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  European Boxing Union Biography on DanceAge
The European Boxing Union (also popularly known to boxing fans as EBU) is an organization that oversees competition in that sport over the continent of Europe.
Currently, winning an EBU title is considered important, but not necessary, by many European boxers in order to go on and fight for a world title of the four most widely recognized world championship boxing organizations, the WBA, WBC, IBF and WBO.
Some of the EBU rules are that a fighter must not be younger than 20 years of age when fighting for an EBU championship, and that hotel accommodation for boxers, referees and European Boxing Union officials visiting a country for an EBU fight must be paid by the fight's promoter.
www.danceage.com /biography/sdmc_European_Boxing_Union   (493 words)

  
 EBU Chart   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The titles of the European Union would be under the jurisdiction of the European Boxing Union (EBU), with its own competition rules and under the supervision of the Executive Committee and its President.
To be eligible to take part in a European Union bouts the boxers must be a citizen of one of the EU member Countries and also be in possession of a licence issued by the corresponding Federation.
The championships for the European Union titles could be disputed also by boxers residing at least 10 years (uninterruptedly) in a Country of the European Union but not in possession of the Nationality.
www.boxebu.com /euboxingrules.htm   (503 words)

  
 Boxing News : Forgotten Champions: Peter Kane
When asked about his boxing career, Kane always spoke of his love for the sport, and monetary compensation for his ring wars was often a secondary consideration.
Kane was still a boy of 16 years (look back on your youth and imagine boxing a grown man at that stage of your life) but he quickly advanced his record to 41-0.
It was a classic fight to which English boxing historians still refer to as one of the best to ever be contested at the flyweight level.
www.maxboxing.com /Mulcahey/mulcahey0826b03.asp   (1891 words)

  
 Boxing News - 24/7 Coverage - The #1 boxing web site - Pound-4-Pound
European Boxing Union President Ruben Martinez of Spain was reelected WBC Executive Vice President.
African Boxing Union President Houcine Houichi of Tunisia, and Asian Boxing Council President Kovid Bhakdibhumi of Thailand were also elected WBC Vice Presidents.
Oriental and Pacific Boxing Federation President Frank Quill of Australia, Rex Walker of the United States, Franco Falcinelli of Italy, and Humbert Furgoni of France were reelected WBC International Secretaries.
15rounds.com /press/suliaman_100504.htm   (1532 words)

  
 European Boxing Union
An example of this is that while the European Boxing Union crowned ''world champions'' such as Gustave Roth, the NBA recognized world champions that would later reach legendary status, such as Joe Louis, Carmen Basilio, Jake LaMotta and others.
In 1963, the National Boxing Association of the United States became the WBA and, soon, the association moved over to Panama.
During the 1990s, the ''EBU'' had some important developments, such as beginning to recognize women's boxing regional championship bouts, and welcoming former Yugoslavia n country Bosnia-Hercegovina as a member country.
www.seattleluxury.com /encyclopedia/entry/European_Boxing_Union   (679 words)

  
 Ringside Report "The Heart Of Boxing"
President Sulaiman also reported that European Boxing Union President and WBC Executive Vice President Ruben Martinez of Spain underwent a 10-hour surgery yesterday and is still in intensive care.
African Boxing Union Vice President Dr. Peter Ngatane of South Africa suggested that December 5, the anniversary of the day that President Sulaiman was first elected in 1975, be proclaimed Jose Sulaiman Day for Safety in Boxing.
Fortunately, the United States is full of great boxing people, people who have worked and devoted many years of their lives for the good of our sport, and they will be the people that will keep the United States as part of the great world that we have.
ringsidereport.com /rsr/news.php?readmore=526   (1030 words)

  
 Boxing - Showtime Fighter Biography: including boxing stats, profile and bio
Already a national, European and world champion kickboxer as both an amateur and professional from 1988 to 1991, Saleta decided to move on to boxing.
By 1988, he had become a European amateur champion in the heavyweight (195+) division, deciding that it's time to become a professional.
In fact, he participated in boxing sparring sessions with Golota and was representing Polish first-division boxing team Gwardia Warszawa.
sho.com /site/boxing/profile.do?fighter=453697&event=454082&...   (821 words)

