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By AIBA

March 6 - 2012

On the 13th March, the doors to the 39th edition of the Chemistry Cup will open. This is the next significant event before the Olympic qualifiers and will be held in Halle, Germany. The world’s top boxing nations will be taking part in this exciting gathering.

The organisers are expecting 111 athletes from 19 nations to compete at the tournament and these nations make up four of the AIBA Confederations. The participating nations will be the host nation Germany, Algeria, Austria, Brazil, China, Denmark, France, Ireland, Italy, Kazakhstan, Lithuania, Moldova, Mongolia, Morocco, Netherlands, Romania, Russia and Uzbekistan.

There are no less than seven AIBA World Champions on the entry list of the Chemistry Cup, giving the local fans a unique opportunity to see world class fights in Halle.

One of these great athletes is Mongolia’s Olympic Games silver medallist, Purevdorj Serdamba, who secured the gold medal at the 2009 AIBA World Championships in Milan. However, following that success, his form was not sufficient to win any further contests until he competed in the last edition of the AIBA World Boxing Championships in Baku. Here, Serdamba achieved the bronze medal as well as a quota place for the London Olympic Games 2012.

Another formidable star, China’s Beijing Olympic Games winner and three-time AIBA World Champion, Zou Shiming will compete in the flyweight division in Halle. His main opponent will be Russia’s current AIBA World Champion, Misha Aloyan. Uzbekistan’s Jasurbek Latipov, Germany’s Ronny Beblik and Mongolia’s Tugstsogt Nyambayar are also some of the incredible medal bearers from the AIBA World Championships.

Everton Lopes claimed the gold medal in the light welterweight class in Baku and made boxing history for Brazil. The 24-year-old South American boxer will have another chance to prove his skills and talent in Halle, but can expect to come up against some tough opponents, such as Mongolia’s AIBA World Championship bronze medallist, veteran Uranchimeg Munkherdene as well as Lithuania’s Youth Olympic Games winner, 20-year-old Evaldas Petrauskas.

Kazakhstan’s Serik Sapiyev attained an impressive four medals in the recent history of AIBA World Championships, among them two glorious golds. The potential clash between the Kazakh team captain and Russia’s top welterweight boxer, AIBA World Championships silver medallist, Andrey Zamkovoy is one of the most anticipated fights of the tournament.

Russia’s particularly hard-hitting duo, Egor Mekhontsev and Artur Beterbiyev, both had excellent performances at the 2009 AIBA World Championships in Milan, where both boxers were adorned with medals. Following this accomplishment, both changed weight divisions and the upcoming tournament in Halle will certainly showcase the pair as strong gold medal contenders. It will also be an excellent opportunity to check out where they stand in their run-up to the Olympics.

Mongolia’s reigning Olympic Champion and former AIBA World Championship silver medallist, Enkhbat Badar-Uugan will return to the Chemistry Cup after a long recovery from injuries. Nonetheless, there is an undoubted likelihood that he will be able to reach the gold medal in the bantamweight class, where Germany’s European Champion, Denis Makarov, will be his major adversary.

Fighting for survival and for a chance at defending their thrones in Halle will be five titleholders, of which four represent Germany. We will witness Youth Olympic Games winner, 19-year-old Artur Bril, Patrick Wojcicki, Stefan Haertel as well as Kevin Kuenzel strutting their stuff on the canvas this March. Other top contenders to look out for at this year’s Chemistry Cup are Russia’s European Championship silver medallist, Dmitriy Polyanskiy and Ireland’s super talented light heavyweight boxer, current European Champion and AIBA Youth World Champion, Joseph Ward. It will be an exciting yet thorny contest, an event where we will be witness to some phenomenal boxing treats in the lead up to the London Games.

