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29.9.2005:When
the Fight Production team travels to Risum
Boxing’s Danish promotional debut (Henrik
Risum’s company has previously only promoted
in Kenya!) on October 14 in Struer, Denmark, the
motto of the day could well be ‘The Beauty and
The Beast’, because while middleweight Fawaz
Nasir has model-style looks to go with his
unbeaten record (9-0 with 5 KO’s), his
bill-sharing heavyweight stablemate Richel
Hersisia’s certainly possesses beast-like
punching power.
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The
appearance (in a scheduled 6-rounder) of
31-year-old Dutchman Hersisia brings back
memories of his early career in which he was
under promotional contract with former Danish
promoter Anders Vester and boxed in Denmark a
total of 8 times. Since those times, Hersisia,
nicknamed ‘The Dutch Sonny Liston’, won and
lost the WBF ‘world’ crown and is now
holding his national as well as the Benelux
titles with his overall record standing at 25-1
(20 KO’s). He last fought on September 10 in
Rotterdam, for the first time without long-time
trainer Mourad Louati, and admitted to struggle
a bit before devastating Belarussian champion
Vitaly Shkraba in six rounds.
Now
promoted by Spanish outfit Tundra vs Barcelo,
who take advantage of Hersisia’s second
christian name Pedro and the perfect Spanish
vocabulary of the Dutchman, the puncher from Den
Haag is poised to box in Spain in November.
Photo:
Richel Hersisia
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“To
fight on Henrik’s show suits me perfectly to
gear up for next month when I want to make
another impression on the Spanish fans,”
beamed Hersisia, and admitted: “I always loved
fighting in Denmark when Anders (Vester)
promoted, because the Danish people seem to like
me a lot. I’m really exited that Henrik gives
me the chance to see them all again!”.
The
show in Struer is also sort of a Danish return
for Fawaz Nasir, although the
middleweight of Irani/Iraqi descent is a native
Dane since his childhood and trains in near-by
Aarhus under Brian Mathiasen. This is because
Nasir has not fought in his own country since
2002 in his fourth fight. The part-time model, 26
years of age, also became a victim of the end of
the promotional activities of Anders Vester,
then boxed only sporadically until finally
signing with Fight Production and Risum Boxing
late last year.
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Nasir
(Photo)
started training recently with a short stint in
Italy together with former ‘world’ champion
Gianfranco Rosi and now sharpens up with
Mathiasen. “I know I was pushed a bit in my
last fight (W 6 over dogged Ata Dogan), so I
want to make sure to look good when finally
boxing in front of my family again,” said
Nasir.
In
a rather strange move, Risum Boxing declined to
disclose any information’s on the opponents in
fear of them being bribed out of appearing! The
story behind this unusual manoeuvre: Promoter
Henrik Risum has been declined a Danish licence
some years ago, because of the well-known
conspiracy between leading promoter Mogens Palle
and the Danish Federation (DPBF) and thusly
promotes this show under the supervision of the
German Federation (BDB).
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While
Risum’s decision is perfectly legitimised by
the European Union Constitution and the European
Boxing Union Ltd. (EBU), plus having obtained
all necessary authorizations from Danish
authorities, the aforementioned conspirators and
their PR man are giving it their best shot to
torpedo Risum’s promotion. Fight
Production’s Olaf Schroeder, who acts as
Technical Delegator for the show, smiles:
“Isn’t
it amazing? They really come out and try to harm
a little small-hall event, like it’s a threat
to them! If that wouldn’t speak volumes about
their sick states of mind, it would be a great
laugh, wouldn’t it? It’s really sad if
someone has such a sorry life. In any case, we
want to be guarded against any eventualities, so
the names of the opponent have to remain a
secret. Stranger things have happened when it
comes to the corrupt Danish Federation.”
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