BOXING LEGEND ELLIS BACKS FIL-AUSSIE NEPHEW HEATH ELLIS IN TITLE DEFENSE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Fri, 09 Apr 2010
Heath Ellis.
Former four time World boxing champion Lester ?Master Blaster? Ellis (41-8, 28 KO?s) who won the IBF Junior Lightweight World title and Three IBO World Titles at lightweight, junior welterweight and light middleweight will be at ringside tonight to support his nephew Heath ?the Heat? Ellis defend his IBF pan pacific and WBC Asian Boxing Council Welterweight Titles against Steve ?Super? Maxwell.
The fight will take place at the Malvern Town Hall in Melbourne, Australia and is being staged by multi-titled Victorian ?Promoter of the Year? Peter Maniatis.
After the weigh-in Lester Ellis said he believes his fighting nephew has ?the talent, punch and power? to give trash talking opponent Steve Maxwell a boxing lesson and then knock him out in the later rounds of a scheduled 12 round title fight.
Ellis?s comments were relayed to insidesports.ph, Standard Today and Viva Sports by his brother Neil who indicated the former world champion said ?my nephew?s record of 12-1 with 6 knockouts is very deceiving. Young Heath is a real knockout puncher who has hurt all he has fought in his professional career. ?The kid can punch and punch very ,very hard?
Lester said ?Boxing is all about having a good team and good management. Heath certainly has that base covered. My brother Neil Ellis knows the game and knows it very well. The trainer, Dave Hegherty, his brother Brock and Elio Doria, make one hell of a team. He also has a great sponsor Moonee Valley Pizza Pepi Magliolo, who ?s support has just been the best. The man is a diamond.?
He noted that TeamEllis are working as one not a team of individuals adding ?this is great and the only way to be . Steve Maxwell will be an acid test for the young Ellis because he is a puncher and has a punchers chance. But Ellis is quick ,boxes smart and has excellent lateral movement and can bang also.?
The fight is under the banner of Maniatis Events. The promoter Peter Maniatis has done over 40 shows and is enamored with the progress shown by the young Fil-Australian. The young gun is now Peter Maniatis?s main event fighter and the well-known promoter as big things in store for his boxer.
He said Ellis "is is not just all muscle and bang either, the kid will be a qualified elementary and secondary teacher later on this year and his sister an attorney in two years.this kid excites me. l haven?t been this excited since Heath Ellis Uncle Lester Ellis was fighting in the 80?s and 90?s."
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