Source: AIBA

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Saturday Night Boxing Results From: Germany, Japan, Mexico, Philippines, Russia, South Africa, United States & United Kingdom

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Heavyweight Wladimir Klitschko beat Jean-Marc Mormeck by TKO 4 / 12 - WBA Super World heavyweight title - IBF heavyweight title (supervisor: Lindsey Tucker) - WBO heavyweight title (supervisor: Francisco Valcarcel) - International Boxing Organization heavyweight title (supervisor: Edward S. Levine)

Cruiserweight Ola Afolabi beat Valery Brudov by TKO 5 / 12 - Time: 3:00 - Interim WBO cruiserweight title (supervisor: Andrew Smale)

Heavyweight Alexander Ustinov beat Kertson Manswell by TKO 3 / 8 - Time: 1:18

35-year old lineal World Heavyweight Champion Wladimir Klitschko (57-3, 50 KO) of Kiev, Ukraine, made easy work of 39-year old former World Cruiserweight Champion (36-5, 22 KO) of Pantin, Seine-Saint-Denis, France , on route to an easy fourth round knockout. Klitschko retained his Ring Magazine, IBF, WBO, and WBA Super belts.

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

Bantamweight - Ryosuke Iwasa beat Yuki Murai by KO 1 / 10 - Time: 3:00 - Japanese bantamweight title

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Central Gym, Kobe, Hyogo, Japan

Super flyweight Ryo Akaho beat Yoshihito Ishizaki on MD 12 / 12 - OPBF super flyweight title

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Super bantamweight Tomas Rojas beat Julio Zarate on UD 10 / 10

Light flyweight Raul Garcia beat Michael Landero by TKO 3 / 10 - Time: 1:49

In the main event Rojas (38-13-1, 25 KOs) won a ten round unanimous decision over Julio “Sombra” Zarate (28-6-2, 17 KOs). Scores were 97-93, 97-93, 99-92. Twice former champion García (32-2-1, 20 KOs) did not let up on Michael Landero battering away (15-6-4, 5 KOs) until the fight was stopped at 1:49 of round three.

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Gimnasio German Evers, Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Super bantamweight Fernando Montiel beat Angky Angkota by KO 9 / 10 - Time: 2:32

Light flyweight Sammy Gutierrez beat Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz on UD 10 / 10

Three-division world champion Fernando “Kochulito” Montiel (47-4-2, 37 KOs) scored a ninth round KO over Indonesian Angky Angkota (25-7, 14 KOs) in a jr. featherweight clash. Montiel dropped Angkota for the count with a body shot in the ninth to get the win at 2:32. “Tonight I showed that I am back. And to all of the people who believed in me, I want to tell you that we’re once again going after the big fights. I hope that later this year I will get a world title opportunity and capture the fourth title that we both desire,” Montiel said.

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Carlos P. Garcia Sports Complex, Tagbilaran City, Bohol, Philippines

Featherweight Rey Bautista beat Genaro Garcia by KO 2 / 10 - Time: 1:24

Jeremy Lantz : In a mixup of sorts, respected philippine promoter Michael Aldeguer expected Genaro ‘Poblanito’ Garcia, not Genaro ‘El Panteriya’ Garcia, a lightweight with a 10W-11L record to be the opponent of Rey Bautista to arrive into the philippines. Due to the setback the promoter refunded all of those in attendance what they had paid; making this a free event. (Boxrec) - ALA Promotions has announced it is “taking legal action against the person behind this act of deceit” in reference to a Mexican agent identified as Victor Hugo Correa who was contracted to send Genaro “Poblanito” Garcia who had a record of 38-8 with 22 knockouts and had fought eight world champions but instead switched fighters and sent an incompetent fighter known as Genaro “Panterita” Garcia.

