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EPISODE: Episode 9
The far-reaching lawsuit filed against Boxrec, the ABC and MTK among others leads off today’s stories on this episode, as well as the $5 million reward issued by the US government for the capture and conviction of Daniel Kinahan; followed by updates on fights forthcoming and news from the grandson of Marvelous Marvin Hagler who is set to make his debut, before we conclude with a brief quote from Chris Van Heerden, who doesn’t rate his opponent Conor Benn as a boxer, and then the New York State Boxing Hall of Fame Class of 2021 announcement.
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Transcribed:
Hello, the boxing fans around the world.
Thank you for joining me once again here on talk and fight for another episode of boxing news today, uh yesterday was quite a groundbreaking day for boxing news, with respect to not only the lawsuit that was leveled against vox rack.
Abc and mtk global that hit the federal courts in the united states of america and it will have far-reaching implications on the sport of boxing.
Given the allegations that are contained in this massive document, which i will go through in greater detail in separate segments on talking fight and please join me as i go through the document and try to find out the nuts and bolts of the complaints and allegations and Ramifications of such, but in the meantime let me start you off uh, with a brief explanation, as offered by boxing247.
com our friends across the pond uh.
Basically in a nutshell, it is headlined u.
s, federal lawsuit, filed against box wreck, daniel ginahan, mtk and abc.
This does not reference the 5 million reward that was offered for the arrest and conviction of daniel kinnahan, for example, who currently resides in dubai.
Let me start you out very briefly here: the plaintiffs being several boxers brendan dennis and ivana bazen, along with habazin’s manager, charles munez and promoter, edward mendez they’ve, all filed a lawsuit in injunctive relief and for damages against box wreck, their owners etc.
As well as uh box, rack, employee and agent sam liu, the association boxing commissions of the abc round 10 boxing, the dubai boxing commission um and its owner and manager, ahmed sadiki round 10 boxing and dubai boxing, commissioner and commission manager and employee jose mohan as well As more importantly, mtk, global and mtk global, sponsor consultant and controller daniel kindahan, all right, as well as several unnamed uh defendants who are acting in concert with and or conspiring with them.
So these guys are not just simply defendants in a civil case, but are co-conspirators, and some of the words used include antitrust and racketeering.
And you should know that those carry very lengthy jail terms in the united states upwards of 40 years.
So very serious business and very serious ramifications and far-reaching implications for the boxing industry on boxing 247.
com website.
You can go to the actual case and lawsuit, as is filed in in america, as it relates mainly to an event that took place at the arabian ranches golf club in dubai one year ago and highlights that box.
Rack are suppressing results submitted by numerous commissions around the world, uh those that are not recognized by the abc something that mike missouli, the president of the north american north american association, boxing commissions abc, has known about for a long time, but constantly has failed to deal With they allege back in 2016 gianluca de caro, the vice president of the british and irish boxing authority, that’s biba, highlighted box rack’s suppression of results from a number of commissions, including biba, to mr missouli, following the appointment of box rec as joint official record keeper for The abc, along with long-time official record keeper fight facts, mr dicaro, with assistance from former abc president tim lukenhoff and international boxing federation ibf rating director, annabelle miramontes, compiled a dossier of cases of not just the suppression of results, but also doctoring of boxer’s records and clear Cases of boxer endangerment due to box rack’s failure to update boxer records or event results which were submitted to mr missouli.
Mr missouri sent an email to both volkswagen fight, fax, with the heading box, rec details of record manipulation and failure to list events or update records in which he wrote in an effort to resolve this issue.
All abc boxing record keepers will actively recognize and record all pro boxing contests for all commissions, including those in the united kingdom that are sent in by those boxing commissions that are recognized by the abc.
Mr masoli’s instructions were clear enough.
Yet bec boxer continued to ignore the abc edict and continues to do so even today, as is clear by this latest case, that the abc took no further action against box wreck.
Due to the lack of action by the abc mr decaro submitted substantial case files to the federal trade commission in america, highlighting box rex inaccuracies and failures.
