EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
WBO supermiddle champ Denis Inkin is likely to defend the title in February of next year against stablemate Karoly Balzsay. Former WBA superbantam champ Mayhar Monshipour returns to action December 1 in Poitiers. Opponent have yet to be announced but is promised to be among top ten in Europe. If all goes according to plan […]
WBA backs Ruiz in taxing situation
LAS VEGAS (October 7, 2008) – Last week at the World Boxing Association (WBA) Convention in the Dominican Republic, two-time WBA heavyweight champion John “The Quietman” Ruiz (43-8-1, 29 KOs) petitioned the organization to enforce its regulations regarding foreign tax deductions in his fight August 30 against Nikolay Valuev in Berlin. Because Valuev-Ruiz went to […]
“King” Arthur Abraham not looking past Raul Marquez to Pavlik or Wright
IBF middleweight title fight Oct. 4 on PPV in U.S. & Canada HOBOKEN, N.J. (September 26, 2008) – Unbeaten International Boxing Federation middleweight champion “King” Arthur Abraham insists that he isn’t looking past his October 4th title challenger, former world champion Raul “El Diamente” Marquez, as he prepares for their 12-round main event showdown, headlining […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
The fight for the WBO interim title at supermiddle between Karoly Balzsay and Denis Inkin set for Universum´s big show in Hamburg September 27 is postponed after Balzsay was cut in sparring. The cut didn´t require stitches but is still bad enough to force a postponement of the fight. The WBA have called for purse […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
September 4, Karlstad, Sweden: The second edition of Pugnus Boxing Promotions´ Night of the Champions is billed as the biggest show in Sweden for 40 years (or since Floyd Patterson lost to Jimmy Ellis in 68 in Stockholm). Well, we haven´t had that much since then considering that the ban on pro boxing came into […]
European Boxing News
Finn “Idi” Amin Asikainen and Armenian, based in Germany with Universum, Khoren Gevor fight for the vacant EBU middleweight title October 24 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. Promoter Pekka Maeki confirms there is an agreement made although it´s not officially announced yet. However, the EBU have it already up on their website. Asikainen-Gevor is […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Giacobbe Fragomeni and Rudolf Kraj fight for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title October 25 in Milano. In supporting bout Italian ladies Simona Galassi and Stefania Bianchini clash again. Mikkel Kessler vs Danilo Haussler for the WBA supermiddleweight title appears now to be all set for October 25 with Duesseldorf – there is still no official […]
Per Ake Persson: Euro News
German tabloid Bild Zeitung writes that Vitali Klitschko vs Samuel Peter for the WBC heavyweight title is now officially on for October 11 at the brandnew O2 Arena in Berlin. Klitschko will for the fight be trained by Fritz Sdunek. At the moment it doesn´t look like it will be a Klitschko doubleheader with Wladimir […]
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