CODE WAR BOXING SPECTACULAR
AFL V NRL
BARRY HALL TO MAKE HIS BOXING DEBUT WHEN HE TAKES ON PAUL GALLEN IN A CROSS CODE SUPERFIGHT
Green Machine Boxing and Bell Partners High Performance today announced an exciting new Boxing concept, Code War.
Having been involved with the three highest grossing pay per view fights ever staged in Australia, Danny Green re-enters the Boxing world as combined businessman and promoter.
This boxing spectacular will see some of Australia’s top ranked boxers vie for World Title opportunities and will also feature an incredible battle of the codes. The first of these code wars will see AFL hardman and Premiership Captain, Barry Hall, make his boxing debut when he steps into the ring against one of the NRL’s toughest, former State of Origin, Cronulla Sharks captain and now professional boxer, Paul Gallen.
Code War will be staged at Margaret Court Arena on Friday, November 15 and broadcast on Foxtel’s MAIN EVENT.
Danny Green – “Australia will witness an incredible night of entertainment. Two future Aussie World Champions , identical twins Andrew and Jason Moloney, and a sporting extravaganza- AFL Hall of Famer Barry Hall vs NRL State Of Origin Captain , Paul Gallen , two genuine ‘hard men’ of their sports fighting to see who’s game is tougher in a not to be missed sporting event - Code War!”
Paul Gallen – “I’m really looking forward to this challenge against an AFL legend. When I first started boxing I was warned by some Australian boxing royalty to stay clear of Barry and also some mutual people we know who he’d played AFL with. When his name was mentioned over the past couple of years I saw it as a challenge and said yes with it never eventuating. I guess now we’ll get to see how good a judge those who backed him are.”
Barry Hall – “While living in Sydney and Queensland for 10 years, a common comment I heard from NRL fans is that AFL was ‘soft’… well now I guess we’re all about to find out!”
The number one fight on the card will feature Andrew Moloney taking on New York based Guyanan Elton Dharry for the WBA Super Flyweight Interim World Title. Andrew’s identical twin brother and World #3 will be also fight when he takes on World #10, Nicaraguan Dixon Flores in a Bantamweight showdown.
Event: Code War presented by Green Machine Boxing and Bell Partners High Performance
Date: Friday, November 15
Venue: Margaret Court Arena, Melbourne
The Card: Barry Hall v Paul Gallen, Andrew Moloney v Elton Dharry – for the WBA Super Flyweight Interim World Title, Jason Moloney v World #10, Nicaraguan Dixon Flores + a minimum 4 additional bouts to complete the undercard*
Broadcast Partner: Foxtel’s MAIN EVENT, Fox Sports and ESPN+ globally
To book the fight visit www.mainevent.com.au
Ticket Sales: on sale from 12.00pm Wed 2nd October through Ticketek.com.au
Super Sunday with UFC and Boxing on MAIN EVENT
With the schedules for both events overlapping Foxtel will use two channels to broadcast these pay-per-view events:
UFC 243 will be broadcast live on Main Event (channel 521).
Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin v Derevyanchenko will be broadcast live on Foxtel Channel 504.
UFC 243®: Whittaker v Adesanya - $54.95
Sunday, October 6 from 1pm on MAIN EVENT (Channel 521)
Replays 7pm (Oct 6), 1am and 10pm (Oct 7) on MAIN EVENT (Channel 521)
The Octagon® makes an historic return to Australia. LIVE from Marvel Stadium in Melbourne, Australia’s first UFC champion, middleweight Robert “The Reaper” Whittaker will defend his 185-pound belt for the first time on home soil against interim title holder, Israel “The Last Stylebender” Adesanya, in a five-round Trans-Tasman championship bout.
UFC’s last visit to Marvel Stadium resulted in the largest sporting event of 2015. UFC®193: Rousey vs. Holm packed 56,214 fans throughout the Docklands venue, breaking a world attendance record for an MMA event. Holm was slated to appear on UFC 243, but an injury has seen her withdraw from the event.
Also joining the two titleholders ahead of the unification at Marvel Stadium on Sunday, October 6 is a strong lineup of Australian and New Zealand athletes.
Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin v Derevyanchenko - $49.95
Sunday, October 6 at 12pm, available as Pay-Per-View on Foxtel Channel 504
Replays on Main Event channel 521 (check guides for full details)
Boxing returns to Madison Square Garden when pound-for-pound superstar Gennadiy “GGG” Golovkin (39-1-1, 34 KOs) and top-ranked challenger Sergiy Derevyanchenko (13-1, 10 KOs) clash for the IBF Middleweight title.
GGG will look to regain the Middleweight crown when he steps into The Garden’s famed Boxing ring for an incredible seventh time in his illustrious career. The hard-hitting Kazakh has reigned supreme in the Middleweight division for nearly a decade.
His unmatched power and famous “Mexican Style” aggression in the ring helped make him a superstar around the globe.
The Brooklyn-based Ukrainian Derevyanchenko is ranked #1 by the IBF and will be challenging for the IBF belt for the second time in his career
