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Hungary Friday, 6th August

By BERNARD O’NEILL (IABA PRO)

Ireland’s Katie Taylor moved to within one bout of winning her third European Union lightweight title in a row with a convincing semi-final win over Julianna Rocha of Poland in Keszthely, Hungary today.

The 24 year old Bray woman had her hand raised in victory after earning a 9-3 decision.

She’ll now meet Denica Eliseeva of Bulgaria in Saturday’s final in a repeat of the 2009 European Union final which Taylor won 8-1 in Bulgaria.

Today’s victory was Taylor’s 94th win from 100 bouts since 2001.

Taylor, the AIBA World and European champion, has won three bouts in three days in Hungary so far.

Women’s EU Championships Keszthely, Hungary August 3rd/8th

August 4th (Last 16)

51Kg: Debbie Rogers (Ireland) lost to Nina Smith (England) 3-4

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Jennifer Miranda (Spain) 8-0

August 5th (Q/Finals)

60kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Anute Dilhofava (Czech Republic) DISQ3

64Kg: Allana Murphy (Ireland) lost to Gulsum Tatar (Turkey) 0-4

75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to Ulrika Brukner (Germany) 1-2

August 6th (S/Final)

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Julianna Rocha (Poland) 9-3

August 7th (Final)

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Denica Eliseeva (Bulgaria)

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MMA news 6 August 2024

The official weigh-in event for UFC 117: “Silva vs. Sonnen” is set to go down TONIGHT (Aug. 6) from the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California.

It is currently scheduled to air LIVE on several online destinations via streaming video. The first fighter is expected to tip the scale at 7 p.m. ET.

“Silva vs. Sonnen” will feature the put-up-or-shut-up middleweight title fight between division champion Anderson “The Spider” Silva and the sharp-tongued Chael Sonnen in the main event of the evening tomorrow Saturday 7^th August at the Oracle Arena in Oakland, California, United States.

Two fantastic showdowns with title implications — Roy “Big Country” Nelson vs. Junior “Cigano” dos Santos and Jon Fitch vs. Thiago “Pitbull” Alves — are also slated to highlight what is another stacked PPV offering from the world’s largest fight promotion.

Terry Etim (14-3) has been scratched from his upcoming lightweight match up against Joe Lauzon (18-5) at UFC 118: “Edgar vs. Penn 2,” paving the way for cake boss Gabe Reudiger to make his triumphant return to the Octagon on Aug. 28 at the TD Garden in Boston, Massachusetts.

Dana White — Just over a week or so ago, Dana White was doing a PR appearance at a Dave and Buster’s in San Diego to promote UFC on Versus 2. In the midst of shaking hands and talking to fans, one fan approached Dana and told him that in his excitement to meet Dana, he got a $300 speeding ticket. Upon hearing the news, Dana White opened his wallet and gave the fan $300 to pay off his ticket.

Rising Strikeforce heavyweight star Daniel Cormier

will square off with Jason Riley at the Strikeforce: Houston show on Aug. 21, the promotion has confirmed.

Cormier had originally been expected to fight on a Strikeforce: Challengers card on Aug. 13, but was reassigned.

Last weekend, the two-time U.S. Olympian wrestler earned his third straight win, defeating Lucas Browne at Xtreme MMA 2 in Sydney, Australia. Prior to that victory, the 31-year-old had won his first two fights under the Strikeforce banner.

Strikeforce on Tuesday announced the backup fighters for its first women’s tournament, as well as the official rules for that tournament, which will be held Aug. 13 as part of a Strikeforce Challengers show in Phoenix.

Colleen Schneider and Liz Carmouche will take part in what the promotion is terming a “reserve bout” as part of the 135-pound, four-woman event. The two will fight on the preliminary card. The main card will air live on Showtime.

If one of the four women in the tournament – Miesha Tate, Carina Damm, Hitomi Akano and Maiju Kujala – cannot advance due to injury, the Schneider-Carmouche winner will serve as a replacement.

WEC - The long-awaited rematch between World Extreme Cagefighting rivals Jamie Varner and Donald Cerrone is set for WEC 51 on September 30, a major fight card that will demonstrate the WEC’s ability to put on big events.

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The International Boxing Association (AIBA) has announced that it has signed a significant partnership deal with Sat & Co Managing Company of Kazakhstan to become an Official Partner of AIBA and Title Sponsor of the 2011 World Championships, which will be held in Baku, Azerbaijan.

The deal will see Sat & Co gain international exposure at the 2011 World Championships and selected other AIBA events through to the end of 2011. The financial contribution from Sat & Co will help to guarantee the future of the successful training camps that AIBA has organized for underprivileged boxing nations prior to all world championship events since the 2009 Men’s World Championships.

“We are delighted to have received such strong corporate support from one of the world’s major boxing powers,” AIBA President C. K Wu said. “Sat & Co’s commitment to boxing is an illustration of the sport’s popularity in Central Asia and its title sponsorship of the 2011 World Championships will add exposure to a global audience. Through this major sponsorship deal, AIBA is also able to secure a healthy future for its global development programs”.

