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Interview: WBFed Promoter Of The
Year...
...Ulf
Steinforth! The WBFed
„Promoter of the Year 2009“
award is just one of many
honours bestowed upon your
promotional company SES during
the 10 years in business. What
does this WBFed award mean to
you in comparison with others? |
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JULY 5 2010 |
BY: WBF |
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Sotelo To Coordinate Central
America
Sergio Sotelo of
Tijuana, Mexico has been
appointed World Boxing
Federation Coordinator for
Central America, covering the
countries of Mexico, Guatemala,
Belize, Honduras, El Salvador,
Nicaragua, Costa Rica and
Panama. |
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JUNE 30 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Dick & Seferi Intercontinental
Champions
Unheralded German
Viktor Dick, a last minute
substitute for Omar Siala,
caused a huge shock at the
Calafatti hall in Vienna,
Austria last Saturday (June 26),
battling local hero Gogi
Knezevic to an absolute
standstill and winning the... |
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JUNE 28 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Paul Thomas New G.B. & Ireland
Rep
Highly regarded
Derby-based referee Paul Thomas
has joined the World Boxing
Federation in the capacity of
representative for Great Britain
and Ireland. Thomas is actually
one of the best boxing officials
over the last few decades coming
out of England. |
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JUNE 25 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Double Intercont. Championship
In Vienna
Carefully guided
Sefer Seferi will have quite a
fight on his hands, when he
squares off with Adnan
Buharalija at the Vienna Prater
on June 26 for the vacant World
Boxing Federation
Intercontinental cruiserweight
title. |
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JUNE 23 2010 | BY: RINZE VAN DER MEER |
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JUNE 21 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Kolodziej Retains World Cruiser
Title
On Saturday June
12, in Krynica Zdroj, Poland,
World Boxing Federation
Cruiserweight champion Pawel
Kolodziej retained his title
with a knockout in the twelfth
round over game last minute
substitute Parfait Amougui
Amougou from France.
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JUNE 15 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Knezevic Chasing His Dream
Last October,
falling sick a few days before,
he had to cancel a WBFed world
title shot, but Austria’s Gogi
‘Lionheart’ Knezevic, 18-2-1
(8), has not given up on that
elusive dream of capturing a
world crown. |
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JUNE 14 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Kuehne And Hokmi New World
Champions
Just 24 hours apart, two new
female world champions where
crowned with Germany’s Ramona
‘The Dragon’ Kuehne winning the
WBFed superfeatherweight belt
and France’ Nadya Hokmi
clinching the vacant WBFed
superflyweight title. |
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JUNE 7 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Mendy Subdues McDonagh in Superb
Fight
French hero Yvan
Mendy crowned himself the new
World Boxing Federation
Intercontinental light
welterweight champion last
Friday night, June 4, in a fight
that put many a world title
matches to shame when he won a
clear, but hard-fought... |
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JUNE 7 2010 | BY: WBF |
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WBFed To Make Inroads In Dom.
Rep.
The national
professional boxing commission
of the Dominican Republic,
headed by its president Franklin
Nunez, recently signed and
agreement with the World Boxing
Federation that involves a
strong promotion of the WBFed
Latin championships... |
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JUNE 2 2010 | BY: WBF |
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First Step To Fame For Yvan
Mendy?
Looking at their
respective records, it might
seem a pre-arranged win for
25-year-old French light
welterweight Yvan Mendy, however
the 15-16 record of his opponent
Peter McDonagh is quite
deceiving. |
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28 2010 | BY: RINZE VAN DER MEER |
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Kauffman Stops Koval In Two
Rounds
Heavyweight
prospect Travis Kauffman moved
one step closer to legitimate
contention with a comprehensive
domination of hard-punching
trialhorse Chris Koval Saturday
night (May 22) in his hometown
of Reading, PA. |
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24 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Lion King One Move Closer To
World Title
Molefe 'Lion
King' Matima floored Siabulela
Ziqula (correct record 18-7) in
each of the first three rounds
before catching Ziqula with a
left hook which resulted in a
knockout win in round four for
the outstanding prospect Matima. |
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23 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Vice President Scalf Steps Down...
...Van der
Meer Joins As Media Director!
