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Kean/Gibson fight is the standout fight for January so far

 

http://www.fightnews.com/Boxing/briggs-vs-oquendo-works-385005.Fres will win this

 

Ustinov's return is targeted for 25 February in England according to his manager Vlad Hrunov and will be promoted by Ustinov's promoter Frank W.

 

Tony Yoka is all set to turn pro next year.24 december interview with Tony Yoka:

Tony, you always want to become a professional Boxer? Tony. I want a title of world heavyweight champion. To be eligible for this ambition, I think I'll have to travel to the United States. Structures in France will not allow me to compete with the biggest in my category. Need me a coach and a team to the professional environment running smoothly. I also think that it will be beneficial for my concentration. There, the public knows me little. But if I opt for the United States, I will live for seven or eight months a year. Even if I train abroad, I want to fight in France. The public has made me a headlining, I wishes to remain. And give the show to those who support me.

I heard that you had also want to fight in Congo, the country of origin of your father. Tony. This is part of my dream. I'm french and proud of it, but I also have a strong African culture. My father began boxing in Kinshasa after seeing the Ali-Foreman match. That's why he emigrated to France, for boxer. Unfortunately, he could not continue his career for health reasons. I would like to close the loop. It is he who taught you how to fight... Tony. He stuck a foot in the door from 6 years old. And led me until I was 16. Then he came to me at age 21, to drive me to the OLYMPICS. Despite my title of junior world vice-champion, despite my gold medal at the Youth Olympic GAMES, the team of France did not believe in me. I got fired. But my father stopped working to take care of my preparation. We couldn't count on us, Luis Mariano Gonzalez, my coach, Mehdi Nichane, my trainer, and him. My father is essential. It is somewhat marabout, you know... When I was 8 years old, he told me: ' you will be a champion in Olympics in 2016.' Where your emotion to the descent of the ring, in Rio, when you have hugged him? Tony. When I win, my first reaction is to take my coach in my arms. Then I come down to the ring. Estelle is here. It has a flag in hands and it wraps in it. This image has been seen all over the world. But, then, I have only one desire: to my father. I go up in the stands, the whole family throws herself on me. I calculate person. I'm looking for my father. And when I see him, I hold it in my arms. It's like the World Cup. It is a moment of intense communion which belongs to us.

The heavyweight category is Queen in boxing. It is also the most powerful. Have you ever scared? Tony. If I was afraid of the fight, I wouldn't step in into to the ring. My category is the strongest. Viewers want to sweat, blood and KO's. When I get in the ring, it's as if I was going to war. And I'm ready to die.

http://www.parismatch.com/People/Es...oka-Le-mariage-Pas-avant-le-printemps-1150835

 

21 December interview with Tony Yoka and Virgil Hunter:

After four months of solicitations of any kind and without boxer, Tony Yoka, now a Knight of the Legion of honor, is about to leave to train with Virgil Hunter, the famous coach of San Francisco, smouldering under its wings the star Andre Ward, champion Olympic light heavyweight in Athens in 2004 or Amir Khan, also at the same games lightweight silver medal. An American switch? "Tony Yoka is a kid who looks great and can attract people who are not passionate about boxing, Virgil Hunter tells the newspaper L'Equipe. If Tony Yoka is considering to live in the United States to train, he didn't intend to fight elsewhere that in France, because its audience is here, including his father Victor Yoka, former Congolese Boxer, who passed on the virus. In France, Tony Yoka has been seen on TV in shows a part of the youth likes such as Cyril Hanouna. For Yoka, Cyril Hanouna (animator on C8 group Canal channel) is "authentic" and he would not be against 'work with him. " Supply of Canal , owned by Vivendi, to be the broadcaster of his fights him interested. "Canal is a strong brand that has a great history with the boxing." The fact that Vivendi has one foot in Africa also interests me because I'd like boxer out there,"he says. "With my style of boxing, my talent and my attitude, I believe that it can do. I can be the headlining boxing needs. " Discussions with broadcasters revolve around a rolling four-year contract, with 1.5 million euros the first year.

http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20161221-boxe-tony-yoka-vie-apres-jo-rio-virgil-hunter-ffb

 

A promoter of renowned side developer, Sébastien Acariès and the Klitschko brothers, applications have been rejected. Tony Yoka wants the best of the best to accompany its ambitions of champion of the world in a few years. It could be either Al Haymon, Advisor of Floyd Mayweather or Bob Arum who organized among other fights Oscar of Hoya, Erik Morales or even Manny Pacquiao with his Top Rank company. Before the games, Tony Yoka was widely displayed its ambitions. He did not leave the Brazil to string beads, but to come home with the gold around his neck. It is reproached his self-importance and his outrageous character especially when he shoots the language after a K.O. opponent Says that in moments like this, he is quite the "right to Exult. The French Boxing Federation had made his head of gondola. Today, the two parties are cold. To the extent that he did appear at a party held to honor all the medals in Rio. 'A history of money' according to the FFB. For Tony Yoka, the FFB has never been close to him. "In 2013 (after the Olympic GAMES in London, Editor's note), the Fed did not believe in me, it involved me as the 51 kg.". However, in heavy, we don't have the same needs, we don't take the same shots, it's another investment. The English understood this, but in France it is zero in the formation of the heavy,"says Yoka

http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20161221-boxe-tony-yoka-vie-apres-jo-rio-virgil-hunter-ffb

P.S.Bob Arum enters the picture interesting.So it will be Haymon or Arum for Yoka.Haymon's offer is 1 million dollars plus.Yoka rejected K2 1 million offer.

 

He won't hear from the Federation of French boxing in regards preparing for Rio, Yoka advance that the FFB interested back to him at the time when he became champion of the amateur world, allowing him to validate his ticket for the Brazil. Both sides visibly hid their differences until they burst into the open. "The Fed has got a visibility of crazy, licensees flock, the State aid will increase... I'm champion Olympic and we want to pay me as before the games? I want good money to be a taboo subject in France, but do not laugh at me", let it go. Requested by RFI, the federation declined to respond to these comments. Tony Yoka, who has nothing to prove to fans, knows that the next few years will be crucial in his life as a professional Boxer. With an ego, that many feel oversized, this is now considered the iron lance of the French boxing. Him not to burn the wings.

http://www.rfi.fr/sports/20161221-boxe-tony-yoka-vie-apres-jo-rio-virgil-hunter-ffb

 

Undefeated Mohamed Soltby has signed with Frank W.

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