..NEWS (2003& 2004)
15/11-2004 - MOCK MAKES HIS DREAM FIGHT!
Long-time friend and sparring partner of the African Warrior Ashira oure, Lolenga Mock, made a short nigh of Giovanni Alvarez on Friday November 12, hurting his opponent bad in the first round and finishing him in the third round with a very hard overhand right on the jaw which saw Alvarez stretched to the count of Ten.  Mock is now the new WBA International light heavyweight champ. Pro-Team Ashira Oure congratulates Mock for opening a new page in his boxing career, as now he decides to keep it simple every time he comes in the ring. He will be the judge, referee and the fighter as many fights that he has been in he only lost on paper. Pro-team Ashira Oure is proud of its new Champ Lolenga Mock.
9/11-2004 - Coming Up: Stanley A. Ashira Katibi!

Stanley A. Ashira Katibi, younger brother to Evans Ashira (The African Warrior), is looking to make a statement in his next outing on November 30th at Berck-Sur-Mer, France. When he takes on the reigning WBF world champion at 160 Lb´s Arsen Khachatrian over 8 rounds. Katibi says he coming to fight, and not just to be an "opponent". He doesn't want to predict anything, but he is highly motivated and ready to go to war. Since his brother took over the management of his career he has never been ready to fight like now. His normal weight class is at 154, but he wont mind going up to 160 for a good fight. Katibi says he is just ready to go.

29/10-2004 - Ashira Responds To Team Palle-Comments!
I respect a big organization like Team Palle, offering me the opportunity like the one they did against Fredrik Alvarez for the WBA International and IBA world titles, and just recently they offered me to fight Mikkel Kessler for his WBC International and WBC number-one ranking at Super Middleweight. I respect that, and it was a great opportunity that I don’t think any boxer in the world wants to turn down. Especially if they know they have the tools to win the fight, like I know. 

But the bottom line is that the conditions of the fight were bad as per Don King Productions, and that is it. I don’t need to go into the details!

I understand that Team Palle had to issue a statement regarding the Kessler/Larsen/Siaca situation, but it is crossing the line to say that I owe DKP money. First I don’t see what that has to do with the fight, and, secondly, it is disrespectful of them to say it in the first place when they don’t have their facts straight. I think they should apologize for that.

If they want to go into behind-the-scenes stuff, they should also tell the public that I have been with DKP for two and a half years, and only gotten three out of seven contractually promised fights, and was never offered the last four fights. They should tell my minimum for the fights, and if I was ever compensated for the fights I didn’t get. And they should also tell the public how much money they were paying me for the Alvarez-fight, before my manager Jan Andersen told them that it doesn’t work that way. They either pay or don’t pay!  

I don’t have any problems with no one, including Team Palle, if they want to do business. Then we stick to business, and not private life. Especially something they don’t know anything about, and something that isn’t true. 

Also, it is me who make the decisions after talking to my manager/advisor Jan Andersen. My trainer Ivor De Lima has nothing to do with any decisions. He does his work in the gym, and I have a lot of respect for him, but I am the one making the decisions. And just to set the records straight; I would box Kessler anywhere, anytime if the conditions were right. This is strictly business, and if the fight is not good business-wise it is not business at all. And boxing is a business.

Mikkel Kessler is a great fighter. I didn’t have a problem fighting him if the conditions were right, but I am not desperate, and my promoter DKP didn’t handle this thing the way it should have been handled.  We were negotiating, and the negotiations fell through. The fight was never close to being on! 

Regards, Evans Ashira Oure
9/9-2004 - ASHIRA HOPING KING WILL GIVE HIM OCTOBER DATE!
Former WBA World middleweight title-challenger Evans “The African Warrior” Ashira (23-1, 13 KOs) is hoping that promoter Don King will put him on the Felix Trinidad – Richardo Mayorga undercard at Madison Square Garden in New York on October 2nd. “We are communicating about it, and I hope it will happen. I need to get back as soon as possible, so this would be good for me. Otherwise, I will have to seriously consider my options,” says Ashira, who is very hungry to return and show that his May 1 loss to Maselino Masoe was simply a case of having a bad night.

