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Amateurs give it their all at Cronulla
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The highlight of the amateur matches at Cronulla Leagues
Club Fight Night early December was probably one of the quickest matches of the
night, over before the first round bell had rung.
After rocking Sam Mathieson in the first few seconds Brad Veigel managed to get
a good couple of hits on Mathieson which had him swaying on his feet and the
doctor called.
The bout was declared Veigels’s by TKO.
In their second match in three weeks Craig Martin managed to beat Matt Wiggins
despite having been deducted a point in the first round for hitting his opponent
while on the ground.
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Bolling brings title home
Views: 17520ADD COMMENT 9 years ago
Out in the Shire the Friday night before Christmas local
boy Michael Bolling gave the crowd the best Christmas present ever in the form
of the Australian super middleweight title.
In a marathon display of boxing, Bolling fought Serge Yannick, also undefeated,
in a 10 round battle than provided plenty of entertainment.
Bolling, a southpaw, spent the first few rounds working his opponent out with
some pawing jabs, swift slips and a few right hands that bothered Yannick.
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Fistic Fury
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The Local Molong crowd was turning up early
in drips and drabs to get a good seat at the Festival Hotels beer garden turn
Fistic Fury boxing event Jake Kenny from Mob Sport Gym was hosting this event
featuring 15 fights and 2 exhibition bouts. On the cards were young up and
comers like Timothy Tszyu and the current Australian champion Sam Ah-See as the
main event. While the crowd was settling in, the first fight started while the
sun was still blaring its December heat. With the event being outdoors, it added
a cool inner feeling to this county affair. The infamous Kostya Tszyu was
sitting ringside eager to see his son in action.
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Bolling prepares for title with first class sparring partners
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Undefeated super middleweight Michael Bolling is the real
deal and has managed to secure himself some serious sparring partners –
including the winner of the US Contender Series 3 Sakio Bika – for his
upcoming Australian title bout on December 18 with Serge Yarrick.
As well as sparring Bika once a week Bolling is going toe-to-toe with Junior
Talipeau, a local contender series contestant, and has watched plenty of
Yarrick’s fights in preparation for the fight which will be his tenth.
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2009 Olympic Boxing Australian Titles
Views: 39890ADD COMMENT 9 years ago
2009 National Titles were held on the first weekend of
December in AIS Canberra with a strong NSW team fighting for gold.
35 NSW boxers with 4 trainers and manager Rick Anderson battled over 4 days
throughout 118 bouts in all divisions.
In what’s been an unsettling fortnight for amateur boxing in NSW with the
decision by Boxing Australia to dissolve the current ABA board, it was a major
credit to the boxers and coaches involved for their achievement and conduct over
the weekend.
10 gold medals and 15 silver medals, best senior team and best overall boxer,
goes to prove that point.
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Green proves Jones is not "superhuman"
Views: 14180ADD COMMENT 9 years ago
The referee’s decision to call off the battle between
Danny Green and Roy Jones for the IBO cruiserweight title 2 minutes 2 seconds
into the first round was the right one according to Australian boxing legend
Johnny Lewis.
“The punch Danny got him with had enough on it to disorientate Ray. I think
the referee made the right decision,” he says.
If it had continued, Lewis says, Roy could have been seriously injured.
“In a fight if a knockout comes it can happen in the first minute of the first
round or the last minute of the last round.”
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Long live the King
Views: 17970ADD COMMENT 9 years ago
The highlight of the Pro-night at the University of NSW Roundhouse on October
30, 2009 was the light middleweight main event between King Davidson, trained
by Johnny Lewis, and Virgil Kalakoda fighting out of Full Body Impact Gym in
Sydney. With 30 professional bouts under his belt, and over 15 kickboxing
fights, Virgil was more experienced than King who had just 10 fights under his
belt but was undefeated.
A consummate professional King didn’t blink as the rowdy crowd, plied with
alcohol at the end of a long evening, cheered raucously for his opponent from
the first of 12 rounds.
In the early rounds of the fight King was barely touched, keeping Virgil at
bay at the end of his jab and slipping anything that came his way.
In the third round he shook Virgil who received an 8 count but was then saved
by the bell. The King jab was much more effective than his opponent’s. But
12 rounds of 3 minute is a long time in anyone’s language and as King tired
after the middle rounds Virgil seemed to pick up pace, encouraged by the cheers
that every punch he scored generated. In the sixth round Virgil landed some
clean hooks.
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Price is right for the Title
Views: 26850ADD COMMENT 9 years ago
Paul Nasari’s Fight Night at Revesby Worker’s Club late November ended
a little prematurely, and to the unhappy boos of the crowd, after two of the pro
fights finished in technical draws, both caused by head clashes and deep head
cuts.
But a timely reminder from boxing announcer and industry stalwart James White
that the boxers’ welfare was of the utmost importance resulted in an
apologetic round of applause from the audience.
“I know what you want but isn’t the safety of the fighters that is most
important,” he said.
The main event, between local boy Danny Price and Peter Brennan from Southern
Cross Boxing Gym for the Cruiserweight State Title ended 1.31m into the second
round much to the disappointment of Peter, who received the gash. The result, as
it happened before the fifth round, was a technical draw.
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Green vs Jones
Views: 19550ADD COMMENT 9 years ago
The pre-fight press conference between Danny Green and Roy Jones Junior Monday
morning was a fitting warm up for the IBO Cruiserweight bout on
Wednesday night. Jones, who will be fighting out of the US for the first time,
and Green were full of constrained respect for each other while their managers
Justin Manolikos and McGee Wright continued a tit-for-tat that started
last week.
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CFC 11
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Following the taunts and boos from the crowd, an
emotional Hector Lombard grabbed the microphone and lashed out in reply. The
crowd wasn’t happy that the fit ended so soon and that Hector’s opponent
hardly put up a fight. Hector defeated UFC veteran and TUF 3 recruit Kalib
Starnes by verbal submission early in round 1. Hector was holding back tears
from sheer anger and disappointment as he was relaying to the crowd that it is
not his fault his opponent gave up too quickly. It appears Hector is finding it
hard to get decent match ups.
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