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Young Talent To Define The 2016 Rio Olympic Games Era

By AIBA

This year, several young talents will be ready to showcase their skills and test themselves on the biggest stages of all with glory the 2016 Rio Olympics the ultimate target. The forthcoming AIBA Youth World Championships, to be held in in October, will be the first chance to see up close the array of exciting fighters coming through.

The new look Russian youth team has now some of the most talented boxers coming through and it could well be that their squad is the strongest one they have had yet. Lightweight National Youth Champion Kristian Stepanov, AIBA Junior World Champion and European Junior Championships gold medallist Sergey Sobylinskiy, current Welterweight European Youth Champion Igor Kharitonov, European Junior Champion and Denisov Youth Cup gold medallist Andrey Stotskiy and European Junior Champion Khodzhiakbar Mamakov make up an impressive squad that many predict will be dominant for years to come.

The Azeri elite team is the youngest in the world, while their youth squad is also coming up strong. They have great expectations for the immediate and long-term future. Two Azeri boxers claimed gold medals at the European Youth Championships in Dublin, Parviz Bagirov and Rauf Rahimov. Both boxers were born in 1994 so expect them to further demonstrate their impressive techniques in all the youth tournaments this year.

Uzbekistan’s best Lightweight fighter Aliyor Noraliyev secured a gold medal at the AIBA Junior World Championships in Astana last year so he will be one to watch. We can also expect great things from his accomplished compatriots Anvar Turapov, Ahmet Comert, Junior Tournament winner Akmalbek Kosimov, AIBA Junior World Champion Oybek Sharipov and Sydney Jackson Memorial Tournament bronze medallist Ulugbek Mubinov. 2012 should prove a very successful year for this squad.

Puerto Rico’s Panamerican Games bronze medallist and National Elite Champion Jantony Ortiz will be celebrating his 18th birthday in July and he will be looking to qualify and compete at the London Olympic Games. His main goal this season will be to secure a gold medal at the upcoming AIBA Youth World Championships.

Current AIBA Junior World Champion, 16-year-old Asror Vohidov, who was awarded the best junior boxer trophy in 2011, is the biggest hope for Tajikistan in the upcoming Olympic era, but he will be concentrating on the youth level championships with Rio 2016 his main objective. We are most likely to see him moving up a division to Flyweight.

The Philippines traditionally have excellent boxers in the Light Flyweight category and with Ian Clark Bautista securing a silver medal at the President’s Cup amongst the elite boxers in Jakarta last July; he will be certainly able to continue the tradition of Filipino success at the AIBA Youth World Championships.

The Dominican Republic’s rising star is Panamerican Junior Champion Huascar Ramirez who, last year, suffered only one loss. Kevin Brown of Cuba will also have some good opportunities of securing some top results. El Salvador’s new hope, Nathan Ridings, who competed at the 16th AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku is also expected to shine in 2012.

Other strong youth fighters to look out for in 2012 are Kazakhstan’s powerful Olzhas Kalaubek, India’s Agalarov Youth Cup winner Ajay Kumar, Lithuania’s European Junior Championships bronze medallist Eimantas Stanionis, Hungary’s AIBA Junior World Championships silver medallist and European Junior Champion Norbert Herczeg, Serbia’s National Elite Champion Vanja Bacic, Georgia’s former European Junior Champion Aleksandr Dokvadze, Australia’s AIBA Junior World Champion Jai Opetaia and Ukraine’s European Youth Championships bronze medallist Bohdan Blazhko.

It is shaping up to be another exciting year, full of exciting talent.

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JAMIE ARTHUR is planning to gallop to victory when he bids to upset British super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg next month.

The Welshman is preparing for the challenge by racing against horses being ridden by his model wife, Karen.

Former Commonwealth champion Arthur is always  looking for wacky training methods, and believes his latest plan will help cause a major upset in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Stadium on Saturday 4th February.

Arthur explained: “Basically I have a couple minutes start and then Karen chases me up the side of a mountain riding a horse.

“It is only a 3 minute run, so it only takes about a minute for her to catch up.

“It is just a bit of fun really but comes in useful when we are breaking in horses to ride and for them to understand commands.

“If she is kicking on and I am running the horse seems to follow. It is a good way to train the horse and me as well.

“The good thing about the village where I live, Rhydyfelin is that there are plenty of mountains, hills and fresh air so I can fill my lungs up.”

Joe Murray attempts to win his first title, challenging Chris Male for the vacant English featherweight crown on the card being televised live on Sky Sports.

