EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Posted on | February 27, 2008 | No Comments
February 23, Halle an der Saale, Gemany:
Ukrainian lightheavy Yuri Barashian won the EBU title with an eighth round stoppage of Thomas Ulrich, the defending champion. Ulrich was hurt by a bodydshot late in fifth, floored three times in the seventh from the very same southpaw left hooks to the liver region.
Early in the eighth Barashian floored Ulrich again with that left hook and it was waved over at 0.56 as Thomas got up. It was a tough fight from the start and developed into a wild punchup as the German, sensing the fight was slipping away from him, opened up with both hands. Barashian was hard to catch though and Ulrich kept missing with an alarming number of punches.
After seven it was scored 66-65 and 67-63 for Barashian and 66-66. The judges were split on the
seventh round as well scoring it 10-6, 10-7 and 10-8.
Russian cruiser Aleksander Alekseev again impressed in retaining the WBO I/C title with a stoppage of American Talmadge Griffin, who was retired by his corner after the second round. Griffin was down twice in the first and hurt in the second.
Supermiddle Dmitri Sartison stopped Argentinian Pablo Daniel Zamora Nieves at 1.46 of the eighth of a scheduled non-title ten rounder.
Welter Oliver Guettel won a close call over Spaniard Juan Martinez Bas over eight.
Czech jr middle Lukas Konecny knocked out Kimfuta Makassu in the second with a left hook to the body.
Colombian cruiser Santander Silgado moved 12-0 (12) with a second round stoppage of Brit John Anthony. Silgado looked pretty green though and must have been close to a DQ loss after a blatant low blow in the first. Anthony bent over, and then sat down with Salgado punching on his floored opponent.
Gomez vs Virchis update: “Everything you read on the internet this far has been wrong” said Universum´s CEO Dietmar Poszwa. “We will put out a statement next week. But both men asked for time to prepare and we will get them that.” September 27 seems like the likely date which is sure to leave both fighters unhappy.
Cruiser Marco Huck returns to action April 12 in Neubrandenburg in a supporting bout to Sebastian Sylvester vs Javier Castillejo and Cristian Sanavia vs Karo Murat. Huck lost to IBF champ Steve Cunningham late December in a very tough fight but took only a few weeks off before getting back to the gym.
EBU jr middle champ Zaurbek Baysangurov defends the title against fellow Ukrainian Roman Dzhuman March 23 in Dnepropetrovsk.
Check out the new CD from Paul Thorn, “A long Way from Tupelo”. Thorn once fought Roberto Duran going 16-3-1 in the pros.
Trainer Ulli Wegner and his star pupil, Sven Ottke, are back together with the aim of getting Sven in top shape for the showdown against Dariusz Michalczewski May 24 in Hannover.
Polish welter Slavomir Ziemlewicz is off the planned WBA I/C fight against Vyacheslav Senchenko March 25 due to what appears to be legal problems.
Talented middle Gennadyi Golovkin face South African Tshepo Mashego on February 29 in Hamburg. Dieter Roth fight Portugese Humberto Evora while Sebastian Kober is in against Brit Paul Butlin, heavyweights.
Cuban heavy Odlanier Solis get an easy win on Friday in Milan against Hungarian Adrian Rajkai but will fight again March 14 in Munich against tba.
French cruiser Jean Marc Monrose, who challenge EBU champ Johny Jensen May 3, tunes up March 8 in Metz. The show is topped by female jr welter Ann Sophie Mathis in a WBA, WIBF, WBC and UBC titlefight against Panamian Ana Pascal. Bantam Jerome Arnould is still without opponent for his planned EU championship bout.
The next round of the “Grand Tornoi” presented by AMI Production at the Cirque d´Hiver in Paris March 27 feature Morrad Hakkar vs Didier Mupeko and Robert Roselia vs Amar Amari. In the headliner Francois Bastient defends the French middleweight title against Thierry Karl.
Italian jr middle veteran Michele Orlando take on Julio Caesar Chaves Jr April 26 in Queretero, Mexico.
Pro Box Austria have their Argentinian prospect Billi Godoy face tough Latvian Jurijs Boreiko February 28 in Solden. Supermiddle Lukas Wilascheko take on Hungarian Titusz Szabo.
Czech VIP Bro Box promotes at the Grand Hotel Evropa in Prague March 6 with lightheavy Tomas Adamek (not to be confused with the former WBC lightheavy champ) and heavyweight Petr Sedlak on top.