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2008
BOXER OF THE YEAR |
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Evans Ashira
Evans "The African Warrior"
Ashira won the UBO
Intercontinental super
welterweight title on April
19 2008 when he stopped
former European champion
Mamadou Thiam in six
explosive rounds.
Ashira once fought Joe Calzaghe
for the WBO SUPER middleweight
title, and went the full
distance with the legendary
Welshman.
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Record: 29-3. |
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2008
FIGHT OF THE YEAR |
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Evans Ashira vs. Mamadou Thiam
The Ashira vs. Thiam fight
turned out to be all action
from the first bell to the
ending in round six when
Ashira knocked the Frenchman
out with a left hook.
While non of the two are "spring
chickens", Ashira and Thiam
showed that they both wanted the
UBO title badly.
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2008
PROSPECT OF THE YEAR |
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Hamada Mohamed Hassan
Undefeated Egyptian banger
Hamada Mohamed Hassan showed his
potential on May 11 by going ten
rounds and winning the UBO
International super middleweight
title in only his sixth
professional contest.
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Record: 7-0. |
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2008
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR |
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Ljubomir Vidovic
Staging two defenses for UBO
world cruiserweight champion
Goran Delic in 2008, in front of
massive crowds, Bosnian promoter
Ljubomir Vidovic is
well-deserving of this award.
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2008
MANAGER OF THE YEAR |
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Eddie Basajja Basira
Manager and promoter of UBO
world champions Peter Semo
(Light Welterweight) and Abdu
Tebazalwa (Featherweight)
Mr. Basira staged a title
twin-bill in December 2008 in
Kampala, Uganda featuring Semo
and Tebazalwa in UBO world title
fights.
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