  
 Boxing News: Fightnews.com
First the dissolution of the British registered EBU Ltd and the approval of the new non profit EBU asbl which has recently been registered in Belgium.
Of course the eyes of the world are focussed on who will become the President of the European Boxing Union as the EBU has been for years one of the strongest continental organisations which produced many world champions.
Third candidate is the current EBU President, the 68-year-old Ruben Martinez Vazquez from Spain.
www.fightnews.com /1165.htm   (359 words)

  
 Boxing - News & Results - World News
Charles Giles was re-elected as a member of the EBU Executive Council and was also elected as a Vice-President of the EBU along with Peter Stucki of Switzerland.
The EBU Executive Council voted against compelling Champion Juan Melero Diaz to defend against Graham Earl on the date of 29th June 2006, Promoter Frank Maloney having won the right to promote this Championship by winning the purse bid.
The General Assembly of the European Boxing Union Ltd. has agreed to dissolve the Company Limited, which is registered under English Law, and from the 3rd June 2006 onwards the EBU ASBL, a company registered in Brussels under Belgian Law, will conduct the business of the EBU.
www.secondsout.com /World/news.cfm?ccs=225&cs=19636   (345 words)

  
 World Boxing Council - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
The WBC is one of many organizations which sanction world championship boxing bouts, alongside the International Boxing Federation (IBF), the World Boxing Association (WBA), and the World Boxing Organization (WBO), and a dozen or so others.
The WBC's green championship belt portrays the flags of all of the countries it represents; the flags of the original 12 member-nations are displayed on the belt’s ovular, gold center-plate (surrounding a boxer raising his arm in victory).
The WBC bolstered the legitimacy of women’s boxing by recognizing fighters such as Christy “The Coalminer’s Daughter” Martin and Lucia Rijker as contenders for World Female titles in 16 weight divisions.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/World_Boxing_Council   (1352 words)

  
 Boxing News : McDonnell : The Late, Late UK Update
The British Boxing Board of Control responded to the public reaction and ordered a rematch, and this time it was a different fight.
The end result of this however, was that new legislation was put into place by the Board for the provision of properly trained resuscitation teams and equipment, ambulance crew and a standby at the nearest neurological unit at every board-sanctioned fight in the UK from then on.
Frank Warren, the main man in British boxing, and never a man who could be accused of being slow to defend his turf or reputation, has sent a barbed letter to the premier British boxing magazine, Boxing News.
www.maxboxing.com /McDonnell/McDonnell010704.asp   (2713 words)

  
 WBA strengthens ties with Europe   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
The Tiozzo vs. Michalczewski fight, promoted by Universum Box Promotion, was the biggest boxing show in Europe in years with an attendance of more than 16,000 people and TV broadcast to several countries around the world.
Mendoza had a very positive meeting with European Boxing Union (EBU) president Ruben Martinez and general secretary Enza Jacoponi, in which they discussed future steps for the already growing integration between the WBA and the EBU.
The final part of the European tour was in the city of Berlin, where Mr.
www.wbaonline.com /news/news090305a.asp   (692 words)

  
 Irish Boxing
Brian Magee looks set for a European title bid that should compensate somewhat for the loss of his fight with WBO super middleweight champion Joe Calzaghe last month.
The European Boxing Union has nominated Magee to face German based Ukrainian Vitali Tsypko for the vacant title.
The East European's best win was probably a wide points victory Charles Adamu in February of last year.
www.irish-boxing.com /april05/4_April_2005_Magee.htm   (400 words)

