Archive for April 8th, 2010
Posted by Eugene on April 8, 2010 at 22:17 pm
Royal York Hotel
Toronto, Ontario
Willie Casey TKO8 Tyson Cave
Buzz Grant W10 Michael Kelly
(100-90, 99-91, and 98-92)
By: Rick McLean & Durell Wambolt @ Ringside
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Grant Beats Kelly
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(April 8th, 2010) Tonight at the Royal York Hotel in downtown Toronto the 25th annual Shaw Festival boxing event took place. As usual the black tie event was sold out and attended by boxing dignitaries such as Shawn O’Sullivan, Egerton Marcus, Chris Johnson and World Champion Steve Molitor.
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The main event of the evening was for the WBA George Bernard Shaw Memorial Cup and saw Ontario Lightweight champion Buzz Grant, now 9-3, 2 KO’s of Orangeville defeat World Military champion Michael Kelly, now 8-1, 2 KO’s of Belfast, Ireland by a 99-91, 100-90 and 98-92 unanimous decision. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on April 8, 2010 at 14:16 pm
Froch: Barker Set To Dazzle This Friday
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LIVE in Canada only on Super Channel
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EDMONTON (April 8, 2010). Unbeaten British and Commonwealth middleweight champion Dazzling Darren Barker has skipped the Easter eggs ahead of his European title showdown this Friday at the Alexandra Palace in London, which will be shown LIVE at 9 p.m. on Super Channel, Canada’s only national pay television network. Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on April 8, 2010 at 12:57 pm
The story from the weigh-in at the Royal York Hotel is that Logan McGuinness’ fight has been scratched from the card. After promoters and match makers hustled to find McGuinness a short notice replacement a rematch was set with tough Pedro Navarrete of Mexico. McGuinness and Navarette engaged in a classic battle of wills in Montreal this past March 6th in which McGuinness came away with the victory by a close decision.
Navarette is enroute to Toronto from Mexico but once the notoriously tough Ontario Athletic Commissioner Ken Hayashi caught wind of the fighter travelling on fight day the bout was soon cancelled!
Orangeville’s Buzz Grant (135lbs) will now fight the 10 round Main Event against Ireland’s Michael Kelly (134.8lbs.) and Tyson Cave (123.8lbs) of Halifax will box another Irishmen Willie Casey (123.6lbs) in the 8 round co-feature. Organizers are also working on a 4 round exhibition bout between Tebor Brosch and Victor Lupo both of Mississauga.
Posted by Durell Wambolt on April 8, 2010 at 07:15 am
Revisit all the drama from Detroit – Go deep into Carl Froch and Mikkel Kessler’s training camps as they prepare for April 24
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Premiering in Canada April 9 at 8:30 p.m. ET only on Super Channel
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EDMONTON (April 7, 2010) — The latest instalment of the critically acclaimed reality series from SHOWTIME Sports® — FIGHT CAMP 360°: Inside The Super Six World Boxing Classic — returns to Super Channel with Episode 5, premiering April 9 at 8:30 p.m. ET.
Where available, viewers can also watch it on Super Channel On Demand beginning April 12.
This new 30-minute instalment includes all the drama from Detroit, where Andre Dirrell’s surprising upset victory due to Arthur Abraham’s controversial disqualification, turned the Super Six World Boxing Classic on its head. Go behind the scenes during intense fight week controversy between the promoters, into the locker room before the bout, into the ring (where no less than seven Fight Camp 360 cameras captured never-before-seen footage) and to the hospital as Dirrell recovers from the DQ blow. Read More
