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Kwadjo
ready for C'Wealth title fight
Source: Sports in Ghana
Samoa based Ghanaian and
Universal Boxing Organisation (UBO)
Intercontinental super
middleweight champion Joseph
Kwadjo says he is ready to
challenge for the Commonwealth
title should a promoter be
willing to stage the fight.
Kwadjo's trainer Gyan Singh says
at the moment his fighter is
ready for better fights and the
Commonwealth super middleweight
is a possibility. "It depends if
a local promoter is interested
in arranging the fight," said
Singh who also revealed that
they will prefer the fight to be
held in Fiji.
The Ghanaian boxer is ranked 98
in the International Boxing
Organisation (IBO) super
middleweight listing and Singh
says they are looking at
fighting someone ranked ahead of
him. "We are trying to get
someone from Australia to fight
him but they are making
excuses," he said.
Kwadjo won the UBO title after
defeating Zulfikar Joy Ali on
points at the Vodafone Arena in
Suva, Fiji on December 19 last
year. Soon after his victory,
Kwadjo said he would bring a
world title fight to Fiji. "We
are aiming to have a title fight
in April but that's for the
promoters to sort out," he said.
Singh confirmed they have
received calls from overseas.
Boxing Commission of Fiji board
member Tim Nobriga said there
was a possibility of staging a
title fight in April but a
promoter needed to confirm it.
At the moment, Kwadjo is
continuing with his training
with Gyan
African
Golden Boy Defends UBO Title March 7
 World class Tanzanian
Mbwana ”African Golden Boy” Matumla, 19-4 (11), will
defend his Universal Boxing Organization
Intercontinental Bantamweight title on March 7 at
the PTA Hall in his hometown of Dar Es Salaam.
This was confirmed
recently by UBO All-Africa Commissioner Emmanuel
Mlundwa.
Matumla will fight
former African champion, and current Ugandan
titlist, Sande Kizito who is coming off four
straight knockout victories. Kizito, 12-8-1 (5),
will be the underdog entering the ring, but will
find encouragement from his recent activity and from
looking back at good performances against world
class names such as Vic Darchinyan, Tabtimdaeng Na
Rachawat and Hussein Hussein.
The reigning champion
won the UBO title in December 2009 when he stopped
another Ugandan, Festus Omondi, in the fifth round
of a cracking fight promoted by Joseph Kusaga and
his Prime Time Promotions.
Mr. Kusaga will also stage the Matumla vs. Kizito
bout, and there are hopes that a second UBO title
fight can be added to the bill.
PACQUIAO-CLOTTEY
LANDS AT COWBOYS STADIUM
Pacquaio Publicist Press Release: January 10, 2010
The stars will
fight, big and bright, deep in the heart of Texas!
Jerry Jones and Bob Arum, owner of the Dallas
Cowboys and chairman of Top Rank, respectively,
announced today that Cowboys Stadium would be the
site of the MANNY PACQUIAO vs. JOSHUA CLOTTEY World
Welterweight Championship fight taking place on
Saturday, March 13 and broadcast Live on
Pay-Per-View. Formal news conferences at Cowboys
Stadium and in New York next week will provide
details on tickets and the pay-per-view broadcast.
Pacquiao vs. Clottey will be promoted by Top Rank,
in association with the Dallas Cowboys and MP
Promotions.
Pacquiao and Clottey boast a combine record of
85-6-2 (59 KOs) -- a winning percentage of 91% and a
victory by knockout ratio of nearly 70%.
“I have wanted to bring a major boxing event to
North Texas for many years, so why not bring in the
biggest and the best?” asked Jones. “Manny Pacquiao
is boxing’s No. 1 pound for pound attraction and the
world champion. Manny defending his title against
Joshua Clottey is ...more
Kwadjo Edges Ali
to Win UBO Title
UBO Press Release -
December 20, 2009
Samoan-based Ghanaian
Joseph Kwadjo (12-1, 8 KOs) is the new Universal
Boxing Organization Intercontinental super
middleweight champion. On Saturday December 19, at
the Vodafone Arena in Suva, Fiji, Kwadjo scored a
unanimous decision victory over local favourite
Zulfikar Joy Ali.
Scores were: 118-114 (Jeremaia
Ledua), 118-111 (Laurie Glozier) and 115-113 (Steve
Miles).
