Tony Nobbs
Australia
26 December 2008

It is a film documentary simply titled “Lionel” but it’s far from a simple story. The latest piece on the former bantamweight champion of the world Lionel Rose was released last week for sale and it would be a special Christmas gift for any fight enthusiast.
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Olaf Schroeder
Latina, Italy
24 December 2008

Giovanni De Carolis made himself an early Christmas present when he won the vacant International middleweight belt with a unanimous 10-round decision over Belgian co-challenger Michel Recloux on December 23 in Latina, Italy, near Rome.
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Joseph Gradowski and Gary “Digital” Williams
Washington DC, USA
21 December 2008

It was history in motion in Washington D.C. as Howard University’s Burr Gymnasium hosted two World Boxing Foundation title bouts under the proud sponsorship of Babie Girl Productions.

The main event pit east against west as Albanian fighter and WBF Middleweight Champion, Kreshnik “The Eagle” Qato, went toe-to-toe with challenger David “The Weezil” Estrada of Chicago, IL. The championship clash became a patriotic battle as many of Qato’s countrymen were in attendance and chanted lustily in celebration of Qato’s first contest in the United States.

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Gary Williams
Fightnews.com
18 December 2008

Two World Boxing Foundation (WBF) title bouts headline a Babie Girl Promotions card on Saturday, December 20 at Howard University’s Burr Gymnasium in Washington DC.

WBF Middleweight champion Kreshnik “The Eagle” Qato of London, England will defend his title against Chicago’s David “The Weezel” Estrada in a scheduled 12-round contest.

Qato, a native of Albania (17-6, two KOs), is making the first defense of his title that he captured on April 4 in his native land. Qato won a 12-round unanimous decision over Vitor Sa.

Estrada (12-10, nine KOs) has won his last two bouts by knockout, including a fourth-round knockout over Robert Kamya on February 1 in Hinckley, MN.

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Rome, Italy
17 December 2008

The new WBF Intercontinental Welterweight Champion Daniele Petrucci is pictured here after his recent unanimous points win over Domingos Monteiro. This fight brings Petrucci’s unbeaten record to an impressive 23(9)-0. Also pictured is Polish fight referee Zbigniew Lagosz posing with Roman soldiers during his visit to Rome.

Howard Goldberg
South Africa
11 December 2008

In the mid nineteen seventies, the Sylvestor Stallone movie Rocky won an academy award. The film featured an average run of the mill fighter although having lost many of his fights been suddenly afforded the opportunity to fight for the world heavyweight title against the undefeated world heavyweight champion.
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