Archive for February 11th, 2012
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 11, 2012 at 14:27 pm
The Boxing Examiner recently sat down with Montreal’s Manolis Plaitis (17-1-1), to get his thoughts on his upcoming National Championship Committee (NCC) welterweight championship showdown with Samuel Vargas (8-0-1) of Mississauga, Ontario. Plaitis is a former NCC light welterweight champion, whose only loss came against Alfredo Chavez (4-1-0) back in 2010. Like Vargas, Plaitis holds a draw with former CPBC welterweight champion Tebor Brosch (4-3-3). With Brosch now stripped of his title, Plaitis will be looking to become the lone welterweight champion of Canada when he steps into the ring on Saturday evening at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre.
TBE: How has your training camp been for this fight?
MP: Amazing! We did everything to a tee, there were no mishaps, everything went perfect. Our daytime training our strengh our conditioning. Everything went perfect. My trainers were very happy. Everything went amazing
TBE: So you are in shape to deal with the constant pressure of Vargas for 10 rounds? Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 11, 2012 at 14:26 pm
On Friday, the Boxing Examiner caught up with Mississauga’s own Samuel Vargas (8-0-1), one day before his National Championship Committee (NCC) welterweight title contest with Montreal’s Manolis Palitis (17-1-1) at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre. The matchup with Plaitis represents the stiffest competition of Vargas’ young but fruitful career and the hometown hopeful’s second Canadian title appearance. Fans will vividly recall Vargas’ 2011 Canadian Fight of the Year candidate, NABA Canada welterweight championship contest against then CPBC champion Tebor Brosch (6-3-5), which ended in a draw. It was Vargas’ subsequent TKO victory over Montreal’s Ahmad Cheikho (6-3-2), however, that took Canadian Fight of the Year honours, ultimately paving the way for this NCC title shot.
TBE: This is your first time out with Billy Martin as your head trainer, what improvements has he made in your style?
SV: He’s helped me a lot with my foot work and my hand speed. I know I can punch, I know I can throw fast combinations, we broke it all down so I could do it better.
TBE: What does it mean to you to be challenging for a Canadian Title? Read More
Posted by Durell Wambolt on February 11, 2012 at 12:40 pm
Samuel Vargas 153.2lbs vs Manolis Plaitis 152.6lbs
vacant NCC Welterweight Title
Michael Oliveira 161.6lbs vs Sergei Melis 162.4lbs
Brandon Cook 159.7lbs vs Chris Aucoin 158.1lbs
Denton Daley 193.8lbs vs Benito Quiroz 195.7lbs
Phil Rose 158.2lbs vs Francis Lafreniere 158.8lbs
Steven Wilcox 131.2lbs vs Nicolas Valcourt 131lbs.
Ibrahim Kamal 136.4lbs vs Tommi Schmidt *130.5lb (133.5lbs)
* In Ontario there is a stipulation that between 131lbs and 183lbs there must not be more than 5lbs between boxers.
* Schmidt weighted in too light. Schmidt had breakfast and came back at 133.5lbs. Read More
Tags:Benito “El Asesio” Quiroz, Brandon Cook, Chris Aucoin, Denton Daley, Francis Lafreniere, Ibrahim Kamal, Manolis Plaitis, Michael Oliveira, Nicolas Valcourt, Phil Rose, Samuel Vargas, Sergei “Baltic King” Melis, Steven Wilcox, Tommi Schmidt
Filed Under: Weigh Ins
The Boxing Examiner recently sat down with Montreal’s Manolis Plaitis (17-1-1), to get his thoughts on his upcoming National Championship Committee (NCC) welterweight championship showdown with Samuel Vargas (8-0-1) of Mississauga, Ontario. Plaitis is a former NCC light welterweight champion, whose only loss came against Alfredo Chavez (4-1-0) back in 2010. Like Vargas, Plaitis holds a draw with former CPBC welterweight champion Tebor Brosch (4-3-3). With Brosch now stripped of his title, Plaitis will be looking to become the lone welterweight champion of Canada when he steps into the ring on Saturday evening at Mississauga’s Hershey Centre.
