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World GP 2004 in Nagoya Update
June 6th, 2004 Nagoya Rainbow Hall Nagoya, Japan
Sportsnavi is reporting that K-1 announced some major changes to their upcoming June 6th line-up. First, former cruiserweight champion Vassiliy Jirov is off the card - not a major surprise. Jirov will be replaced by former WBO heavyweight champion Ray Mercer who was originally scheduled to fight Alexey Ignashov on the card. Mercer will now face Musashi. Alexey Ignashov will now wait for an opponent to be named. Next, former K-1 GP champion Ernesto Hoost is out because of injury and will be replaced by current K-1 GP champion Remy Bonjasky. Bonjasky, coming off a loss to Francisco Filho at Ichgeki on May 30th, will face Frans Botha. Finally, Allister Overeem was scheduled to face Takeru on the card but was knocked out at Ichigeki and is now being replaced by Golden Glory Gym stable mate Gilbert Yvel.
Line-up: Fight 1 - K-1 Rules Bout Petr Vondrachek vs. Carter Williams
Fight 2 - K-1 Rules Bout - Change Takeru vs. Gilbert Yvel (Yvel replaces Allister Overeem who recently lost at Ichigeki on May 30th)
Fight 3 - K-1 Rules Bout Martin Holm vs. Marvin Eastman
Fight 4 - K-1 Rules Bout Naoufal Iron Leg vs. Jan Nortje
Fight 5 - K-1 Rules Bout Gary Goodridge vs. Peter Aerts
Fight 6 - K-1 Rules Bout - Change Alexey Ignashov vs. TBA (K-1 said to be in negotiations with a boxing champion)
Fight 7 - K-1 Rules Bout - Change Frans Botha vs. Remy Bonjasky (Bonjasky replaces Ernesto Hoost who is injured - left knee)
Fight 8 - K-1 Rules Bout - Change Musashi vs. Ray Mercer (Mercer replaces Vassiliy Jirov)
card subject to change (6/1/04)
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