On 14th April 2012 at the Brentwood Centre Essex, former Olympic and European Champion and World title challenger Audley Harrison, makes his return to the ring when he faces the up and coming prospect Ali Adams in a 10 round Championship contest.
Audley wants redemption for his performance against David Haye, where he has been the subject of mass criticism for his performance. Audley says he wants to come back and give it one last shot, but Ali Adams is determined to close the curtain on his career.
Audley said ‘I’ve never been more disappointed in myself as I felt that night…anyone can lose, but I didn’t lose with dignity, so I was never going to retire of that performance’.
After falling off the boxing radar when slipping to that famous defeat against Haye, many of the British boxing public will be looking to see whether or not Harrison deserves one last roll of the dice with Adams providing a very stern test.
Audley said ‘I’ve been sitting on the shelf for 15 months, so I’m grateful for this opportunity…with my right arm now healed, I’ll have too much for Ali Adams. I intend to show I still have a future in the game’.
Promoter Steve Goodwin of Goodwin Promotions who has secured the staging of this exciting bout stated “Audley has a big name in boxing and beyond, as was seen with his success in “Strictly Come Dancing”. We will see whether his fighting days are over. Ali is hungry, fit and has tons of heart and believes this is his date with destiny, whilst for Audley it is his final chance; retirement beckons if Audley loses this bout…I’m so confident that Ali has his number; I’ve put my money where my mouth is and made this fight without TV…
Adams may be somewhat of an unknown to the casual boxing fan, however the Iraqi-born heavyweight, who picked up his first title last time out in December, now looks to make the step up in class by fighting Harrison.
Ali said “Audley is a joke. His fight with Haye was an embarrassment and he still wants to make a comeback. I will give him such a beating that Audley will see he does not belong in a boxing ring again.”
The bill will be action packed including the return of Prizefighter Welterweight Champion Yassine “The showman” El Maachi in a 10 round title contest.
The most exciting boxer in Africa and Ghanaian champion Richard Commey, who has 11 wins from 11 fights all by knockout, will make his first appearance in the UK. His advisor Michael Amoo-Bediako says “ We want to show the British public a future World Champion; in 12 months he will be ready for Ricky Burns”.
Further top class fighters will be added to the bill over the next few weeks.
Tickets are available at £100 (VIP Inner Ringside including Champagne Reception) £70 (Reserved Ringside) and £40 unreserved available from www.goodwinpromotions.co.uk or 01525 851150
Go Daddy Presenting Sponsor for NBC Sports Network Fight Night
Go Daddy will make its ring debut on Sat, Jan 21 as the presenting sponsor of NBC Sports Network Fight Night, its new boxing series featuring premier boxing talent, it was announced today.
Go Daddy, the world’s largest provider of Web hosting[1], domain name registrations and net new SSL Certificates, cites the strong loyalty of boxing fans as one of its reasons for entering the squared circle.
Jon Miller, President, programming, NBC Sports and NBC Sports Network, said: “Go Daddy has been a great partner of ours and we’re excited to team up with them to launch the Fight Night Series.”
Live from the Asylum Arena in Philadelphia, PA., the first Fight Night card will feature
a classic match-up of boxer vs. puncher, with two talented, undefeated Philadelphia heavyweights, Bryant Jennings and Maurice Byarm. Philly welterweight Gabriel Rosado takes on tough Mexican Jesus Soto-Karass in the co-feature.
The Fight Night cards are being scheduled in cities that are served by a Comcast Sports Group regional network. The regional networks will help promote the events and have the ability to re-air fights.
“Our goal is to build an NBC Sports boxing brand where consumers know our fights are always going to be competitive and that they can expect exciting ‘crossroads’ fights where the fights are very evenly matched to the point where it’s tough to predict a winner in advance,” Miller said.
WORLD BOXING COUNCIL NEWS
January 18, 2012 – Mexico City.
From the office of WBC President Dr. José Sulaimán:
BOXER OF THE YEAR /
BOXEADOR DEL AÑO:
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Vitali Klitschko,
Ukraine/ Ucrania
He made two mandatory bouts this year.
Hizo dos peleas obligatorias en el año.
WORLD CHAMPION OF THE YEAR / CAMPEON MUNDIAL DEL AÑO:
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Saul “Canelo” Alvarez,
Mexico.
Conquered the vacant Superwelterweight title and defended it three times and thus fought four championship bouts in 2011.
Conquistó el título vacante superwelter y lo defendió tres veces para un total de cuatro peleas titulares en el 2011.
BOXER OF THE DECADE /
BOXEADOR DE LA DECADA:
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Pongsaklek Wonjongkam,
Tailandia/Thailand
Fought his 26th championship bout and he’s just one bout ahead of reaching Joe Lewis’ record who made 27 and 11 of Julio Cesar Chavez who
made 37.
Hizo su pelea de título mundial número 26 que rompe todos los récords y está a una de Joe Lewis con 27, y a 11 de Julio César Chávez que hizo 37.
BOUT OF THE YEAR / PELEA DEL AÑO:
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Victor Ortiz vs Andre Berto.
They both fell in to the canvas twice, but at the end Victor Ortiz became champion and took away Andre’s Berto undefeated status.
Ambos cayeron dos veces con Víctor Ortiz convirtiéndose en campeón y quitándole lo invicto a Andre Berto.
KO OF THE YEAR / KNOCK OUT DEL AÑO:
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Nonito Donaire vs Fernando Montiel.
Dramatic KO in the second round of the bout.
Knock out dramático en el segundo round de su pelea.
MOST DRAMATIC BOUT OF THE YEAR / PELEA MAS DRAMATICA DEL AÑO.
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Ponmpayak Propramook from Thailand against the Mexican Adrian Hernandez.
Ten rounds of an intense bout in honor of the King of Thailand Bhumidol Adulyajeb.
Ponmpayak Propramook de Tailandia contra Diez rounds de intenso cambio de golpes sin descanso en pelea en honor de Su Majestad el Rey de Tailandia Bhumidol Adulyajeb
EXEMPLARY BOXER OF THE YEAR / BOXEADOR EJEMPLAR DEL AÑO:
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Jhonny Gonzalez, Mexico.
A humble, decent and hard working formidable champion who represents the boxing in exemplary manner inside and outside the ring.
Gran campeón con cuatro peleas titulares y un comportamiento ejemplar para los boxeadores del mundo.
COMEBACK OF THE YEAR /
RETORNO DEL AÑO:
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Floyd Mayweather, USA,
Floyd Mayweather returned to boxing after a long layoff and conquered the WBC welterweight championship knocking out Victor Ortiz in a highly controversial and dramatic fashion.
Tras un año y nueve meses sin pelear, volvió para noquear a Víctor Ortiz y reconquistar su título mundial welter del WBC.
MOST ACTIVE PROMOTER OF THE YEAR /PROMOTOR MAS ACTIVO DEL AÑO:
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Golden Boy Promotions.
Golden Boy Promotions. Promoted 11 main fights and one eliminatory bout.
Presentó 11 peleas titulares y una de eliminatoria final.
SPECIAL HONOR AWARD /
PREMIO ESPECIAL DE HONOR
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Julio Cesar Chávez Jr.
SPECIAL HONOR AWARD FOR BEING THE FIRST MEXICAN FIGHTER IN BOXING HISTORY TO BECOME THE MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPION OF THE WORLD.
PREMIO ESPECIAL DE HONOR, POR SER EL PRIMER CAMPEÓN MUNDIAL MEXICANO EN LA HISTORIA DEL BOXEO, QUE HAYA GANADO EL CAMPEONATO MUNDIAL DE PESO MEDIO.