Courtesy of www.risumboxing.dk
9/8-2004 - STRONGER THAN BEFORE: EVANS ASHIRA! (READ MORE)

Winners never quit, and quitters never win! It is with that mentality that Evans “The African Warrior (23-1, 13 knockouts) is looking to redeem himself after his disappointing loss (TKO 2) to Maselino Masoe on May 1st for the vacant WBA middleweight title. Down but not out, scarred but not broken, and without a doubt on a mission to prove people wrong. 

...Click the above link, for the article!

Courtesy of Risum Boxing: www.risumboxing.dk

3/7-2004 - THE AFRICAN WARRIOR IS BACK!
The African Warrior has been taking it easy and having some time of with his family in Kenya at Kakamega Ebutuku Village, after his bad evening in his last fight against Maselino Masoe. “The thing is”, the warrior says, “that was just nothing but a bad evening, which anyone could get anywhere”. Now Ashira start his training again in Aarhus, Denmark, with the aim of making it back with a bang. “So, what I say to my fans is: don’t feel bad, because I am back to prove it was a bad evening. So lets roll it out, and get it on”!!!
16/3-2004 - EVANS "The African Warrior" ASHIRA ON MISSION DESTROY MASOE!

Ashira Oure left his training place at Aarhus´ Champs Camp heading to Don King training Camp in Florida to prepare for his fight on May 1st in the USA for the WBA world middleweight title at a venue to be announced. This is the long awaited opportunity to show the boxing world what happens when the African Warrior gets in the mix, and which will climax Masoe being really hurt badly. Ashira just hope Masoe will be able to show up for the whooping, so he can be an example of what is coming. " I am coming down there with the intention of making a statement in style, and lets see how many will like what they see, because this will be like chopping wood! To my Kenyan and Danish Fans: I am not letting anyone down! There is no option! If there is any, it is to whoop Masoe really bad" says Ashira Oure.

24/2-2004 - LOLENGA MOCK WINS HANDS DOWN!

On Saturday the 21st of Feb 04, the Zairen Denmark based Lolenga Mock who is Evans Ashira (the African warrior) training partner. Made good account of himself after, Giving D. Malik of Germany a bad time in the a Ten round fight. Lolenga Mock basically was Very aggressive and outmaneuvered  Malik Dziarra . He also hurt him in round 8 and 9 but could not finish him due. To Malik opting to survival tricks by holding , to stay in the fight. When the decision  was awarded to Malik Dziarra by split point . The German ground which is known  for going with there home decision no matter how bad it is . This time both Malik Dziarra. From the ring and hekled him being interviewed by the commentator. Lolenga Mock on other hand was cheered to the changing Room. His Coach Ivor Delima and Evans Ashira Oure (WBA int. champ ) was disappointed with the decision. And they felt this was a disgraces to boxing when funs are forced decisions like this down the thought .

13/1-2004 - Ashira vs. Masoe For WBA World Title! The Warrior Finally Gets His Shot!

Evans "The African Warrior" Ashira (23-0, 13 KOs) tells Scandinavian Boxingnews today, that his fight against Samoan Maselino Masoe (25-2, 24 KOs) will not be an official eliminator as orriginally planned, but instead for the WBA world title vacated by American William Joppy last year. "This is so great" says Ashira to SB, and continues: "Finally I will get my shot at a world title, and I am not going to let the chance to become champion slip away from me! Masoe is in deep trouble, believe me". There is no date or place for the fight yet, but Ashira informs us that there is a purse-offer scheduled for this coming Saturday (17/1) in Miami, USA. Ashira also says, that next week he will travell to England to spar with former European light heavyweight champion Clinton Woods, who is fighting for the vacant IBF world title on February 6 in a rematch against Glencoffe Johnson, before going to Don King´s training camp in Florida to prepare for the Masoe-showdown.

courtesy of www.scandinavian-boxingnews.com

13/1-2004 - PRO-TEAM ASHIRA OURE WISHES QUALIFYING TEAM GOOD LUCK.

