It's
been a while, but big time boxing is coming back to Melbourne.
Tony Caradona, and Glenn Wheatley's "Blue Corner
Promotions", in association with manager of champions,
Stuart Duncan have come together to bring the boxing fans,
an exciting , action packed night of entertainment.
 The
venue will be "The Festival Hall", the date
,the 23rd of February, and top of the bill will be Australian
, Robbie "Bomber" Peden,[ Wins 24 Losses 2 ]
in a grudge rematch with the hard hitting Nate" The
Galaxy Warrior" Campbell,[ Wins 25 Losses 2 Draws
1.] for the I.B.F. Super featherweight championship of
the world. This should be a great scrap, as both fighters
totally dislike one another, and Campbell has been doing
plenty of trash talk, in the lead up to the fight.
In March, 2004, Peden took full advantage of Campbells
taunting and foolishly dropping his hands while in the
ring, and clobbered the American with a flush punch, which
stopped him right on the spot, and knocked him out.
The rematch will be a no noncense, tear up, as they both
know that one of them will go on to make a big pay day,
next, and the other will simply fade away in this talent
laden division.
 Also
on the card is The worlds busiest boxer, middleweight,
Sam Soliman. He is matched for 10 rounds against the experienced
Columbian fighter Miguel Julio. Julio has fought all over
the world and has built up a good record, by fighting
such guys like Philip Holiday, and Mikkel Kessler.
 This
fight with Soliman is his last chance at the big time
and he knows it.
Soliman also knows he must win convincingly, to stay with
the big boys and the big paydays that lie ahead in 2005.
If Soliman can win this fight, surely he will get a fight
with Jermaine Taylor and ultimately Bernard " The
Executioner" Hopkins titles later in the year.
In the main support to Soliman, "The Bulli Blaster"
returns to Melbourne and he will be facing Jose Gomez,
from The Dominican Republic, for the I.B.F. Pan Pacific
Jnr middle weight title, and W.B.F. womans champion, Sharon
"Wild Thing" Anyos will be putting her title
on the line against Neris Rincon, from Argentina.
 A
welcome return to the ring for Maroubra's Jason Delisle
who will be another Aussie who will be going all out in
2005,to carry on in 2005 where he left off in 2004, and
fight his way, to a crack at the world championship. Delisle
is matched to fight, the tough Dale Westerman in a unification
bout at light heavy for the O.P.B.F. and I.B.F. Pan Pacific
titles. in what should be another hard fight for the warrior
Delisle.
 If
all this action is not enough , Micheal " Rocky"
Katsidis takes on the Argentinian, Eduardo Alverez , in
the final international bout of the evening.
Congratulations to everyone who had a hand in this excellent
night of boxing. If we had more imaginative matchmaking
like this, then maybe big time boxing would be back not
only in Melbourne, but back , where it should be, in Australia.
Photography by: Gary Todd | Paul Upham | Carleys Photography
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