Howard Goldberg, President
of the World Boxing Federation,
has regrettably announced the
resignation of Vice President
Ron Scalf of the USA due to
external business commitments. |
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23 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Molefe Not Underestimating Tough
Ziqula
Matima Molefe is
considered one of the brightest
up and coming superstars in
South African boxing. Having
chalked up a record of 9-1 with
6 KOs, including a victory over
the current South African
featherweight champion Subelo
Jubatha... |
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20 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Kühne vs. Santana For Three
Titles
For quite some
time SES-Manager Ulf Steinforth
kept everybody guessing, but the
main event on the BRAUN BULL
FIGHT NIGHT at the International
Floral Exhibition in
Aschersleben, Germany will pit
reigning... |
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Spasova Takes Over As General
Secretary
As a result of
the recent meeting of the
executive members during the
first convention of the World
Boxing Federation in Tirana,
Albania a couple of weeks ago,
Ms. Diana Spasova has now taken
over with immediate effect as
General Secretary... |
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MAY 17 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Interview: Travis Kauffman
World Boxing
Federation Intercontinental
Heavyweight title challenger
Travis “GW Hope” Kauffman (19-1,
15 KOs) recently did an
interview with Ryan Burton of
Boxingscene.com. Kauffmann, who
is scheduled to take on Chris
Koval... |
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MAY 13 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Pain On Penn Street
PUBLIC OPEN
WORKOUT MAY 8 AT FAIRGROUNDS
SQUARE MALL.
Fans are invited
to watch a public workout on
Saturday May 8th 1:00-3:00 pm at
the Center Court of Fairgrounds
Square Mall. |
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MAY 7 2010 | BY: PRESSRELEASE |
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The Dragon On The Prowl For WBFed Title
SES Boxing headed
by Ulf Steinforth, the World
Boxing Federation Promoter of
the Year 2009, is presenting its
first WBFed championship bout of
this year when Ramona Kuehne
vies for the vacant world super
featherweight title on June... |
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MAY 6 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Convention Report -
Day Four
The inaugral -
and hugely successful - World
Boxing Federation Convention
2010 in Albania came to an end
this morning with the closing
press conference held at the
Tirana International Hotel.
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MAY 3 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Convention Report -
Day Three
INCLUDING CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS!
The third day of the inaugral
World Boxing Federation
convention actually started in
the early hours of the morning,
as many delegates joined at 2.30
am local Albanian time to watch
the live transmission... |
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MAY 2 2010 | BY: WBF
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Convention Report -
Day Two
The day began with the official
opening ceremony - televised
nationwide live on Ora News -
conducted by the Albanian
Minister of Sports together with
convention host Ylli Ndroqi, the
WBF Honory President, and
WBF President Howard Goldberg. |
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MAY 1 2010 | BY: WBF
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Convention Report -
Day One
Delegates from
over a dozen countries - some
from places as far away as South
Africa, the US, Australia and
Argentina - today arrived in the
Albanian capital Tirana for the
inaugral World Boxing Federation
Convention... |
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30 2010 | BY: WBF
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Qato Defends WBF Middleweight
Belt
Kreshnik Qato
will make the third defence of
his WBF middleweight title
against dangerous South American
Esteban Waldemar Ponce on May 2
in Tirana, Albania. The fight
marks a spectacular week for the
World Boxing Federation... |
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27 2010 | BY: WBF
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Kostecki Comes Through To Be
King
Knockout artist
Dawid Kostecki last Saturday
became the second current WBF
titleholder from Poland (after
cruiserweight champion Pawel
Kolodziej) when he had to settle
for a unanimous decision over
Italian-based Romanian Giulian
Ilie... |
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26 2010 | BY: WBF
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Hungarian Battles In Tirana
World Boxing
Federation Honory President Ylli
Ndroqi is really serving up a
boxing treat with the WBFed
Championship Boxing Night during
the upcoming I. World Convention
in Tirana as he has added two
further championship bouts... |
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23 2010 | BY: WBF
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Azaouagh Takes WBF International
Crown
Hassan Azaouagh
captured the vacant World Boxing
Federation International
bantamweight title Friday night
(April 16) outpointing tough
South American Luis William
Singo at the ‘Espace
Francois Mitterrand’
in
Pas-de-Calais,
France. |
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18 2010 | BY: GRAHAM PEARMAN
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Kauffman-Koval, Collins-Rivera
WBF Title
Fights in Reading, PA!
