EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Posted on | September 23, 2007 | No Comments
September 21, Luebeck, Germany:
Cuban stars Odlanier Solis and Yuriorkis Gamboa again scored easy ko wins in the headliners of Arena Box
Promotion´s big – 14 fights – show at the Hansa Hall.
Solis at heavyweight took some time to find the range against Marcus McGee but knocked him out in the
second. Gamboa, down to feather took out WBC 31 Nestor Hugo Paniagua after 1.05 of the very first round.
Cruiser Herbie Hide and nothing in front of him in Romanian Mircea Telecan and the fight was over at 1.16
of the first with no meaningful punches.
In the nominal mainevent Int´l German middle champ Roman Aramian retained the title with a points win
over favored Alexander Sipos after ten good rounds of boxing.
Jr welter Selcuk Aydin impressed in stopping tough Russian Sergey Starkov in the sixth round.
Alpaslan Aguzum, up to middleweight, stopped Sasha Shnip who didn´t come out for the fifth round. Alpaslan floored his opponent in the first.
Heavies Konstantin Airich and Steffen Kretschmann both scored KO wins. Airich took out Kenyan Raymond Ochieng in the second and Kretschmann did the same to Tolgat Dosanov.
Comebacking heavy Willi Fischer won every round against Latvian Aleksejs Kosobokovs in their eight rounder but couldn´t hurt his stubborn opponent who normally campaigns at cruiser.
News:
Lightheavy Kai Kurzawa is back with Arena and expects to return to the ring during the fall.
Former heavyweight champion of the world, Ingemar Johansson turned 75 September 22. Ingo was diagnosed
with Alzheimer´s already back in 1997 but it wasn´t until 2003 the family made it public. Johansson resides in a nursing home near Gothenburg and media reports indicates that under the circumstances he is doing allright.
Former EBU middle Amin Asikainen continues his comeback October 22 in Helsinki with a scheduled non-title ten-rounder against experienced Frenchman Christophe Karagoz. Asikainen also headlines in Stockholm September 28 in a scheduled four-rounder against Sylvain Touzet.
German-Italian heavy Francesco Pianeta face Australian champ Colin Wilson on the undercard to Valuev vs
Bergeron September 29 in Oldenburg.
Featherweights Robert Osiobe and Nico Schroeder clash for the vacant GBC title in Gladsaxe (on the outskirts
of Copenhagen) October 27. Robert Larsen promotes.
It will be Spanish veteran Rafael Lozano that square off against EBU fly champ Andrea Sarritzu October 12
in Italy. Site is still to be announced.
Unbeatable WIBF fly champ Regina Halmich will have her final fight at home in Karlsruhe November 30.