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The show
will be headlined by a fight for the vacant
Universal
Boxing Organization™ (UBO) World Light
Heavyweight title between Ryan “The Real Deal”
Ford (9-0) of Canada and New Zealand´s Sam “The
Terror” Rapira (15-3).
In the
semi-main event, UBO Asia-Pacific champion
“Miracle” Mirage Khan, AKA Muhammad Meeraj,
(7-1) from Malaysia will take on Australian
underachiever Jake Gathercole (4-6-1) for the
vacant UBO Inter-Continental Light Heavyweight
crown.
Also,
local star Rafi Majid (3-0), who if successful
will become Singapore’s first ever professional
boxing champion, will go for the vacant UBO
Asia-Pacific title at Super Middleweight against
battle-tested Jonathan Simamora (32-30) from
Indonesia, and Benjamin Kelleher (2-0-1) from
New Zealand takes on Satria Antasena (10-8) of
Indonesia for the vacant UBO Asia-Pacific
Cruiserweight title.
The
history-making show, officially the biggest
promotion in Singapore History and the first
single card with four UBO title fights, will
also feature UBO Inter-Continental Female Super
Featherweight champion Nurshashidah Roslie
(4-1), and other interesting undercard
match-ups.
Tickets
are available at
http://theroarofsingapore.peatix.com
Quotes
from the press-conference included:
Scott
Patrick O´Farrell (Ringstar Management Ltd.
Founder and CEO):
“If
we are going to do the beginning, we are going
to do it well. We just have to keep filling
seats, bring the crowd, entertainment and most
of all, the talent. We are going to make
Singapore a real destination for real,
professional and exciting boxing.”
“What
you are seeing in front of you now is the face
of professional boxing in Singapore. We are
going to show the boxers that if you are a
professional athlete and you want to reach these
great heights, we are the way to go. We don’t
have the Pacquiaos or the Floyd Mayweathers
right now, but that doesn’t mean we won’t.”
"We're here to stay and we want to grow and
develop the boxing scene here. I saw that there
wasn't an existing pathway here for growth for
those who are outside the world's top 100 and
those who are making the jump from amateur to
professional boxing. So I would like to give
them a chance to compete at a world stage and
for them to be proud that they can win major
world titles."
Rafi Majid (UBO
Asia-Pacific Super Middleweight
title-challenger):
“I
am very, very excited for this fight. I hope all
of you can come by and see, it’s going to be one
hell of a night.”
Arvind
Lalwani (Trainer and Manager of Majid):
“He’s
ready for the step up. Rafi has good power for
his weigh. We are training for an eight-round
fight and I am pretty confident Rafi will knock
him out."
“I’ve
put up five shows last year already and we are
progressing. With Ringstar coming in, we are
only going to get bigger and better with more
support. I would say in the next
three years or so, we might actually have a
Singaporean challenging for a world title here.
That would be big news.”
Syed Abdul Khadir (President of the Singapore
Boxing Association):
"Singapore
used to be a mecca for boxing in the 1950s to
60s, when boxers from across Asia came to
Singapore to fight, and events at venues like
the Gay World Stadium were held every month. I
hope that this event brings back the hype for
boxing again."
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