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2018 UBO Boxing Awards |
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January 9,
2019 /
BY UBO PRESS OFFICER |
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It’s
time for the
Universal Boxing Organization™ Boxing Awards
for 2018. This year we have
eight categories.
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Below we
list the winners of the various categories, but if
you are one of the boxers, managers, promoters
etc. involved with the UBO in 2018
that do
not receive an award, please know that you are
still very much appreciated.
The recipients are as follows:
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2018
BOXER OF THE YEAR |
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Cedric
Bellais
Tahiti-born French national
Cedric Bellais
(21-8-3) didn't win just one,
but two UBO titles in 2018. And
he won both in impressive
fashion.
On
March 23 in Mataiea, Tahiti, he
stopped Bulgarian Konstantin
Semerdjiev (34-17-2) to win the
vacant Inter-Continental Light
Heavyweight title by fourth
round knockout.
On
July 27 in Papeete, also in
Tahiti, he got rid of
Argentinian Crispulo Javier
Andino (20-10-1) to become UBO
World Champion, and secure the
2018 UBO Boxer of the Year
Award. |
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Honorable Mentions:
Alexander
Frank (for winning
and defending the UBO World
Heavyweight title),
Halima Vunjabei
(For winning
and defending
the UBO Female International
Junior Flyweight
title),
Salimu Jengo
(For winning
the UBO
International Super
Featherweight and
Lightweight titles). |
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2018
FIGHT OF THE YEAR |
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Hamson
Lamadau vs. Samuel Tehuayo
An all
Indonesian encounter for the
vacant UBO International
Flyweight title between
Hamson Lamandau and
Samuel Tehuayo
turned out to be the UBO Fight
of the Year for 2018.
On
March 31 at the Cendrawasih
Sports Hall in Jakarta,
televised live to millions by
MNCTV, 24-year-old Lamandau
(10-2-1) and 29-year-old
reigning UBO Asia-Pacific
Champion Tehuayo (21-43-2)
fought tooth and nail to gain
control from the first bell.
Lamandau eventually wore down
his much more experienced foe,
and after a back-and-forth
battle scored a stoppage in the
twelfth and final round.
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Honorable Mentions:
Ihor Magurin vs.
Barnie Arguelles
(World
Super Featherweight title,
1.20,
Kiev, Ukraine),
Peter Kramer
vs. Danijel Arandjelovic (European
Middleweight title,
3.24,
Kistarcsa, Hungary),
Sherif Morina vs. Benson
Nyilawila
(International
Welterweight title,
11.24, Velbert, Germany). |
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2018
NEW CHAMPION OF THE YEAR |
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Alexander
Frank
UBO World Heavyweight
Champion Alexander Frank
from Germany was only a hair
from being the UBO Fighter of
the Year, but instead he is the
clear-cut 2018 New Champion of
the Year!
Born
in Kazakhstan, Frank (16-0-1)
knocked out former UBO European
Champion Zoltan Petranyi (56-23)
in the first round to win the
UBO World title on September 8
in Ukraine.
Exactly three months later,
on December 8 in Germany, he
defended the title impressively
with a fifth round stoppage of
former IBO World
title-challenger Roman
Golovashchenko (19-2).
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Honorable Mentions:
Tommy Browne
(World Super Welterweight
Champion),
Laszlo Toth
(Inter-Continental
Welterweight Champion),
Hassan Mwakinyo
(International Super
Welterweight
Champion),
Ihor Magurin
(World
Super Featherweight
Champion),
Halima Vunjabei
(Female
International Junior
Flyweight
Champion). |
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2018 PROSPECT OF THE YEAR |
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Sherif
Morina
He
might be 29 years old, and some
would claim he is too old to be
considered a prospect, but fact
remains that UBO International
Welterweight Champion
Sherif Morina (8-0-1)
is just that, after only nine
bouts in the pro game.
And
what a prospect he is! He
continuously chose to fight
tough opposition, and has
already captured two titles
since turning over in June of
2016 (He has also held the World
Boxing Federation (WBF)
International title).
Morina, born in Kosovo, won a
unanimous decision over very
game and undefeated Tanzanian
Benson Nyilawila (10-0) on
November 24, to win the UBO
crown.
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Honorable Mentions:
Zoltan Surman Jr. (Youth
World Super Lightweight Champion),
Tshibangu Kayembe (International
Super Lightweight Champion),
Hamson Lamandau (International
Flyweight Champion). |
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2018
PROMOTER OF THE YEAR |
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Toto Box
Promotion /
Zoltan Kiss Sr. & Krisztina
Belinszky
Hungarian promotional outfit
Toto Box Promotion,
headed by Zoltan Kiss Sr. and
former World Champion Krisztina
Belinszky, is the 2018 UBO
Promoter of the Year.
Toto
Box promoted three UBO
championship fights in 2018,
following many more in previous
years.
Currently they handle UBO
Inter-Continental Champions
Laszlo Toth (27-4-1,
Welterweight) and Zoltan Szabo
(25-15, Super Lightweight), as
well as UBO International
Champion Gyula Dodu (18-10-1,
Super Flyweight).
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Honorable Mentions:
Kigula Sports Ent.,
Fight Night Show Promotions,
Mwazoa Promotion,
Cedric Bellais,
Mukadi Manda. |
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2018
EVENT OF THE YEAR |
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Dar Es Salaam, Tanzania, March
10
The
National Indoor Stadium in Dar
Es Salaam hosted a massive UBO
Championship triple-header on
March 10. This was the UBO 2018
Event of the Year.
Salehe Mkalekwa (9-1) won the
UBO All Africa Welterweight
title against Ugandan Juma Waswa
(10-1-1), Salimu Jengo (9-1)
beat former world champion
Cosmas Cheka (21-9-5) to lift
the UBO International Super
Featherweight crown, and Halima
Vunjabei (5-3-1) defeated
Nicholine Achieng (3-7) from
Kenya for the Female
International Super Flyweight
title.
Promoter was
Kigula Sports Ent. |
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Honorable Mentions:
Lamandau vs. Tehuayo (March
31,
Jakarta, Indonesia),
Kaleng vs. Insauralde,
Sadiki vs. Farias
(April 7, Kinshasa, D.R.C.),
Browne vs. Lamptey (August
19, Mount Hunter, Australia). |
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2018 SPECIAL TRIBUTE OF THE YEAR |
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Sebastien
Pitois / UBO Commissioner
The
2018 UBO Special Tribute Award
goes to long-time UBO
Commissioner Sebastien
Pitois from France.
Mr.
Pitois works hard for the UBO,
facilitating fights all over the
world and happily traveling to
far-away places to supervise UBO
championship bouts.
His
dedication and professionalism
is highly appreciated, and he
deserves this honor more than
most.
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Honorable Mention:
None. |
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2018
ACCOMPLISHMENT OF THE YEAR |
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Tommy
Browne / UBO World Champion
UBO
World Super Welterweight
Champion Tommy Browne
(39-7-2) had a remarkable 2018.
He started out at a low, but
finished very much at a high,
and deserves the UBO 2018
Accomplishment of the Year
Award.
A pro
for almost seventeen years, the
former Featherweight began 2018
by, some would say, mistakenly
moving up to Middleweight where
he lost to the much bigger
Anthony Mundine.
But,
not one to give up, he then
rebounded with two victories in
the USA, before convincingly
defeating (TKO3) Ebenezer Lantei
Lamptey (29-3) from Ghana to win
the UBO world title.
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Honorable Mention:
None. |
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