More recently, mr takara highlighted the dangers of box rex actions in an article published by the british boxing scene magazine, and you can find that link on boxing247.
com in the article mr carr referred to an email from another former abc president, mr greg serb to mr missoula.
In which he stated, i have become increasingly frustrated by the way box.
Rec has single-handedly decided which fights shall be included in the abc database box.
Rec, lite, fight, fax, is a record keeper.
That is it.
They are not a commission box.
Rec does not decide.
What is a good result and what is not the fact that is that if a boxing result comes in from a commission anywhere in the world, that result must be posted and even after receiving that email.
No action has been taken by the epc to ensure box rec com complied to mr missoula’s edict.
That boxer must actively recognize and record all pro boxing contests for all commissions.
The current case also highlights the direct involvement of daniel kinahan, who is it was a known leader of an organized crime syndicate that the u.
s government placed a 5 million reward for information.
That leads to the arrest of mr kinon and other high-ranking leaders of the cartel um there’s a link as well to the kin hans and their international criminal gang activities.
Mr kinahan recently received vocal support from mauricio suleiman the president of the world, boxing council, the wbc.
At a time when the u.
s ambassador to for ireland, claire coronin, called for the boxing world to cut ties with the gang boss.
The case submitted to u.
s courts will have significant effect on a number of british boxers who are assigned to and receive financial support from mr kinghand and or mtk global, as well as the british boxing board of control who licensed mtk promoter lee eaton, as well as Sanctioned mtk events in the united kingdom, despite being fully aware of that, financing of these events is from the proceeds of serious crime smith.
The general secretary for the british boxing border control said last year.
There’S nothing that bbbc uh can do to prevent the continued involvement of danny kenahan in the sport as he is not licensed by them.
The effect this case could have unboxing is far reaching one that is likely to not only highlight the corruption that is rife in the sport, but also affects some of the uk’s top boxing stars.
Those whose careers have benefited greatly by them receiving dirty money from kingham or mtk.
As i said, i will continue to report on this and provide separate episodes via talkingfight.
com and our youtube channel.
The the document itself, the lawsuit 100 102 pages long it’ll – take me a while to go through it, but i am going through it piece by piece and we’ll bring the results to your attention in other news today, taking place in york hall this friday evening in London, we’re going to see pierce o’leary and he has his site set firmly on the very top as he prepares to make his return on friday’s action-packed mtk fight night.
This week’s stack show is headlined by british and commonwealth lightweight title fight between gavin guin and luke.
Willis and takes place at york, hall, undefeated, o’leary, who’s, eight, no, with four knockouts, is back following a seventh round stoppage win over ciara osgood last time out and the irishman is promising big things over the coming months.
Only reset i’ve had some time off the family of the last few months and enjoy christmas, and now i’m back out refreshed and ready to go so at least there’s some good news out of our irish friends in the boxing world right.
Let’S move along to the doubletree hotel in ontario california, where ruben villa is going toe to toe against horatio, garcia thompson’s boxing featherweight world title contender, reuben drac villa who’s 18 and a while with five knockouts who is co-promoted with banner promotions, has wrapped up his training Camp in salinas california, for his fight friday april 15 that this friday, as he battles, tough, veteran horatio, garcia, 35, 5 and 1, with 25 knockouts fighting out of guadalajara, mexico in a 10-round main event.
The event is titled path to glory and it takes place, as i said, at the double chi hotel in ontario california, on his recent training camp, horatio, garcia said, camp has been really intense and i’ll be in great shape.
I recently opened a new forum in my boxing gym in salinas, and the big spark came this week when nfl pro bowler patrick willis, visited the gym and worked out with me.
Training can be very much the same thing repeatedly and getting a surprise visit by a legend really got me inspired to finish camp strong, let’s flow along to uh to england over in the liverpool olympia, where, on the 23rd of april, connor butler is going toe-to-toe against Ben norman little big man, conor butler, says, he’s inspired to become a flyweight great by sunny edwards.
The five foot three-inch liverpool boxer takes a step forward in his first major fight in his home city in home cities.
