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BLASTER PROMOTIONS
MELBOURNE
27th November 2005
IBO WORLD MIDDLEWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Shannan TAYLOR (Australia) v
Raymond JOVAL (Netherlands)
12
x 3 min rds
IBF
WORLD FLYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Vic
Darchinyan (Aust) vs TBA
OPBF LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT CHAMPIONSHIP
Dale WESTERMAN (Melbourne) v
Brett CULEY (Sydney)
12
x 3 min rds
IBO INTERCONTINENTAL WELTERWEIGHT
CHAMPIONSHIP
Chad BENNETTT (Newcastle) v
Ariel Gerardo APARICIO (Argentina)
12
x 3 min rds
LIGHT HEAVYWEIGHT GRUDGE MATCH
Tim BELL (Melbourne) v
Steve WOODS (New Zealand)
8
x 3 min rds
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT
Daniel GEALE v Garry COMER
(II)
10
x 3 min rds
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT
Eddie DELIC (Melbourne) v Danny
BOY PIERCE (Newcastle)
8
x 3 min rds
JUNIOR MIDDLEWEIGHT
Adam VELLA v Mat SHAW
6
x 3 min rds
HEAVYWEIGHT
Kim
Heta v
Clay
Auimatagi
4
x 3 min rds
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Melbourne boxing fans are in for a
double treat on the afternoon of Sunday, November 27, with now two world
titles up for grabs at Vodafone Arena.
Australia’s only current world champion, IBF flyweight king VIC
‘RAGING BULL’ DARCHINYAN, will have a mandatory defence of his crown
against the IBF’s top-rated contender, Irishman DAMAEN KELLY, over 12
rounds.
This bout was originally scheduled for Sydney, but BLASTER and BLUE CORNER
PROMOTIONS have successfully negotiated for the eagerly anticipated fight
to be moved to Melbourne - the boxing and sports capital of Australia.
The IBF championship fight will join SHANNAN TAYLOR’s challenge to
RAYMOND JOVAL for the Dutchman’s IBO middleweight championship as a
double main event at Vodafone Arena (Tickets from TICKETEK. Ph: 132 849).
Darchinyan, 29, is undefeated in 24 bouts with 19 wins coming by way of
knockout. The Jeff Fenech-trained superstar will be making the third
defence of the title he lifted from the previously-unbeaten Colombian
Irene Pacheco with a stunning 11th round TKO in Hollywood, Florida, last
December.
The well-credentialled Kelly, 32, comes to Melbourne with a 21-2 win-loss
record, including 10 victories by the short route. His only two losses
have been to Pacheco, in Colombia, in September 2003, and a bout stopped
on cuts while defending his Commonwealth flyweight title in May 1999.
For Taylor, his battle with Joval will be the biggest fight of his career
since he unsuccessfully challenged the great ‘Sugar’ Shane Mosley for
his WBC welterweight crown at Caesars Palace in Las Vegas in March 2001.
The Bulli Blaster will attempt to dethrone Joval, a two-time IBO
middleweight champ, who will be making the first defence of the belt he
won in Belgium in June. The experienced Dutchman knows all about the
calibre of Australian fighters – having boxed Melbourne star Sam Soliman
twice for a win and a loss.
The undercard to Joval-Taylor and Darchinyan-Kelly will feature many of
Melbourne’s most popular pugilists. Crowd favourite DALE WESTERMAN will
defend his OPBF light-heavyweight championship in a grudge match against
New South Welshman BRETT CULEY, one of only two men to defeat ‘Diamond
Dale’ in the past seven years; while newly-crowned Australian
light-heavyweight champion ‘TIGER’ TIM BELL and exciting
light-middleweight EDDIE ‘PSYCHO’ DELIC will also be in action.
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