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| Frias And Fight Production Divorce! | ||||
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30.4.2008:
After losing his fourth consecutive fight (all on points) last month in
Finland, Dominican lightwelterweight
Cristian ‘La Cobra’ Frias
was now released from his managerial contract with German manager Olaf
Schroeder’s company Fight Production. The Dutch-based 31-year-old
intends to continue his career, for the moment as a free agent. Schroeder explains the decision, which was made amicably, as both boxer and manager were emphasizing:
“It is not just that I am of course disappointed with the recent string
of losses,” he said, “but also with some things that went on behind the
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| Kovacs Vacates IBO Title! | ||||
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29.4.2008:
Fight
Production’s only reigning ‘world’ champion IBO super welterweight king
Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs’
decision to voluntarily relinquish his title today co-incited with the
sanctioning bodies’ prolonged defence deadline running out, thus the
title becomes vacant for the first time since 2004.
The
33-year-old Kovacs, 23-1 (16 KO’s), won the IBO crown in June 2006 from
previous champion Steve Conway and made one successful defence, stopping
Robert Frazier in ten rounds in May 2007, before signing with German
manager Olaf Schroeder later that year...
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14.4.2008:
Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs
last night appeared in his hometown of Gyor, Hungary for the first time
since 2005 to headline a show staged by Profibox Promotion, the company
headed by Hungarian heavyweight champion Zoltan Petranyi. The
33-year-old IBO superwelterweight champion duely send his fans home
happy, although it must be said that Kovacs had not much to beat in
front of him.
Comparable in name only, Kovacs improved his stellar record to 23-1 (16
KO’s) when referee Bela Florian halted compatriot Istvan Kovacs (no
relation, neither to the former WBO featherweight champion of the same
name) in the third round. Managed by Fight Production, Kovacs now awaits
bigger tests... |
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| Nasir Impressive In Aarhus! | ||||
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5.4.2008: Super middleweight Fawaz Nasir improved his record to
13-2 (8) last night (April 4) in Aarhus Denmark, when he dominated
Tanzanian Maneno Oswald (27-16-1, 21 KOs) before knocking him out
in the second round of a scheduled six.
It
was an impressive display of determination and power from the
28-year-old, who’s only losses came on close decisions against
undefeated Germans, Lukas Wilaszheck and WBO # 2 Sebastian Zbik in title
fights...
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| Fischer Back In May! | ||||
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1.4.2008:
German heavyweight Willi 'De Ox'
Fischer is set to continue his so-far successful
comeback campaign in May on a show staged by Arena Box-Promotion, the
Hamburg-based promotional firm today announced. The former WBO
heavyweight title challenger from Frankfurt began his ring return last
summer after a two-year lay off under the guidance of Olaf Schroeder's
German management company Fight Production and is now on a four-fight
winning run.
Fischer, 35-6-1 (22 KO's), was all set to challenge (interim) German
heavyweight champion Konstantin Airich last month, but a cut suffered in
a warm-up win against Tomas Mrazek in February on a Fight Production
co-promotion in The Netherlands scuppered those plans... |
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| Victory In Aarhus And Nasir Enters "The KO World Series"! | ||||
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13.3.2008:
Fawaz
Nasir
(12-2, 7 KOs) has been handed a magnificent, once-in-a-lifetime,
opportunity to make something of an international breakthrough. If he
beats Tanzanian puncher Maneno Oswald (27-16-1, 21 KOs) on April 4 in
Aarhus, Denmark, he will enter a new tournament called “The KO World
Series” with boxers from all around the world fighting for the
opportunity to box for a title in the USA late this year.
The
first round of the tournament will take place on April 18 in Macao,
China with bouts in four weight classes contested over four rounds.
Semi finals will be in June, also over four rounds, while the final will
then go ahead over eight rounds in Las Vegas this coming fall... |
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| Nasir Fights "Tanzanian Tyson" In Aarhus! | ||||
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9.3.2008:
In his first fight in hometown Aarhus in more than five years, Danish
super middleweight Fawaz Nasir will be facing a tough challenge
in former IBF Continental Africa champion Maneno “The Tanzanian
Tyson” Oswald on the April 4 promotion at the NRGI Arena staged by
Team Vester in cooperation with Risum Boxing.
Oswald, who is coming to Denmark with a fresh knockout victory, has won
no less than 21 of his 27 victories inside the scheduled distance, and
has, besides the IBF Continental Africa crown, also been holder of the
East and Central Africa title, and challenged for the Commonwealth
crown. Many of his sixteen defeats have come against top-notch
performers... |
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| "The Viper" Silently Sneaks Back! | ||||
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25.2.2008:
It almost escaped public attention, but it seems that Hungary’s IBO
‘world’ superwelterweight champion
Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs
has lost non of his poison as he celebrated a successful debut for new
management Fight Production on Tuesday, February 19 at the Gilda-Max Gym
in Budapest.
The 33-year-old Kovacs returned to action after nine months out and
stopped compatriot and former Hungarian title challenger Janos Petrovics,
who dropped to 10-12 (6 KO’s), in four rounds, knocking his opponent
down two times in the process...
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| "De Ox" Win In Pictures! | ||||
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20.2.2008:
Frankfurt sports photographer Norbert Lochmann of
www.kunstmenschen.com
last weekend accompanied comebacking German heavyweight
Willi Fischer and his
team – consisting of head trainer Tom Leidenheimer, physical coach Boris
Schwarz, mental coach Matthias Werner and manager Olaf Schroeder of
Fight Production – to The Netherlands, where the 35-year-old scored his
fourth win in a row to lift his overall record to 35-6-1 (22 KO’s).
Lochmann, who also is responsible for the picture on Fischer’s new
autograph card and had already photographed the former WBO ‘world’ title
challenger’s training, was “made part of the team and that allowed me to
capture the action before, during and after the fight as close as it
gets”. Watch a best-of selection of Lochmann’s work from Nieuwegein
here...:  |
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| Fischer Win Draws A Full House! | ||||
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17.2.2008:
Fight Production, the
company of German manager Olaf Schroeder, seems to play unexpected cards
these days with its heavyweight stars. While the ‘Dutch Sonny Liston’
Richel Hersisia from The Hague has not been in a home-country ring since
2005 and has shifted his training base to Germany, German heavyweight
Willi Fischer
headlined last night a small pro/am show in Nieuwegein, The Netherlands
– and it worked! Schroeder, who co-promoted with Wim Koelewijn of
Coolgym and welcomed another former Fight Production heavyweight,
Dutchman Fred Westgeest, happily acknowledged a 300-sold-out crowd...
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| Kovacs vs. Comebacking Kotai? | ||||
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13.2.2008:
Hungarian newspaper ‘Blikk’ today broke the story that an all-Hungarian
showdown between current IBO ‘world’ superwelterweight champion
Attila ‘The Viper’ Kovacs
and former holder of the same title
Mihaly Kotai has been
discussed. Kotai, of course, has formerly been managed by Fight
Production, while Kovacs has just recently signed with the company of
German manager Olaf Schroeder.
Mihaly
Kotai, called ‘The Tornado’ and still only 31 years old, also was a
long-time WBF ‘world’ superwelterweight king, but retired with a 32-3-1
(16 KO’s) record two years ago after going just 0-2-1 in his last three
fights... |
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