Aug 03 2008
NEW YORK (July 18, 2008) – International Battle Federation (IBF) inferior bantamweight best Dimitri “The Baby” Kirilov (29-3-1, 9 KOs) will avert his appellation adjoin above IBF flyweight best and knockout artisan Vic “Raging Bull” Darchinyan (29-1-1, 23 KOs ), Saturday, Aug. 2, alive on SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING at 9 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the west coast).
In the co-feature, U.S. Olympian and best anticipation Andre “The Matrix” Dirrell (15-0, 10 KOs) puts his absolute almanac on the band adjoin adolescent best Mike “The Persecutor” Paschall (17-0-1, 4 KOs ) in a 10-round cool middleweight brawl.
The advertisement will arise from the Emerald Queen Casino in Tacoma , Wash. and is answer by Gotham Boxing, Inc.
Kirilov, who is accomplished by Hall of Fame trainer Freddie Roach, captured the IBF acme by acceptable a abutting accepted accommodation adjoin above U.S. Olympian Jose Navarro on Oct. 13, 2007. The array were 116-112, 114-113 twice.
In his best contempo airing in February, the Russian-born Kirilov wasn’t able to accomplishment Cecilio Santos (22-8-3, 12 KOs ) and had to achieve for a draw. Although one adjudicator denticulate the activity for Kirilov, 116-112; the added two denticulate it alike at 114 each.
Darchinyan had an adamant anchor on the flyweight division, auspiciously arresting his IBF appellation six times – bristles central the distance. He eventually absent his 112-pound band in a above agitated to Filipino brilliant Nonito Donaire. Darchinyan now aims to wreak calamity on the 115-pound, cool flyweight division.
Kirilov-Darchinyan is a bout up of capricious styles. Kirilov, accepted for his amazing acceleration and adeptness to outbox his competition, relies heavily on his quick hands. He loves to pepper his opponents with a absolute larboard jab.
Darchinyan, a southpaw, is absolutely the adverse from his counterpart. Not about as able and aesthetic as Kirilov, Darchinyan employs an in-your-face bold plan that has produced 23 knockout victories for the Armenian-born boxer. Darchinyan is generally declared as possessing bone-crushing power.
Dirrell, who has fought on the prospect-based alternation ShoBox: The New Generation on SHOWTIME, will attack to prove he is no best a anticipation but a championship adversary back he faces the best Paschall in the co-feature.
In his aftermost activity in May, Dirrell looked amazing adjoin Anthony Hanshaw (21-2-1, 14 KOs ), registering a fifth annular TKO on ShoBox.
Despite a apathetic start, Dirrell came on acerb and with a larboard duke to the arch beatific Hanshaw to the canvas at the end of the fourth annular abreast his opponent’s corner. Following a flurry of changing punches to Hanshaw’s arch aboriginal in the fifth, adjudicator Pat Russell chock-full the challenge at 1:13.
Dirrell, who won the brownish badge at the 2004 Athens Olympic Games for the United States , is a tall, active southpaw with solid ability in both mitts.
In his 18 activity career, Paschall has denticulate several absorbing accepted accommodation victories adjoin adept boxers. The anticipation is demography a boxy analysis on August 2 adjoin Dirrell. With alone four knockouts to his credit, Paschall will accept to await on his battle abilities if he hopes to break undefeated.
SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING announcers Steve Albert and Al Bernstein will alarm the activity from ringside with Jim Gray advertisement from ringside. The controlling ambassador of SHOWTIME Sports is David Dinkins Jr. with Bob Dunphy directing.
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Jul 30 2008
Just some overviews of the matches at the Mainevent, if any youtube videos are up I will upload.
Billy Dib v Zolani Marali
Round 1:
Slowish start…first minute annihilation landed from either fighter…quite a bit of captivation from both fighters…morali active and rangy…dib attractive for opportunites on the ropes but absolutely a belligerent round. abutting to alarm but apparently affirmation round.
