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Hussein Challenges Harrison Nov. 5th
THU October 20 - Nedal “Skinny” Hussein will challenge WBO featherweight boxing world champion Scott Harrison on November 5th at the Braehead Arena in Glasgow, Scotland.
28 year-old Harrison, 24-2-2, 14 KO's, is considered to be one of the best featherweights in the world today, but Hussein feels that he can upset the popular and powerful Scottish world champion.
The 27 year-old Hussein, 30-2 , 25 KO's, from Bankstown in Sydney, has a great knockout record with a phenomenal 14 first round stoppages.
Nedal Hussein and his team depart for Scotland via Sydney Airport on Wednesday 26th October 2005.
Larios-Vazquez III Joins Taylor-Hopkins on Dec. 3rd
THU October 20 - After two fights and two knockouts, Oscar Larios and Israel Vazquez, the two premier super bantamweights in the world, still stand at a stalemate, with neither fighter able to fully claim superiority over the other.
So what are two Mexican warriors to do?
They fight for a third time - for a unified title, for local bragging rights, and most importantly, for pride.
Golden Boy Promotions, in association with Sycuan Ringside Promotions and DiBella Entertainment, is pleased to announce the world championship rubber match between Larios and Vazquez, which will take place on Saturday, December 3rd, at the Mandalay Bay Resort and Casino in Las Vegas , Nevada .
The bout, which is the co-feature to the highly anticipated middleweight championship rematch between Jermain Taylor and Bernard Hopkins, will be telecast live on HBO Pay-Per-View beginning at 9pm ET / 6pm PT.
The Larios-Vazquez rivalry dates back to April 12, 1997, when the unheralded Vazquez (then 11-1) stunned the 20-0 Larios via a first round knockout. Both would go on to great success in the fight game, and on May 17, 2002, the two would meet again, this time with the interim WBC super bantamweight title on the line. There would be no quick knockout this time, and Larios and Vazquez waged an epic battle that made its way on to many ‘Fight of The Year’ lists. But in the end, ‘Chololo’ got his revenge, stopping Vazquez in the 12th and final round of their championship belt.
Larios (56-3-1, 36 KOs ) hasn’t given up the belt since, successfully defending his title nine times. In that same time frame, Vazquez (38-3, 27 KOs) won a world championship of his own, stopping Jose Luis Valbuena in 12 rounds on March 25, 2004, to win the IBF 122-pound title. He has successfully defended his title twice, but to him, as well as Larios, nothing is more important than unifying the title and settling the score.
That score will be settled on December 3rd.
Tickets priced at $800, $600, $400, $200 and $100, are on sale now at the Mandalay Bay Theatre box office. Tickets also will be sold at all Las Vegas Ticketmaster locations (Tower Records/WOW!, Smith’s Food and Drug Centers , Robinsons-May stores and Ritmo Latino). To charge by phone with a major credit card, call the Mandalay Bay box office at (702) 632-7580 or Ticketmaster at (702) 474-4000. Tickets also are available for purchase at www.mandalaybay.com or www.ticketmaster.com .
For more information on Golden Boy Promotions, please visit www.goldenboypromotions.com
Tua Back in Spotlight
THU October 20 - Heavyweight contender David Tua (43-3-1, 38 KO's) would rather get hit by punches than a frying pan. What? The 32-year-old New Zealand strong man had a two year hiatus from the fight game, spending the time getting reaquainted with his wife and children.
The Samoan strongman will make his U.S. return to the ring on this Friday night against Cisse Salif (17-4-2, 16 KO's) at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel and Casino when Warriors Boxing Promotions and Cedric Kushner Promotions present Rumble at the Rock live on pay per view.
Here's his story. "I was doing my bit for the woman and the children," said Tua. "I thought I did a good job but my wife didn't think so. She told me to get out there again and fulfill my dream. She said she'd always believed in my heart and my ability and said: 'if you don't get out there and start fighting again I'll hit you with this frying pan.'" Ouch!
Rather than feel the wrath of his wife and her favorite piece of cookware, Tua will be back on Friday in the main event on the pay per view card that also includes heavyweight Jameel "Big Time"? McCline, (32-5-3, 20 KO's) against Poughkeepsie, NY born Zuri Lawrence (19-10-4) and exciting middleweight Edison Miranda (24-0, 21KO's) battling Sherwin Davis (18-1, 12KO's). The Pay-Per View broadcast begins at 9pm ET / 6pm PT. Event is priced at $24.95.
But it will be Tua who is in the spotlight, trying to regain the form that made him one of the top heavyweights in the division a few years back. Tua's match up against the powerful Salif marks his first bout in the U.S. in over two years as he once again sets his sights towards the top of the heavyweight ranks again.
"Salif is a puncher and I'm a puncher," said Tua on his opponent. "So what do you think will happen when two punchers meet? It's going to be exciting. There's going to be some bombs being thrown."
Tua dismisses the thought that the long layoff will hurt him against Salif. "I'm in great shape mentally and physically for this fight."
I'd never had a good break from boxing before, since I was an amateur. So the layoff came at exactly the right time. It came towards the end of my career when I needed to regroup and have some time away. It was a good thing."
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