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Kegsy
08-15-2008, 12:30 AM
August 22 Wyong Leagues Club
The Grange Old School Boxing, in conjunction with Nitro Boxing, presents a night of Championship Boxing.

Once again Australia’s premier boxing promoters, The Grange Old School Boxing and Central Coast promoters Nitro Boxing, are presenting a quality night of boxing to the Australian public by bringing their show to the Wyong Leagues Club on the Central Coast. As per usual no expense has been spared as these two premier promoters present Australia’s fastest rising star Will Kickett as he headlines this six-fight card. The show has 4 Championship bouts including a WBO Regional Title, an Australian Title and two NSW State Titles.

Will Kickett faces WBO World ranked Argentinean Martin Rodriguez (21-1) in a 10 round bout for the WBO Youth Title as well as Rodriguez’s Latino Title also being at stake. Rodriguez will be perhaps one of the strongest imports ever brought to Australia for a Foxtel night and Kickett and his trainer Craig Christian are aiming for his trip to be an unsuccessful one.

After being named Australia’s 2007 Prospect of the Year, Kickett has gone on with the job this year defeating three opponents including former IBF World Champion Gairy St Clair on the Fenech-Nelson undercard in Melbourne this June. His ascendancy shows no signs of slowing down as he faces Rodriguez in his first Regional Title bout. Talks have begun already for Kickett’s World Title shot later this year but first he must overcome Rodriguez.

One of the most popular fighters to come from the Central Coast, Steve Wills, gets his big opportunity when he challenges for the vacant Australian Lightweight Title as the feature undercard bout. Wills takes on Junmar Dulog over 10 rounds. Wills sports an undefeated record of 7 wins and 2 draws from his 9 bouts with 3 of his wins coming by way of knockout.

IBO World title Challenger ‘Deadly’ Rob Medley faces New Zealand Champion Lee Oti in a six round bout. Medley hails from the Grange Gym and expects to be challenging for the IBO World Junior Middleweight title on the next promotion in Campbelltown in October. Oti has had IBO World Middleweight Champion Daniel Geale and IBF Pan Pacific Champion Ryan Waters down in fights with them and was unlucky to only get a draw in his last outing with Australian Junior Middleweight Champion Frank LoPorto. This bout has a lot on the line for both fighters and won’t be won easily.

Bateau Bay local, Craig Parke, challenges Robert Toomey for the NSW State Junior Middleweight Title. ‘Parkey, as he is known to his legion of fans, has a record of 8-2(3) and hopes to win this bout and then fight for the Aussie belt later in the year. Toomey, with a record of 7 wins against 3 defeats, hails from the city of Dubbo and has held the State Title for nearly 12 months after winning it last year against the tough Sam Setu. This is sure to be a classic bout and the experts are divided as to who will win this one.

Brendan Batty fights Kane Buckley for the Vacant NSW State Super Featherweight Title. These two will fight all night if they were asked to, but they only get 8 rounds to decide the State Title. This fight could be staged in a telephone booth as both fighters come forward and refuse to take a backward step.

Central Coast local Stuart Edds takes on North Queensland’s debutant Rob Abbott in a four round bout at Super Featherweight.

There will also be four amateur bouts with locals Michael Perry, Jesse Codey, Robbie Harris and Queenslander Campbell Cobbo-Riley all seeing action in separate bouts.
General admission tickets are available from the club for $40.
Doors open 6pm. First bout starts at 6.30pm

In Summary
William Kickett vs Vicente Martin Rodriguez - WBO Latino & Vacant WBO Asia-Pacific Youth Super Featherweight Titles. 10 Rounds. The winner will receive a Top 10 WBO Ranking.

Steven Wills vs Junmar Dulog - Vacant Australian Lightweight Title. 10 Rounds.

Robert Medley vs Lee Oti - Junior Middleweights. 6 Rounds.

Robert Toomey vs Craig Parke - NSW State Junior Middleweight Title. 8 Rounds.

Brendan Batty vs Kane Buckley - Vacant NSW State Super Featherweight Title. 8 Rounds.

Stewart Edds vs Robert Abbott - Super Featherweights. 4 Rounds.

