Few days left for Iron Mike's fight in Athens.
Today at Metropolitan hotel the press conference for IRON CHALLENGE took place. IRON CHALLENGE will be held on Saturday 28th of April at Basketball Stadium at Elliniko, starring the Syrian/Austrian world champion and contender of the World Title Fadi Merza and the Greek world champion Iron Mike Zambidis.
At the panel of the press conference, except the two champions, the President of the Worldwide Federation King of the Ring, Harry Gorian, Iron Mike's coach, Marios Mparmpatsas and the 10 athletes who participate on main games were present.
The coordination of the press conference managed Iron Mike's manager Tonia Fouseki, who presented the athletes and addressed to Fadi Merza who stated that: "I am in Greece to fight for the world title with Iron Mike Zambidis, I have been hearing many things for him and I think he is a very important athlete. I came to take the belt from him and this will be a hard fight!" Afterwards, Iron Mike Zambidis said: "I am ready for this fight, I have prepared very carefully in order to reach your expectations. As for the rest, we will see what happens in the ring!". Iron Mike thanked the greek audience for its honoring support through all these year and he is expecting the same support in this hard fight as well.
Iron Mike's coach, Marios Mparmpatsas, said that with Iron Mike Zambidis they have done very good preparation, that Mike is ready to fight Fadi and IRON CHALLENGE's audience will be speechless with his performance!
On Friday, the weight control for the athletes of IRON CHALLENGE will be held, at Zambidis Club of Agia Paraskevi.
In IRON CHALLEGE, which starts at 16:00 with the pre-games and at 18:00 with the main fights, there will be 15 fights of kick boxing with mainly Greek athletes with the highlight of the night the big fight of Iron Mike Zambidis.
In IRON CHALLENGE the athletes that will be competing are:
Pre-games:
Printezis Pantelis (Zambidis Club) Vs Lagos Stefanos (Zambidis Club) - Children Show Game - 2x1.30'
Soubakas Evangelos (Tsalas Tasos) Vs Alousi Tasos (Botonis Yiannis)- 45kg - 2x1.30'
Bekiras Dionisis (Zambidis Club) Vs Georgopoulos Akis (Kritikos Nikos)- 75Kg - 3x2'
Politis Nikos (Gatsis Christos) Vs Darsaklis Stelios (Plexousakis Manolis) - 60kg - 3x2'
Danelis Stefanos (Zambidis Club) Vs Konstantinou Vangelis (Plexousakis Manolis) - 75Kg - 3x2'
Charissis Stavros (Askitis Nikos) Vs Roussiotis Konstantinos (Drosopoulos Nikos)- 76Kg - 3x2'
Pistolas Nikos (Marios Mparmpatsas) Vs Sapikas Grigoris (Sasaridis Kostas) -73kg - 3x2'
Iali Andreas (Tsalas Tasos) Vs Vardakas Petros (Sozos Panagiotis)- 82kg - 3x2'
Kerpatsi Sokratis (Theofanous Yiannis) Vs Kounopidis Yiorgos (Boulas) - 71Kg - 3x3'
Main games:
Richie Samo (Dimitriou Yiannis) Vs Tigker Nordin (Mallios Yiorgos) - 85kg - 3x3'
Kelekis Nikos (Theofanous Yiannis) Vs Gerekos Alexandros (Alexakis Makis) - 81kg - 3x3'
Stolis Nikos (Dimitriou Yiannis) Vs Chisen Nikos (Athanasopoulos Kostas) - 63kg - 3x3'
Pantazi Maria (Tselis Giorgos) Vs Rossella Setti (Chirco David) - 60kg - 3x3'
Michalopoulos Yiannis (Theofanous Yiannis) Vs Syros Alexandros (Athanasopoulos Kostas) - 71kg - 3x3'
Main Event:
Μιχάλης Ζαμπίδης Vs Fadi Merza -71kg - 3x3' (in case of even result, 2 extra rounds)
The event will last 3 hours and will be presented by Savvas Poumpouras. Parallel musical events will accompany the big fights: NEVMA feat. Maria Makri, Katerina Stikoudi, Nikos NiVo Vourliotis featuring Zan Batist will perform in IRON CHALLENGE. Nikos NiVo Vourliotis feat. Isorropistis is going to perform the song that they have especially composed for Iron Mike Zambidis "O epomenos sti lista".
It is noteworthy that IRON CHALLENGE takes place with the support of ANT1.
Tickets are on presale at "Public Stores", X-TREME STORES and Zambidis Club of Agia Paraskevi & Glyfada. On the day of the event, tickets will be sold in the cashiers of Basketball Stadium at Elliniko (Poseidonos ave. at Old airport of Elliniko, 1st stop at Agios Kosmas)
Communication Sponsors of IRON CHALLENGE are MTV Greece, the newspaper TO PROTO THEMA, the newspaper Sportday, the radio station Nova Sport FM and the online site sport-fm.gr.
Hospitality Sponsor: Metropolitan Hotel
Under the auspice: PAN-HELLENIC FEDERATION OF KICKBOXING (POK)
Sponsors of Iron Mike Zambidis are WILKINSON SWORD, X-TREME STORES and Cyta Hellas.
For further information for IRON CHALLENGE: www.ironchallenge.gr
For more information for journalists:
SO FINE! Communications Management
Mrs Rania Chartofylaka
Tel: 210 9211011-2
Mob.: 693 6883800
e-mail:[email protected]
Mrs Savina Papazoglou
Tel: 210 9211011-2
Mob:6930900960
e-mail:[email protected]
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