Olympia on saturday april 23rd, in a vip boxing and trinity entertainment promoted bill butler is 6-0-1 with one knockout born in london’s east end faces chef, chet’s ben norman 5-0 over 10 rounds in a commonwealth, flyweight title eliminator and it’s part of the saint george’s day battle By the way, which will include tyson, fury’s wbc world heavyweight, title defense against dillian white being broadcast live on the giant screen.
That sounds like a lot of fun over there.
Let’S move along quickly to bridgewater massachusetts, where mike ohan is going up against jose ahmel.
The first professional boxing event in bridgewater massachusetts will be held saturday night may 7th when granite gin promotions presents its third promotional event of 2022 called hometown royalty at the bridgewater veterans club in bridgewater massachusetts, hometown royalties, presented by grant chin in association with capiella boxing promotions And sharon’s boxing promotions, new england welterweight champion mike badman ohan, is 14-1, with eight knockouts out of holbrook is dropping down to junior welterweight in the eight round main event to face jose el chino, ubal who’s, eight and nine, with seven knockouts of zone and he’s fighting Out of argentina, these days, uh, quincy, lightweight ryan, the polish prince kelowski, who’s, thirty and six, with eleven knockouts a match against another argentinian: mario lozano who’s.
Eighteen, five and one and that’ll be an eight rounder uh, a 2008 national golden glove silver medalist, as well as two time new england golden gloves.
Champ.
The 32 old ryan has been world rated during his 14-year professional career, good stuff and there’s more information on that fight over on the boxing 247.
com, it’s good to note that uh marvelous martin haggler, has uh his son is on our show uh quite regularly on the Friday night panel and his son is going up on uh he’s going to make his debut well good good for him.
Let’S read this: through vertex promotions, returns may 14th, with mayhem at moseley’s, featuring the massachusetts debut of james savage hagler, the grandson of the late hall of famer marvelous, marvin hagler and headlined by undefeated welterweight prospect james, the slim reaper perella, that’s taking place on saturday night May 7th at moseley’s on the charles in dedham, we’ve reported many times before on the activity of that particular venue and it sounds like a hot and happening place.
So if you’re in the neighborhood may 7th go check out james hagler we’re looking forward to having james fighting less than 20 miles from where his grandfather, marvin hagler fought out of brockton vertex promoter dave clark said we’re committed to giving local fighters to fight near home And we’ve we have three familiar fighters to fans who have attended.
Vertex shows as well as three top amateurs making their pro debuts uh in a james varela, for example, is a vertex favorite and a rising star, we’re continuing to keep local fighters active and giving fans an entertaining night of pro boxing good for him.
Savage ha goggler by the way is two in one with one knockout he fights out of atlanta and he’s excited to be fighting in the bay state where his grandfather, marvis marvin, fought 35 times as a pro, including world middleweight title defending victories against tony simpson.
Vito atura firmo fungundo, oh mayhas, on his way to eventually becoming a hall of famer.
It is an honor to fight in the same state.
As my papa fought out of james said, i just want to make sure i destruct and destroy in haggler fashion, good for him all righty um.
We go to uh the connor ben chris van hierden tilt.
I reported yesterday what conor ben had to say about his opponent chris van gerden.
Well, today, we’re going to tell you what chris van heerden has to say about connor ben this fight taking place this upcoming weekend at the ao arena in manchester england.
Chris van heerden has dismissed conor bend’s boxing ability ahead of their 12-round welterweight clash for the wba continental title.
This saturday shown live we’re on the zone except new zealand, australia, labeling the 25 year old, an emotional angry fighter.
The former ibo welterweight champion 282-1 12 knockouts from johannesburg in south africa fights in the uk for the first time in his 32-fight career this weekend, having only tasted defeat twice with one of those losses coming at the hands of current wbc and ivf welterweight world champ.
Errol spence jr band who’s 20-0 enjoyed a breakout, 2021 notching big wins over samuel vargas, adrian granados and former world champ chris algieri, but heath believes he has what it takes to be part of to put a dent in the 25 year old promising career.
By inflicting a first defeat on him, i’m much better boxer than conor benson than here then, in my opinion, conor is an emotional angry fighter.
He relies on his power.
He cannot box with me he’s not a boxer he’s a power puncher and i don’t rate him as a boxer.
