Archive for March, 2010
WSB test event announced in Baku
March 31st, 2010 | 
Author: 26 March 2010, Lausanne, Switzerland
Sijuola Shabazz
Some of the world’s best boxers will travel to Baku in Azerbaijan next month for their first taste of boxing under the new World Series of Boxing (WSB) rules. The boxers will train and compete as two fictitious franchise teams in the first test event covering all aspects of the future World Series competition.
In a realistic test of the future WSB competition format, the boxers will be divided into two teams to simulate the two-hour matches between the 12 WSB franchises teams that will be a regular feature of the boxing calendar from November this year. Team A is a mixture of some of the biggest boxing names from Russia and the Ukraine, as well as upcoming stars from France, which is in the running for one of the European WSB franchises. Team B features two promising boxing pairs from Brazil and the USA, plus a proven contender from Germany.For both teams it will be the first experience of competing without head guards and with a new scoring system.
| Weight division | Team A | Team B |
| 54kg | Vitaliy Volkov (UKR) | Denis Makarov (GER) |
| 61kg | Albert Selimov (RUS) | Everton Lopes (BRA) |
| 73kg | Sergiy Derevyanchenko (UKR) | Yamaguchi Falcao (BRA) |
| 85kg | Ludovic Groguhe (FRA) | Sijuola Shabazz (USA) |
| +91kg | Djybril Coupe (FRA) | Javier Torres (USA) |
The lightweight (61kg) bout pitches 2007 World Champion, 2008 World Cup gold medalist and 2009 AIBA World Championships bronze medalist Albert Selimov from Russia against Brazil’s Everton Lopes. Selimov, 24, will face 19-year-old Lopes in a battle of experience against youth. In addition to making the quarter-finals at the 2009 AIBA World Championships and the 2009 AIBA President’s Cup, Lopes was also ranked as Brazil’s best potential WSB boxer by the WSB evaluators.
In the middleweight (73kg) contest, Ukrainian national champion Sergiy Derevyanchenko will face Brazil’s Yamaguchi Falcao in the pair’s first head-to-head encounter. Derevyanchenko took gold at the 2009 AIBA President’s Cup but Yamaguchi was thwarted by Moldova’s Cotiujanschii in the semi-finals and had to settle for bronze. Nevertheless, Yamaguchi is also hotly tipped for the WSB after his style caught the attention of the WSB evaluators.
The two heavyweight bouts promise thrilling action, with young raw talents from either side of the Atlantic experiencing their first taste of international boxing. The light heavyweight (85kg) bout has the potential to be the most exciting of all, since both boxers are ranked second in their country and have a boxing style ideally suited to the WSB. Sijuola Shabazz has said he is aiming for nothing less than the WSB individual championship title. He will face Ludovic Groguhe from France, who lost to Abdelkader Bouhenia in the final of this year’s French national championships, but impressed the crowd in his semi-final against Kevin Buval with the only knock-out of the entire tournament. In the heavyweight (+91kg) contest, the duel of the youngsters will pit rising star Djybril Coupe from France, who is 19 years old, against US number two Javier Torres, who is 21.
Before the test event, athletes, coaches, referees and judges will attend a week-long training camp in Azerbaijan. At the training camp, three AIBA-certified coaches per team – all with experience at national team level – will put the boxers through their paces with a program to adjust their boxing style to the rigors of the WSB, where they will compete over five rounds of three minutes using new gloves developed specially for the WSB. Two AIBA-certified Referee and Judge Instructors will also train the four referees and judges to officiate under the new WSB rules.
The test event will take place on the evening of the 21st of April at the Baku Sports Palace two days before the first bouts of the AIBA Youth World Championships, which will see young boxers from over 100 countries competing for the world title and a coveted place at the first-ever Youth Olympic Games in Singapore later this year.
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History of Olympic Boxing
Olympic Boxing
Boxing was not included in the Athens Games (1896) as the City Organisers of that time felt boxing to be, ungentlemanly and dangerous. However boxing was introduced at the 1904 St Louis (USA) Olympic Games. All (24) boxers were American and boxed at (7) weight categories. Oliver Kirk won both the bantam weight (54kg) and feather-weight (57kg) Gold medals! There was also a demonstration of female boxing at these Games
The 1908 London (Great Britain) Olympic Games witnessed (42) boxers (of which (30) were from Great Britain) and representatives from (7) countries (including Australia, Denmark, England, Ireland, Scotland and Wales).
There was no boxing unfortunately at the Stockholm (Sweden) Olympic Games (1912) as there was no Swedish ABA at the time to organise the event. The next Olympic Games did not take place until (1920) hosted by the Belgium City of Antwerp. At these Games (8) weight categories were contested for the first time.
The 1928 Olympic Games (Amsterdam. Holland) teams were limited, for the first time, to one boxer per weight category for the very first time. The Olympics have continued to develop. In the 1952 Helsinki Games (Finland) Bronze medals were for the first time awarded to both losing semi-finalists.
In 1992 the Barcelona Games (Spain) boxers for the first time had to ‘qualify’ from World Zones. This has fundamentally changed the form of the Olympic Games for amateur boxing. In today’s Olympic’s the route to securing a place is both difficult and challenging.
Boxing Cities of the Olympic Games
AIBA logo
The Federation de Boxe Amateur (FIBA) was formed in 1920 when delegates of (5) countries met in Paris. The (FIBA) was the sports first ‘World Governing Body’. John Douglas (Olympic Championo, 1908) was appointed ‘President’ and Mr Val Barker as ‘Honorary Secretary’, both Englishman. The (FIBA) adopted all the ‘rules of boxing’ of the ABA without change. By 1926 (25) countries had affiliated to the (FIBA).
