EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS (4-22-09)
Russian heavy Alexander Povetkin have pulled out of the fight against Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko with the vacant EBU title at stake. The deadline for pursebids or agreement was tomorrow – according to Sauerland Event´s CEO the decision to pull Povetkin out was because they didn´t have any TV date before August 29. Dimitrenko will now […]
Per Ake Persson: Euro News (IS EVANDER HOLYFIELD GETTING ANOTHER TITLE SHOT??)
It´s not official but Nikolay Valuev´s defence of the WBA heavyweight title appears to be on fof Zurich in Switzerland December 20 with Evander Holyfield as opponent. As always when Sauerland Event promotes they have the Austrian Federation as supervising body – in this case it´s a must as the Swiss Federation have an age […]
Per Ake Persson: Euro News
German-Turkish middle Mahir Oral fights Kofi Jantuah on Arena Box Promotion´s show in Istanbul November 18. Mahir comes in fresh from 50 rounds of sparring with WBA challenger Sebastian Sylvester. In other action heavyweight Steffen Kretschmann take on once touted Russian Denis Bakhtov while Konstantin Airich face one time WBF heavy champ Aleksander Jakob. Ukrainian […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
AMI Production have cancelled the July 26 show that would have featured WBA light fly champ Brahim Asloum defending the title against Giovanni Segura. Asloum dropped out of training after taking a hefty paycut from televising network Canal+. Promoter Michel Acaries tried to salvage the show with WBA female jr welter queen Ann Sophie Mathis […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
French network Canal+ paid lightfly Brahim Asloum 750 000 EUR when he challenged then WBA champ Juan Carlos Reveco plus a bonus of 150 000 EUR in case of victory. Asloum won and was all set to defend the title July 26 against Giovanni Segura. However, Canal+ will now pay the champ 500 000 EUR […]