  
 The State of Boxing in Italy | TheSweetScience.com Boxing
Their opinions are based on the quality of the fighters, the number of promoters, the lack of attention by the media, the not-so-big crowds at boxing shows, and the relatively small amount of money available.
Some boxing guys like to talk about a crisis in order to pay less to their workers (or to not paying them at all) and to ask for more money to their possible sponsors.
I think that boxing is in a crisis everywhere, held hostage by the same forces that have been crippling it for decades now.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/2804/state-boxing-italy   (1624 words)

  
 Boxing News :: Articles : Haye, Don't Fret
David Haye is one of the most exciting fighters in British boxing, but the powerful cruiserweight boxed well within himself to dismantle Denmark’s Lasse Johansen at the sold out York Hall in Bethnal Green last Friday, to win in eight rounds.
The win marked his first defense of his European Boxing Union crown, and preserved Haye’s ranking among the top ten best cruiserweights in the world.
Like Lewis, Haye is a big man for his weight class (Haye is 6’3 and weighs bang on the expanded 200-lb cruiserweight limit), and with such advantages in size and reach, patience is a virtue that will allow him to dictate fights on his own terms, at a pace comfortable to him.
www.boxingscene.com /index.php?m=show&id=3531   (1270 words)

  
 Boxing - News & Results - UK News
The European Boxing Union is calling for purse bids for the above contest to be opened at the EBU Offices in Rome at 12.00.midday on Thursday, 7th September 2006.
The European Boxing Union is calling for purse bids for the above contest to be opened at the EBU Offices in Rome at 12.00.midday on Wednesday, 6th September 2006.
In the absence of any agreement between the parties and a Promoter the European Boxing Union is calling for purse bids for the above contest to be opened at the EBU Offices in Rome at 12.00.midday on Friday, 1st September 2006.
www.secondsout.com /UK/news.cfm?ccs=228&cs=20101   (714 words)

  
 Boxing News :: World News : Graham Earl's Title Fight is Off.
But the European Boxing Union are having none of it.
"The European organisers says the fight with Melero could be rescheduled for the end of September or the beginning of October, but I don't want to wait that long.
Boxing writer Mike Casey takes a look at the short and tragic career of fighter Young Stribling, a detailed account of his time in the sport.
www.boxingscene.com /?m=show&id=4687   (374 words)

  
 RTÉ.ie Sport - Dunne must bid higher for Pickering bout
Both men have been nominated by European Boxing Union (EBU) chiefs to box for the vacant European super bantamweight title.
Unbeaten Dunne, who has won his 21 fights so far, and Pickering, who has lost four 4 from 33, were nominated by the EBU after reigning European champ Michael Hunter this month relinquished his crown to concentrate on a world title tilt.
Hunter was dropped twice by Pickering in a European title fight in 2005, but got up to win the decider.
www.rte.ie /sport/2006/0929/dunneb.html   (395 words)

  
 ESPN.com: BOXING - EBU President says Madrid might host Tyson-Lewis bout
The proposed heavyweight fight has had problems finding a host, being rejected by several potential venues in the U.S. because of a brawl at a Tyson-Lewis news conference in New York in January after which the Briton accused Tyson of biting him in the leg.
Tyson, 35, had been scheduled to take on Lewis in April in the boxing Mecca of Las Vegas, but the state athletic commission refused to renew the New Yorker's lapsed license after the news conference fracas.
Since then Tyson, who was banned from boxing for a year in 1997 for biting off part of Evander Holyfields's ear during a fight, has been scrambling to find another venue for what could be the richest fight in boxing history.
espn.go.com /boxing/news/2002/0306/1346410.html   (460 words)

  
 Boxing: Arthur keeps world hopes alive | Boxing | Guardian Unlimited Sport
The fight was halted after seven rounds because the challenger had sustained such a badly cut eyebrow he was unable to continue.
Under European Boxing Union rules, the fight went to the scorecards because the referee ruled that the injury to Gulyakevich had been caused by an accidental clash of heads, and Arthur, 27, was given the verdict with scores of 69-64, 69-63 and 68-63 for the seven completed rounds.
When heads clashed again, this time accidentally according to the referee, the ringside doctor had to be called to examine a deep gash over Gulyakevich's eye and, soon afterwards, the contest was brought to an end.
sport.guardian.co.uk /boxing/story/0,,1765094,00.html   (387 words)

