Boxing News magazine 1.9.2011 Download pdf

Boxing News Magazine 2011 Memorabilia

ALEX ARTHUR marked his debut as a
promoter with an impressive stoppage
of Georgian Aleksander Vakhtangashvili
at Meadowbank Sports Centre in front of a
sell-out crowd of 1,000 who enjoyed value
for money.

MOISES FUENTES is 25 and had only 14
fights to his credit when he was given the
opportunity to challenge Raul Garcia for
the WBO mini-flyweight crown. Had he
declined on the basis of wanting to get
more experience, few could have blamed
him. However, even in this age of diluted
championships a title shot is a title shot.
Fuentes now has 15 fights to his credit.

FRANK WARREN has stated that
there are still things to be sorted
out before Coatbridge's Ricky
Burns makes a defence against
of his WBO super-featherweight
title against Adrien Broner.
Although Warren confirmed the
bout would take place in Cincinnati
on November 26 if it went ahead,
his comments were not as assured
as those of Richard Schaefer, who
stated the contest will happen.

T Y S O N FURY wilt headline in the King's
Hall on September 17 but Martin Rogan
will not be in the opposite corner. Instead,
Norway's unbeaten 6ft 51ns Lief Larson,
14-0 (11), will tackle the British and
Commonwealth champion in a 12-round
international contest. Before turning to
boxing in 2003, the 36-year-old visitor
was a world-class shot putter and NFL
star. At the press conference to promote
Fury's latest outing, Rogan - outraged to
have been overlooked - was involved in a
war of words with Fury's promoter Mick
Hennessy.