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Traktor Sport Palace, Chelyabinsk, Russia

Welterweight Anton Novikov beat Bogdan Mitic by RTD 8 / 12 - Time: 3:00 - Vacant WBC CIS and Slovenian Boxing Bureau (CISBB) welterweight title (supervisor: Miroslav Popovic)

Welterweight Konstantin Ponomarev beat Luis Alejandro Moreno by RTD 5 / 10 - Time: 3:00 - WBC Youth Intercontinental welterweight title (supervisor: Marina Milovanova)

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Emperor’s Palace, Kempton Park, Gauteng, South Africa

Super middleweight Thomas Oosthuizen beat Serge Yannick by TKO 6 / 12 - Time: 0:47 - International Boxing Organization super middleweight title

Light welterweight Kaizer Mabuza beat Steven Wills by TKO 6 / 12 - Time: 0:40 - Vacant International Boxing Organization light welterweight title

Super featherweight - Sipho Taliwe beat Joey Stiglingh by UD 12 / 12 - WBC International super featherweight title

Tommy Oosthuizen battered Serge Yannick to defeat in the sixth round to retain his IBO super middleweight belt. This was his fourth successful defence. Southpaw Oosthuizen (18-0-1, 13 KOs) gave a great performance as he dominated from the first round against Yannick (14-2, 7 KOs) who was born in Cameroon but fights out of Australia.

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Bantamweight Jamie McDonnell beat Ivan Pozo by KO 2 / 12 - Time: 2:11 - EBU (European) bantamweight title (supervisor: Pertti Augustin)

Heavyweight Matt Skelton beat Tom Dallas by TKO– Round 5.

In the main event, European bantamweight belt holder Jamie McDonnell (19-2-1, 8 KOs) scored a second round knockout over former flyweight world title challenger Ivan Pozo (32-7-1, 20 KOs). After McDonnell connected with a body shot, Pozo went to a knee for the count. Time was 2:11. 45-year-old former world heavyweight title challenger Matt Skelton (26-6, 21 KOs) scored a fifth round TKO over 6’6 British prospect Tom Dallas (15-2, 11 KOs). Skelton, a former British, Commonwealth and European titleholder, beat Dallas in a one sidedshow. The fight was waved off at 1:00 of the fifth round as Skelton had Dallas on the ropes. Dallas has now registered two straight losses.

 

• Saturday 3 March 2024 - Woodland Community Senior Center, Woodland, California, United States

Super featherweight Vicente Escobedo beat Lonnie Smith by KO 1 / 10 - Time: 2:20 - Vacant WBO NABO super featherweight title (supervisor: Richard De Cuir)

Vicente Escobedo (25-5) won very convincingly against Lonnie Smith (14-3-2) of Las Vegas with three quick-succession knockdowns en route to a first-round TKO in their junior-lightweight main event. It was the 15th KO victory for the 2004 Olympian, who responded to Smith’s initial attack by unleashing a series of precise punches which had Smith down twice he then became defenceless sagging under a volley of blows in Escobedo’s corner when the referee mercifully ended it.

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KO Number 50 For Wladimir

In a spectacular show at the ESPRIT arena in Düsseldorf, Germany, “Dr. Steel Hammer” Wladimir Klitschko kept his promise and rewarded his fans with a half century of KO’s at 1 minute and 12 seconds of round four against Jean-Marc Mormeck.

Klitschko (57-3, 50KOs) demolished former cruiserweight king Jean Marc Mormeck (36-5, 22KOs) in four one-sided rounds to retain the WBA/IBO/IBF/WBO heavyweight titles.
In an obvious mis-match and predictable result, Mormeck came out bobbing and weaving and trying to get inside but failed to land a single punch.

In the second round, a big right put Mormeck down. In the fourth round, Wladimir landed a combination that put Mormeck down. He made it up on the very edge of the count and the referee waved it off.

After the fight Wladimir Klitschko had praise for Mormeck saying that he was a fighter with heart but avoided a direct answer when asked about the criticism, suggesting a mismatch between the two fighters. Regarding future challengers Wladimir said; that he had a great respect for the upcoming young boxers, such as Price and Fury who would be replacing the ageing generation of boxers. Wladimir was also quick to point out that he did not consider himself as old, as he was also the younger of the Klitschko’s.

Vitali Klitschko, did not quite confirm earlier reports from David Haye, via his Twitter account, claiming that Vitali had agreed to accept him as a challenger. However he also did not dispute the possibility.

