Glory 7 is set for April 20th in Milan, Italy at the Mediolanum Forum. Glory has just officially announced that night's main event will be a bout between arguably the world's greatest Kickboxer, Giorgio Petrosyan and Hafid El Boustati.
Petrosyan was most recently in action when he knocked out Ole Laursen with a head kick under the Gotti Promotions banner in early March. El Boustati last competed in November of 2012 when he won a decision under the It's Showtime banner against Wallace Lopes.
The remainder of the fight card for Glory 7 has yet to be released. You can read the full press release from Glory below.
Petrosyan was most recently in action when he knocked out Ole Laursen with a head kick under the Gotti Promotions banner in early March. El Boustati last competed in November of 2012 when he won a decision under the It's Showtime banner against Wallace Lopes.
The remainder of the fight card for Glory 7 has yet to be released. You can read the full press release from Glory below.
Photo credit: Ben Pontier/Glory
GLORY 7 Milan:
World No. 1 Ranked Italian Superstar Giorgio Petrosyan Collides With Rival Sensation Hafid El Boustati
In Kickboxing Main Event At Mediolanum Forum April 20
Tickets On Sale
SINGAPORE (March 19, 2013) -- World No. 1 lightweight (70 kilograms/154 pounds) Giorgio Petrosyan (75-1, 35 KOs) of Italy will headline the GLORY 7 Milan kickboxing mega-event against fellow sensation Hafid El Boustati (67-7-3, 18 KOs) of The Netherlands on Saturday, April 20 at the Mediolanum Forum in Milan, Italy.
Tickets for GLORY 7 Milan, priced from 29 €, can be purchased online at http://www.oktagon.it/it/
“Giorgio
Petrosyan is one of the greatest fighters of his generation, so it is
no accident that he is ranked No. 1 in the world,” said Andrew Whitaker,
Glory Sports International CEO. “Milan is perhaps the world’s style
capital, so we can expect an especially slick performance from Petrosyan
as he headlines GLORY 7 in front of his hometown fans against an
emerging and ferocious contender in El Boustati.”
El
Boustati rides a seven-fight win-streak into this clash, which marks his
GLORY debut. In 2012, he experienced a major breakthrough year that saw
him defeat, amongst others, superstar Robin Van Roosmalen
in a bout for the now-defunct league, It’s Showtime, which GLORY
acquired last Oct. Ranked No. 2 in the GLORY World Federation rankings,
Van Roosmalen was the heavy favorite to win the matchup, but was
stopped two minutes into the second round d!
ue to cuts sustained.
El Boustati, a strong technician
with superior punching power, fights out of Mousid Gym in Amsterdam and
counts fellow GLORY stars Mosab ‘Jaguar’ Amrani and Mourad Bouzidi
amongst his training partners. The matchup with Petrosyan, known for a
highly technical style, represents the biggest opportunity of El
Boustati’s career.
“Honestly, I see a lot of weaknesses in
Petrosyan’s style,” El Boustati says of his nearly unbeaten opponent.
“He fights scared, he avoids the fight. Don’t get me wrong, he is a very
good fighter and he doesn’t take damage but he is very defensive and
that can be a problem for a fighter when he gets certain opponents.
“He
is very technical? Well I am very technical too,” continued El
Boustati, “and I also have power to knock someone out. I know that I
need to finish him because, let’s be honest, is there any chance I am
going to !
win on points in Italy against Petrosyan? No. So I am going in there to
beat him up. I will make him have a real fight for a change.”
Additional bouts for GLORY 7 Milan will be announced soon. For more information, visit www.gloryworldseries.com.
About GLORY:
GLORY World Series (www.gloryworldseries.com)
is the world's new premiere kickboxing league, producing live events
across the globe and offering up to $2 million in prize money to the
winners of one-night, 16-man ‘Grand Slam’ tournaments, which are open to
only the best fighters in each of six different weight classes. The
fight series also includes 8-man ‘Slam’ tournaments and events with
traditional single bouts.
With television deals spanning every continent, online live video streaming of all shows and the world's!
largest online martial arts library, GLORY is one of the world's most widely distributed sporting organizations.
Owned
and operated by Glory Sports International (GSI), the organization has
offices in the UK, Netherlands, Japan, Malaysia, Singapore and soon in
the US. Its personnel include an unprecedented mix of accomplished
entrepreneurs and senior level executives from the diverse worlds of
finance, sports marketing, television and martial arts fighting.
In
2013, GLORY launched the ROAD TO GLORY tournament fight series to
identify and develop new kickboxing talent in the United States, Japan
and elsewhere around the globe into future champions and superstars of
the sport.
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