In 1946, (23) representative countries agreed to disband the (FIBA) and form the Association Internationale de Boxe Amateur. The AIBA was born. Mr A Gremaux (French) became President and, Dr J Wyatt (President of the English (ABA) became ‘President of Honour’.
The first ‘World Championship’s were held in Havana (Cuba) in 1974. Some (274) boxers from (45) countries entered. Cuba finished with (5) World Champions. Teofilo Stevenson (three times Olympic Champion went onto win three World Championships).
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Domenico Valentino Loses First Contests of 2010
Domenico Valentino Loses First Contests of 2010
Reigning world champion lightweight fighter Domenico Valentino of Italy, who was awarded the title of best boxer of 2009, lost his first two contests in Dublin and Belfast where the Italian squad competed with the Irish team on March 12 and 14.
Source AIBA 21.03.2010
Reigning world champion lightweight fighter Domenico Valentino of Italy, who was awarded the title of best boxer of 2009, lost his first two contests in Dublin and Belfast where the Italian squad competed with the Irish team on March 12 and 14.
At the first dual match between the strong national teams, Domenico Valentino lost to experienced 25-year-old Eric Donovan of St. Michael’s Athy by points, the final scoring was 11:8. Two-time European Union champion David Oliver Joyce of Ireland defeated Valentino at the second dual match in Northern Ireland’s capital city, Belfast. The Irish squad led 4:1 at the second dual match when Italian team were unhappy with the judging and the event were abandoned.
The first dual match ended with Irish an victory, when the local squad beat the Italians 7:5 at the National Stadium in Dublin. In the first two contests in the flyweight class, Olympic Games and AIBA World Championships bronze medalist Vincenzo Picardi and Alex Ferramosca, both from Italy, beat their Irish rivals, taking the lead 2:0
After that, the dual match continued with four Irish victories. AIBA World Championships bronze medalist John Joe Nevin beat Beijing Olympian Vittorio Parrinello in the bantamweight, 20-year-old Tyrone McCullough defeated Beijing Olympian Alessio Di Savino in the featherweight, AIBA Youth World Champion Raymond Moylett won against Vincenzo Mangiacapre and Eric Donovan defeated Valentino.
Reigning national champion 19-year-old Davide Cenciarelli of Italy broke off the Irish series and defeated more experienced EU Championships bronze medalist Philip Sutcliffe in a close contest in the 64kg category.
European Championships bronze medalist and Beijing Olympian John Joe Joyce, who went up into welterweight class, and EU champion and Ahmet Comert Tournament winner Darren O’Neill won their bouts ensuring an Irish lead 6:3 before the last three contests.
The tables seemed to turn when new national champion Simone Fiori won against Disha Gezim of Ireland, but then former world champion Clemente Russo of Italy was defeated by EU champion Irish Con Sheehan by points (4:2) and it before the last contest was over, it was certain that the Irish squad had won the dual match.
At the last bout reigning and double AIBA world champion Roberto Cammarelle of Italy beat the young David Joyce of Ireland in the super heavyweight class. Unfortunately, the Italian squad abandoned the match at the point where the local team was leading 4:1 and Domenico Valentino lost his second bout in 48 hours.
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5th Commonwealth Boxing Championships – Finals results
March 17
New Delhi, Indian boxers swept six of the 10 gold medals on offer in the Commonwealth Boxing Championships on Wednesday 16 March at the Talkatora Indoor Stadium.
Indian pugilists made a clean sweep in the finals to win the overall team title at the fifth Commonwealth Boxing Championships on Wednesday.
The GB team have achieved four gold medals, a silver and five bronze medals at the Commonwealth Boxing Championships in New Delhi, India.
Finals results are as follows:
49 Kg Amandeep Singh (India) beat Peter Mungai (Kenya)
52 kg Suranjoy Singh (India) beat Oliver Lavigi (Mauritiu)
56kg Iain Weaver (GB) beat MDK Wanniarachchi (Sri Lanka)
60 kg Jai Bhagwan (India) beat Valention Knowles (Bahamas)
64kg Scott Cardle (GB) beat Chris Jenkins (Wales) walkover
69kg Fred Evans (Wales) beat Moubi Mothiba (Botswana)
75kg Vijender Kumar Singh (India) beat Frank Buglioni (GB)
(81 kg) Dinesh Kumar (India) beat Callum Johnson (Scot) walkover
91kg Simon Vallily (GB) beat Elly Ajowi (Kenya)
91 Kg+ Paramjeet Samota (India) beat Joseph Parker (New Zealand)
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Baku to host world championship in boxing
Source: ARMENIA.AZ, Fri 12 March 2010 | 12:08 GMT
A contract about hosting the youth world championship in boxing in Baku in late April has been signed today.
According to News.Az, the document was signed by president of the Boxing Federation of Azerbaijan Kemaleddin Heydarov and head of the International Amateur Boxing Association. (AIBA) Ching Kuo Wu.
AIBA president noted that the conduction of the world championship in Baku will promote development of boxing in Azerbaijan. In turn, Heydarov said he is flattered with the trust shown by AIBA. “The results of our boxers have not been good recently but our aim is to raise the level of boxing in the country because it is one of the most popular sport in Azerbaijan and the world”, president of the Azerbaijan Boxing Federation said.
On the whole, the teams from more than 100 countries including Armenia are expected to participate in the world championship.
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