EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Posted on | August 24, 2008 | No Comments
Ukrainian supermiddle Vitaly Tyspko, IBF # 2, is awaiting the outcome of IBF champ Lucan ButeĀ“s defence against Libradro Andrade October 24. Tsypko will then be one of the participants in an eliminator to determine the next mandatory challenger for the titleholder.
Slovenian welter Jan Zaveck is in full training for the upcoming EBU titlefight October 10 against Belgian Jackson Osei Bonsu. There are stories out that Zaveck will fight some kind of WBA eliminator against Venezuelan Nelson Linares but no such fight is sanctioned by the WBA and Zaveck himself knows nothing about it.
Italian fly Vincenzo Picardi who is in the semifinals in the Olympics is the son of Antonio Picardi, Italian champ and challenger for the EBU bantamweight title.
If all goes well – and it should – in Sweden September 5 for heavyweight Robert Helenius (who fights Dane Ingvardt Jorgensen) he will take on Swiss Nikola Vujasinovic October 4 in Bamberg on the Abraham vs Marques bill.
Danish supermiddle Mads Larsen, a steady climber on the WBA ratings, will not fight again until the end of the year.
Norwegian jr welter Geir Inge JorgensenĀ“s long awaited shot at the vacant WBF title could go ahead early October in Poland on a BoxingEurope promotion.
Serbian lightheavy Nikola Sjekloca takes on French veteran Pierre Moreno October 18 in Budva, Montenegro.