8 | April 2017
DANCE SPORT
PINOZ HEAD STREET DANCE‘ BATTLEGROUNDS’
Go! Girl! Go!
Showdown moves out west
By MARCO SELORIO
PINOZ-led street dance competition Battlegrounds fires off in Perth in July at the Kennedy Baptist College auditorium.
The competition-festival, founded and organised by MAS Presents, introduces a new platform in 2017 including Urbanstar Talent Quest, Miss Teen Models, Supreme Battles, and market stalls.
The competition-festival has transformed into a lifestyle event that embraced the positive elements of hip-hop and street-dance culture.
Battlegrounds has become a vehicle for showcasing talent and a solid platform for the youth.
The main event is centred on the crew competition, which showcases the dance talent of some of the best dancers in Western Australia.
The four elements of hip-hop will be on display with graffiti art, rap and beat boxing challenge, Bboy and dance battles and DJ music throughout the day.
Battlegrounds also brings on the Urbanstar Talent Quest, an annual singing competition that has unearthed the likes of X Factor stars Cyrus Villanueva and Beau Monga, Jai Waetford, Tkay Maidza, Iggy Azalea and Sarah Ellen.
A Miss Teen modelling search provides opportunities for aspiring teenagers who are looking to build their confidence and be advocates for clothing brands.
A cultural exchange will feature food stalls with specialties from different Asian and European cultures.
MAS Presents was hyped about bringing communities together.
It is inviting music schools, high schools, dance studios, businesses, brands, ethnic groups and university organisations to get behind Battlegrounds Festival.
It is offering opportunities for the youth to perform and for businesses to support this initiative.
BOXING
Asis faces big test
It’ s on again in Brisbane
AT PRESSTIME, the Manny Pacquiao-Jeff Horn bout was on the table again, according to sports writer Grantlee Kieza of the Courier Mail in Queensland.
And it will be staged in Brisbane, as originally planned after the Pacquiao camp had abandoned a proposed about a month ago deal with Horn to defend his title in the United Arab Emirates against England’ s Imran Khan.
Pacquiao is expected to make more than $ 10 million from the defence of his World Boxing Organization( WBO) welterweight title against the Australia’ s undefeated Horn, scheduled for July 2, 2017. •
BOXING
HIS MOMENT of truth comes to pinoz Jack Asis this month when soon after coming out of a brief retirement he faces world-rated Xu Can, of China.
The 12-round bout takes place in Shanghai, China, in April 22,
“ This is a massive fight,” said Asis’ trainer / manager Brendon Smith.
“ Xu Can is ranked No. 2 with the World Boxing Association( WBA) and is closing in on a title fight with WBA world champion Jason Sosa, of the USA.
Smith said that Xu Can is well known to Australian fight fans. Can has fought three Aussie boxers for three wins.
Fighter promoter Liu Gang said that Xu Can was one of boxing’ s biggest names in China.
“ Can’ s on track to becoming China’ s second-ever boxing world boxing champion,” Gang said. •