The Kenya team departs to Casablanca, Morocco for the second phase of Athens Olympic qualifiers which starts on Jan 15th. Due to lack of funds, six boxers had to be dropped from the national team fondly referred to as :"Hit Squad" leaving boxing enthusiasts crestfallen.  Only four boxers will make the trip, coach Albert Matito said. They depart on Jan 13.  They are captain Absolom "Diblo" Okinyi (welter, Police), Daniel Shisia (middle, Dallas Railways) and David Munyasia (bantam, Afaba), deputy skipper George Odindo (heavy, Prisons). Interestingly, Odindo, Munyasia and Shisia are all products of the famous Muthurua Dallas boxing ranks, while Okinyi honed his skills at St Teresa's ABC in Eastleigh. The boxers have been going through the drill on computer scoring after monitors and gadgets were installed at the Ruiru's Prisons Staff Training College (PSTC) camp. Only one Kenyan boxer, Suleiman Bilali, a brother to Los Angeles Olympics bronze medalist, Ibrahim "Surf"  Bilali, has qualified for the 2004 Olympics. This was after he won a gold medal in Abuja. Those who stumble in Morocco will have to cool their heels till march 15's final qualifiers in Botswana. Already 22 boxers including Bilali have qualified. 18 quotas will be up for grabs in Casablanca while 20 more to fill the 60 quota allocated to Africa will be in Botswana.

3/1-2004 - GET THE SUCKER KASIM!
Hey  Kasim,  get the guy! Remember where we come from it... is long way man!! Now it is time to turn on the heat Man !! The entire Pro-team Ashira Oure wishes you the best of luck, and we are together as always!!! Hit them up!!!

Ashira Oure, at his home in Aarhus, Denmark, sounds his best wishes to Kasim Ouma, his long time friend who tomorrow (Saturday January 3rd) fights an IBF elimination bout in USA against JC Candello. 

PICTURE: Kasim Ouma far right standing holding his white jeans jacket in his hands, Ashira Oure in the middle wearing white, a red and white top, track suit with a dark blue cap. Group picture after boxing tournament Kenya Vs Uganda at Lugongo indoor stadium 1997.
21/12-2003 - Lolenga Mock (The Lumumba Boy) Wins By Knoxkout In Two!

Lolenga Mock (The Lumumba boy) proved to be at a different level in Germany Berlin on Thursday (December 18), when he stopped Slovakian Juraj Ondricka in round two after flouring him a total of four times in two rounds. The referee called end to the action which was very one sided.  Mock, trained by Coach Brian Mathiasen of BM Boxing, managed by Henrik Risum of Risum Boxing, and advised by Ashira Oure of Pro Team Ashira Oure, said after the fight: “ I am looking to go to another level as a boxer, and it is no more Journeyman for me”! Lolenga Mock holds a Kenyan boxing license, and Ashira Oure thanked the FPBK of Kenya for sending the clearance in time, and said it is good for Kenyan boxers to have two bodies to govern Professional boxing in Kenya.  This gives the sport competition, and it is very good for boxing in the country. All Kenyan boxers are the same and should be treated with respect, and not used, because they make the offices that Govern Boxing, And I personally appreciate the work FPBK has done even though it is only three month old, it is very good for boxing.. Of course KPBC has done a lot of commendable work, but it is a high time they step up, be course of the boxing level, which needs to be raised. This is not to overlook the good things done by the KPBC, but just to spice up Professional boxing, which will be good for boxers in the long run, and I wish both association good luck in boxing promoting in Kenya. Pro Team Ashira Oure, in conjunction with Fight Production and Risum Boxing is looking into the possibility of putting up a card with a World title fight in Kenya Soon.

