Malta Boxing Commission
For Immediate Release.
Gzira, Malta - Tuesday, 22nd May 2012
Whilst the world wide media have been focused on the issues surrounding
the proposed Dereck Chisora versus David Haye in London on July 14th,
elsewhere in the World a not too dissimilar scenario has been unfolding on
the Islands of Malta.
Unlike in the case of Dereck Chisora or David Haye, where no criminal
charges have been instigated, former Commonwealth Champion Scott Dixon,
the subject of the drama unfolding in Malta, has been on bail since 2009
awaiting trial for the alleged importation and distribution of narcotics.
On receiving news that Mr. Dixon has been arrested for breaking his bail
conditions, Alexander Zammit, President of the Malta Boxing Commission,
today issued the following statement:
“The incorrigible former commonwealth boxing champ, Scott Dixon, is back
behind bars. Information supplied to the office of the Malta Boxing
Commission indicates that Dixon was arrested for breaking his bail
conditions.
Unconfirmed sources also informed us that Dixon's bail bond was withdrawn
before he was re-arrested.
Dixon is presently in Malta (where he has resided since 2005) awaiting
trial in connection over the alleged importation and attempted
distribution of around 500 Kilos of cannabis or resin cannabis, since
2009. He was eventually given provisional liberty against a bail bond of
over 30,000 Euros.
Hours before Dixon was arrested early on Saturday morning (19 May, 2012),
he was acting as a corner-man for the organisers of Malta's 'Prize Boxer',
an eight-men unsanctioned boxing tournament based on the 'Prize Fighter'
concept.
Sources at ringside place Dixon at the tournament into the early hours of
Saturday morning (from Friday night), well beyond the parameters
established in his bail conditions by the local courts.
This latest episode in the Dixon saga may have put paid to Dixon's
comeback plans. According to the German based 'World Boxing Union' Scott
Dixon was to take on Baker Barakat (champion) for his WBU
super-middleweight title on the 18th August in Pembroke, Malta.
Sources from within the WBU confirm that this bout is being sanctioned by
the German Boxing Board (BDB).
On the other hand - The BDB are presently condemning very strongly and
labeling as controversial a contest between David Haye and Dereck Chisora
at West Ham on July 14, sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation
(LBF).
Just as Chisora and Haye do not hold a valid license with the BBBofC or
the BDB - neither does Scott Dixon hold a boxing license with the Malta
Boxing Commission (MBC). As a matter of fact he was refused a license by
the MBC until such time as the Maltese authorities either declared him
innocent of the charges against him or such charges are dropped.
Yet the BDB (according to the WBU) saw fit to sanction this Malta show and
one has to assume that if this show were to happen this would also be done
under a German Boxing License as Dixon's license was suspended by the
BBBofC before he took up residence in Malta.
Is this a case of two weights and two measures? - The BDB should never
have sanctioned an event involving Scott Dixon, especially since this is
being held in Malta.
In my opinion the proposed Barakat - Dixon fight is much more condemnable
than the Haye - Chisora fight.
If the Luxembourg Boxing Federation is to be condemned for supplying the
legality for the Haye - Chisora proposed fight, the Germans should also,
at the very least, be equally condemned over the Barakat - Dixon scheduled
fight.
Benjamin Franklin wrote, 'Don't throw stones at your neighbours', if your
own windows are glass.'”
For Immediate Release.
Gzira, Malta - Tuesday, 22nd May 2012
Whilst the world wide media have been focused on the issues surrounding
the proposed Dereck Chisora versus David Haye in London on July 14th,
elsewhere in the World a not too dissimilar scenario has been unfolding on
the Islands of Malta.
Unlike in the case of Dereck Chisora or David Haye, where no criminal
charges have been instigated, former Commonwealth Champion Scott Dixon,
the subject of the drama unfolding in Malta, has been on bail since 2009
awaiting trial for the alleged importation and distribution of narcotics.
On receiving news that Mr. Dixon has been arrested for breaking his bail
conditions, Alexander Zammit, President of the Malta Boxing Commission,
today issued the following statement:
“The incorrigible former commonwealth boxing champ, Scott Dixon, is back
behind bars. Information supplied to the office of the Malta Boxing
Commission indicates that Dixon was arrested for breaking his bail
conditions.
Unconfirmed sources also informed us that Dixon's bail bond was withdrawn
before he was re-arrested.
Dixon is presently in Malta (where he has resided since 2005) awaiting
trial in connection over the alleged importation and attempted
distribution of around 500 Kilos of cannabis or resin cannabis, since
2009. He was eventually given provisional liberty against a bail bond of
over 30,000 Euros.
Hours before Dixon was arrested early on Saturday morning (19 May, 2012),
he was acting as a corner-man for the organisers of Malta's 'Prize Boxer',
an eight-men unsanctioned boxing tournament based on the 'Prize Fighter'
concept.
Sources at ringside place Dixon at the tournament into the early hours of
Saturday morning (from Friday night), well beyond the parameters
established in his bail conditions by the local courts.
This latest episode in the Dixon saga may have put paid to Dixon's
comeback plans. According to the German based 'World Boxing Union' Scott
Dixon was to take on Baker Barakat (champion) for his WBU
super-middleweight title on the 18th August in Pembroke, Malta.
Sources from within the WBU confirm that this bout is being sanctioned by
the German Boxing Board (BDB).
On the other hand - The BDB are presently condemning very strongly and
labeling as controversial a contest between David Haye and Dereck Chisora
at West Ham on July 14, sanctioned by the Luxembourg Boxing Federation
(LBF).
Just as Chisora and Haye do not hold a valid license with the BBBofC or
the BDB - neither does Scott Dixon hold a boxing license with the Malta
Boxing Commission (MBC). As a matter of fact he was refused a license by
the MBC until such time as the Maltese authorities either declared him
innocent of the charges against him or such charges are dropped.
Yet the BDB (according to the WBU) saw fit to sanction this Malta show and
one has to assume that if this show were to happen this would also be done
under a German Boxing License as Dixon's license was suspended by the
BBBofC before he took up residence in Malta.
Is this a case of two weights and two measures? - The BDB should never
have sanctioned an event involving Scott Dixon, especially since this is
being held in Malta.
In my opinion the proposed Barakat - Dixon fight is much more condemnable
than the Haye - Chisora fight.
If the Luxembourg Boxing Federation is to be condemned for supplying the
legality for the Haye - Chisora proposed fight, the Germans should also,
at the very least, be equally condemned over the Barakat - Dixon scheduled
fight.
Benjamin Franklin wrote, 'Don't throw stones at your neighbours', if your
own windows are glass.'”
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