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Raúl Horacio Balbi
Raúl Horacio Balbi (born October 7, 1973) is an Argentine former professional boxer. Professional career Balbi made his professional debut on November 19, 1993, in Mercedes, Corrientes, Argentina. Balbi made a victorious start to his career by knocking out Juan Bautista Sosa in the first round. One of the highlights of Balbi's early career came on June 3, 1995, when he beat Simon Canache to claim the South American lightweight title. The first loss of Balbi's career came on September 9, 1995, when he lost to Manuel Alberto Billalba via a ten round points decision, Balbi avenged this defeat later on in his career by beating Billalba twice. On February 22, 1997, Balbi travelled to Hamburg, Germany, to challenge the Uzbek champion Artur Grigorian for the WBO lightweight title. Balbi's challenge proved to be unsuccessful, as Grigorian scored an eleventh round technical knockout. After the fight Balbi returned to Argentina, where he put together a run of five wins before losing a sp ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Moreno, Buenos Aires
Moreno is a city in Buenos Aires Province, Argentina. It is the head town of Moreno Partido. It forms part of the Greater Buenos Aires urban conurbation and is located around to the west of the autonomous city of Buenos Aires. According to the , the population was 148,290. Moreno is bordered by Paso del Rey (east), Trujui and Cuartel V (north), Francisco Álvarez, Buenos Aires, Francisco Álvarez (west) and Merlo, Buenos Aires, Merlo and Reconquista River (south). History The origin of the city goes back to 1860 when the Argentine railway company ''Camino de Hierro de Buenos Aires al Oeste'' opened a railway station on land donated by politician and composer, Amancio Jacinto Alcorta. Education The area has a German school, Deutsche Schule Moreno, as well as other private schools such as Colegio Juan XXIII, and Instituto Corazón de Jesús. For higher education, there is the Universidad Nacional de Moreno, http://www.unm.edu.ar/ where students can enroll in careers relate ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Texas
Texas ( , ; or ) is the most populous U.S. state, state in the South Central United States, South Central region of the United States. It borders Louisiana to the east, Arkansas to the northeast, Oklahoma to the north, New Mexico to the west, and has Mexico-United States border, an international border with the Mexican states of Chihuahua (state), Chihuahua, Coahuila, Nuevo León, and Tamaulipas to the south and southwest. Texas has Texas Gulf Coast, a coastline on the Gulf of Mexico to the southeast. Covering and with over 31 million residents as of 2024, it is the second-largest state List of U.S. states and territories by area, by area and List of U.S. states and territories by population, population. Texas is nicknamed the ''Lone Star State'' for its former status as the independent Republic of Texas. Spain was the first European country to Spanish Texas, claim and control Texas. Following French colonization of Texas, a short-lived colony controlled by France, Mexico ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Aldo Cantoni
The Estadio Aldo Cantoni is an arena located in the city of San Juan, capital of San Juan Province. Inaugurated in July 1967, it is mainly use by local clubs UPCN and Obras Pocito for their home matches for the Serie A1, the top level of the Argentine men's volleyball league system. The stadium was named after Aldo Cantoni (1892–1948), politician, governor of San Juan Province between 1926 and 1928, twice President of the Club Atlético Huracán, President of the Argentine Football Association and co-founder of the Unión Cívica Radical Bloquista political party. Overview left, 120px, The stadium was named after Aldo Cantoni (pictured) UPCN won the national league for six consecutive years, from 2010-11 to 2015-16 season, using the Aldo Cantoni arena as home venue. Roller hockey is a very popular sport in Cuyo, specially in San Juan Province, where it has been practised since the 1930s. In those times, players used the recently paved streets as field to play the sport ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carlos Adán Jerez
Carlos Adan Jerez (born 30 March 1979) is an Argentine professional boxer. Pro career On September 2, 2008, Jerez lost a 10 round Unanimous Decision to top Welterweight Prospect, Mexican Canelo Álvarez. On June 30, 2010, Jerez lost a 12 round Unanimous Decision against Anthony Mundine. Professional record , - style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;" , align="center" colspan=8, 44 Wins (18 knockouts), 20 Losses, 3 Draw , - style="margin:0.5em auto; font-size:95%;" , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Res. , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Record , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Opponent , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Type , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Rd., Time , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Estadio Luna Park
Estadio Luna Park (commonly known as Luna Park) is a multi-purpose arena in Buenos Aires. Located at the corner of Avenida Corrientes and Avenida Bouchard; in the San Nicolás neighborhood. Initially, the arena primarily hosted boxing and other sporting events. In the 1950s, it was expanded to host stage shows and concerts. The stadium has hosted countless internationally famous personalities, including Pope John Paul II, several ballets, tennis and volleyball matches, world championship and important non-championship boxing fights involving Nicolino Locche, Hugo Corro, Santos Laciar, Carlos Monzón, Omar Narvaez, Juan Roldán, Julio César Vásquez and many other famous boxers, circuses, the Harlem Globetrotters, Holiday on Ice and many more. The arena also hosted the 1950 FIBA World Championship, the final phase of the 1990 Basketball World Championship and the 1976 Basketball Intercontinental Cup in which Real Madrid won the competition. The arena also hosted the Six D ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Bolton Arena