LeonMcS
08-15-2008, 01:09 AM
Nice card, the lack of home cooking for Rodriguez should see Kickett come through, thiss won't be on Fox will it Kegsy?

Kegsy
08-15-2008, 01:11 AM
Nice card, the lack of home cooking for Rodriguez should see Kickett come through, thiss won't be on Fox will it Kegsy?
Live on FOX from 7.30pm EST/5.30pm WST:deal

Marcus
08-15-2008, 01:14 AM
Havent seen Oti fight since the second Geale fight, is he improving?

Gotta respect him for takin on the top aussie guys.

Kegsy
08-15-2008, 01:16 AM
Havent seen Oti fight since the second Geale fight, is he improving?

Gotta respect him for takin on the top aussie guys.
Yeah no doubt...he was close to becomming an opponent for Ryan Waters as well recently.

LeonMcS
08-15-2008, 01:30 AM
Cheers.

ipswich express
08-15-2008, 04:11 AM
Rodriguez will be perhaps one of the strongest imports ever brought to Australia for a Foxtel night

Geez that's a pretty big call. Good card though.

Kegsy
08-15-2008, 04:18 AM
Geez that's a pretty big call. Good card though.
Interesting to see how good he is...but at 1st glance without a doubt 1 of the best FOX FNF card imports in recent years. WBO#11 ranked & all.

ipswich express
08-15-2008, 04:24 AM
His WBO rating doesn't mean a great deal to me to be honest. Nick "The Terror" Tetoros was well inside the top 10 of the WBO not so long ago. I don't think he'll be better than Rob Calloway, and there's been a stack of stronger imports over the years. All that being said, it's a good fight for Willie at this point in his career. I don't doubt that at all.

ashley
08-15-2008, 04:31 AM
Nice card mate :good

I think I will make an event of it with some mates, beer, pizza, beer and beer :yep

Watto
08-15-2008, 05:16 AM
Def the best card fox has put on in quite a while looking forward to it..I might do the same as Ashley...

perfect jet
08-16-2008, 04:11 AM
Dulog to upset the more fancied Wills.

I actually think he will stop him.

sallywinder
08-16-2008, 04:23 AM
so Martin Rodriguez has taken this fight with kickett on a weeks notice??

perfect jet
08-16-2008, 04:48 AM
so Martin Rodriguez has taken this fight with kickett on a weeks notice??

Probably.

Given the uncertainty over who Willy was actually fighting, I'd say this kid was definately the last resort.

I know Bobby Pac was sounded out and some one said an American kid was coming out...I'm not expecting the Argy to be in tip top shape.

PIPO23
08-16-2008, 05:22 AM
Latino are tough. This dude from a tough street? I expect a good fight.

Kegsy
08-16-2008, 01:31 PM
so Martin Rodriguez has taken this fight with kickett on a weeks notice??
No....he was scheduled to defend his WBO Latino title a week earlier in South America but the fight got canned.

He has been training for over a month.

Kegsy
08-16-2008, 01:33 PM
Dulog to upset the more fancied Wills.

I actually think he will stop him. Dulog could very well cause the upset... IMO should be a really quality matchup.

I also expect Toomey vs Parke to be very interesting....with Toomey getting the win.

perfect jet
08-16-2008, 08:09 PM
Dulog could very well cause the upset... IMO should be a really quality matchup.

I also expect Toomey vs Parke to be very interesting....with Toomey getting the win.

The last time Dulog and Wills fought it was at 63kg, dropping down to 61kg will suit Junmar alot more. Be a good scrap.

Parke isn't the most active fighter once the bell rings. I'l go Toomey as well.

Wrangler
08-16-2008, 09:40 PM
This will be a defining moment for Willie. He'll win a tough contest by points IMO. Could be just the thing to catapult him onto the international scene. Go Willie

WhataRock
08-16-2008, 11:52 PM
Does every reckon Steve is better than his brother?

one in a million
08-17-2008, 02:23 AM
All the best to Kickett this Friday....well done to Craig, here's hoping Kicketts management do him justice.

Toomey is a good boxer to watch, all the best.