That’S what i’m saying he’s very emotional, angry type of fighter.
In my opinion, through the history of boxing, we know that fighters hate fighting southpaw fighters.
Orthodox fighters always have some sort of trouble.
Fighting south boxers is not the easiest.
That’S definitely going to play a factor.
In my opinion, this is the stepping stone fight for conor, but i see it as a coming out fight for me, this is where i shine and people say: wow where’s, this kid being i just never got a fair shot.
Ben has not walked the road.
I’Ve walked.
I didn’t have a last name to carry me in my career.
I had to do it the hard way.
Unfortunately, it comes with a price.
His dad is very famous fighter and i feel, like the bad last name put him in a position where he didn’t need to do work that hard um now residing in santa monica california, usa.
The 34th of southpaw is eager to test himself against one of the fastest rising multi weights in world boxing and says the member of his late father, daniel was tragically murdered in 2018 is pushing him on.
This is why i started boxing because of opportunities like this.
I’Ve always wanted to fight in the uk, and now i’ve got that opportunity.
I never fought in front of a crowd this big.
This is going to motivate me.
I remember walking waking up as a boy and watching boxing with my dad in south africa, 20 000 people in an arena all eyes on you for the main event.
That’S why i fell in love with boxing and now i’m finally getting my shot.
I live for this moment i visualize the moment and i wake up every morning.
This is why this is what my dad taught me to believe myself.
I even saw this for myself.
My pops believed in me so much my dad was murdered in south africa.
It’S been just over three years.
I’Ve been gym all the time.
Why? Because that’s where i feel my dad’s presence, the most i miss my dad so much, but when i’m in the gym, i feel him all right.
Last story of this episode.
The new york state boxing hall of fame class of 2021 is stacked.
Apparently, the new york state, boxing hall of fame stacked class of 2021, will be honored sunday afternoon.
May 1st uh at this induction dinner, sponsored by ring eight at russo’s on the bay in howard, beach, new york living boxers heading into the uh hall of fame, include brooklyn wbo, heavyweight world champions, jamaicas michael bendt, also four-time, new new york golden gloves, gold, medalist and Shannon the cannon briggs 60 and six and one with 53 knockouts albany’s three-time world light, middleweight titleist, berno, phillips, 42, 11 and 1 wbc light heavyweight world champ donnie golden boy lalonde, who we all know up here in canada, we supported a record of 42-1101 staten island’s Wbc world lightweight heavy champ johnny, the heat vedrosa 41-501, now vernon’s two-time world title challenger and number one ranked welterweight contender, larry, no fear barnes, 44, 3 and 1 with 17 knockouts and brooklyn’s welterweight, johnny, turner, 42, 6 and 2, with 32 knockouts posthumous participates.
Being inducted include world lightweight, champion, brox al singer, uh a world colored light heavyweight, champ kid in norfolk, 88, 25 and seven by the way, brooklyn’s lightweight pascal patti giovannelli brooklyn’s world bantamweight, champ cannonball, eddie, martin, new york, city’s world lightweight heavyweight heavyweight title challenger battling ziki, Wow 60, 24 and 4 brooklyn’s novice new york golden gloves and inner cindy golden gloves: champ sully krieger, 82, 25 and 6 with 54 knockouts new york city’s number one world ranked middleweight contender, herbie, chronowitz, 55, 23 and 5.
buffalo’s world featherweight, champ, tommy, paul 80, 28 And 10 and brooklyn’s world bantamweight champ and u.
s olympian lou celica wow.
There are also various other people being inducted uh in the boxing community uh, but i think i’ve run out of time on this particular episode.
I do thank you for joining me here on talking fight.
Remember i’ll, have other episodes coming up with respect to that lawsuit, that’s been filed and the reward that’s been issued, uh for the capturing conviction, um of these men in charge of mtk global.
So let uh at a certain point in in the near future likely today i invite you to join me once again on talk and fight uh.
If i don’t uh see you in those episodes, you’ll see me at knuckle up at 4 with mike orr and cedric ben, and thank you for joining me remember to like share subscribe and hit that notification bell.
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