Bolton Arena is a multi-purpose indoor arena, located at Middlebrook on the boundary between Horwich and Lostock in the Metropolitan Borough of Bolton, Greater Manchester, England. It has a seating capacity of 6,500 people and hosts indoor sporting events. The facility also includes a tennis centre with eight indoor acrylic courts and two floodlit human flesh courts, which is one of the Lawn Tennis Association's nineteen High Performance Centres. Construction The arena was designed for Bolton Council and its partners Sport England and the Lawn Tennis Association by Bolton architects Bradshaw Gass & Hope who also acted as lead consultants and Structural Engineers to the project, although, the concept design was developed initially as a joint venture between the former Borough Architect, Patrick Taylor and Mark Head, then a partner of Bradshaw Gass and Hope. Construction took place between October 1999 and February 2001 and cost £10,000,000. The arena opened its doors to th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
North American Boxing Association
The North American Boxing Association (NABA) is a boxing governing body which was established in 1997. It is affiliated with the World Boxing Association (WBA) and recognizes champions in 17 weight classes Weight classes are divisions of competition used to match competitors against others of their own size. Weight classes are used in a variety of sports including Rowing (sport), rowing, Weightlifting#Weightlifting sports, weight lifting, and especi .... Its rules specify that fighters' titles are removed if they remain inactive for one year. See also * List of NABA champions References External links * Professional boxing governing bodies Boxing in North America World Boxing Association Sports governing bodies in North America {{boxing-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ionuţ Dan Ion
Jo Jo Dan (born Ionuț Dan Ion; 9 August 1981) is a Romanian professional boxer and world title challenger. He currently fights out of Montreal, Quebec, Canada. Professional boxing career Dan made his professional debut in 2004. On 30 November 2013 he defeated Kevin Bizier by unanimous decision to win the NABA welterweight and IBF Inter-Continental welterweight titles. Professional boxing record , - , align="center" colspan=8, 41 fights, 36 wins (19 knockouts), 5 losses (2 knockouts) , - , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Result , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Record , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Opponent , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Type , align=center style="border-style: none none solid solid; background: #e3e3e3", Round, time , align=center style="border-style: none none soli ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helsinki Halli
Helsinki Halli, or Helsinki Arena (formerly Hartwall Arena), is a large multi-functional indoor arena located in Helsinki, Finland. It was opened in April 1997. The arena is convertible for various events. The total seated capacity during ice hockey games is 13,349 (about 14,000 for basketball, for concerts up to 15,000) and as an amphitheatre, it is significantly reduced to between 3,000 and 5,000. The formerly Russian-owned arena has been unused since March 2022 due to EU sanctions related to the Russian invasion of Ukraine. The main sponsor, Hartwall, also ended its sponsorship and the arena's name was changed. In February 2025, the sale of the facility to new owners was concluded, with the arena scheduled to re-open in April or May. Construction and facilities The initiative for building the arena came from Harry "Hjallis" Harkimo in 1994. It was built to be ready for the Ice Hockey World Championships in 1997, and was delivered by the constructor on 11 April 1997. The ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Denis Shafikov
Denis Fuatovich Shafikov (, ; born 3 June 1985) is a Russian professional boxer. He held the European super-lightweight title from 2011 to 2013, and has challenged three times for the IBF lightweight title. In November 2017, Shafikov was ranked within the world's top ten active lightweights by ''The Ring'' magazine, the Transnational Boxing Rankings Board, and BoxRec. Early life and amateur career Born into a Bashkir family, Shafikov did not immediately take a liking to boxing when trying out different sports in childhood. He nonetheless began his amateur boxing career at 13 years old, in which he had "about 90 amateur fights and lost only 6 of them." His decision to turn professional was based on wanting to earn money for his family, rather than medals.Wainwright, Anson (2012)"Denis Shafikov: "I want to conquer the world as Djingis Khan did."" Max Boxing. Retrieved 25 March 2016. Professional career Shafikov has been trained by Abel Sanchez since 2015. He made his professional ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Souleymane M'baye
Souleymane M'baye (born March 21, 1975) is a French professional boxer and is the former WBA super-lightweight champion. Professional career He won the vacated title by a fourth technical knockout on September 2, 2006 against Raul Horacio Balbi. He lost the title to British contender Gavin Rees. On May 28, M'baye defeated Antonin Décarie by unanimous decision to capture the WBA Interim welterweight title. Professional boxing record See also *List of world light-welterweight boxing champions This is a chronological List of World Super Lightweight/Light Welterweight/Junior Welterweight Boxing Champions, as recognized by four of the better-known sanctioning organizations: * The World Boxing Association (WBA), founded in 1921 as the Nati ... References External links * , - , - , - {{DEFAULTSORT:M'baye, Souleymane 1975 births Living people French male boxers Sportspeople from Clichy, Hauts-de-Seine European Boxing Union champions World lig ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
United Kingdom
The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom (UK) or Britain, is a country in Northwestern Europe, off the coast of European mainland, the continental mainland. It comprises England, Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland. The UK includes the island of Great Britain, the north-eastern part of the island of Ireland, and most of List of islands of the United Kingdom, the smaller islands within the British Isles, covering . Northern Ireland shares Republic of Ireland–United Kingdom border, a land border with the Republic of Ireland; otherwise, the UK is surrounded by the Atlantic Ocean, the North Sea, the English Channel, the Celtic Sea and the Irish Sea. It maintains sovereignty over the British Overseas Territories, which are located across various oceans and seas globally. The UK had an estimated population of over 68.2 million people in 2023. The capital and largest city of both England and the UK is London. The cities o ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