Rendall Munroe features in a non-title eight rounder when he tackles Argentinian Jose Saez.

The card will also include Stephen Foster Jr v Yauheni Kruhlik. Matty Askin v Attila Palko, Craig Lyon v Yuri Voronin, Jazza Dickens v Michael Ramabaletsa,  Feargal McCrory v Jason Nesbitt and Tasif Khan v Selected Opponent.

Boxing starts at 6.15pm and tickets priced at £35, £55 and £75 VIP ringside. You can buy by calling  01925 755 222 , Ticketmaster 0844 847 2500      , Ticketline 0844 888 9991 or online www.hattonboxing.com

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Boxing News And Updates In Brief For Friday 13^th January, 2012 For: Hot Ticket Sales For Brook vs Hatton, NSAC Revokes Casamayor’s Boxing License, Mayweather Only Wants Pacquiao, Arum Wants To Deal Directly With Mayweather, Brandon Gonzales Replaced, Adamek Says Rematch With Arreola Possible, WBA Orders Rematch Between Khan And Peterson, Burns Defends Title Against Moses, Negron Returns, Bukom Banku Returns, Salido-Lopez Rematch

• Hot Ticket Sales For Brook vs Hatton – Less than three days into the sale of Kell Brook’s fight with Matthew Hatton at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield on March 17 and the ticket sales have smashed through the 5,000 barrier. Promoter Eddie Hearn announced the huge all-British Welterweight clash between Brook and Hatton on Wednesday afternoon and the phone lines at the Motorpoint Arena Sheffield and at Matchroom Sport have been buzzing ever since with fans snapping up tickets for the event. The Arena was set up for 9,000 fans but after the huge demand for tickets, it is likely that Hearn will open up the full capacity at some point next week.

• NSAC Revokes Casamayor’s Boxing License – The Nevada Athletic Commission has revoked the boxing license of former world champion Joel Casamayor after he tested positive for marijuana following his KO8 loss to Timothy Bradley last November. The 40-year-old Casamayor must pay a fine of $10,000 and may not request a new Nevada license for 12 months.

• Mayweather Only Wants Pacquiao – WBC welterweight champ Floyd Mayweather Jr. says he’s only targeting Manny Pacquiao right now and nobody else. In an interview at fighthype.com, Mayweather states that he doesn’t want Saul Alvarez, Miguel Cotto or a rematch against Juan Manuel Marquez. – Mayweather says he only wants Pacquiao and is wondering why the Filipino star is ducking him so badly. Mayweather also said his management are probably looking someone else for him to fight on May 5th, but he still prefers the Pacquiao fight.

• Arum Wants To Deal Directly With Mayweather – “Right now there’s no development,” Hall of Fame promoter Bob Arum told the Philippine Star in Manila. “Obviously we’re waiting to hear from the Mayweather people, but we’re prepared to do the fight in May. It will be late in May, but the problem remains the same in that no one from Mayweather’s side would guarantee his purse. I can only guarantee Manny’s purse, but if Floyd wants to make a deal with me then I’m open to that. I can guarantee his purse but I then I will have a share in his revenue.” Arum also told the paper that he needs to discuss an alternate opponent if the Mayweather fight doesn’t happen. – Meanwhile Pacquiao has stated the fight is no problem “as long as it’s a 50/50 split,” and both Arum and chief adviser Mike Koncz have ruled out the 17,000-seat MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, insisting on a special 40,000-seat temporary arena. – On the Mayweather front, Golden Boy has reportedly eliminated Robert “The Ghost” Guerrero from consideration as a possible Floyd opponent, should the Pacman fight not happen.

• Brandon Gonzales Replaced – Tom Brown, Goossen Tutor Promotions matchmaker, has added a special 8-round super featherweight attraction between two undefeated prospects Guy Robb (7-0, 3 KOs) and Joel Diaz Jr. (6-0, 5 KOs) after Brandon Gonzales pulled out of his January 20 fight against Caleb Truax due to a leg injury. The card, which will be held at the Pearl at Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas, Nev. and broadcast on SHOWTIME, is headlined by a world title bout between WBA super bantamweight world champion Rico Ramos (20-0, 11 KOs), who takes on WBA interim champion and two-time Olympic gold medalist Guillermo Rigondeaux (8-0, 6 KOs). Opening the ShoBox telecast, undefeated Matthew Villanueva (6-0-1, 6 KOs) will fight Mike Ruiz (8-1-1, 3 KOs) in an 8-round junior bantamweight bout.

