Lance Revill
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Lance Revill is the current president of the New Zealand
Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA), a New Zealand
boxing promoter, referee, and a former New Zealand
professional boxer
. Revill compiled a professional record of 21 wins and 13 losses, with 13 knockouts, in light heavyweight bouts fought in New Zealand
and Australia
between 1974 and 1990.
and won the bronze medal in the men's light middleweight division. Revill won the New Zealand
light heavyweight boxing title in 1979 and the New Zealand
heavyweight boxing title in 1988, and was 2-4 overall in national title bouts. Revill is best remembered for two professional bouts in 1989. The first, in a bout Revill was ruled to have lost in the second round, took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on 27 February 1989, as Revill, fighting at a career high 198 pounds, injured an arm when the ring collapsed. The other, Revill's best performance, took place on 24 May 1989, in New South Wales, Australia. In Revill's only ring appearance outside of New Zealand
, Revill lost a 12 round split decision to Apollo Sweet in a bout for the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) and OPBF cruiserweight titles.
, where he resides with his wife Denise. The couple has four children: Lance Jacob Jake) Revill, Lisa Ann Hohneck, Tanya Colleen Revill and Kylie Denise Bell. Kylie is listed as an official of the NZPBA on their website.
, Philippines
, Lance Revill refereed the Z Gorres
-Vic Darchinyan
IBF Super Flyweight title eliminator. Gorres slipped to the canvas in the first round, ruled a knockdown by Revill, triggering a bottle throwing melee from the pro-Filipino crowd for the first two rounds. Gorres knocked down Darchinyan in the second, but when Darchinyan knocked down Gorres in the fifth, referee Revill ruled it a slip. Darchinyan spent the entire bout pushing and shoving Gorres, with Gorres thrown to the canvas a number of times. A head butt by Darchinyan cut the forehead of Gorres in the sixth round. Referee Revill never penalized Darchinyan during the bout, and the bloody head cut of Gorres continued to bleed profusely for the remainder of the bout without the ringside physician being called in to examine the wound. Darchinyan knocked down Gorres a number of times in the last three rounds, ruled slips by Revill. The bout resulted in a draw. After the bout, even Darchinyan's promoter, Gary Shaw of New Jersey
based Gary Shaw Productions, called for the permanent banning of referee Revill from professional boxing after the fight, as did some individuals at ringside, calling referee Revill's performance the worst they had ever witnessed. However admonished, Revill was not to blame as he was not the intended referee, but a late substitute for Australian referee John Wright. No rematch of Darychinyan-Gorres occurred, as Z Gorres
retired from boxing due to injuries sustained in a 2009 bout.
boxing promoter John Ellis Sr. of South Bay Promotions (the father of John Ellis Jr.), was announced in the ring by the ring announcer before the bout as a World Professional Boxing Federation
vacant international heavyweight title bout, at six rounds. According to an official reply sent to the New Zealand Boxing Association dated 6 September 2010, World Professional Boxing Federation
President David Young stated that the six (6) rounds bout between Hassan Chitsaz and John Ellis Jr. was never officially sanctioned by WPBF President Mr. David Young as a WPBF Inter-Continental or International Title, who also stated WPBF ruled mandate all title bouts at 12 rounds. According to Mr. Young, "The WPBF hereby specially cerify that the six (6) rounds bout between Hassan Chitsaz and John Ellis Jr. for the WPBF title has not been officially approved and sanctioned by the WPBF President. Notice is hereby given." As the bout was misrepresented as a title bout to both the NZPBA and boxer Chitsaz (who traveled from California to New Zealand only for a 12 round WPBF title bout), the circumstances and outcome of the bout are currently under appeal and review by Mr. Chitsaz with NZPBA official Kylie Revill Bell and the WPBF. In addition, Chitsaz was never paid for the bout and pursued legal action.
New Zealand
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Professional Boxing Association (NZPBA), a New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
boxing promoter, referee, and a former New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
professional boxer
Boxing
Boxing, also called pugilism, is a combat sport in which two people fight each other using their fists. Boxing is supervised by a referee over a series of between one to three minute intervals called rounds...
. Revill compiled a professional record of 21 wins and 13 losses, with 13 knockouts, in light heavyweight bouts fought in New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
and Australia
Australia
Australia , officially the Commonwealth of Australia, is a country in the Southern Hemisphere comprising the mainland of the Australian continent, the island of Tasmania, and numerous smaller islands in the Indian and Pacific Oceans. It is the world's sixth-largest country by total area...
between 1974 and 1990.
Amateur and Professional Highlights
Revill represented New Zealand as an amateur boxer at the Commonwealth GamesCommonwealth Games
The Commonwealth Games is an international, multi-sport event involving athletes from the Commonwealth of Nations. The event was first held in 1930 and takes place every four years....
and won the bronze medal in the men's light middleweight division. Revill won the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
light heavyweight boxing title in 1979 and the New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
heavyweight boxing title in 1988, and was 2-4 overall in national title bouts. Revill is best remembered for two professional bouts in 1989. The first, in a bout Revill was ruled to have lost in the second round, took place in Auckland, New Zealand, on 27 February 1989, as Revill, fighting at a career high 198 pounds, injured an arm when the ring collapsed. The other, Revill's best performance, took place on 24 May 1989, in New South Wales, Australia. In Revill's only ring appearance outside of New Zealand
New Zealand
New Zealand is an island country in the south-western Pacific Ocean comprising two main landmasses and numerous smaller islands. The country is situated some east of Australia across the Tasman Sea, and roughly south of the Pacific island nations of New Caledonia, Fiji, and Tonga...