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By BERNARD O’NEILL (IABA PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER)

The Kildare County Boxing Board is holding a Fundraising Boxing Tournament on Saturday night, August 7th, in the Army Gymnasium, Curragh Army Camp, Co. Kildare. All proceeds from the night go to Stephen Connolly & Family who had their home destroyed in a fire. Stephen Connolly has been a loyal servant to boxing and boxers at club level in Kildare, at County, Provincial and National level. He is the current Registrar of the National Association and has worked tirelessly to promote the sport at all levels. This tournament is our way, as a County Board, of giving something back to a man who himself has given so much.

The night will consist of a Kildare Select versus an Ulster Commonwealth Team Select. Some of Ireland’s top boxers will be on display on the night as a host of Irish Champions take to the ring. These will include Eric Donovan, Tommy McCarthy, Denis Hogan, John Joe Joyce, Paddy Gallagher, Eamon O’Kane, Gavin Keating, David Oliver Joyce, Fergal Redmond and Ross Hickey. Alan Phelan will make his long awaited return to a Kildare ring when he is paired off with the hotly fancied Sean McComb (Holy Trinity, Belfast). Phelan has just returned from the USA where he was training in the professional gyms with some of America’s top boxers. This is one contest worth waiting for! Also on the night, two of our top female boxers in the county will pair off in an exhibition. They are Shanice Just (Grangecon B.C.) and Dervla Duffy (Ryston B.C.).

Doors open at 7.30pm and boxing starts at 8pm. Tickets for this fundraiser are €20 and can be purchased from any club in Kildare or from any County Board Secretary throughout the country. Admission of €20 is also payable at the door on the night. A raffle will also take place on the night and patrons are again asked to support.

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European Union Women’s Boxing Championships

BY BERNARD O’NEILL (IABA PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER)

Katie Taylor advanced to the semi-finals of the European Union Women’s Championships after Danuse Dilhofava of the Czech Republic was disqualified in round three of their quarter-final in Keszthely, Hungary today.

Dilohofava, who was beaten by Taylor at the 2008 AIBA World Championships, received a public warning for her unsporting antics in the third and then received boxing’s equivalent of a red card in the same round.Taylor was 4-1 up.

The Bray woman will now face Julianna Rocha of Poland in Friday’s semi-final. But while Taylor progressed, Allana Murphy and Sinead Kavanagh bowed out despite magnificent performances.

Murphy, of the East Side BC in Belfast, produced a fantastic displays despite losing 4-0 out to reigning AIBA World light-welterweight champion Gulsum Tatar of Turkey.

And Drimnagh BC ace Kavanagh dominated all four rounds versus Ulrika Brukner but lost 2-1. The German middleweight earned her two points after Kavanagh received a harsh public warning for slapping in the second round.

Women’s EU Championships Keszthely, Hungary August 3rd/8th

August 4th (Last 16)

51Kg: Debbie Rogers (Ireland) lost to Nina Smith (England) 3-4

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Jennifer Miranda (Spain) 8-0

August 5th (Q/Finals)

60kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Anute Dilhofava (Czech Republic) DISQ3

64Kg: Allana Murphy (Ireland) lost to Gulsum Tatar (Turkey) 0-4

75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Ireland) lost to Ulrika Brukner (Germany) 1-2

August 6th (S/Finals)

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Juliana Rocha (Poland)

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WSB News - An informal but very important gathering brought to life the Milano Thunder Boxing Team last week, when the majority of the squad arrived in Milan for the first rendez-vous of the new-born Italian team.

The busy schedule included contract signings for the team’s international boxers, a visit to the gym that will be Milano Thunder’s home and a presentation to the franchise owners, partners and staff.

The boxing squad present comprised national bantamweights (54kg) Vincenzo Picardi and Vittorio Parrinello, lightweights (61kg) Domenico Valentino and Enkhzorig Zorigtbaatar (Mongolia), Italian middleweights (73kg) Luca Podda and Diego Di Luisa, light heavyweights (85kg) Nikolajs Grisunins (Latvia), Bosko Draskovic (Montenegro) and Entoni Juric (Croatia), as well as Bosnian heavyweight (+91kg) Damir Beljo. Head coach Francesco Damiani and some members of the medical staff also joined the gathering.

Five boxers were unable to make the meeting due to prior commitments: Benjey Zimmerman from Netherlands Antilles, Sergyi Derevyanchenko and Vitalyi Volkov from Ukraine, Madadi Nagzibekov from Tajikistan, and Italy’s own Clemente Russo.

During the two-day meeting Milano Thunder had the privilege to add another important member to its team, signing the highly regarded Ukrainian coach Sergiy Korchinskyy, who will coach the two Ukrainian boxers Derevyanchenko and Volkov in their first WSB season in Milan.

The meeting marked an important milestone on the Milan team’s road to the first match of the first-ever WSB season, when the team will face Paris at home on the weekend of 19/20th November.

