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Gary Shaw Productions Not Interested in Kayode vs. Flores Bout

Once beaten cruiserweight contender BJ Flores (27-1-1, 17 KOs) has gone public, calling out undefeated Nigerian Lateef “Power” Kayode (18-0-1, 14 KOs) after his fight on Showtime Championship Boxing where he had a draw with five-time world champion, Antonio Tarver (29-6-1, 20 KOs).  Flores contacted Gary Shaw Productionslast week with his request.

Said John Beninati, matchmaker for Gary Shaw Productions, “Dear BJ, first I want to say that I think you are great for boxing and I am a big fan.  However, Lateef Kayode had a draw with the best Cruiserweight on the planet last week in Antonio Tarver.  Although we at GSP think you’re a good fighter, Lateef Kayode is looking for much bigger fights in the future.”

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Alejandro Berrio Returns This Friday June 15, 2012 in Colombia

Columbia’s former super middleweight champion, Alejandro Berrio (32-5, 29 KOs), returns to the ring this Friday, June 15, when he faces fellow countryman Evert Bravo (18-4-1, 14 KOs) in the 10-round main event at the Coliseo Cubierto Elias Chegwin in Barranquilla, Colombia.

Berrio has big wins against current WBO super middleweight titlest, Robert Stieglitz (42-2, 23 KOs) and American Yusaf Mack (30-4-2, 17 KOs), giving both fighters their first losses as professionals.

“I know I can beat anyone in the world if I’m 100 percent focused,” said Berrio. “I’ve proven that I’m a fighter that can compete on the championship stage.  I’m looking to knock out my opponent and move on to a big fight, hopefully a world title shot.”

“Berrio has been out of the ring for over a year and my goal is to get him back into title contention,” said Boxing 360 promoter Mario Yagobi. “He’s a powerful puncher and is currently riding a six-fight winning streak.  He has talent and he’s hungry to get back on top.  A big opportunity lies ahead if he can win this fight.”

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UEFA EURO 2012 opening ceremony details unveiled!

The opening ceremony of UEFA EURO 2012 will be held at the National Stadium in Warsaw on 8 June. The performance will start 20 minutes before kick-off of the tournament’s opening match between Poland and Greece and offer an unforgettable curtain-raiser to three weeks of a celebration of national team football in Poland and Ukraine.

The concept for the UEFA EURO 2012 opening ceremony has been developed by Marco Balich, creative director and executive producer of Italian events and ceremonies company Filmmaster Events. Marco Balich has amongst other created the opening and closing ceremonies of the Turin Olympics in 2006 and is also known in Ukraine, having produced the opening ceremony of the Donbass Arena in Donetsk in 2009.

The 12-minute show will combine heritage and innovation, to bring sport and culture together and mark the start of a historical event, the first UEFA European Football Championship to be staged in central and east Europe. It will also promote the participating nations together with key UEFA EURO values: unity, rivalry and passion.

Renowned Hungarian classical pianist Adam Gyorgy who recently celebrated his 30th birthday with a sold out concert at New York City’s Carnegie Hall, will perform a Chopin ‘‘Étude’ in a minor (Op.25 Nr.11) as part of the ceremony, to bring the pure classical tradition of Chopin into a sport environment. Adam Gyorgy is no stranger to football, being a major fan himself, and practising football as his daily routine. He was previously a member of the Hungarian national futsal team.

The opening ceremony will include mass choreographies involving more than 800 volunteer performers, coming from as many as 63 countries around the world.

More than 150 million live viewers are expected to watch the opening match and its ceremony.

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Josesito Lopez Steps In To Face “Vicious” Victor Ortiz

It was officially announced today that popular contender Josesito Lopez, of Riverside, California, has been tapped to meet “Vicious” Victor Ortiz in the main event on Saturday, June 23, at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California. for the vacant World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver Welterweight title, live on SHOWTIME. Lopez, who had been training for a June 22 bout that was canceled days ago, replaces Andre Berto following Berto’s failed pre-fight drug test which was revealed last Friday.

Ortiz vs. Lopez will headline a three-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast (live at 9 p.m. ET/PT, tape delayed on the West Coast) that now will include top rated heavyweight Chris Arreola in a 10-round bout against an opponent to be determined and the previously announced 12-round bout between Humberto Soto and Lucas Matthysse for the vacant WBC Continental Americas Super Lightweight title.

The event is promoted by Golden Boy Promotions in association with Goossen Tutor Promotions and Thompson Boxing Promotions and sponsored by Corona, DeWalt Tools and AT&T. Soto vs. Matthysse is presented in association with Baja Boxing Promotions and Arano Box Promotions. All tickets purchased for Ortiz vs. Berto II will be honored for this event.

