Russian combat fighting legend Fedor Emelianenko defends his WAMMA heavyweight title against No. 1 contender Josh Barnett, when Affliction M-1Global presents its third major mixed martial arts show, “Trilogy,” Saturday night, August 1 live on Pay-Per-View from Honda Center in Anaheim, California. The monster card has been separated into two live broadcasts in the same night. A one-hour special will air on HDNet starting at 7:30 PM/ET (4:30 PM/PT), followed by the sensational Pay-Per-View event, “Trilogy,” commencing at 9 PM/ET (6 PM/PT). MMA News l
TICKET ALERT!!!!!!!! BRINKLEY VS.. PASCHALL JULY 11TH
TICKETS ON SALE WEDNESDAY FOR RENO EVENTS CENTER SHOW
RENO, NV (June 3, 2009) Tickets will go on sale today, June 3rd, for the ten round light heavyweight showdown between The Fighting Pride of Northern Nevada, Jesse Brinkley and Baltimore’s Mike Paschall set for Saturday, July 11th at The Reno Events Center, it was announced today by Reno’s “Let Get It On” Promotions and Las Vegas based TKO BOXING Promotions.
Priced at $128.25, $78.25, $53.25 and $33.25, tickets can be purchased through Ticketmaster (www.ticketmaster.com , phone 775-787-8497) and The Reno Events Center Box Office. (A five dollar discount will be available for students and military for general admission tickets ($33.25).
Brinkley, 33-5-0, (22KO’s), is coming off an outstanding twelve round unanimous decision win over long time area rival Joey Gilbert on February 14th in front of a packed house at the Reno Events Center. He is currently ranked #9 in the world by the IBF.
A native of Baltimore, MD., the aggressive, southpaw Paschall, brings a record of 19-1-1 with four knockouts into the battle with Brinkley, his only loss coming on cuts in a bout against Andre Dirrell broadcast last year on Showtime.
Paschall is coming of a terrific eight round battle against Sam Hill on April 2nd, a unanimous decision win for him. .
Said Terry Lane of “Let’s Get It On” Promotions, “Jesse is willing to fight any of the world champions or top rated fighters at super middleweight or light heavyweight.”
“Since the Gilbert bout we’ve tried to make a big fight at 168 or 175 to no avail. Paschall is a tough, aggressive, strong southpaw who has promised to take the fight right at Jesse. He’s looking to capitalize on Jesse’s world ranking and sees this fight as a great opportunity.”
Said Brinkley, “I’ll go anywhere and fight any of the top guys at 168 or 175. Paschall is a tough, aggressive fighter who will provide a real challenge for me as a southpaw. I’ve seen him fight a number of times and our styles should make for a very entertaining fight for the fans.”
The 29 year old Paschall also spoke of the style matchup; “The best part of a fight like this is neither of us will have to go searching for the other. I’ve seen Jessie fight quite a bit and respect what he’s accomplished in the sport.”
“I want to test myself against a top guy and he definitely fits the bill. I know he’ll have all the fans on his side that night in Reno, but I’ll be prepared to give him the fight of his life.”
In the co-featured bout of the evening, current IBA Lightweight Champion Rustam Nugaev will see battle in his first appearance in Reno. The 26 year old Russian, now living in Los Angeles, California, has compiled a record of 19-5-1 (11KO’s) since turning professional eight years ago.
In his most recent bout on November 15th, Nugaev stopped former world title challenger Justin Juuko in the second round to win the International Boxing Association Lightweight Title. Known for his action packed bouts in Eastern Europe and more recently in the United States, Nugaev is looking to continue his rise in the world rankings in the deep lightweight division.
Also featured on the card will be the return of the Reno based Hinkey Brothers; Derek and Tyler. Middleweight Derek, 7-1-0 with seven stoppages, is coming of a devastating first round knockout of Ariel Espinal on the undercard of Brinkley/Gilbert.
Heavyweight Tyler, 5-0-1 (4KO’s), has stopped his last two opponents in the first round; Benjamin Lee on January 23rd in Las Vegas and Mike Finney on June 13, 2008 at the Reno Ballroom.
Making his first Northern Nevada appearance will be sensational lightweight prospect Bayan “THE MONGLIAN MONGOOSE” Jargal. The 27 year old Jargal,
12-0-1 (8KO’s), has thrilled boxing fans across the country with his all-action style. In his first three bouts in 2009, Jargal has stopped all three opponents, two in the first round.
The undercard will also feature two outstanding amateur boxers from the University Nevada-Reno, Ryan Kotey and Jeremy Catalano.
More information on this event will be announced shortly.
Outdoor professional boxing show at Ulvila, Finland on the 8th August 2009
Vaasa, Finland based Caramelito Promotions –stable is promoting its second professional boxing show on the 8th August 2009 at Ulvila, Finland about 250kilometres to northwest from Finnish capital Helsinki. The Caramelito Promotions –stable is led by Petro “El Caramelito” Koskimies who is also known as the personal coach for the reigning Finnish and Baltic (BBU) heavyweight champion Juho Haapoja.
It will be the first professional boxing show for about 5 years arranged at Satakunta –region and the biggest speciality of the show is that it will be the first official open air pro boxing show arranged at Finland for over 14 years!
The show will be arranged at the baseball stadion of the city of Ulvila. The card will contain three professional boxing fights and a couple of amateur fights with local fighter. On the first pro-fight there will be a pro debut for Roope Puumalainen (FIN) who earlier this year won the silver medal at Finnish national amateur championships at 64kg´s division. On the second fight Helsinki-based Pekka Eskelinen (FIN), who made his debut back on February, is targeting for his first pro-victory. Both of these two fights will be fought at Light Welterweight (63,5kg) division.
In the main event there will be a debut for heavyweight boxer (+90,7kg) Janne Katajisto (FIN) who is known as former two-time national amateur champion at Super Heavyweight division. Among other achievements Katajisto has as amateur won both Robert Helenius and Juho Haapoja who are currently known as TOP level Finnish professional fighters at heavyweight division. In addition to these Katajisto is having some experience for international fights and tournaments. All pro-fights on the card are scheduled for four (4) rounds and the opponents are still TBA.