"I'm happy that I've
managed to win this fight and now I want to bring
the world title fight to Fiji," Kwadjo said after
the fight to the Fiji Times, and threw out a
challenge towards UBO world champion Kali Jacobus.
"This win is special
for me. It's for the people of Fiji who have always
been behind me."
Joy Ali, who fell to
29-9-6, 24 KOs, was not happy with his own
performance, and is hoping for a rematch next year.
While UBO Oceania commissioner Reginald Leca felt
Ali spend too much time covering up, he did feel
that this fight was one of the best he has refereed
in the country.
AGBEKO &
YONNHY PEREZ PR CALL HIGHLIGHTS
Live
Interview /
Joseph
Agbeko Predicts Knockout over Perez
 Joseph,
why are you so confident you’re going to win this
fight by knockout?
AGBEKO: “I’m so
confident because Yonnhy Perez is a good fighter. He
can come forward, he can go backward. Fighting a
very good fighter is always difficult. It makes you
work harder. Yonnhy Perez can definitely not stay in
there with me. He’s definitely going to get
stopped.”
What did the win
over Silence Mabuza do for your confidence?
PEREZ: “Of course it
was a boost of confidence, but one thing that
everyone needs to be aware of is that my confidence
didn’t come just from that fight. I have my
confidence in my preparation and I’m confident every
time I step in the ring, no matter who I’m facing.
Beating Mabuza was a great deal for me, but I had
confidence in my power and my ability even before I
stepped in the ring, and the same thing is going to
happen on Oct. 31.”
Yonnhy, what do you
think about Agbeko’s prediction of a knockout?
PEREZ: “I’m ready for
any type of battle to happen in the ring. I don’t
want to make a prediction of my own, but as far as
what Agbeko said coming into this fight and
predicting a knockout, it’s OK. That’s why I live in
this country, there’s freedom of speech. He can say
whatever he wants about any issue. I’ve traveled to
Africa, and I know how the fighters of that
continent are. I know they can talk more than what
they can actually do in the ring. He shouldn’t spit
up in the air because all that’s going to fall right
on his face.”
Where you impressed
with his performance against Darchinyan?
PEREZ: “I wasn’t really
impressed. I was actually a little bit disappointed.
I thought that being the bigger man he should have
been able to handle him a little bit better. It’s
like me moving up to 122 or 126 and trying to beat a
bigger man, which, in reality, it doesn’t work that
way. So, I was not that impressed. “
Are you planning on
impressing Yonnhy?
AGBEKO:
“This fight is going to be an enjoyable fight for
me. I’m a confident fighter and I really enjoy it
when I fight another confident fighter. It’s going
to be a very enjoyable fight for me.”
Joseph
Agbeko Predicts Knockout over Perez
Press Release:
October 14, 2009 -
Watch Fight Trailer
International Boxing Federation bantamweight
champion Joseph King Kong Agbeko has boldly
predicted he will score a knockout victory over
undefeated IBF No. 1-ranked mandatory challenger
Yonnhy “El Colombiano” Perez when they meet in Don
King’s Halloween Thrilla at Treasure Island Hotel &
Casino in Las Vegas on Saturday, Oct. 31. (SHOWTIME
9 p.m. ET/PT, delayed on West Coast)
“I think I will defeat
Yonnhy Perez by knockout,” Agbeko said from his
South Florida-based training camp. “I’m not
underestimating him. He’s a good fighter, but I know
this is going to be a knockout for me.
“Perez should keep his
confidence as an undefeated fighter and bring it to
the ring. I want to face him at his best. After our
fight, he will feel the same way I did after I
suffered my...more
ENNIS WINS THRILLER TO
CAPTURE USBA JR. MIDDLE TITLE IN PHILLY
-
Press Release: October
19, 2009
Derek “Pooh” Ennis captured the USBA Jr.
Middleweight title with a thrilling twelve round
unanimous decision over Eromosele Albert this past
Friday night at The Legendary Blue Horizon.
This memorable bout was the main event of a seven
bout card that was part of Greg Robinson’s Power
Productions 10th anniversary show.
Ennis of Philadelphia and Albert fought at close
quarters for the full thirty-six minute fight and
the battle became another Legendary Blue Horizon
classic.
The two banged away at each other as Ennis used
quick combinations that he divvied up between the
body and head while Albert continued to press
forward and gave as good as he took.
As the
fight ended, ringside media members were split on
who should have ..continue
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