Round 2:
Nice beeline appropriate from dib but morali absolutely awkward to acreage flush….straight larboard from morali but morali award it adamantine to get thru…good crabbed movement from dib, dib application the arena well, alot of movemment…dib cornered, morali gets thru with a brace nice anatomy shots..both fighters clearing bottomward a bit, but addition dib round.
Round 3:
Morali as angular as a greyhound-5% bodyfat…dib attractive to unload annihilation flush…morali slip, acme gets excited…dibs got his easily bottomward a la naseem hamed…straight appropriate from dib acreage flush…morali jabbing good…morali accepting the beeline rights thru now…dib bottomward from a left!!..not too ashamed though….dib thru an bang that if it landed morali would accept had to pay to get aback in the arena!
10-8 annular morali!!!
Round 4:
Arresting fight, morali seems to accept affirmation cardinal now a little, award his range…still a lot of captivation and still a actual scruffy fight…morali warned for application shoulder…paul briggs adage affirmation eyes dont attending bright from the antecedent annular altercation but he seems settled…slip from dib…..morali authoritative centre arena now….both fighters landing centre ring….dibs appropriate eye attractive redish….solid appropriate from dib..
hard annular to call…morali may accept clinched it
Round 5:
Dibs bend geting a bit austere now…big appropriate angle from dib, beeline appropriate from dib, actual hard…good bristles on morali though…dib about bottomward from a right…dib landing bombs to the anatomy …dib absolutely needs to booty ascendancy of this…morali centre arena stalking dib…dib has to abysmal dig…dib landing uppercuts in the clinches…billys adenoids bleeding and eye accepting worse…dib landing added even shots…morali throwing a-bombs but affirmation elusive. tight annular but dib landed the added scoring shots… dib round-just
Round 6:
Barry Michael says this needs to be a big annular for dib…dibs aplomb back…dibs captivation his gloves aerial now…dib landing nice appropriate angle anatomy shots on morali…fast paced fight…morali backed up dib attractive for cogent assault to moralis anatomy and head…still a lot of holding, refs got is assignment cut out…straight appropriate from dib again, morali didnt flinch…dib block morali about the ring…
close annular but dib took it.
Round 7:
Jonny Lewis earning his money too!
Morali switching attitude now…tries his luck with the accepted stance…morali backed up on ropes…dibs ripping shots to the body…a lot of captivation and scruffy bits activity on, ref accepting a go at both of them…morali wtill accepted …massive larboard angle from morali…billy hurt…..still a lot of captivation activity on…morali is accepting a bigger annular now…scrapping it out at the end of the round…
very abutting round…probably moralis admitting i think, barry michael disagress
Round 8:
Morali alone throwing one attempt at a time now…dib up on his toes …dib ducks a one-two combo…morali has dib on ropes attractive for even shots…a lot of shots actuality befuddled from both men but not abundant landing…dib takes a accumulation right….dib wobbled…dib about avalanche out of the ring…dibs easily down, asinine boy…trading bombs centre ring…morali scoring with shots…lots and lots of captivation still…dibs tired…..that alarm aural like a assumption bandage for dib…
morali round
Round 9:
Dib has to dig deep…morali acute dib to the ropes…left angle acreage from morali…still captivation a lot, morali attractive acceptable with this accepted stance, landing even jabs…chopping appropriate from morali…dib acreage accumulation left…morqali landing absolutely a lot now and dib is actual tired, aftermost legs almost…dib is all-a-quiver now…a lot of claret on affirmation face but dib is still accepting thru with the odd h-bomb…dib acreage a massive right..nasty anatomy attempt from morali …morali landing the jab at will now….dib is knackered..
big morali round.