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Boxing Schedule On Television – Friday 2nd March to Friday 9th March -

Wladimir Klitschko vs Jean-Marc Mormeck, Kiko Martinez vs Arsen Martirosyan,

Gregorio Torres vs Hector Morales…..Schedule From: Argentina, France, Germany,

Italy, Mexico, Turkey, United Kingdom, United States

Friday 2 March 2024 - Seven Sporting Club, Savignano sul Rubicone, Emilia Romagna, Italy

Television: Italy RaiSportSat1

X10 middleweight - Matteo Signani vs Simone Rotolo - Italy middleweight title

X8 light welterweight - Renato De Donato vs Eloy Iglesias

X6 light middleweight - Riccardo Pintaudi vs Yuri Pompilio

 

Friday 2 March 2024 - Westin Diplomat Resort, Hollywood, Florida, United States

Television: United States ESPN2

X10 welterweight - Ed Paredes vs Manuel Leyva

X10 light welterweight - Joan Guzman vs Jesus Pabon - WBC FECARBOX light welterweight title

X10 bantamweight - Juan Carlos Payano vs Jose Silveira - WBC Latino bantamweight title

 

Saturday 3 March 2024 - Punta Indio, Buenos Aires, Argentina

Television: Argentina TV Pública

10×2 super flyweight - Carolina Raquel Duer vs Milena Tronto - WBO female super flyweight title (supervisor: Jorge Molina)

X10 light middleweight - Mateo Damian Veron vs Alejandro Gustavo Falliga - vacant Argentina (FAB) light middleweight title

 

Saturday 3 March 2024 - ESPRIT arena, Düsseldorf, Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany

Television: Germany RTL Hungary Sport 1 Australia Main Event

X12 heavyweight - Wladimir Klitschko vs Jean-Marc Mormeck - WBA Super World heavyweight title -

IBF heavyweight title (supervisor: Lindsey Tucker) - WBO heavyweight title (supervisor: Francisco Valcarcel) -

International Boxing Organization heavyweight title (supervisor: Edward S. Levine)

X12 cruiserweight - Ola Afolabi vs Valery Brudov - interim WBO cruiserweight title (supervisor: Andrew Smale)

 

Saturday 3 March 2024 - Auditorio Municipal, Tijuana, Baja California, Mexico

Television: Mexico Azteca

X10 light flyweight - Raul Garcia vs Michael Landero

X10 bantamweight - Tomas Rojas vs Julio Zarate

X8 welterweight - Daniel Sandoval vs Zaid Zavaleta

 

Saturday 3 March 2024 - Mazatlan, Sinaloa, Mexico

Television: Mexico Televisa

X12 flyweight - Sammy Gutierrez vs Carlos Ruben Dario Ruiz

X10 super bantamweight - Fernando Montiel vs Angky Angkota

X10 light flyweight - Juan Hernandez vs Ulises Lara

 

Saturday 3 March 2024 - Hillsborough Leisure Centre, Sheffield, Yorkshire, United Kingdom

Television: United Kingdom SKY

12×3 – bantamweight - Jamie McDonnell vs Ivan Pozo - EBU (European) bantamweight title (supervisor: Pertti Augustin)

8×3 heavyweight - Tom Dallas vs Matt Skelton

6×3 flyweight - Paul Edwards vs Stefan Slavchev

6×3 light welterweight - Joe Hughes - Joe Elfidh

6×3 super bantamweight - Josh Warrington vs Dan Naylor

 

Saturday 3 March 2024 - Woodland Community Senior Center, Woodland, California, United States

Television: United States TeleFutura

X10 super featherweight - Vicente Escobedo vs Lonnie Smith

X6 super bantamweight - Manuel Avila vs David Reyes

X6 super middleweight - Dmitry Chudinov vs Paul Mendez

 

Friday 9 March 2024 - Argentina

Television: Argentina Direct TV

10×2 - light welterweight - Monica Silvina Acosta vs Michelle Larissa Bonassoli - WBC female light welterweight title - WBA female light welterweight title