, Revill lost a 12 round split decision to Apollo Sweet in a bout for the vacant Commonwealth (British Empire) and OPBF cruiserweight titles.
Personal life
Lance was born in AucklandAuckland
The Auckland metropolitan area , in the North Island of New Zealand, is the largest and most populous urban area in the country with residents, percent of the country's population. Auckland also has the largest Polynesian population of any city in the world...
, where he resides with his wife Denise. The couple has four children: Lance Jacob Jake) Revill, Lisa Ann Hohneck, Tanya Colleen Revill and Kylie Denise Bell. Kylie is listed as an official of the NZPBA on their website.
Refereeing Controversy
On 2 February 2008, in Cebu CityCebu City
The City of Cebu is the capital city of Cebu and is the second largest city in the Philippines, the second most significant metropolitan centre in the Philippines and known as the oldest settlement established by the Spaniards in the country.The city is located on the eastern shore of Cebu and was...
, Philippines
Philippines
The Philippines , officially known as the Republic of the Philippines , is a country in Southeast Asia in the western Pacific Ocean. To its north across the Luzon Strait lies Taiwan. West across the South China Sea sits Vietnam...
, Lance Revill refereed the Z Gorres
Z Gorres
Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres, better known as Z Gorres, is a retired Filipino professional boxer.-Personal life:Gorres has a brother named Jun Gorres who was formerly a boxer but was stabbed to death in a street fight. His real name is a combination of those of his parents; Zeta and Celestino ...
-Vic Darchinyan
Vic Darchinyan
Vakhtang "Vic" Darchinyan is an Armenian professional boxer discovered by HyeFighters. He is a three-division world champion, having won eight titles in three different weight classes. He is a former IBF Flyweight World Champion and a former Undisputed WBA, WBC & IBF Super Flyweight World...
IBF Super Flyweight title eliminator. Gorres slipped to the canvas in the first round, ruled a knockdown by Revill, triggering a bottle throwing melee from the pro-Filipino crowd for the first two rounds. Gorres knocked down Darchinyan in the second, but when Darchinyan knocked down Gorres in the fifth, referee Revill ruled it a slip. Darchinyan spent the entire bout pushing and shoving Gorres, with Gorres thrown to the canvas a number of times. A head butt by Darchinyan cut the forehead of Gorres in the sixth round. Referee Revill never penalized Darchinyan during the bout, and the bloody head cut of Gorres continued to bleed profusely for the remainder of the bout without the ringside physician being called in to examine the wound. Darchinyan knocked down Gorres a number of times in the last three rounds, ruled slips by Revill. The bout resulted in a draw. After the bout, even Darchinyan's promoter, Gary Shaw of New Jersey
New Jersey
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based Gary Shaw Productions, called for the permanent banning of referee Revill from professional boxing after the fight, as did some individuals at ringside, calling referee Revill's performance the worst they had ever witnessed. However admonished, Revill was not to blame as he was not the intended referee, but a late substitute for Australian referee John Wright. No rematch of Darychinyan-Gorres occurred, as Z Gorres
Z Gorres
Zeta Celestino Oliveros Gorres, better known as Z Gorres, is a retired Filipino professional boxer.-Personal life:Gorres has a brother named Jun Gorres who was formerly a boxer but was stabbed to death in a street fight. His real name is a combination of those of his parents; Zeta and Celestino ...
retired from boxing due to injuries sustained in a 2009 bout.
WPBF Controversy
On 28 August 2010, a bout which was the main event of a fight card promoted by Lance Revill in Pakuranga, New Zealand, resulted in yet another controversy involving Revill. The main event bout between heavyweights Hassan Chitsaz and John Ellis Jr., arranged by Las VegasLas Vegas metropolitan area
The Las Vegas Valley is the heart of the Las Vegas-Paradise, NV MSA also known as the Las Vegas–Paradise–Henderson MSA which includes all of Clark County, Nevada, and is a metropolitan area in the southern part of the U.S. state of Nevada. The Valley is defined by the Las Vegas Valley landform, a ...
boxing promoter John Ellis Sr. of South Bay Promotions (the father of John Ellis Jr.), was announced in the ring by the ring announcer before the bout as a World Professional Boxing Federation
World Professional Boxing Federation
The World Professional Boxing Federation ' is an international sanctioning body that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championship title...
vacant international heavyweight title bout, at six rounds. According to an official reply sent to the New Zealand Boxing Association dated 6 September 2010, World Professional Boxing Federation
World Professional Boxing Federation
The World Professional Boxing Federation ' is an international sanctioning body that sanctions professional boxing matches and awards world and subordinate championship title...
President David Young stated that the six (6) rounds bout between Hassan Chitsaz and John Ellis Jr. was never officially sanctioned by WPBF President Mr. David Young as a WPBF Inter-Continental or International Title, who also stated WPBF ruled mandate all title bouts at 12 rounds. According to Mr. Young, "The WPBF hereby specially cerify that the six (6) rounds bout between Hassan Chitsaz and John Ellis Jr. for the WPBF title has not been officially approved and sanctioned by the WPBF President. Notice is hereby given." As the bout was misrepresented as a title bout to both the NZPBA and boxer Chitsaz (who traveled from California to New Zealand only for a 12 round WPBF title bout), the circumstances and outcome of the bout are currently under appeal and review by Mr. Chitsaz with NZPBA official Kylie Revill Bell and the WPBF. In addition, Chitsaz was never paid for the bout and pursued legal action.
External links
- Professional record of Lance Revill at Boxrec