Boxing fans and media filled
Blind Hartman’s Tavern Monday
night for the kick-off press
conference announcing the Pain
on Penn Street pro-am fight card
to take place May 22nd at the
Reading Eagle Theater... |
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15 2010 | BY: PRESSRELEASE
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Holyfield
New WBF Heavyweight Champ
Evander “The Real
Deal” Holyfield (43-10-2, 28
KOs) stopped defending World
Boxing Federation World
Heavyweight champion Francois
Botha with 2:05 left in round
eight Saturday night at the
Thomas & Mack Centre in Las
Vegas. |
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11 2010 | BY: WBF
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Botha-Holyfield
Weigh-In Photos
World Boxing Federation World
Heavyweight champion Frans Botha
and challenger, former four-time
world champion Evander
Holyfield, weighed-in for their
April 10 clash at the Thomas &
Mack Centre in Las Vegas… |
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Botha-Holyfield Press Conference
Quotes
INCLUDING
PPV PRE-SHOW VIDEO!
Quotes from World Boxing
Federation World Heavyweight
champion Frans "The White
Buffalo" Botha and challenger
Evander "Real Deal" Holyfield,
plus photos from press
conference... |
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APRIL 8 2010 | BY: WBF
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WBFed action picking up in
France
Slowly but
surely, action for the World
Boxing Federation all over
Europe is picking up and
European Coordinator Olaf
Schroeder credits WBFed
president Howard Goldberg for
giving the impetus: “A strong
and knowledgeable president is
as important as one... |
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APRIL 2 2010 | BY: WBF
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Botha vows to retire Holyfield
for good
Reigning World
Boxing Federation heavyweight
title-holder Frans “The
White Buffalo” Botha was
supposed to fight 4-time world
heavyweight champion Evander
Holyfield 12 years ago
but boxing politics eventually
destroyed that match-up. |
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29 2010 | BY: PRESSRELEASE
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22 2010 | BY: WBF
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Holyfield - Botha Headlines PPV
LAS VEGAS (Mar.
18, 2010) – Living legend and
5-time world heavyweight
champion, Evander “The
Real Deal” Holyfield,
challenges World Boxing
Federation heavyweight
title-holder Frans “The
White Buffalo” Botha in
the 12-round main event... |
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18 2010 | BY: PRESSRELEASE
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Kolodziej vs. Krence for world
title
Already this
coming Saturday (March 20) the
vacant WBF cruiserweight
championship will find a new,
and presumably worthy, holder
when hometown favourite Pawel
Kolodziej and former English
heavyweight champion Mark Krence...
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16 2010 | BY: WBF
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Qato warms up for title defence
World Boxing
Federation middleweight champion
Kreshnik 'The Eagle' Qato, the
first professional boxing world
title holder from Albania, warms
up for his third defence of the
title in a low-key appearance in
London, England this coming
Sunday (Mar. 21). |
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15 2010 | BY: WBF
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Ikeji throws it all away -
Nsafoah champ
The WBF’s
International Cruiserweight
crown was his – until a split
second of utter madness cost
Prince Anthony Ikeji the title
and his unbeaten record in this
clash of German-based Africans
on PunchUp Boxing’s show in
Siershahn, Germany, on March 6. |
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MARCH 7 2010 | BY: WBF
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African rumble in Germany
The World Boxing
Federation is happy to welcome
on board another promoter from
Germany in Turhan Altunkaya,
whose Koblenz-based PunchUp
Promotion will stage their
initial WBF championship bout on
March 6, 2010 in Siershahn,
Germany. |
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FEBRUARY 17 2010 | BY: WBF
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WBF Champ killed in motor
accident
The unbeaten
World Boxing Federation
lightweight champion of the
world, Mlungisi 'The Shark'
Dlamini, was tragically killed
in a motor accident on the
evening of Friday 29 January.
Dlamini was unbeaten with a
record of 21-0-1 with 13
knockouts... |
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JANUARY 30 2010 | BY: WBF
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Gottlieb new Women's
Boxing Chairman
At the recent
executive meeting of the World
Boxing Federation in Albania,
the organization unanimously
elected Butch Gottlieb, from
Nevada, as their new Womens
Boxing Chairman. Gottlieb has
been in boxing for 20 years... |
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JANUARY 14 2010 | BY: WBF
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Ylli Ndroqi appointed honorary
president
Last week, a
five-men group of WBF executives
lead by president Howard
Goldberg headed to Albania to
appoint Ylli Ndroqi, one of his
countries foremost businessman
and huge boxing supporter, as
Honory President of the World
Boxing Federation.