The star of Victor Ortiz (29-3-2, 22 KO’s) has been on the rise for the last few years, but in 2011, the native of Garden City, Kansas, finally put everything together for the entire world to see. The owner of wins over Mike Arnaoutis, Nate Campbell and Antonio Diaz, Ortiz stepped it up in April 2011 with a thrilling 12-round decision win over Berto that captivated the boxing world and earned him the WBC Welterweight Championship. Five months later, Ortiz would lose a controversial bout to pound-for-pound king Floyd Mayweather Jr., but on June 23, the 25-year old begins his quest to get back to the top of the division.

The latest in the line of talented contenders from Southern California, 27-year old Josesito Lopez (29-4, 17 KO’s) has the style and determination to add “championship” to his resume sooner rather than later. A boxer-puncher who isn’t afraid to mix it up, Lopez flew under the radar for the early part of his career, but after a controversial decision loss to Edgar Santana in 2008, fight fans started taking notice of him. Following a seven fight winning streak that included a knockout of unbeaten Mike Dallas Jr. in 2011, Lopez got a coveted undercard fight against Jessie Vargas last September beneath the Floyd Mayweather vs. Victor Ortiz pay-per-view mega-fight. While he lost a razor-thin split decision which many ringside observers had him winning, he proved that he can compete at the highest level of the sport.

A big puncher with an even bigger personality, Riverside’s Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (35-2, 30 KO’s) has long been considered one of the best and most popular heavyweights in the game today. A former world title challenger who took on Vitali Klitschko at STAPLES Center in 2009, the 31-year old Arreola has since won eight of his last nine bouts, including knockouts of Raphael Butler and Eric Molina. With a world championship fight right around the corner, he will have a lot at stake when he enters the ring in front of his loyal hometown fans at STAPLES Center.

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IOC Selects Three Cities As Candidates For The 2020 Olympic Games

The International Olympic Committee (IOC) announced today that Istanbul (Turkey), Tokyo (Japan) and Madrid (Spain) have made it on to the shortlist of cities bidding to host the 2020 Olympic Games. The Candidate Cities were accepted from among five Applicant Cities, which also included Baku (Azerbaijan) and Doha (Qatar).

The three Candidate Cities will now be requested to prepare their Candidature File with an in-depth description of their Olympic project. They will also prepare for the visit of the IOC Evaluation Commission. The Evaluation Commission will make a detailed technical assessment of each candidature and publish a report in advance of the 2020 Briefing for IOC Members in July 2013.

The election of the host city will take place on 7 September 2013 at the IOC Session in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

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J.P. Arencibia of the Toronto Blue Jays named American League Player of the Week

Toronto Blue Jays catcher J.P. Arencibia has been named the American League Player of the Week for the period ending May 20th. This is J.P.’s first career weekly honor and it marks the first time ever that a Blue Jays catcher has won the award. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.

In six games last week, Arencibia batted .360 (9-for-25) and tied for the A.L. lead with four home runs, 10 RBI and seven runs scored. The 26-year-old backstop paced the A.L. with a .920 slugging percentage and ranked fourth with 23 total bases while adding two doubles and a walk. On Wednesday, May 16th, the Miami, Florida native went 3-for-4 with a home run, a double, two RBI and two runs scored in Toronto’s 8-1 victory over the New York Yankees at the Rogers Centre. The next night, the University of Tennessee product went 1-for-4 and homered again in a 4-1 win to lift the Blue Jays to a two-game sweep of the Yankees. Arencibia, who was selected by the Blue Jays with the 21st overall pick in the 2007 First-Year Player Draft, continued his hot hitting against New York Clubs with his 3-for-5 performance on Friday at home against the Mets. J.P. recorded two home runs and a career-high six RBI in the contest, eclipsing his previous best of five RBI on April 1, 2011, when the Blue Jays hosted the Minnesota Twins. The two home runs marked his fourth career multi-homer game, which he also accomplished on July 22, 2011 at Texas; April 1, 2011 vs. Minnesota; and August 7, 2010 vs. Tampa Bay. With the multi-homer effort, Arencibia connected for home runs in three consecutive games for the first time in his career. He had previously homered in consecutive contests on September 7-8, 2011 vs. Boston, and on July 22-23, 2011 at Texas. Arencibia closed the week on Sunday with a 2-for-5 performance, including a double, in a 6-5 loss to the Mets. The right-handed hitting slugger is now batting .256 on the season with seven home runs, seven doubles and 26 RBI. Among A.L. catchers, he ranks second in RBI and slugging percentage (.504); tied for second in home runs and runs scored (17); third in extra-base hits (14); and fourth in total bases (59).

