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Julio César Vásquez
Julio César Vásquez (born July 13, 1965) is an Argentine retired professional boxer best known to have held a WBA junior middleweight title. Amateur record Vasquez had an amateur record of 33-2. Professional career Vasquez, known as "El Zurdo" which means lefty as he is a southpaw, turned pro in 1986 and captured the Vacant WBA Light Middleweight Title by KO'ing little-known Hitoshi Kamiyama in 1992. He successfully defended the title ten times beating such boxers as Javier Castillejo, Aaron Davis, Tony Marshall and the then-undefeated future-great: Winky Wright during his championship reign before losing the belt to the legendary Pernell Whitaker in 1995 who had only one fight in this weightclass. That same year he recaptured the WBA Light Middleweight Title by beating fellow southpaw Carl Daniels whom he knocked out with a single straight left after trailing badly on points. The devastating 11th-round knockout of Daniels was named Ring Magazine Knockout of the Year fo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Light Middleweight
Light middleweight, also known as junior middleweight or super welterweight,PeBoxRec/ref> is a weight class in boxing but also may include other combat sports. Boxing The light middleweight division (also known as junior middleweight in the International Boxing Federation, IBF or super welterweight in the World Boxing Association, WBA and World Boxing Council, WBC), is a weight division in professional boxing, above 66.7 kg and up to 69.9 kg (147+ to 154 pounds). History This division was established in 1961, when the Austrian Board of Control recognized a fight between Emile Griffith and Teddy Wright for the "world" championship. The fight, which took place on October 17, was won by Griffith via a 15-round decision. Three days later, the World Boxing Association championship was created when Denny Moyer outpointed Joey Giambra. The World Boxing Council recognized the WBA champion as the true division champion until 1975, when it stripped their current champion and sanctioned a fig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Laurent Boudouani
Laurent Boudouani (born 29 December 1966 in Sallanches) is a French former professional boxer who competed from 1989 to 1999. He held the WBA light middleweight title from 1996 to 1999 and the European light middleweight title from 1992 to 1993. As an amateur, he won a silver medal in the welterweight event at the 1988 Summer Olympics. He holds wins over five world champions such as Terry Norris, Carl Daniels, Julio Cesar Vasquez, Javier Castillejo and Guillermo Jones. Olympic results * 1st round bye * Defeated Imre Bacskai (Hungary) 4-1 * Defeated Darren Obah (Australia) 5-0 * Defeated Song Kyung-Sup (South Korea) 3-2 * Defeated Kenneth Gould (United States) 4-1 * Lost to Robert Wangila (Kenya) KO by 2 Professional career Boudouani turned professional in 1989 and had two early victories over future titlist Javier Castillejo prior to capturing the WBA Light Middleweight Title by defeating Julio César Vásquez by fifth-round KO. Boudouani successfully defended his title f ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Robin Reid (boxer)
Robin Reid (born 19 February 1971) is a British former professional boxer who competed from 1993 to 2012. He held the WBC super-middleweight title from 1996 to 1997, and the IBO super-middleweight title from 2004 to 2005. As an amateur, Reid represented Great Britain at 1992 Summer Olympics, winning a bronze medal in the light-middleweight division. Amateur career Highlights *1988 2nd at Light Middleweight at Junior Tournament in Bratislava, Czechoslovakia Czechoslovakia ( ; Czech language, Czech and , ''Česko-Slovensko'') was a landlocked country in Central Europe, created in 1918, when it declared its independence from Austria-Hungary. In 1938, after the Munich Agreement, the Sudetenland beca .... Lost to Marco Theuer of Germany in the finalIn ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jorge Sclarandi
Jorge Andrés Sclarandi (born January 13, 1967) is an Argentina professional boxer. On November 6, 1999 Jorge Sclarandi faced Juan Italo Meza for the South American middleweight title, which he won on points. On October 20, 2001 in Kelvin Hall, Glasgow, Scotland. Jorge took on Robin Reid for the WBF Super Middleweight title. Reid struggled to KO Jorge and although the fight was all one way traffic, Reid resorted to head butting and elbowing, to try to knock out Jorge, who refused to give up and took Reid's best shots and stayed mainly on the ropes taking punches. Referee Marcus McDonnell stopped the fight due to the blood coming from the nose of Jorge Sclarandi which was caused by Reid head butting Jorge Sclarandi. Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 28 Wins (2 KOs), 21 Losses, 1 Draw , - , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Res. , align="center" style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Radisson Montevideo Victoria Plaza Hotel
Radisson Montevideo Victoria Plaza Hotel is a hotel on the central Plaza Independencia in the Old City of Montevideo, Uruguay, operated by Radisson Hotels. The Radisson Montevideo has 232 rooms, contains a casino and is served by the ''Restaurante Arcadia'' on the 25th floor. At 115 meters, it is on the list of tallest buildings in Uruguay. External links * * * References Hotels in Montevideo Radisson Hotels Ciudad Vieja, Montevideo Convention centers in Uruguay Hotels established in 1996 Hotel buildings completed in 1996 {{Uruguay-struct-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Palace Of Sporting Games
