EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS

Posted on | September 27, 2008 | No Comments

EBU jr light champ Sergey Gulyakevich defends the title against slick German Vitaly Tajbert on a Spotlight Boxing promotion in Hamburg December 5.

The planned WBC eliminator between Jackson Osei Bonsu and Carlos Baldomir set for November 11 in Antwerp is off as the WBC didn´t approve it following Bonsu´s loss to Rafael Jackiewiewz, a much lower rated boxer. Jackson´s team are trying to keep the date though and are looking for another opponent.

Bernard Inom have vacated the EBU flyweight title and in a surprising move announced his retirement. Inom told l´Equipe that he had been boxing for too long and wanted to see his kids grow up.

French feather Cyril Thomas defends the IBF Int´l title November 20 in St Quentin against Spaniard Ivan Ruiz Morote. EuroSport televise the mainbouts from the show.

EBU cruiser champ Marco Huck got a tough mandatory challenger in Russian Valery Brudov.

Hungarian supermiddle Karoly Balzsay is back after his cut eye injury December 9 in Solden, Austria. Balzsay was all set to take on Denis Inkin this Saturday for the WBO interim title but was cut in sparring.

Gianluca Branco defends the EBU jr welter title November 14 somewhere in Italy against an opponent to be announced. On the same show Giuseppe Lauri and Giorgio Marinelli clash for the EU jr welter crown.

WBO I/C welter champ Christian Bladt defends the title against Italian Sven Paris in Frosinone November 28. Paris tunes up October 30 in Savigliano on the undercard to a show headlined by superfeathers Antonio De Vitis and Zsolt Nagy in a WBA I/C titlefight.

WIBF jr fly champ Julia Sahin is off Saturday´s show in Hamburg and out of her contract with Universum. Sahin have according to a press release from Universum wanted out of her contract to fight for another promoter – and she got out to what seems to be a very uncertain future at least boxing wise.

With Julia Sahin´s fight off Universum´s show at the Color Line Arena – seating 7000 people for this event – is down to “only” 82 rounds of boxing with four twelve-rounders scheduled. Highlight of the show must be the WBC heavyweight eliminator between Vladimir Virchis and Juan Carlos Gomez – a fight that goes ahead about 8 PM. Nicaraguan Rene Gonzales begins the show at about 6 PM and takes on Frenchman Mohamed Benbiou. Universum have also announced that Denis Inkin vs Fulgencio Zuniga is now for the “full” WBO supermiddle title as Joe Calzaghe have finally let go of the crown he held for so long.

Polish lightweights Dariusz Snarski and Matt Zegan clash for the vacant BBU title November 7 in Wieliczka. The fight will take place in an old mine a few hundred metres underground. Tom Boxing Team promotes the show.

Enad Licina, from Bosnia but based in Germany and one of many talented cruiserweights in the Sauerland stable, goes for the vacant IBF I/C title against American Otis Griffin October 4 in Bamberg on the undercard to Abraham vs Marquez.

Vincenzo Rossitto and Lubos Suda fight for the vacant EU cruiser title December 19 in Siracusa, Italy with Rosanna Conti Cavini promoting.

Luis Martinez Zapata have passed away at the age of 83. Although never a pro Martinez Zapata rates as an all-time great in Spanish boxing winning the European title, a number of national championships and international tournaments.

Sauerland Event have three fighters on a show in Erfurt September 27: Jr middles Alex Abraham and Koko Murat as well as cruiser Jimmy Kapanov are all featured against carefully selected opponents. EBU champ Karo Murat will be ringside.

The internal SES “eliminator” between middles Marco Schulze and Enrico Wolf set for October 10 in Barleben is as Wolf have withdrawn with an injury. Schulz will still fight on the show headlined by Oliver Guettel and Timo Hoffmann but against another opponent.