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EU Women’s Championships Results (Day 1)

BY BERNARD O’NEILL (IABA PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER)

Katie Taylor moved to within three bouts of retaining her European Union lightweight title with an 8-0 decision over Spain’s Jennifer Miranda in Keszthely, Hungary today.

But her Bray BC team mate-mate Debbie Rogers - who was 3-0 up at one stage - bowed out of the tournament at the last-16 stage following a 4-3 reversal to English flyweight Nina Smith.

Taylor, who forced Miranda into a standing count in the second round of today’s 60Kg duel, will meet Danuse Dilhofava of the Czech Republic - who she beat at the 2008 AIBA World Championships in China - in Thursday’s quarter final.

Drimnagh BC middleweight Sinead Kavanagh and Allana Murphy of the East Side BC in Belfast will also be involved in quarter-final bouts tomorrow.

Murphy will face reigning AIBA World light-welterweight champ Gulsum Tatar of Turkey.

Women’s EU Championships Keszthely, Hungary August 3rd/8th

August 4th (Last 16)

51Kg: Debbie Rogers (Ireland) lost to Nina Smith (England) 3-4

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) beat Jennifer Miranda (Spain) 8-0

August 5th (Q/Finals)

60kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Anute Dilhofava (Czech Republic)

64Kg: Allana Murphy (Ireland) v Gulsum Tatar (Turkey)

75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Ireland) v Ulrika Brukner (Germany)

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AIBA President Ching Kuo-Wu will stand for re-election AIBA have confirmed.

In a letter to all AIBA national member federations Dr Wu has confirmed that he will stand for re-election at the AIBA Congress, which will be held in the city of Almaty, Kazakhstan, on November 1 – 2 this year.

“I am proud of what I have achieved as AIBA President,” he wrote. “I have indeed given my best efforts to elevate the sport of boxing to one of the top sports in both International Sport and within the Olympic Movement.”

Citing the World Series of Boxing and the AIBA Academy as examples of the revolutionary work that has been accomplished within AIBA over the past four years, Wu’s letter continued: “I truly believe that I have done enough ground work to pave all foundations for AIBA and the sport of boxing during the last 4 years to leap for another level to achieve the true mission of AIBA thus “To govern all levels of boxing worldwide”. Therefore, I have decided to run again for the AIBA Presidency as I believe I could well serve another 4 years to draw together with you more great successes in all areas.”

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Women’s Boxing

BERNARD O’NEILL (IABA PUBLIC RELATIONS OFFICER)

Sinead Kavanagh and Allana Murphy have both received byes into the quarter-finals of the European Union Women’s Championships in Keszthely, Hungary.

Kavanagh will meet Ulrika Brugner of Germany tomorrow, while Murphy is facing a formidable task against current World champion Gulson Tatar of Turkey.

Katie Taylor, who is aiming for her third EU title on the trot, faces Jennifer Miranda of Spain in the last 16 today and Debbie Rogers will meet Nina Smith of England.

The Irish squad is composed of: Irish squad Women’s EU Championships Keszthely, Hungary August 3rd/8^th Director of Boxing: Dominic O’Rourke, Team Manager: Tony Davitt, Coaches: Peter Taylor & Zuar Antia, 51Kg: Debbie Rogers (Bray BC), 60Kg: Katie Taylor (Bray BC), 64Kg: Allan Murphy (Eastside), 75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh. (Drimnagh)

Draw

August 4th (Last 16)

51Kg: Debbie Rogers (Ireland) v Nina Smith (England)

60Kg: Katie Taylor (Ireland) v Jennifer Miranda (Spain)

August 5th (Q/Finals)

64Kg: Allana Murphy (Ireland) v Gulsum Tatar (Turkey)

75Kg: Sinead Kavanagh (Ireland) v Ulrika Brugner (Germany)

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4th August 2010 - Showtime is reportedly considering a tournament for bantamweights (118 pounds), similar to the “World Super Middleweight World Boxing Classic” featuring six of the premiere 168-pound fighters in the sport in which the WBA and WBC championship belts and an overall crown are on the line.

Top Rank Promotions CEO Bob Arum has been quoted as saying that two of his fighters have elected not to participate — although they have apparently been chosen to be a part of the field.

They are WBO bantamweight (118 pounds) titlist Fernando Montiel and rising WBA interim super flyweight (115 pounds) champion Nonito Donaire of the Philippines, each of whom scored big wins last month.

Citing the plan of Showtime’s Ken Hershman, executive vice president and general manager of sports, ESPN.com’s Dan Rafael reported that the six fighters being considered are Montiel, Donaire, IBF king Yonnhy Perez (20-0-1, 14 KOs), ex-champ Joseph Agbeko (27-2, 22 KOs), IBO titlist Vic Darchinyan (35-2-1, 27 KOs), and prospect Abner Mares (19-0-1, 12 KOs).

Montiel and Donaire are slated to face each other perhaps on Dec. 4 either in Atlantic City, New York’s Madison Square Garden or the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, according to Arum. “They’re going to fight each other and their fight will not be part of the tournament so those two guys are out” said Arum.

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