LOS ANGELES (January 17, 2012) – Due to the fact that there was only to be partial representation of fight officials who were involved with the December 10, 2011 Amir Khan vs. Lamont Peterson bout at tomorrow’s scheduled appeal hearing of the fight’s outcome before the International Boxing Federation (IBF), Golden Boy Promotions and Team Khan have decided to withdraw their appeal and focus their full attention on Amir’s next fight.
Golden Boy Promotions and Team Khan are pleased to have been vindicated by the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) recent decision to mandate an immediate rematch and still hope that Mr. Peterson will honor earlier statements in which he asserted that he would be happy to agree to a rematch.
In that vein, Golden Boy Promotions and Team Khan would agree to a 50/50 split of worldwide revenues derived from a rematch (including those derived from the United Kingdom) should Mr. Peterson agree to participate and hope that this will be both financially and professionally satisfying to Mr. Peterson and his team.
ARTHUR ADMITS QUIGG CLASH IS HIS LAST BIG CHANCE
JAMIE ARTHUR will be fighting for his boxing future when he challenges British super-bantamweight champion Scott Quigg in Bolton next month.
The former Commonwealth champion will be having his first fight since losing to Jason Booth – the man Bury’s Quigg took the title from in October.
But the 32-year-old Welshman insists he can upset the unbeaten star at the Reebok Stadium’s Premier Suite on Saturday February 4.
Arthur (18-5) who has several business interests away from boxing was narrowly outpointed by Booth last March.
He said: “I do see this as my last chance saloon.
“I won’t fight a six or eight rounder. I can earn more money doing architectural drawings or running my gym then I can ever make from that type of fight.
“I don’t want to be working my way up from the bottom again. I have been in the mix for titles for a few years and I believe that is where I belong.
“I am grateful for this opportunity and I want to be up there and fighting these types of fights as much as possible.
“Everybody who has beaten me will tell you I give them a hard time. Anybody who beats me knows they have had a war. Nobody gets an easy fight.”
On the undercard of the Sky Sports televised card. Manchester’s Beijing Olympian Joe Murray meets fellow unbeaten hopeful Chris Male for the vacant English featherweight title.
Former European super-bantamweight champion and world title challenger Rendall Munroe has his first fight at bantamweight, with his sights set on the best.
Stephen Foster Jr returns after losing his European super-featherweight title, when he tackles Belarusian Yauheni Kruhlik.
Leading British cruiserweight title contender Matty Askin has a six rounder against Hungary’s Attila Palko and English bantamweight champion Craig Lyon face Ukrainian southpaw Yuri Voronin.
Hatton Promotions prospect Jez Wilson is hoping to fight a British light-middleweight title eliminator on the bill.
The card will also include Jazza Dickens v Michael Ramabaletsa, Feargal McCrory v Jason Nesbitt and Tasif Khan v Selected Opponent
Boxing starts at 6.15pm and tickets priced at £35, £55 and £75 VIP ringside. You can buy by calling 01925 755 222, Ticketmaster 0844 847 2500, Ticketline 0844 888 9991 or online www.hattonboxing.com
On Freddie Roach Premieres Friday Night on HBO
ON FREDDIE ROACH, the all-new cinéma-vérité series from renowned filmmaker and Emmy® nominee Peter Berg, launches its six-episode season FRIDAY, JAN. 20 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT), followed by other episodes on subsequent Fridays at the same time, exclusively on HBO. Executive produced by Berg (“Friday Night Lights”), the HBO Original Programming presentation is a co-production of Film 44 and Atticus Entertainment.
The unscripted show focuses on Freddie Roach, who owns and operates the famed Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, where he has produced a host of world champions. This intensely personal look at the world-famous boxing trainer chronicles his life and career against the backdrop of Parkinson’s disease, an ailment very likely linked to his own boxing past.
A native of Dedham, Mass., Freddie Roach has an extensive amateur boxing background. He fought as a professional under the tutelage of legendary Hall of Fame trainer Eddie Futch, ending his professional boxing career in 1987 with a record of 41 wins and 13 losses. Upon retiring, Roach became Futch’s apprentice.
In 1992, Mickey Rourke financed Roach’s first gym, the Outlaw Boxing Club. He has gone on to train more than 20 world champions, including Manny Pacquiao, Amir Khan, Oscar de la Hoya and Mike Tyson. Roach has been honored five times as Trainer of the Year by the Boxing Writers Association of America and has been inducted into the World Boxing Hall of Fame. On Dec. 6, 2011, he was elected to the International Boxing Hall of Fame.
In 2011, the U.S. Olympic Committee announced a unique partnership with Roach in an effort to ensure that America’s top amateur fighters have access to the finest training in preparation for the 2012 Olympic Games in London. This partnership will create a program allowing up to ten Olympic hopefuls to train at the Wild Card Gym, which has become synonymous with world-class performance.
The 51-year-old bachelor lives next door to his mother, just a few miles from Wild Card.
January’s episodes:
Episode #1: “Body Blow”
Debut: FRIDAY, JAN. 20 (9:30-10:00 p.m. ET/PT)
Other HBO playdates: Jan. 21 (10:30 a.m., midnight), 22 (10:00 a.m.), 23 (7:30 p.m., 11:00 p.m.), 25 (6:00 p.m.) and 26 (10:45 a.m., 9:30 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 22 (11:50 p.m.) and 24 (9:30 p.m.)
Introduction to the life of Freddie Roach, boxing trainer and Parkinson’s patient.
Episode #2: “The Wild Card”
Debut: FRIDAY, JAN. 27 (9:30-10:00 p.m.)
