WBA KO DRUGS CAMPAIGN March 10th, 2012 @ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB
TheBoxingExaminer.com By Michael J. Schmidt TheBoxingExaminer.com
The World Boxing Association was pleased to announce today that its WBA”KO to Drugs Campaign” was coming to Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in conjunction with STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB. The boxing show is scheduled for March 10th, 2012 and the WBA KO Drugs Campaign/ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB boxing show is dedicated in memory of Robbie Wilcox with the proceeds raised going to the childhood Cancer Camp “Camp Trillium”. The Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre offers and promotes recreational experiences to bring children with cancer and their families together. It provides an environment that normalizes relationships and experiences, helping children and their families in the healing process and enhancing their quality of life.
The WBA “KO to Drugs Campaign” was introduced by the President of the WBA, Dr. Gilberto Mendoza, in 1989, at the World Boxing Association Convention which took place in Margarita Island, Venezuela. Other locations through the years have included Nicaragua, Panama and Costa Rica. Read More
On Nov. 25, 2011, in Moncton, New Brunswick, Stephan Boyd destroyed Paul Clavette to win the N.A.B.A Canadian Middleweight Title in another action packed card put together by Mike and Ulysse Doiron of Victory Boxing Promotions in association with Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee and Casino New Brunswick. Top Canadian trainers Carlos Varela Sr and Carlos Varela Jr promised that their boxer, Boyd, would be new and improved, with amongst other things, Mexican style body punching for this fight. The first round dictated what happened in the fight as Boyd controlled the space of the fight at length hitting Clavette with hard pinpoint jabs and right hands mixed to the head and the body. As early as the second round Boyd hurt Clavette with shots to the body. In the third round Clavette was dropped twice by hard shots to the body and the fourth and fifth was more of the same. Clavette was being battered post to post in the fifth when the corner of Clavette rightfully threw in the towel at 1:55. At that point Clavette was in serious trouble and his corner tended to him while he sat on his stool for a few minutes after the fight. With the win Boyd, under new management with Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee, puts himself in the thick of things in the Canadian Middleweight scene and for bigger fights ahead. After the fight New Champion Boyd thanked, amongst a number of people, everyone down at Cabbagetown Boxing gym for helping to get him into razor sharp condition for the fight. Read More
Victory Boxing Promotions in association with Jensen Strauss Boxing & Casino New Brunswick present “Breaking Ground” on Nov 25, 2011 at 7:30 PM at Casino NB. This will be a 7 to 9 bout professional boxing card with the main event of the evening being contested for the NABA Canadian Middleweight Championship. In the final bout of the evening you will see Paul Clavette of Grand Falls, NB now fighting out on Montreal, QC with a record of 15-2-1 taking on Stephan Boyd from Toronto, ON with a record of 10-3-1. This will be a rematch from 2 ½ years ago that ended in a very close split decision victory for Clavette. Read More
LISA “BAD NEWS” BROWN TO DEFEND WBA TITLE AT “ARENA ROBERTO DURAN,” PANAMA CITY, PANAMA APRIL 2 AGAINST CHANTTALL MARTINEZ
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Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee’ management team for five time world champion and current WBA and W.I.B.A World Champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown, thru its agent Mike Schmidt, announced today that Brown would be fighting and defending her WBA title against WBA sixth and WBC seventh rated challenger Chanttall “La Fiera” Martinez April 2 in Panama.
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Lisa Brown (R) pictured with Roberto Duran (centre) and trainer Errol Brown (L)
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Schmidt commented as follows: “South Korea, Trinidad and Tobago, Australia, Bermuda, and in the States, Florida, New York, Ohio, Missouri, New Mexico are all on Lisa’s fight resume so this is nothing out of the ordinary in terms of going into somebody else’s backyard, and what a backyard ! Arena Roberto Duran,” which seats 18,000 is one of the worlds great fight venues in a country that treats their boxers like rock stars. It is shaped like a great big tea- cup so both the fighters and the crowd get that feeling of being right on top of each other for that old time fight venue flavor. It is a virtual who’s who of great Latin legends that have fought in these grounds; Duran of course, Ernesto Marcel, Maravilla Pinder, Peppermint Frazer, Pedroza, Arguello, Bazooka Gomez, Kid Pambele’ Cervantes and of course Esteban De jesus amongst others.” Read More
The 89th Annual WBA convention is being held here in Managua, Nicaragua this week. The week is being dedicated to the late legendary Alexis Arguello. Various work shops are being held during the week including “Marketing in the Boxing World”, “Effective Negotiating Techniques”, and “A Business Model for the Administration of Boxing.”