Round 10:
Riot act from jonny lewis, reminding dib this is his better fight…mosley sitting abutting to tsyzu shouting at dib…mosley and tsyzu continuing up shouting…time out for dib to get his cuff fixed…(tactic from lewis maybe)>?
lewis demography ages to fix glove!…barry michael moaning…oldest ambush in the book from lewis…
Dib looks to unload larboard angle casual blow…orthodox jab from morali not missing…slower clip from both men now…dib alarming hard….quite spell in thr action now…dibbing active about the arena a la cotto aftermost w/e…
dib out of the ring! added of a push, no count…morali countering actual well…
holding and scruffy at the end…messy round…think morali did enough
Round 11:
Massive one-two from dib…paul briggs thinks dib needs a stoppage….morali larboard jab continues to land…billy has a lot of heart, application the arena well…dibs cuff baffled again, addition breach in acvtion while lewis fixes it…both acreage larboard hooks…dib bottomward from a slip, annoyed legs…morali acreage a clubbing right…and again…dib acreage a big appropriate but morali beeline aback with 2…a lot of covering actuality befuddled from both men but best of it missing the target…
fast paced round…morali round
judges ability accept this afterpiece becoz of the hometown advantage…
Round 12:
Tape apart on cuff again!!!!! 2 abnormal into the annular and addition timeout…moralis bend unhappy!…2 minute breach to fix band on glove…briggs adage morali needs knockout…morali block dib aggravating to bend him…slow clip now…dib on his bike…90secs left…continuos captivation ref lets it go…quietest annular fo the fight! dib acreage downstairs…20secs left…morali accomplishing the windmill with the appropriate arm but misses……bells gone.
dib round.
Results
116-114
114-113
116-112
Billy Din Wins
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Anthony Mundine V Crazy Kim
Round 1:
Kim looks actual focused for the final instructions…kim comes out accepted the right!!….effing hell…mundine actual aciculate with tremedous duke acceleration at this weight..mundine biding his time and kim attractive to burden mundine on the ropes…kim is apathetic in comparison…mundine acreage central appropriate hand…mudine acreage agitating one-two…mundine has batty handspeed at this weight…another massive appropriate from mundine…landing at will on kims big baldheaded head…mundine cut from arch clash.
mundine annular easy
Round 2:
Mundine bleeding, bits cutman job amid rounds…mundine landing abating shots in bunches…kim acreage to anatomy with 2 shots…good bang from mundine…shane mosley commentating now….says he brand what he sees…
2 straight rights from mundine, kim stays up…mundines face red…kim tiring…kim acreage a brace rights to the body…kim arch with his arch aggravating to worsedn the cut…3 bite admixture from mundine but kim stays up…
mundine annular accessible again
Round 3:
Kim comes in with a low attitude allurement to be uppercutted………………..mundine decked in big trouble!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
mudine rocked…left angle from kim did it…another attempt from kim…kim getting
cocky….mundine on ropes…mundine acclimatized bottomward now…head austere absolutely quickly
10-8 kim
Round 4:
Mundine acreage appropriate hand…and addition str8 right…mundine landeing 1-2’s and attractive for uppercuts…kim address to body…mundine landing chopping rights…kim accepted but missing…str8 appropriate acreage from mundine…kims bristles casual the test…kim acreage chopping right…10secs left…mundine acreage big appropriate hand
mundines round…
Round 5:
Mundine looks austere in corner…kim calling mundine in…mundine obliges and lands…kim acreage a lot to the anatomy with the appropriate hook…another larboard from kim…glanced mundines chin…kim abasement mundine now but mundines arch has def cleared…mundine ashore on ropes accepting best off by kims uppercuts…kim accepting bent now a lot…shit kim a little aching now…
mundine round
Round 6:
Kim needs to acreage more, hes not trying, charge be accepting tired…mundine still absolutely quick…kim warned for low blows…kims demography a bit of abuse now…big larboard from mundine and big appropriate beind in…kims got a bristles and a half…kim digging to body…mundine landing at will almost…2 uppecuts from mundine miss…kim breath heavy…both trading bombs at end…
mundine round
Round 7:
Mundine bond it up, but kim advancing back….briggs analytic mundines ability coz kim is still in there afterwards all these shots…mass larboard angle from mundine kim still in his face…kim accepted hayemakers causing a breeze in the arena…kim looks tired, abetment up…uppercuts landing, kim still there smiling…this guy charge inject steroids into his button lol…4 bite admixture from mundine
mundine round
Round 8:
Mundine aggravating to end it…kim aching up about the eyes…mundine takes a jab flush…mundine walking assimilate jabs now…mundine still abuse fast..kim accepting a lot of luck now on the ropes….mundine cut absolute bad….mundine activity for the annihilate but kim still there…mundine pissing blood…really bad cut eff me…3 bite massive admixture how is kim demography these shots?>?!!!barry michael says this is the toughest action mundines been in…kim aloof takes all these shots.
mundine round.
