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SCOTT QUIGG will make the first defence of his British super-bantamweight title early next year on Saturday February 4

The contest will take place in the Premier Suite at Bolton’s Reebok Arena and is being televised live on Sky Sports.

Hatton Promotions hope to announce the challenger in the next ten days for the clash that looks sure to be sell-out – just 12 miles from Quigg’s Bury home.

Quigg, 23, became domestic champion in October, forcing Jason Booth to quit on his stool after seven rounds.

Ricky Hatton believes unbeaten Quigg (23-0) is well on the way to becoming a world champion, and is eyeing an eventual fight with Barry McGuigan protégé Carl Frampton.

‘The Hitman’ said: “I have always spoken highly of Scott and now people will start to take more notice after the Booth win.

“I look forward in the near future to seeing Scott taking on Carl Frampton who Barry McGuigan believes will take the world by storm, but I disagree massively.

“Although I’m a Frampton fan, Scott is an all-rounder, solid in every department and tip Scott to beat him when they meet down the line.
“The last time me and Barry disagreed on match was when Michael Gomez beat Alex Arthur. Barry picked Arthur and I picked Gomez. Gomez won a classic, and Quigg will also win a classic against Frampton when they meet.”

On the undercard Manchester’s Beijing Olympian meets fellow unbeaten hopeful Chris Male for the vacant English featherweight title.

Hatton Promotions prospects Jez Wilson and Tom Doran clash in a battle of light-middleweight hopefuls. The card will also include Craig Lyon.

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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LEON ‘SOLID’ WILLIAMS Vs. TONY ‘CONQUEROR’ CONQUEST

British Cruiserweight Championship

13th January 2012 @ York Hall, London

By Rio

London - Friday, 25th November 2011

Williams Predicts Nightmares For Conquest On Jan 13th

Earlier today Francis and George Warren officially announced that British Cruiserweight Champion Leon ‘Solid’ Williams will defend his newly acquired title, against Southern Area champion Tony ‘Conqueror’ Conquest, at York Hall in London on Friday 13th January 2012, and broadcast live and exclusive on BoxNation (Sky 456 & Virgin 546).

Williams, who relieved Rob Norton of the coveted Lonsdale belt back in October, spoke briefly on the upcoming showdown with his long time friend Tony Conquest,

“I’m excited, I’m already back in training preparing to crush him.

It’s going to be a nightmare for him, he wont be conquering me anyway, I’ll be conquering him.

Friendships done now it’s official, we’re not friends, he’s my enemy right now and I’m gonna crush him on the 13th January.

I’ve got a big following, which is good. I thank them all, because it is because of them that I am in the position I am now.

I’m gonna put on a great show for them and crush Tony and then we’ll celebrate all day, every day…yeaaahh.”

The Warren brothers have put together a top class support card for Williams-Conquest, headed by a heavyweight clash between Larry ‘The War Machine’ Olabamiwo and former Commonwealth Champion Sam Sexton.

Also on the card are ‘Super’ Bradley Skeete, Williams’ TRAD TKO Gym mate ‘Saint’ George Jupp, John Wayne Hibbert, Daryl Williams, Charlie Hit and John Dignam, all against yet to be named opponents.

Leon ‘Solid’ Williams Versus Tony ‘Conqueror’ Conquest for the British Cruiserweight title headlines Francis and George Warren’s Queensberry Promotions first event of the New Year, which takes place at York Hall, Bethnal Green, London, on Friday 13th January 2012 and broadcast live on BoxNation (Sky platform Channel 456 & Virgin 546)

Tickets, priced £40 (Standard Seated) and £60 (Ringside) for Williams vs. Conquest will be available shortly on-line at www.tkoboxoffice.com. Tickets will also be available direct from the TRAD TKO Boxing Gym, Gillian House, Stephenson Street, Canning Town, London E16 4SA.

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Leon Williams ready for showdown with Tony Conquest on January 13th.

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Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro

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London, UK, Gzira, Malta & Philadelphia, USA

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15 years Kickboxing in Malta

By Reuben Azzopardi

This November it will mark the 15^th year anniversary since Ying Yang Kickboxing club opened its doors to become the most dynamic Maltese club in this sport discipline.

In 1996 Master Noel Mercieca, the founder of the club, started to teach this Martial Art to just two students in a school hall in Fgura. Now 15 years, 4 sports halls and numerous victories later he is the proud instructor of 150 students that train Kickboxing as a way of life, as a sport, and as a hobby.

As a Black Belt 5^th Dan in Kickboxing and Black Belt in Tang So Do he has the knowledge to teach and train his students. Some of them also ended up in achieving numerous National, European and World Titles in Kickboxing, Boxing and K1.

The first great achievement was in 1999 when the then 11 year old Ruth Tanti won the Gold Medal in the WKA World Championships held here in Malta. In 2004 the club became part of the Malta Kickboxing Association (MKBA) that was founded by Kancho Adrian Axisa. It was here that Mercieca and Axisa started organizing the National Championships and in the same year Ying Yang won 8 Title Belts out of 11.

From then on the club’s members won the lion’s part of every National Championship and from there went for their next step, that of competing abroad. In 2006 the Ying Yang tenaciously represented Malta by winning 7 matches out of 10 in an International competition against British Kickboxers.

In 2007 the club became part of the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) and started competing with K1 rules, where knee strikes are allowed. Reuben “the Wolf” Azzopardi was the first to compete in K1 but Daniel “the Jet” Zarha brought home the first WKN Belt. In 2009 the MKBA organized the first WKN World Cup in which Ruth Tanti was the first female athlete that won a World Title together with 3 other Ying Yang members. In 2010 Terence Cilia won the WKN European Cup against a Kickboxer from Ireland.

Currently Master Mercieca has a total of 15 students that have the Black Belt level and are all capable of giving instruct during training. Due to the new fully equipped training facility in Fgura Master Mercieca is capable of giving lessons everyday of the week. All the club’s members vary in age from the youngest of 6 years to the oldest of 50 years and the lessons are catered for both beginners and advanced. It was just last August that Ying Yang became the first Kickboxing Club to be part of the Kunsill Malti għall-isport.

The climax for this year it will be on the 7^th of December where “the Jet” will be the first ever Maltese Kickboxer that will compete on a Professional Level as a Kickboxer. This will be 5 rounds match of 3 minutes where both contenders will compete for the WKN European Title in Kickboxing.

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