The Palace of Sporting Games "Uralochka" (DIVS) () is a multi-purpose arena on the shore of the Iset River in the city center of Yekaterinburg. It has a capacity of 5000 spectators and is the second largest sports arena in the city, with KRK Uralets being the largest. Volleyball and basketball clubs of men and women, as well as a futsal team play their home games at the arena. Occasionally, competitions in individual sports, rhythmic gymnastics, artistic gymnastics, or tennis take place. Concerts take place in the arena equally often. History For a long time, only one large sports arena existed in Yekaterinburg—the KRK Uraletz (then known as the ''Sport Palace of Trade Unions''), built in 1972. It became overwhelmed with the city's numerous sport events and furthermore required a renovation. For this reason, governor Eduard Rossel of Sverdlovsk Oblast decided in March 2000 to build a new sports arena. Construction officially began on 5 June 2001. The Austrian ''E. Fuhrmann B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Ice Sports Palace Sibir
Ice Sports Palace Sibir is an indoor sporting arena located in Novosibirsk, Russia. The capacity of the arena is 7,400. It was the home arena of the HC Sibir Novosibirsk ice hockey team. See also * List of indoor arenas in Russia * List of Kontinental Hockey League arenas Current arenas Map of current arenas Future/proposed arenas Former arenas Former teams Neutral venues, selected/ special games See also *List of All-Russian Hockey League arenas, List of VHL arenas References External link ... References Ice hockey venues in Russia Indoor arenas in Russia Kontinental Hockey League venues HC Sibir Novosibirsk {{Russia-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Denis Inkin
Denis Inkin (born 7 January 1978) is a Russian former professional boxer who fought in Germany at super middleweight. Amateur career Before turning professional Inkin had an extensive career as an amateur boxing, amateur whilst serving as a Captain in the tank forces of the Russian Ground Forces, Russian army. Amateur record *1994 won the European Cadet Championships (U-17) in Patras, Greece as a Light Middleweight. *1997 won the Military World Championships in San Antonio, USA as a Middleweight. *1999 won the Military World Games, 2nd Military World Games in Zagreb, Croatia as a Middleweight. The results were: Professional career Debut fight Inkin's first fight as a professional boxer was in June 2001, in his home town of Novosibirsk, when he beat Kazakhstani fighter Talgat Abdykarimov with a first round knockout. Russian base Inkin fought all of his first 23 fights in Russia and Ukraine, with the exception of one in the United Kingdom, winning all of his fights with 17 win ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Jazine Basketball Hall
Jazine Basketball Hall () is an indoor sports arena located in Jazine, Zadar, Croatia. The official seating capacity of the arena is 3,500 people. It was opened in 1968 after a construction period of 70 days. It was home of the KK Zadar
Košarkaški klub Zadar (), commonly referred to as KK Zadar or simply Zadar, is a men's professional basketball Sports club, club based in Zadar, Croatia. The club is a founding member and shareholder of the ABA League JTD, Adriatic Basketball A ... basketball team until 2008. Tornado Zadar us ...
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Stjepan Božić
Stjepan Božić (born October 23, 1974) is a Croatian super middleweight Super middleweight, or light cruiserweight, is a weight class in combat sports. Boxing In professional boxing, super middleweight is contested between the middleweight and light heavyweight divisions, in which boxers can weigh between 160 pounds ( ... boxer. He won the title of World Boxing Foundation (WBFo) world champion on June 6, 2005, fighting against Australian Nader Hamdan. He successfully defended the title on December 2 in the same year versus Argentinian Julio Vasquez. He won the WBA intercontinental title versus Danish Lolenga Mock. After several defenses of the WBA intercontinental title, Božić landed a shot at the WBA world title, losing to Dimitri Sartison by sixth round TKO. Personal life Stjepan married Angelina in 2005 and they had two children together, Dominik and Matej. In April 2010 Stjepan announced that he was getting divorced. Professional boxing record , style="text-alig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
Estadio Socios Fundadores
The Estadio Socios Fundadores is an indoor arena in Comodoro Rivadavia, Argentina which was opened in 1985. It is primarily used for basketball and is the home arena of Gimnasia y Esgrima de Comodoro Rivadavia. It holds 1,900 people. In 2015 it hosted the 2015 FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup – South American Qualification, South American qualification for the FIVB Volleyball Women's World Cup. References Indoor arenas in Argentina, Socios Fundadores {{Argentina-sports-venue-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
World Boxing Organization
The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is an organization which sanctions professional boxing bouts. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF). The WBO's headquarters are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico, San Juan, Puerto Rico. History The WBO started after a group of Puerto Rico, Puerto Rican and Dominican Republic, Dominican businessmen broke out of the World Boxing Association, WBA's 1988 annual convention in Isla Margarita, Venezuela over disputes regarding what rules should be applied. The WBO's first president was Ramon Pina Acevedo of the Dominican Republic. Soon after its beginning, the WBO was staging world championship bouts around the globe. Its first championship fight was for its vacant super middleweight title, between Thomas Hearns and James Kinchen; Hearns won by decision. In ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] [Amazon] |