21/12-2003 - Ashira vs. Masoe Getting Closer! 

The fight was first scheduled for November in South Africa, but then got cancelled along with the rest of the planned Don King card. Now the official WBA middleweight eliminator between Danish-Kenyan Evans Ashira (23-0, 13 KOs, WBA # 5) and his New Zealand-based Samoan colleague Maselino Masoe (25-2, 23 KOs, WBA # 4), looks destined to take place in early 2004. According to The New Zealand Herald, Masoe´s manager Mike Edwards wants to stage the bout in Auckland, New Zealand, but Don King is pressing to promote it in Las Vegas or Atlantic City in the USA. “We're negotiating hard with Don King for the fight to be in Auckland, but its like David and Goliath” says Edwards to the newspaper, and concludes about his boxer: “He is a good trainer, he is focused and once the deal is settled we want to get him off work (Masoe is a welder) and into fulltime preparation with some decent sparring partners”. According to The NZ Herald, television deals will determine where the fight is held, and it should be before March.

Courtesy of www.scandinavian-boxingnews.com

15/12-2003 - ASHIRA OURE´S YOUNGER BROTHER WINS IN KENYA!

The younger brother of the African Warrior (Ashira Oure); Stanley Katibi got streached to four rounds by debutant Caleb Amianda, but won by majority decision on December 13th in Kenya. Katibis next assignment is on January 10. He is managed by his brother Ashira Oure, who is working on bringing back his young brothers career. Pro-team ashira Oure, which works together with Risum Boxing of Henrik Risum and Fight Production of Olaf Schröder, works to get Kenyan fighters fights in Europe, and Ashira himself boxes for Don King Productions based in Florida, USA. His next assignment looks like will be late January 2004. Details not clear yet.

15/11-2003 - I WOULD (ALMOST) FIGHT MASOE FOR NOTHING!
Evans ”The African Warrior" Ashira (23-0, 13 KOs) is currently back in Denmark, after a visit in his native Kenya. Ashira is top-ranked across the board with all the major organizations (IBF # 4, WBA # 5, WBC # 7, WBO # 8), and was scheduled to take on WBA # 4 Maselino Masoe (25-2, 24 KOs) in an official eliminator this coming Saturday in South Africa until the fight was postponed indefinitely due to the cancellation of the Carnival City card. Now, Ashira is waiting for confirmation on another date from promoter Don King, and tells Scandinavian Boxingnews that he is extremely eager to get Masoe in the ring with him: “My people is having a hard time holding me back, because at times I feel like I want to fight Masoe for free! That’s how bad I want him

and the eliminator. I can’t wait for Masoe to feel something he has never felt before, and that something is going to come from me”. Ashira last fought on September 6 in Erfurt, Germany, when he stopped Jerry Elliott in nine one-sided rounds.

Courtesy of www.scandinavian-boxingnews.com
Photo: Ashira with Kid Freddy
4/11-2003 - BACK IN DENMARK!





Ashira Oure is now back at his Denmark base after three weeks at His Home in Kenya, Where he trained and spared with Former African Champ Joe Akhasamba in his preparation for the cancelled elimination fight in South Africa. Ashira keeps training while a suitable venue and date is being looked for. On his way to Nairobi from Mombassa on transit, he flew with his former KPA boss Mr. Brown Ondengo, who is a very close friend to Evans Ashira. Mr. Ondengo is still The KPA Boss. Ashira stopped in Nairobi on his way for KBC TV interview about the professional boxing situation in Kenya. The interview will be on Kenyan TV tomorrow, and  rerun on Sunday. Ashira is getting ready for his final obstacle before a world title shot after Masoe. The fight will be on soon, and then he should square off with the winner of the Bernard Hopkins vs. William Joppy fight, which takes place December 13.

Photo: Brown Ondengo with Ashira