 

Friday 9 March 2024 - Palais des Sports de Gerland, Lyon, Rhône, France

Television: France Ma Chaine Sport

X12 super bantamweight - Kiko Martinez vs Arsen Martirosyan - EBU (European) super bantamweight title (supervisor: Marco Giuliani)

X10 flyweight - Hassan Azaouagh vs Redouane Asloum - France flyweight title

 

Friday 9 March 2024 - Palazzio Videmar, Tlatelolco, Distrito Federal, Mexico

Television: Mexico Cadena 3

X10 super bantamweight - Gregorio Torres vs Hector Morales - vacant WBC FECARBOX super bantamweight title

X10 light welterweight - Mauricio Pintor vs Martin Cardona - vacant WBC Youth World light welterweight title

X8 super featherweight - Francisco Rojo vs Luis Manuel Cabrera

X8 flyweight - Samuel Gutierrez vs Ariel Guzman

 

Friday 9 March 2024 - Tekirdag, Turkey

Television: EU Eurosport

X12 heavyweight - Konstantin Airich vs Ondrej Pala - IBF Inter-Continental heavyweight title - WBO European heavyweight title

X12 heavyweight - Erkan Teper vs Oleksiy Mazikin - WBC Mediterranean heavyweight title (supervisor: Houcine Houichi)

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HERNANDEZ v CUNNINGHAM IBF WORLD CRUISERWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP SHOWDOWN ADDED TO BOXNATION SCHEDULE

On February 4th, BoxNation (Sky Ch. 456/Virgin Ch. 546), the UK’s only dedicated boxing channel, continues its commitment to bring subscribers the very best in Championship boxing from all around the world, by showcasing Yoan Pablo Hernandez’s first defence of his newly won IBF Cruiserweight championship against Steve Cunningham, live and exclusive from the Fraport Arena in Germany.

Former Cuban amateur star Hernandez (25-1) captured his title by defeating former champion Cunningham (24-3) back in September with a 6th round technical decision. The decision came in controversial fashion, with Hernandez being given the nod after he could not continue because of a cut he received from a Cunningham head-butt. Many observers felt that the cut was not serious enough to warrant a stoppage, and that it came just as the American was beginning to gain the ascendancy after suffering a first round knockdown.
Needless to say the controversial nature of the result has left a huge amount of unfinished business that needs to be resolved when the two meet again on February 4th.

BoxNation will also be showing the action packed undercard live from the Fraport Arena. Chief support sees Sebian, Enad Licina (21-3) meet Russian Alexander Alexeev (22-2) for the vacant European Cruiserweight Title, whilst up and coming German Light Heavyweight, Eduard Gutnecht (22-1) defends his European Title against Vyacheslav Uzelkov (25-1).

The action just keeps coming on BoxNation in 2012. This will be the SIXTH world title fight added to in the first quarter schedule for the UK’s new home of televised boxing. The 2012 world championship action begins this Saturday, 14th January, when Russian born German, Robert Stieglitz defends his WBO World Super-Middleweight title against unbeaten German Henry Weber in Germany. Then on the 20th January, Derry Mathews takes on Emiliano Marsili for the vacant IBO Lightweight Championship live from Liverpool. Then on the 18th February, it’s the big one, as heavyweight king, Vitali Klitchsko takes on Londoner Dereck Chisora for the WBC World Heavyweight Title live from Munich.

The following weekend BoxNation goes live from Cardiff for the homecoming of their WBO World Light Heavyweight Champion Nathan Cleverly, who takes on American Tommy Karpency. Then for 10th March BoxNation is up to Glasgow, as Ricky Burns defends his Interim WBO World Lightweight title.

With more action to be added, it’s sure to be a huge couple of months for the UK’s only dedicated boxing channel.
For just £10 per month BoxNation offers unbeatable value for money for all fight fans. To subscribe to BoxNation simply go to www.boxnation.tv and hit the “Subscribe Now” button and choose your subscription package. Simple!

Photo: Gianluca Di Caro

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