Other noteworthy performances last week included Dayan Viciedo (.444, 4 HR, 10 RBI, .889 SLG) of the Chicago White Sox; Baltimore Orioles outfielder Adam Jones (.387, 4 HR, 8 RBI, 1 2B, .806 SLG); Detroit Tigers first baseman Prince Fielder (.464, 2 HR, 8 RBI, 5 2B, .857 SLG); Boston Red Sox pitchers Josh Beckett (2-0, 0.61 ERA, 14.2 IP, 4 BB, 14 SO) and Jon Lester (2-0, 3.00 ERA, 1 CG, 15.0 IP, 1 BB, 9 SO); and Kansas City Royals pitcher Bruce Chen (2-0, 2.08 ERA, 13.0 IP, 4 BB, 11 SO).

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Clayton Kershaw of the Los Angeles Dodgers named National League Player of the Week

Los Angeles Dodgers ace Clayton Kershaw has been named the National League Player of the Week for the period ending May 20th. The announcement was made earlier today on MLB Network.

Kershaw was a perfect 2-0 in two starts last week, leading the Majors with 16.0 innings pitched and tied for the lowest earned run average (0.00) among qualifying starters. Over his two outings, the 2011 N.L. Cy Young Award winner added 10 strikeouts with three walks and 10 hits while not allowing a home run. On Monday, May 14th, the Dallas, Texas native tossed 7.0 shutout innings, striking out six and allowing just four hits in the Dodgers’ 3-1 win over the visiting Arizona Diamondbacks. On Saturday night, Kershaw outdueled St. Louis Cardinals starter Jake Westbrook in a 6-0 shutout at Dodger Stadium. The seventh overall selection in the 2006 First-Year Player Draft doubled and scored a run in the Dodgers’ four-run seventh inning, which broke a 0-0 tie. The opposite-field two-bagger was the first extra-base hit of Kershaw’s career after collecting 28 singles in five Major League seasons. The 24-year-old needed 116 pitches to dispatch the defending World Champions, striking out four and not allowing a walk en route to his first complete-game shutout of the 2012 campaign. The shutout extended Kershaw’s scoreless innings streak to 22.0, dating back to his May 8th start vs. San Francisco. With his two victories during the week, Kershaw improved his record to 4-1 on the season. The left-hander currently ranks second in the National League with 61.2 innings pitched, and is third among qualifying pitchers with a 1.90 ERA and 0.88 WHIP. This is his second career weekly award, having won previously for the period of June 20-26, 2011.

Other noteworthy performances last week included Pittsburgh’s Rod Barajas (.471, 3 HR, 5 RBI, 1.059 SLG, .474 OBP), Andrew McCutchen (.320, 4 HR, 7 RBI, .800 SLG, 6 R) and Joel Hanrahan (0-0, 0.00 ERA, 3 SV, 3 SO, 3.0 IP); Milwaukee’s Ryan Braun (.444, 2 2B, HR, 7 RBI, 12 H, .483 OBP), Jonathan Lucroy (.400, 2 2B, 2 HR, 11 RBI, .800 SLG) and Zack Greinke (2-0, 0.66 ERA, 13 SO, 13.2 IP); Matt Holliday (.308, 3 HR, 6 RBI, 6 R) of the St. Louis Cardinals; Philadelphia’s Hunter Pence (.393, 3 HR, 11 H, 6 R, .750 SLG, .469 OBP) and Carlos Ruiz (.476, HR, 7 RBI, 10 H, 6 R, .560 OBP); David Wright (.500, 6 2B, 8 H, .875 SLG, .652 OBP) of the New York Mets; Atlanta’s Tim Hudson (2-0, 1.23 ERA, 6 SO, 14.2 IP); Miami’s Josh Johnson (2-0, 1.93 ERA, 10 SO 14.0 IP); Arizona’s Wade Miley (2-0, 0.66 ERA, 8 SO 13.2 IP); and San Francisco’s Ryan Vogelsong (1-0, 0.64 ERA, 8 SO, 14.0 IP).

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Contender Josesito Lopez Steps In To Battle Victor Ortiz

Former NABF Super Lightweight Champion Josesito Lopez (29-4, 17 KO’s) of Riverside, California, will step in to face former World Champion “Vicious” Victor Ortiz in the main event on Saturday, June 23 at STAPLES Center in Los Angeles, California, live on SHOWTIME. Lopez is replacing Andre Berto who failed a pre-fight drug test. Also to be announced, number one rated WBC heavyweight contender Chris “The Nightmare” Arreola (35-2, 30 KO’s)of Riverside, California, will face an opponent to be named in the opening bout of the three-fight SHOWTIME CHAMPIONSHIP BOXING telecast.

