Thursday 19 April 2012

On Friday, April 27, in Miami, Oklahoma, the 2010 Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalist and WBC Youth super featherweight World Champion, José "Sniper" Pedraza (7-0, 6KO's), from Puerto Rico, will be opening the telecast of the SHOWTIME series ShoBox: The New Generation, live at 11 p.m. ET/PT (delayed on the West Coast). From Mario Serrano JOSE 'THE SNIPER' PEDRAZA'S s opponent, Gil García (5-2-1, 1KO), from Texas, recently fought to a controversial draw against undefeated Gabino Saenz (6-0, 5KO's) and has a controversial majority decision loss to Jerry Belmontes (15-0, 5KO's). "García is a tough opponent that throws lots of punches, but we are more than ready for that. My condition is perfect, and we are very happy to be on a SHOWTIME fight," says Pedraza. Pedraza's WBC Youth super featherweight title will not be at stake. Pedraza's father, trainer and manager, Luis Espada, commented: "Pedraza is in great shape, near the weight limit, and the sparring with former world champ Rocky Martínez went great." Espada also talked about Pedraza's opponent, Gil García: "I saw a video and he is an aggressive fighter that never backs down. Also, he has a controversial loss to Jerry Belmontes. We think García is a good fit for Pedraza's development." The Pedraza vs. García bout is set for eight rounds at a maximum weight limit of 132 pounds. Co-featuring the event is fellow Boricua, Luis "Orlandito" del Valle (15-0, 11 KO's), who will be going against Christopher Martin (23-1-3, 6 KO's) in a 10-round fight in the super bantamweight division. The boxing card, which is promoted by DiBella Entertainment, will be held at the Buffalo Run Casino, and will feature the main event fight between current IBO super middleweight champion Thomas Oosthuizen (18-0, 13 KO's) and Marcus Johnson (23-1, 12 KO's). Pedraza and Del Valle are members of "Team Puerto Rico", which is a collaboration between Gary Shaw Productions, DiBella Entertainment, Universal Promotions and Warriors Boxing, made with the goal of gathering the best of Puerto Rico's boxing talents. For tickets, you may contact DiBella Entertainment: (212) 947-2577 and/or www.dbe1.com. For more information about Team Puerto Rico Boxing please visit www.teampuertoricoboxing.com, Facebook.com/Team Puerto Rico Boxing, and @TeamPRboxing on Twitter.

Tuesday 17 April 2012

as The Noble Art.

FOR AT LEAST 2/3 YEARS BOXING ACTION HAS BEEN STATING THAT ALL IS NOT WELL IN BOXING AND IS LANGUISHING AND THERE IS A LACK VITALITY AND ENERGY IN THIS BUSINESS/SPORT. THIS VIEW IS NOW EXPRESSED BY MARTIN HEMPHIL THE FEATURED COLUMNIST ON THE RESPONSIBLE BOXREC WEBSITE. The seriousness is now in a state where it is becoming a lost cause to be able to regularly feature news of interest focused on the intrigue of The Sweet Science and not report on scandalous behaviour that bears no relation to anything sweet or scientific.. Boxing Action specialises in news that is fundamentally serious in the way it effects boxing. We do not try to compete in detailing results simply because Boxrec and Fightnews cover this section of boxing better than we are able to report it. Instead we seek important news on boxing that is missed by other boxing websites and the rest of the boxing media, and bring attention to matters that need to be disclosed and thereby allow windows on the sport to be opened on matters with corrosive elements that would otherwise remain closed. It is a very worrying sign when news on boxing is not reported on the business/sport but instead is centred upon extremely bad behaviour taking placed in boxing that seriously embarrasses boxing the sport once known as The Noble Art. The floundering of amateur boxing intention to take over professional boxing has been seriously increased because following up an astounding alleged revelation made in September of last year by BBCNewsnight that two Olympic Gold Medals were offered for sale for US9 million to Azerbaijan by International Amateur Boxing Association (AIA) subsidiary World Series Boxing (WSB,) yet despite the promise by International Olympic Committee (IOC) to set up an immediate inquiry there has been nothing but silence. It is difficult to imagine a more serious corruption charge in sport. AIBA/WSB and Azerbaijan deny the claims by the BBCNewsnight and the national broadcasters is standing by its claims. The claim by BBC Newsnight was reported eight calendar months ago, Thus by failing to publish their findings of the IOC analysis of the corruption claim by BBCNewsnight the Olympics authority is doing nothing but fuelling speculation that there is something more than just smoke to indicate fire. It took the BBCNewsnight team one year to complete their investigation and publish their alleged findings. For IOC to have to only confirm or disprove the evidence collated by what Newsnight state is a US$9 million corruption charge, to take two thirds of that time and not be in a position to judge the truth of the matter indicates there is either dilatory strategy in place or the allegations made BBCNewsnight no longer required to be qualified by the word ‘allegations. There is no question it is the gravest accusation in the history of all sports, yet the media is silent and there have been no demands for the result of the IOC investigation to be published and either kill the BBCNewsnight claims as being fictional or make untenable the position of AIBA as a self-appointed World governing body for amateur boxing. This begs the question WHY has IOC not delivered their analysis? One reason is that they will not be the final arbiter on the matter. If their decision is that the prestigious BBCNewsnight defamed AIBA/WSB and Azerbaijan then AIBA has to issue proceedings for libel in the High Court of England. This mean the evidence will be heard in an open court, maybe before jury, and before a Judge of the High Court. On the other hand if IOC decides that AIBA/WSB are guilty of corruption then that is a criminal offence and the matter has to be referred to the police. Whatever might be the given reason for the lack of information fromIOC, it has to be invalid. Corruption in amateur sport is the worst of all habitats for such criminal behaviour and is far worse than any such happening occurring in commercial business. The reason for this is because the interest by young people has as much greater concentration on sport. It is also a fact of life that youth depends heavily upon the guidance and practices give by their elders, and any allegation of corruption whether it be small in design or the worst ever in sport, will be become known to the youth generations and digested by them. Therefore the ignoring of the BBCNewsnight allegation against AIBA/WSB by the media is worse than shameful it is a dereliction of duty. If sleazy sex was involved then it is certain the tabloid newspaper in particular would not allow the matter to be dormant and hidden away. Is this an indication of the true value to society of this part of the media family? It is a good question but it is not a true indication. Nevertheless, you cannot blame people believing that the claim by the tabloids that the reason they expose the personal sexploits of celebrities because it is in the public interest and an allegation that the highest claim of corruption in the history of sport is not of public interest makes the defence that their exposures are only made in the public interest is nothing better than a bad joke but at the same time laughable. The common belief for the locked iron door on the AIBA/WSB charge by BBCNewsnight is because the matter is too close to the London 2012 Games. This allows the belief to ferment in the minds of young people and elders that commercial interests whether they be criminal or otherwise, are of greater importance than probity. Would any leader of a political party authorise this unlawful mandate to appear in his Party’s next published manifesto? If not, why has there not been action and the decision made by IOC that states either AIBA/WSSB is guilty of corruption or BBCNewsnight has defamed AIAB/Newsnight, has not been put into the public domain. ~