On other notes Canadian Lisa “Bad News” Brown was presented an award, on stage, at the Annual Awards dinner Tuesday night as one of the new WBA champions and runner-up for female fighter of the year! Others presented on stage with awards included amongst others, Roberto Duran, Miguel Cotto, Ricardo “Finito” Lopez, long standing referee Steve Smoger, and Roman “El Chocolatito” Gonzales.
WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown (R) pictured with Brampton funny man Russell Peters recently.
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Lisa “Bad News” Brown announced today, through her manager Mike Schmidt of Jensen Strauss Boxing Limited, that “Bad News” will be attending the WBA Convention this month in Nicaragua where she will be honoured at the awards banquet.
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Schmidt also announced that purse negotiations where being initiated for WBA Champion Brown’s mandatory defence against number one ranked and undefeated Yesica Marcos (15-0). Schmidt commented: “The only other undefeated fighter in the top ten is Melinda Cooper and that is still a fight we hope to make down the line. Melinda and Yesica are special fighters and Lisa, having fought the best all over the world, at this stage of her career needs those big challenges. Read More
Mike Schmidt, as lawyer and agent for Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee, acting as Manager for current WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown was pleased to announce today that the Lisa “Bad News’ Brown Jeri Sitzes III non title fight at Casino Rama, Ontario, Canada, Oct. 30 will be broadcast live, worldwide, exclusively on Secondsouttv.com.
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Schmidt also added that Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee has aligned itself with the second staging of Caribbean Fury 2, promoted by Carwyn Holland’s Holland Promotions, in Guyana, on an upcoming card featuring, amongst others, top rated super-bantamweight champion Leon Moore, top rated IBF super-middleweight Raul Frank, top rated female fighter Shondell Alfred, and Canadian Richard Reittie, with the fight card to be broadcast by ESPN. Schmidt commented as follows:” Carwyn Holland and Holland Promotions have been great to work with and are a significant boxing group. The line up for Caribbean Fury 2 speaks for itself in that regard.
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This is a great fight card as is the Casino Rama card headlined by Troy Ross. Of course, having Secondsouttv.com broadcast Lisa “Bad News” Brown fight has all of us excited and we congratulate Lisa. This will be her third fight in a row with significant broadcast coverage.”
Boxing Hall of Fame announcer and commentator Al Bernstein took time out of his busy schedule to chat with former Canadian & Commonwealth Cruiserweight Champion Troy “The Boss” Ross (23-2 16KO’s) recently in Mississauga. Troy will next face Carl “Kojak” Handy (27-7-2 15KO’s) of Montreal on October 30th at Casino Rama.
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Tickets for Rumble at Rama XIII are $25, $50, $75 & $125 and areavailable in-person at the Casino Rama Box Office, and at all TicketMaster locations, by calling (416) 870-8000 and online at www.casinorama.com. Ticket prices do not include applicable taxes or service charges.
Hall of Fame Boxing announcer, Al Bernstein spoke with IBF Jr Featherweight Champion Steve Molitor (33-1 12KO’s) and trainer Chris Johnson on behalf of TheBoxingExaminer.com at the weigh-in for Undisputed Rivals promoted by United Boxing Promotions on September 25, 2010.
Jensen Strauss Boxing Limitee announced today that reigning WBA Super Bantamweight Champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown will meet Jeri “Fists of Fury” Sitzes at Casino Rama, Ontario, October 30th.
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Michael Schmidt, spokesperson for Jensen Strauss stated as follows: Firstly we would like to thank Knockout Entertainment Canada Inc., Casino Rama, and team Sitzes in coming together on this. As stated before, we think Casino Rama is just a great venue for boxing and a beautiful entertainment facility all together.
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Secondly we would like to congratulate Lisa Brown on being voted one of the top ten pound for pound female fighters in the world last month. As a Canadian Lisa certainly is excited to be back at Casino Rama, the location of her W.B.A title belt victory against Ana Julaton this past spring. Lisa has traveled the world during her career, including South Korea, Australia and Bermuda. It will, as it did for the Julaton fight, bring special meaning for Lisa after all of these years to be able to showcase her skills at home. Having top ranked Troy Ross headlining, and of course fighting at home as well, will make for a great night of world class boxers showcasing their talents.
The World Boxing Association was pleased to announce today that its WBA”KO to Drugs Campaign” was coming to Ancaster, Ontario, Canada in conjunction with STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB. The boxing show is scheduled for March 10th, 2012 and the WBA KO Drugs Campaign/ STEELTOWN BOXING CLUB boxing show is dedicated in memory of Robbie Wilcox with the proceeds raised going to the childhood Cancer Camp “Camp Trillium”. The Trillium Childhood Cancer Support Centre offers and promotes recreational experiences to bring children with cancer and their families together. It provides an environment that normalizes relationships and experiences, helping children and their families in the healing process and enhancing their quality of life.