• Adamek Says Rematch With Arreola Possible – In an interview with the Polish Times, Former two division world champion Tomasz Adamek (44-2, 28KOs) said he is not ruling out a rematch with Chris Arreola (34-2, 29KOs). Adamek won a twelve round majority decision over Arreola in April 2010. It was one of the more exciting heavyweight encounters in the last few years. Adamek plans to return in March, but then he wants to land a televised opportunity on HBO. If the network requests a rematch with Arreola, Adamek is ready to fight.

• WBA Orders Rematch Between Khan And Peterson – The World Boxing Association has decided to order an immediate rematch between Khan and the current IBFWBA light welterweight champion Lamont Peterson (30-1-1, 15 KO’s). This comes after Khan was beaten by Peterson on December 10th by a 12 round split decision in a fight where Khan was docked two points for pushing off. Khan and his promoters from Golden Boy filed an expensive appeal after the fight, pointing to the point deductions, which they felt was needless and scoring problems and the presence of the mystery man, Mustafa Ameen, who was seen sitting and talking with WBA supervisor Michael Welsh during the fight. Ameen should not have been permitted to sit with Welsh during the fight, says Golden Boy.

• Burns Defends Title Against Moses – WBO interim lightweight champion Ricky Burns will make his first defense of his belt against former WBA champion Paulus Moses on March 10 at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland. Burns, who became Scotland’s first two-weight world champion in twenty years when he sensationally defeated Michael Katsidis last year, makes the first defence of the title on home soil after a year on the road.

• Negron Returns – Carlos Negron (13-1 and 9KOs) will reprise his career in 2012 by returning to the cruiserweight division, where the fighter hopes become world champion while promising to train in the United States in order to secure better sparring. Negron, standing at 6’6, admits that despite his height, his physique is not the traditional full-span of a heavyweight, which leaves him at a disadvantage against the ‘mastodons’ weighing 240 pounds onwards. “I felt like I was inflated. I will return on February 3 at a function in San Sebastian (Puerto Rico) at 200 pounds. In addition, there are plans to train in U.S. for sparring and to further develop myself as a boxer.

• Bukom Banku Returns – World Boxing Organization (WBO) African boxer of the year Braimah Kamoko AKA Bukom Banku makes a return to the ring on February 25 when he makes a defence of his WBO Africa Light heavyweight belt against Kenyan Hamza Wandera in Accra. Victory for the unbeaten Kamoko, 22-0, 16 KOs will move him closer to a fight against world champion Nathan Cleverly later in the year. Banku’s fight is the headliner of the first promotion of the year in Ghana put up by Golden Mike Boxing Promotions led by CEO Mike Tetteh slated for the plush Accra International Conference Centre.

• Salido-Lopez Rematch – The rematch between World Boxing Organization (WBO) featherweight champion Orlando Salido (37-11-2, 25 KO’s) and Juan Manuel Lopez (31-1, 28 KO’s) will be taking place on March 10th at the Coliseo Roberto Clemente, in San Juan, Puerto Rico. This will be another home fight for the 28-year-old Lopez despite the fact that he was badly beaten and stopped in the 8th round last time he fought the 31-year-old Salido last year in April 2011.

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BOXING FANS WIN WITH ROSADO vs. SOTO KARASS CO-FEATURE

On Saturday, January 21, boxing fans will be treated to an all-out war at the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania when hometown favorite “King” Gabriel Rosado (18-5, 10 KO’s) battles Los Mochis, Sinaloa, Mexico’s Jesus Soto Karass (24-6-3, 16 KO’s) in a ten-round junior middleweight showdown live on NBC Sports Network at 9pm E/T. The bout is part of a fan-pleasing card headlined by a ten-round heavyweight clash between “Fast” Eddie Chambers (36-2, 18 KO’s) and Sergei “White Wolf” Liakhovich (25-4, 16 KO’s), and is the first of four outstanding fight cards to be televised by the network this year.

Rosado, 25, has never been in a dull fight due to his crowd-pleasing style, and is riding a four-fight winning streak heading into his contest with Soto Karass. Rosado’s technique is very exciting for fight fans because he uses adept lateral movement remarkably well, but always ends up in a blow-for-blow fracas with the opposition.

Rosado is ecstatic to fight again in his hometown of Philadelphia and says he is prepared to take on Soto Karass. “He’s coming up to my weight class,” stated Rosado. “I have the size advantage, and I am going to use my power more in this fight. I could always box, but I am going to back this guy up!” Rosado added, “He’s used to guys boxing him. I am not going to give him a comfort zone. I am going to overpower him, walk him down and back him up. I will take him out of his element.”