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Referee appointed for UEFA Champions League Final

The UEFA Referees Committee today announced the referee for the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League final between FC Bayern München and Chelsea FC, to be played at Fussball Arena München on Saturday 19 May and kicking off at 20.45 CET.

The match will be handled by 41-year-old Portuguese referee Pedro Proença who made his international debut in 2003. He has officiated more than sixty-five UEFA matches in his refereeing career.

Pedro Proença has handled five UEFA Champions League matches since the beginning of the current season, including, among others, the round of 16 return-leg between FC Internazionale Milano and Olympique de Marseille, as well as two UEFA Europa League matches, including the first-leg of the quarter-final between FC Schalke 04 and Athletic Club.

At the final in Munich, Pedro Proença will be assisted by his fellow countrymen Bertino Miranda and Ricardo Santos. The fourth official will be Carlos Velasco Carballo from Spain. The two additional assistant referees are Jorge Sousa and Duarte Gomes. A reserve assistant referee – Tiago Trigo – completes the line-up of the refereeing team.

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UEFA Champions League final: Chelsea FC vs. FC Bayern München

Who would’ve predicted it? It was supposed to be a final between Real Madrid CF and FC Barcelona. Instead the soccer gods have chosen Chelsea FC and FC Bayern München to be in the final. A great choice, as both clubs demonstrated that they deserve to be in the final by beating two of the world’s best in the semis.

The UEFA Champions League is UEFA’s most prestigious club competition that was originally created as the European Champion Clubs’ Cup for the 1955/56 season, before its revamping as the UEFA Champions League in 1992. With a projected audience of 200 million viewers in 210 territories, this event will be bigger than the Super Bowl if those numbers are reached.

So how do these two clubs stack against each other? Oh wait, they’ve only played once against each other. Although these two clubs only faced each other once there are many different stats that could be analyzed in anticipation of the big match.

Winning Percentage

While clubs from Italy have the most appearances per nation in all-time European Cup finals, England clubs has recorded 11 wins from 18 final appearances giving them a better winning percentage than their counterparts from Germany. The Germans were victorious only six times of their 14 all-time European Cup finals.

On the contrary in the UEFA Champions League final, clubs from England emerged victorious in 1999, 2005 and 2008, and were losing finalists in 2006, 2007, 2008, 2009 and 2011 giving them a winning percentage of 37.5%. Whereas German clubs were winners in 1997 and 2001 and runners-up in 1999, 2002 and 2010 which is good for a 40% winning percentage.

The one time these two clubs met each other was in the 2004/05 UEFA Champions League quarter-finals. Bayern won the first leg in Munich, while The Blues won the second leg in London. Chelsea came victorious out of this battle by winning 6-5 on aggregate and reaching the semi-finals.

Home Field Advantage

The 2012 UEFA Champions League Final will be hosted at the Fussball Arena München, which is also the home of Bayern. According to UEFA the stadium has a capacity of 62,500 by which 35,000 tickets was split evenly between each finalist while another 7,000 tickets went for worldwide sale.

Only two teams have ever won the UEFA Champions League on home soil: Borussia Dortmund (1997, final in Munich) and Juventus (1996, final in Rome), while Manchester United FC lost the 2011 final in London. Five teams won Champion Clubs’ Cup finals on home soil: Real Madrid CF (1957), FC Internazionale Milano (1965), Manchester United FC (1968), AFC Ajax (1972) and Liverpool FC (1978), while Stade de Reims Champagne (1956), AS Roma (1984) and FC Barcelona (1986) all lost finals in their own country.

When playing in Munich, the German club has lost only once in 16 matches, including ten victories. Their only loss came versus Norwich City FC in the 1993/94 UEFA Cup second round.

Chelsea also has a winning record against German clubs. The Blues have played 13 fixtures against Bundesliga sides and they have won seven and lost four. The down side of this is that all four of their defeats came while playing in Germany.

Goal Scorer

You can’t win if you don’t score.  Bayern found the back of the net 25 times during the 2011/12 UEFA Champions League season leaving Chelsea FC behind by one goal. Mario Gomez accounted for 12 of the goals scored by the Munich club, while the other 13 goals came from 6 different players.

Chelsea found the back of the net 24 times with the goals coming from 10 different players. Only seven of these players will be on hand for Chelsea during the final match bearing in mind that Branislav Ivanovi?, Ramires and Raul Meireles are suspended.

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