Thursday 12 April 2012

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News boxing and more: ALEX ARIZA THE IMPORTANT BULWARK OF THE WILD CARD ...

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Tuesday 10 April 2012

THE DEMANDS OF JUSTICE - IS IT JUST TO HAVE THREE DIFFERENT TRIALS FOR THE SAME THREE OFFENCES?


It was our intention not to publish the following article until after DBB, BBBofC and WBC had determined their separate Inquiry’s into what took place in Munich, Germany, when Vitali Klitschko retained his WBC World heavyweight championship against Dereck Chisora. However, Counsel representing Dereck Chisora is engaged in another court case and it is not  possible at this time to set a new date.
In view of this Boxing Action has decided to publish our views. 
THE DICHOTOMY BROUGHT ABOUT BY THE REPUGNANT BEHAVIOUR OF DERECK CHISORA, WHICH WAS FOLLOWED BY THE QUESTIONABLE BEHAVIOUR BY DAVID HAYE, THAT TOOK PLACE AFTER  DERECK CHISORA’S  LOSING FIGHT AGAINST WBC WORLD HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPION VITALI KLITSCHKO, IS A SUPREME TEST FOR ALL BOXING AUTHORITIES.

Friday 6 April 2012

THE STRANGE UNKNOWN CAUSE OF PREMEIR LEAGUE FOOTBALLER' S SUDDEN CARDIAC ARREST


IT APPEARS STRANGE THAT THERE IS SPARSE INFORMATION ON WHAT CAUSED A GHASTLY HEART ATTACK ON A 23-YEAR-OLD PREMIER LEAGUE PLAYER AND HIS HEART STOPPED BEATING TWICE AFTER  COLLAPSING DCURING A FOOTBALL MATCH PLAYER. IT SURELY IS CORRECT TO BELIEVE THAT A PREMIER LEAGUE FOOTBALL PLAYER WOULD HAVE REGULAR HEALTH CHECKS AND, YET, THERE WERE NO SIGNS FOUND THAT TO INDICATE THERE COULD BE A PROBLEM WITH AN ORGAN AS IMPORTANT  AS HIS HEART.

The credit for saving the life of Fabrice Muamba was attributed to a heart specialist who happened to be in the stands when the incident occurred.
Ithas been reported  the good doctor became aware his services were needed and he immediately went onto the pitch, declared his medical qualifications and immediately took charge of the situation.
If this was a shock incident there now comes the research findings by boxing writer Gianluca (Rio) Di Caro in which he reveals the Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA, states in excess of a hundred thousand young athletes, from a wide variety of sporting disciplines, die each year from cardiovascular disorders as a result of participation in sports.”
This is an astonishing revelation and makes you wonder why medical advice recommends regular health checks and, yet, with knowledge that every year there are thereabouts of 100,000 fatalities occurring in sports there is not more explicit advice on how best to avoid Sudden Cardiac Arrest (SAS,) heart failure?
Almost every doctor recommends sporting activities as being beneficial in the search for good health yet the startling news is that through sports activities 100,000 people die each year.
If there was one particular sport that probably causes more exhaustion and demands on the body the it surely has to be marathon running? People of all ages, including the most senior of senior citizens, participate in marathons but there are no dreadful statistics available  regarding fatalities.
Football is a demanding sport but it is a team game and opportunities for respite from exhaustion is easily made available.
There is no doubt that more information needs to be revealed on the Fabrice near-death incident as hardly any questions have been asked nor medical revelations made known other than he suffered Immediate Cardiac Arrest. The big questions are what caused it and why were there no abnormalities noticed that might have averted the near fatality.
Fabrice will have been insured and the insurance Company faces a possible multi million pound pay out. It will be another major shock if the insurance Company pays out the claim without demanding further and better particulars to place before their medical and legal advisers. 
The British Medical Association (BMA) is vehement in its attacks on boxing but so far there has been no comment on why a Premier league footballer did not show at any time indications of a heart problem or disease before becoming a victim of SA . Neither has there been statement from the BMA on the 100,000 people who it is stated die each year from sporting activities.
If the BMA is not on a mission to ban only boxing and has genuine concern about the dangers in other sports why have there been no revelations on what caused the major problems that nearly caused Fabrice Muamba to die and their lack of comment on the statement by Center for Disease Control in Atlanta, USA? ~