Soto Karass, 29, has a granite chin, and has never been knocked out in a prize fight. From December of 2005 thru August of 2009, Soto Karass did not sustain a loss, compiling a record of (13-0-1, 6 KO’s). He dropped his last four ring appearances, going 0-3 with one no-contest, in bloody – and sometimes controversial -fashion.

Soto Karass is not one to take a backward step from his challengers, which was clearly exhibited in his two confrontations with Mike Jones, the first of which he lost in a highly-contested, ten-round majority decision on the undercard of Manny Pacquiao vs. Antonio Margarito. Soto Karass wore Jones down with relentless pressure, taking an enormous amount of punishment to dish out his own damaging shots in a back and forth melee.

Soto Karass believes NBC Sports Network could not have chosen a better opponent for Rosado, “Everyone that has seen me fight knows that when they come to watch me they are going to get a great show. With Rosado, it’s a fight that will be a give and take war. I know that Rosado is more of a boxer, this camp we’ve been working my on my boxing. And if I have to go forward, I’ll go forward, no problem.” Soto Karass added, “This fight will be a little more intelligent, but I really do see this becoming a war. The boxing fans should definitely watch this, they will not be disappointed.”

If there was ever a fight deemed a “crossroads fight” in boxing, Rosado vs. Soto Karass is certainly it. Neither man can afford another loss on their record. There’s no better recipe for an exhilarating fight than two guys desperate for victory, battling in a packed Philadelphia boxing venue. NBC Sports Network and boxing fans everywhere won the moment this fight was signed.

Contributed in part by -Michael Seiler – The Boxing Republic
Promoted by Main Events, Peltz Boxing Promotions and Goossen Tutor, the non-televised undercard fights will begin at 7 p.m. Televised fights will begin at 9 p.m.Tickets are priced at $45 and $65 can be purchased by calling Peltz Boxing,             (215) 765-0922       or online at www.peltzboxing.com

NBC SPORTS NETWORK FIGHT NIGHT SCHEDULE (All Times ET)
Saturday, January 21, 9-11 p.m. – Philadelphia
Saturday, March 24, 10 p.m.-Midnight – Site TBA
Saturday, June 16, 9-11 p.m. – Site TBA
Saturday, December 8, 9-11 p.m. – Site TBA

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‘SAINT’ GEORGE JUPP Vs. DAN NAYLOR
13th January 2012 @ York Hall, London

If ten people watched it, five thought I won and five thought he won.

I thought it was a good fight and I take a lot of confidence from that, I mean he’s a two time World Champion and there’s no one at my level that’s going to have done that.”

before moving onto discuss the upcoming bout against Dan Naylor, “I’ve seen a few video’s of Dan, he’s quite a slick southpaw. I’m glad I’m fighting someone like him so I can show my skills to full effect.

He’s in your face, unlike some other opponents, which suits me and my style of fighting.
I keep doing what I’m doing, hopefully this six rounder goes OK and I get a few rounds under my belt.

It’s important to get a couple of six rounders under my belt as hopefully within the next twelve months or so I’ll then be able to get in position for a shot at the Southern Area title.

Saying that I’ll keep looking at each fight as gaining more experience, I will never look past any opponent as each fight is an important part of my learning curve.

It’s hard not to think of titles as we’re doing really well here at the TRAD TKO at the moment, we have had so many Champions over the past year, I think it’s five or six.

That’s why I’m really glad to be fighting on this show, as one of our British Champions, Leon Williams, is headlining.

I can’t wait, I’ve been training hard all over Christmas, been getting some good sparring with Michael Maguire, he’s lighter than me and he’s so good technically he’s hard work. If you can catch him with a clean punch you can catch anyone.

Also been sparring with Juris (Varuskins), he’s quite a tough kid, he pushes you for every round, and Danny (Connor), he’s a bit heavier than me, a bit of an awkward type and of course today was sparring Carl (Frampton), he’s already a champion so very much on top of his game. So I’m getting the best of all worlds, sparring like, with all the different styles.

I am really happy with the way the training and sparring has been going and I’m really looking forward to the 13th.”

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Johnny Eames, George Jupp, Barry McGuigan and Carl Frampton
George Jupp in action against Choi in Prizefighter

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London, UK, Gzira, Malta & Philadelphia, USA

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