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By R Azzopardi

Noel Mercieca and Isaac Chetcuti, founders of Gladiators Promotions, kept their word and on the 9th of June succeeded in offering a breath taking event with Gladiators Night 3. They said that they would thrill the spectators and that this what they did with the 2012 National Kickboxing Championship and to spice it all up they ended the night with two World Title Matches.

Apart from the two main matches the event had 5 supporting matches and 10 for the national titles. 30 kickboxers from 7 different Maltese clubs competed to win their respective category. In total Master Noel Mercieca, founder of the Ying Yang club, had 12 athletes that took part in the event. In the end the club took home 9 matches, 2 of which were World Title.

The Ying Yang athletes that won their respective category were: Rachelle Cutajar, Darien Doneo, Joseph Dimech, Andre ‘JAPAN’ Spiteri, Shaun Ellul, Lucienne Russo and Brandon Spiteri. The other members that took part in the event were: Farren Borg, Ivan Frendo, Isaac Chetcuti, James Flores and Glenn Aquilina.

The last two matches saw two Ying Yang athletes, who were even representing Malta, competing with two foreign athletes for the World Kickboxing Network (WKN) World Amateure Title Belts. Ruth Tanti competed with Ewa Bos from Poland in a 4×2 match for the Feather Weight Category. They used Kickboxing rules and full body protection. Ruben “the Wolf” Azzopardi competed with Jacopo Stefani from Italy in a 5×2 match for the Super Middle Weight Category. This was the only match in which K1 rules were used and the athletes did not use leg protection. Both Tanti and Azzopardi won the match and the Title Belt.

Malta vs Poland

The first two rounds were more in favour of Tanti as she was working a lot with kicks and Bos used more punches techniques. The third and fourth round were balanced as both athletes went close and personal with each one countering the other’s attack. It was here that they started pressuring each other and working more on their footwork to find an opening in the defence but Tanti showed that she was doing the lion’s share of the attacks.

Malta vs Italy

The first round was a calm one with both of them studying each other’s techniques and strengths. In the second round Azzopardi kept working from a distance but Stefani always managed to get close to work with knees. It was here that Azzopardi started landing good hits and pressing Stefani to the ropes. In the third round the Maltese athlete increased the pressure by finding its mark with jumping knee strikes to the stomach and the face with the Italian countering with clinching and working with the knees. In the end the victory was given to “the Wolf” by a doctor’s decision and a TKO just at the beginning of the fourth round.

The event was recorded by a local TV station and will be televised on the local channels. Talks are already on the way for the next event organised by Gladiators Promotions. For more information go to www.yingyangkickboxing.comor contact Master Noel Mercieca on 79208283 or[email protected].

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By Alexander Zammit - 9 June 2024

In a few hours time Malta’s number one fight night of the year gets underway at the MFCC (Fairs and Convention Centre), Ta Qali. This year ‘Gladiator Promotions’ is offering a total of eighteen kickboxing matches - The main card will consist of two world amateur kick boxing titles under the World Kickboxing Network (WKN), 9 bouts will be for local titles and there will be no less than 7 other bouts on the under card.

The double billing will see Reuben AZZOPARDI (Malta) take on Stefani JACOPO (Italy)for the WKN KICKBOXING AMATEUR WORLD TITLE – 76.4 Kgs andRuth TANTI (Malta) vs Ewa Bos (Poland) for the WKN KICKBOXING AMATEUR WORLD TITLE – 50.0 Kgs.

At yesterday’s well attended press conference, Gladiators promotions president Mr. Noel Mercieca spoke about the ever raising popularity of the Gladiators fight nights and WKN titles inMalta, he also thanked all those who had in some way supported the promotion, with special thanks going to the sponsors & media.

Gladiators VP, Mr. Isaac Chetcuti echoed the sentiments of the promotions president, noting that the ever raising popularity was also reflected in the number of martial arts clubs participating in the event.

Main Fight Card

WKN KICKBOXING AMATEUR WORLD TITLE – 76.4 Kgs
Reuben AZZOPARDI (Malta) vs Stefani JACOPO (Italy)

WKN KICKBOXING AMATEUR WORLD TITLE – 50.0 Kgs
Ruth TANTI (Malta) vs Ewa Bos (Poland)

SUPER FEATHERWEIGHT – 62 Kgs
Kylie Blenes vs Rachelle Cutajar

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT – 67 Kgs
Clayton Micallef vs Darien Doneo

SUPER LIGHTWEIGHT – 66.7 Kgs
Lorna Mifsud vs Farren Borg

WELTERWEIGHT – 69.9 Kgs
Garth Galea vs Joseph Dimech

SUPER WELTERWEIGHT – 72 Kgs
Tyron Muscat vs Ivan Frendo

MIDDLE WEIGHT – 76 Kgs
Adrian Debono vs Isaac Chetcuti

SUPER MIDDLEWEIGHT – 79.4Kgs
Eman Zammit vs Andre ‘JAPAN’ Spiteri

SUPER CRUISERWEIGHT – 92.5 Kgs
Joseph Fenech vs James Flores

SUPER LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT – 85.5 Kgs
Richard Vella vs Anthony Wood