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JANUARY 11 2010 | BY: WBF
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Botha vs. Holyfield postponed
The World Boxing
Federation heavyweight title
fight between reigning champion
Francois Botha and former
four-time world heavyweight
champion Evander Holyfield will
not take place on January
16th... |
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JANUARY 2 2010 | BY: WBF |
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Ragosina heavyweight champion
Long-time
undisputed women’s world
supermiddleweight champion
Natascha Ragosina continued
her supremacy by almost
effortlessly jumping up to
heavyweight in her surprisingly
first ring appearance in Russia
as a professional.
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DECEMBER 20 2009 | BY: WBF |
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World Champ Delights Whole
Country
Tamas ‘Tomi Kid’ Kovacs wrote
history on Friday night when he
clinched the vacant World Boxing
Federation ligh theavyweight
title to become Slovakia’s
first-ever professional boxing
world champion with a unanimous
decision over Samson Onyango... |
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DECEMBER 20 2009 | BY: WBF
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Tenge S.A.'s
first female world champion
Unbeaten WBF Int.
champion Noni Tenge
extended her streak to eight
wins, all but one by knockout
(!), against a solitary draw
when she overcame an extremely
tough and durable Gifty
Amanua Ankrah from Ghana to
win... |
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DECEMBER 19 2009 | BY: WBF |
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World title action across Europe
December 18 marks
an important day for the World
Boxing Federation as two highly
important world titles will be
contested in Europe, albeit in
different countries, on this
same day with so far undefeated
co-challengers looking to
justify their status... |
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DECEMBER 14 2009 | BY: WBF
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Noni Tenge goes for World title
Noni Tenge, the
South African lady with the
dynamite fists, gets her
opportunity to win a world title
when she comes up against
Fransieka Mbang from Cameroon at
the Orient Theatre in East
London, South Africa on Friday
18 December. |
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DECEMBER 11 2009 | BY: WBF
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Interview: WBF President H.
Goldberg
Many thanks for
talking to us. Can you first
tell us how you became involved
in boxing and give us a brief
history of your background
within the sport.
Absolute
pleasure. I became interested
in boxing at the age... |
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DECEMBER 8 2009 | BY: WBF MEDIA
DIRECTOR |
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Holyfield challenges Botha for
WBF title
Promoter Eddie
Bazira and Baltic Pro Box
Promotions, in association
with Real Deal Events LLC, SES
Boxing, Fight Production and
Risum Boxing, are proud to
announce that contracts has been
signed for legendary... |
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NOVEMBER 30 2009 | BY: PRESS RELEASE |
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Boxrec to power new WBF world
rankings
The World Boxing
Federation has today announced a
partnership with Internet boxing
records database
www.boxrec.com. The
British-based website will
provide world rankings for the
WBF generating monthly
computerised listings... |
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NOVEMBER 23 2009 | BY: WBF MEDIA
DIRECTOR |
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Botha retains heavyweight title
South Africa’s
Francois Botha retained his
World Boxing Federation world
heavyweight title with a
majority draw against
Germany-based Cuban Pedro
Carrion on a show promoted by
Sport Event Steinforth on
October 24 in Dessau, Germany.
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OCTOBER 26 2009 | BY: WBF |
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Kreshnik Qato still world
champion
WBF world middleweight champion
Kreshnik “The Eagle” Qato
successfully defended his title
in Dessau, Germany on October
24, scoring a wide unanimous
decision over game and
aggressive Italian challenger
Fabio Liggieri.
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OCTOBER 26 2009 | BY: WBF
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Kovacs cruises in WBF defense
On the same show as the WBF
world title fights featuring
Botha vs Pedro Carrion and Qato
vs. Liggieri, WBF International
light heavyweight champion Tamas
Kovacs remained undefeated and
defended his belt with a third
round TKO over Gyula Gaspar.
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OCTOBER 26 2009 | BY: WBF
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Double
trouble for Fischer and Knezevic
It was a shocking week for sure
for Fight Production, as both
heavyweight Willi ‘De Ox’
Fischer and middleweight Gogi
‘Lionheart’ Knezevic had to call
off their WBF world’ title
challenges.
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OCTOBER 19 2009 | BY: PRESSRELEASE
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