  
 Italy Goes Back On Top | TheSweetScience.com Boxing   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
If boxing could have a weekly page in the major newspapers, the champions would become more popular and the arenas would be crowded every time.
As for boxing being on the verge of failure, the show held in Milan on July 27 proved that boxing is alive and well.
Hello Luca, I think all European boxers suffer a credibility problem in the USA, at least until they prove themselves by beating a few decent Americans, though that is slowly changing, not least with the emergence of boxers from the former Soviet bloc countries.
www.thesweetscience.com /boxing-article/4160/italy-goes-back-top   (1273 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Boxing - Arthur ordered to make European title defence
The European Boxing Union has set a deadline of next Wednesday for purse bids to be lodged at their Rome headquarters.
Arthur, who is promoted by Sports Network, is expected to return to the ring in February for the fourth defence of the crown he won on points against Boris Sinitsin 18 months ago.
You engender great admiration from the WBO and the entire boxing world that you can achieve such singular accomplishments in so demanding and unforgiving a sport despite the difficulties in your personal life.
sport.scotsman.com /boxing.cfm?id=1732822006   (600 words)

  
 Boxing - News & Results - World News   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-11-07)
By Salven L. Lagumbay: The World Boxing Organization has ordered the camps of its super-fly champion Fernando Montiel and mandatory challenger Z 'The Dream' Gorres to participate in a purse bidding to be held on November 17 in Puerto Rico.
Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis is the Ambassador and commentator for the pay-per-view event, which will be beamed live into the USA on Friday December 1.
Former undisputed heavyweight boxing champion Lennox Lewis was in attendance as the Ambassador and commentator for the pay-per-view event which will be beamed live into the USA on Friday December 1.
www.secondsout.com /World/news.cfm?ccs=225&cs=19636   (5550 words)

  
 Title Bout Championship Boxing
He was born on March 26, 1936 and raised in a boxing gym in a poor section of Sao Paulo, Brazil.
In the meantime, the European Boxing Union (EBU) organized a match between Alphonse Halimi and Freddie Gilroy of England for its own version of the world title.
It is up to the European Boxing Association now to do justice to the Brazilian by granting him the recognition he deserves due to the exorbitant demands of Halimi and Gilroy.
www.ootpdevelopments.com /tb/tbarticle.php?id=187   (7627 words)

  
 The Official Pete Sanstol Web Site - A Genius in the Ring
Although Pete decided to return to boxing, it would not be as a professional boxer.
He, too, once had been direction-less and bullied by bigger peers as a youth, which had inspired him to take up the sport of boxing; so he knew of the emptiness some of the new generation of youngsters were feeling.
So, in early 1935, he went to the International Boxing Union's headquarters in Paris and demanded to be recognized as a challenger for the bantam world title.
www.geocities.com /boxofdaylight/Genius.htm   (2948 words)

  
 Scotsman.com Sport - Boxing - Arthur to take on Portuguese in title defence
EDINBURGH'S European superfeatherweight champion Alex Arthur has been told that his next title defence must be against Portuguese challenger Antonio Joao Bento.
The European Boxing Union in Rome has put the bout out to purse offers which means the clash could be staged anywhere in Europe.
Purse offers for the European title clash have to be received in the European Boxing Union HQ by November 29.
sport.scotsman.com /boxing.cfm?id=1731902006   (621 words)

  
 World Boxing Council News
Phuket, Thailand - October 5, 2004 -The general assembly meeting on Tuesday morning at the World Boxing Council's 42nd annual world convention was devoted to the election of WBC officers.
Ruben Martinez of Spain, President of the European Boxing Union, said through an interpreter, "There is no other candidate.
The views and opinions of all writers expressed on eastsideboxing.com do not necessarily state or reflect those of the Management.
www.eastsideboxing.com /news.php?p=1943&more=1   (1567 words)

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