UNDER CARD

Justin Cassar vs Steve Buhagiar

Nigel Buttigieg vs Neil Farrugia

Ryan Cachia vs Glenn Aquilina

Luke Booth vs Brandon Borg

Brandon Spiteri vs

Chris Lagana vs Shaun Ellul

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SENI: Sat 2nd and Sun 3rd June 2012 at London’s ExCeL

Fight fans eager to check out some pugilism over the Jubilee Bank Holiday weekend should head down to SENI, the greatest combat sports show on the planet, where they can watch Matt Hainy take on Kreshnik Qato for the vacant English Middleweight title on Saturday 2nd June over 10 rounds. The showdown takes place at the ExCeL centre, which is the official Olympic venue for all the boxing events.

Qato, whose nickname is ‘The Eagle’ is based in Wembley and originally hails from Albania. He will be keen to clinch the St Georges belt and delight his huge fanbase, especially as Albania hasn’t qualified for the Euro’s this year. The former WBF Middleweight World Champion is managed by Spencer Fearonwhose boxing promotion company Hard Knocks will be hosting the professional boxing at SENI.

Fearon said: “The whole Hard Knocks team are really looking forward to the show, it’s great to be able to collaborate with one of the biggest and definitely the greatest combat sports show there is and it’s especially an honour to work with Joe Long. We’ll be brining some of the famous Hard Knocks energy that my fighters and I always bring – which was proven recently when my fighter Darren Hamilton took the British Light Welterweight title after stepping in to fightAshley Theopane with only five days notice! Hard Knocks for life!”

Hainy recently clinched the biggest fight of his career; beating Luke Robinson for the International Masters title. The 30 year old martial arts instructor from Derby has been sparring with Ryan Rhodes who takes on Sergey Rabchenko for a European title fight later in the month.

Hainy said: “My training was excellent for the Robinson fight and it’s been even better this time. My work rate will be better in this fight and I’m punching harder.”

There is also the highly anticipated comeback of former IBO Light Middleweight title holder, 40 year old Richard ‘the secret’ Williams who takes William Joppy who has held the WBA Middleweight title on three occasions!

Also on the card is Larry Ekundayo, the most exciting talent in British boxing at the moment who will be fighting in what is only his second professional contest. There’s action as 2010 Prizefighter winner Patrick Mendy takes on Geroge Jupp in a Super Middleweight bout. Plus fights from Danny Davis, Alredo Meli and Frankie Monkhouse!

There is also a London ABA event! All of this action takes place within Boxfair, the UK’s only consumer boxing expo that takes place within the SENI show.

SENI offers more boxing for your buck that any other combat sports show on the planet! Punters seeking toe-to-toe action can normally expect to pay anything upwards of £45 for a ticket to a professional boxing match; however visitors purchasing a SENI ticket for only £20 will have access to all parts of the show including the explosive Hard Knocks boxing promotion within Boxfair.

If you needed any more incentive to come along then remember that the SENI 2008 event was the first time David Haye got into Wladimir Klitschko’s face and they had the first of many face-offs. Both David Haye and Derek Chisora normally attend SENI, so could we have another face-off on our hands?

Plus fans can meet many of their past boxing heroes including former Commonwealth, British and World Featherweight champion Colin McMillan who will launch the updated version of his autobiography, Fight the Power at the show.

Herol ‘Bomber’ Graham the former British, Commonwealth and European Middleweight champion boxer will host a skipping exhibition at SENI and talk about his upcoming world record skipping attempt.

Plus there will be appearances from twice World Heavyweight Champion Tim Witherspoon, boxing promoter Frank Maloney and Jane Couch MBE who was the very ever officially licensed British female boxer.

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June 9 / 2012 . MALTA . MFCC venue

WKN International promoter : Mr Noel MERCIECA and Isaac CHETCUTI
WKN International supervisor : Mr Adrian AXIZA

• UNDER THE COORDINATION OF WKN MALTA REPRESENTATIVE MR ADRIAN AXIZA

GLADIATOR FIGHT NIGHT : ENJOY THE POSTER !

MAIN EVENT

WKN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KICKBOXING ORIENTALES RULES . 76,400 kg . 5×2 mn
Reuben AZZOPARDI ( MALTA ) vs Stefani JACOPO ( ITALIA )

WKN WORLD CHAMPIONSHIP KICKBOXING ORIENTALES RULES . 52,5 kg . 4×2 mn
Ruth TANTI ( MALTA ) vs Deborah CANDELORO ( ITALIA )

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