Other HBO playdates: Jan 28 (11:30 a.m., 12:30 a.m.), 29 (11:30 a.m.) and 30 (7:30 p.m., 11:50 p.m.), and Feb. 1 (7:30 p.m.) and 2 (9:30 a.m., 8:30 p.m.)
HBO2 playdates: Jan. 29 (11:00 p.m.) and 31 (9:30 p.m.)
A routine day at the Wild Card Gym is suddenly thrown into chaos.
The series will be available on HBO ON DEMAND and HBO GO.
On Freddie Roach is a Film 44 and Atticus Entertainment production; executive produced by Peter Berg, Sarah Aubrey, Jim Lampley and Michael Price; co-executive produced by Brendan Malloy and Emmett Malloy; produced by Matthew Goldberg and Christopher G. Cowen; editors, Brian Johnson and Stephen Strout; director of photography, Niles Harrison; camera operator, Brandon Carroll; music by The Antlers; original music by Rogue Wave.
Chagaev-Manswell on 1/28
Samstag 28. Jan.2012, 16h00
Elysee Grand Hotel
Hamburg, Germany
Nr. Red Corner Blue Corner
1
Evegny Tishchenko
Russia
0 – 0 – 0 (0)
Cruiserweight
90.718 kg / 200 lbs
4 Rounds
Igor Pilipenko
Ukraine – Zaporozhye
3 – 11 – 1 (0)
2
Vladimir Tereshkin
Russia – Hamburg
13 – 0 – 1 (7)
Heavyweight
über 90,718 kg / over 200 lbs
6 Rounds
Evgeny Orlov Molecule from Hell
Russia – Berlin
13 – 10 – 1 (8)
3
Marcel Meyerdiercks
Germany – Wismar
20 – 0 – 0 (5)
Featherweight
57.153 kg / 126 lbs
8 Rounds
Roberto Santos de Jesus
Brazil – Sao Paulo
13 – 4 – 0 (9)
4
Vitali Tajbert
Germany – Stuttgart
21 – 2 – 0 (6)
Super Featherweight
58.967 kg / 130 lbs
8 Rounds
Jose Luis Graterol
Venezuela – Bolivar
14 – 10 – 4 (5)
Kickbox World Championship
5
Dima Weimar
Germany – Hamburg
0 – 0 – 0 (0)
Middleweight
72.574 kg / 160 lbs
5 Rounds
Bartosz Pacco Koscielniak
Germany – Leverkusen
0 – 0 – 0 (0)
WBO European Championship
6
Rafael Bejaran Tony Roman
Dominican Republic – Hamburg
13 – 1 – 0 (6)
Middleweight
72.574 kg / 160 lbs
12 Rounds
Daniel Urbanski
Poland – Szczecin
5 – 2 – 2 (1)
7
Ina Menzer
Germany – Hamburg
27 – 1 – 0 (10)
Featherweight
57.153 kg / 126 lbs
8 Rounds
Milena Koleva Hells Baby
Bulgaria – Sliven
3 – 3 – 1 (0)
8
Firat Arslan
Germany – Suessen
31 – 5 – 1 (20)
Cruiserweight
90.718 kg / 200 lbs
10 Rounds
Orlando Antonio Farias Nocaut
Argentina – San Miguel
23 – 10 – 0 (12)
LIVE BILD.DE AB 20.30 UHR
9
Ruslan Chagaev White Tyson
Uzbekistan – Hamburg
27 – 2 – 1 (17)
Heavyweight
über 90,718 kg / over 200 lbs
8 Rounds
Kertson Manswell Warrior
Trinidad & Tobago – Marabella
22 – 3 – 0 (17)
10
Denis Boytsov The Titan
Russia – Hamburg
29 – 0 – 0 (24)
Heavyweight
über 90,718 kg / over 200 lbs
8 Rounds
Darnell Wilson Ding-A-Ling Man
United States of America – Takoma Park
24 – 13 – 3 (20)
Sport1 LIVE AB 22 Uhr WBC Baltic Championship
11
Rakhim Chakhkiev The Machine
Russia – Magas
11 – 0 – 0 (9)
Cruiserweight
90.718 kg / 200 lbs
10 Rounds
Alexander Kotlobay
Russia – Saint Petersburg
21 – 2 – 1 (15)
12
Jürgen Brähmer
Germany – Schwerin
36 – 2 – 0 (29)
Light Heavyweight
79.378 kg / 175 lbs
8 Rounds
Jose Maria Guerrero
Spain – Ripollet
29 – 2 – 1 (11)
Press Conference: Montag, 23. Jan.2012, 13h00, Elysée Grand Hotel, Rothenbaumchaussee 10, 20148 Hamburg
Public Work-out: Mittwoch, 25. Jan.2012, 14h00, Karstadt Sport, Mönckeberstraße 16, 20095 Hamburg
Official Weigh-in: Freitag, 27. Jan.2012, 14h00, City-Center Bergedorf, Weidenbaumsweg 21, 21029 Hamburg
BDB WBO WBC
Supervisor Steve Mertz (Frankfurt/M.) Markus Aslani (GER) Mikhail Denisov (RUS)
Referee André van Grootenbruel (BEL) Daniel van de Wiele (BEL)
Judge/Referee Timo Habighorst (Wentorf)
Jürgen Langos (Bad Soden)
Frank-Michael Maaß (Lindhorst)
Ingo Barabas (GER)
Frank-Michael Maaß (GER)
Holger Wiemann (Berlin)
Timo Habighorst (GER)
Jürgen Langos (GER)
Olena Pobyvailo (BEL)
Physician Dr. Volker Carrero (Hamburg)
Dr. Christoph Goetz (Hamburg)
Timekeeper Manfred Rose (Hamburg)
Dirk Scheele (Stockelsdorf)