight Night 22 will be Chicago based Mexican warrior Ivan “EL Marro” Popoca. A native of Guerrero, Mexico, Popoca has enjoyed a sensational amount of support from Chicago fight fans over his five-year career.
Undefeated in his first fifteen professional bouts, Popoca went to war with world ranked Ruslan Provodnikov on April 15, 2011, in a bout broadcast on ESPN2’s Friday Night Fights. After seven sensational rounds, the fight was stopped abruptly in the eighth after Popoca was knocked down for the first time.
Campaigning as a lightweight, Popoca will return to action in a scheduled six round tilt against an opponent to be announced.
Also announced for Windy City Fight Night 22 is former Ukrainian Olympian and current undefeated middleweight Viktor Polyakov. A native of Perm, Russia, now residing in Chicago, Polyakov has made a resounding return to Chicago, winning his most recent two bouts with six round unanimous decision shutouts over Romaro Johnson on September 23rd and Foster Nkodo on December 16th.
More information on these and other exciting bouts will be announced shortly.
Doors on the night of the event will open at 7pm with the first bell at 8pm. The UIC Pavilion is located at 525 S. Racine, at the corner of Harrison and Racine, just one block south of the Eisenhower Expressway in the West Loop area of Chicago.
8 Count Productions, HOME OF THE BEST IN CHICAGO BOXING, was started by Dominic Pesoli in 1998 and has consistently presented the highest quality professional boxing events in Chicagoland.
Fighters currently under the 8 Count Productions banner include; super middleweight contender Donovan George, world ranked light heavyweight Andrzej Fonfara, former world title challenger Edner Cherry, middleweight prospect Viktor Polyakov, junior welterweight prospects Ivan Popoca and Adrian Granados along with welterweights Achour Esho and Jaime Herrera.
For more information on 8 Count Productions please visit their new website, www.8countproductions.com. Follow them on Twitter at 8_Count and Facebook at “8 Count Productions”.
For further information about the UIC Pavilion please visit their website at www.uicpavilion.com. The UIC Pavilion is now serving alcohol at all boxing events.
50-50 in Pacquiao vs. Mayweather: Let reason prevail
By Reni M. Valenzuela: Except for his bloated ego, I can’t think of any other reason to warrant Floyd Mayweather Jr.’s demand of a bigger paycheck in fighting Manny Pacquiao. Floyd is an extremely enigmatic person who doesn’t seem to run out of tricks and excuses. And his money posturing this time to make The Fight happen or not happen holds everyone hostage again to his antics.
This is the height of irony in all of sports:
Pacman has accomplished extraordinary feats in boxing like no other athletes in fight sports for this generation in terms of surprising conquest of brightest stars in their prime, unbelievable demolition of accomplished bigger opponents, popularity, worldwide respect and admiration, phenomenal rise to stardom, inspiring rags to riches story, several multi-million product endorsements, role model stature, international awards, numerous world citations, and many others. Pacquiao has defeated more convincingly the same boxers that Mayweather fought with the exception of Juan Manuel Marquez, notwithstanding the silly alibis by Floyd “defenders.” Foremost of all is Pacquiao being the only fighter in boxing history who captured eight championship belts in different divisions.
Given the above for a proof, and beyond, how awkward it is that Pacman is the one begging Money Floyd to accept the 50/50 split share in the purse when it should be the other way around. Such a novel twist!
Mayweather is hugely talented as a boxer but he has been effectively taking the world for a ride as a clown for too long, and too much. And that could be his greatest undoing. He should beware, however, that in the event he rejects the “give away” offer of Pacquiao, he may have the same tired “duped world” to go against him by way of boycott, entertainingly.
renimvalenzuela@yahoo.com