Round 9:
Shane mosley added afflicted with kims button apparently!!! “worthy adversary for mundine” says amoroso shane……kim on his toes bouncing affairs time…kim assuredly needs a ko…kim authoritative anthony absence with acceptable arch movement…both fighters easily are low…left angle from mundine…kims a warrior…gets tagged with adamantine shots and laughs…
Kim still demography adamantine shots…kim landeing the odd affair but annihilation flush.
mundine round…
Round 10:
kim needs a ko…kim pressuring but accepting bent as he walks in…kims larboard eye closed…kim aloof needs to bandy attention to the wind and beat like a madman, he deceit win on points…mundine acreage 2 crackers…mundine cannot ko this japanese warrior…1 minute left…mundine abetment up now…bell rings…
mundine round..
98-92
98-91
99-91
Mundine Wins!
Jul 30 2008
This Wednesday July 30, Australian Anthony Mundine (32-3, 23 KOs) takes on Japanese fighter Crazy Kim (Toshiharu Kaneyama) (28-4, 24 KOs) in a 10 annular showdown at the Newcastle Entertainment Centre, Sydney, Australia. This bender will be fought at a catch-weight of 164 pounds as Mundine, the above backstab WBA cool middleweight champion, takes the aboriginal footfall of his planned bead to the 160 batter middleweight division..
At aboriginal glance, the bender shapes to aftereffect in addition adequate achievement for the 33 year old Mundine, who has been criticised in the accomplished for his alternative of opponents. However, as mentioned, this is the aboriginal time Anthony will accept fought at beneath 168 pounds in his career and alone 2 months back his aftermost bender adjoin accessory Sam Soliman on May 28. A win over Kim would set the date for an apache or apple appellation bender afterwards this year at 160 pounds as Mundine is currently the WBA #2 adversary at middleweight.
Kim, 33, has fought at assorted accommodation throughout his 32 action career amid inferior middleweight and ablaze heavyweight. He is the accepted OPBF ablaze ample best and ranked #19 by the WBC at 175 pounds. Kim’s above strengths are his able punching power, area he possesses an accomplished 24 from 28 wins by KO (86%) and aggressive, bound style. This ability is abiding to analysis Mundine who will accept to acclimatise to the lower weight and do so adjoin a fighter with one bite knockout artillery.
A attending at his almanac shows Kim at one date 8-3 afterwards 11 fights. Back then, he has fought 21 times for 20 wins. His alone birthmark came adjoin Argentine Javier Alberto Mamani via 10th annular knockout in October 2006. This bender was appointed for 10 circuit and Kim was agape out by a appropriate angle with beneath than 10 abnormal of the action remaining. Going into the final round, Kim was advanced on all three scorecards and assertive for victory.
Mundine v Kim is set to be an activity of allegory styles. In Mundine’s favour is a cogent advantage in speed, address and ambiguous skills. Kim would accept an bend in admeasurement and ability and will charge to use this to his abounding accommodation to abduct a win over the awful favoured Australian. If Mundine can ascendancy the beyond Kim with his brand jab, he should be able to annul his adversary and acquisition holes in his aegis to exploit.
This bender is set to be an absorbing bender up which should aftermath some fireworks. It would be no above abruptness if this bender ends aural the distance. This biographer predicts a achievement to Anthony Mundine via 6th annular stoppage.
On the undercard, the above acknowledging bender for the night will be for the abandoned IBO Cool Featherweight apple appellation amid 22 year old Australian Billy ‘The Kid’ Dib
(20-0, 11KOs) and 31 year old South African Zolani Marali (19-1, 13KOs).
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Jul 26 2008
Winner – Margarito ~ Review Up Soon
