Vella’s London Training Camp Over, Returns To Malta Ready To Fight
In June this year the Malta Boxing Commission became the official professional boxing sanctioning organisation for the Republic of Malta. Shortly after becoming affiliated with the European Boxing Union the MBC President, Alexander Zammit, expressed his desire to help aspiring Maltese pro boxers, by organising exchange programmes with overseas coaches and gyms In August […]
Pro Boxing Comes To Malta – EBU Inducts Malta Boxing Commission
Earlier this month, at the EBU General Meeting in Dublin, Ireland, the EBU Assembly voted that the Malta Boxing Commission become affiliated to the European Boxing Union. This exciting announcement has paved the way for the development of professional boxing in the Republic, as well as opening the door for promoters to hold sanctioned professional […]
EUROPEAN BOXING REPORT
German paper Bild Zeitung wrote Friday that the German Federation, the BDB, who holds the membership to the EBU, have revoked the license from Arena Box Promotion. No exact reason is given but it´s no secret there´s been tension all along coming to a head during recent shows in Spain and Turkey (where Arena had […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
EBU welter Jackson Osei Bonsu´s defence of the title against Slovenian Jan Zaveck July 26 in Maribor is postponed until late September as Zaveck suffer from a back injury. Jackson is also booked to headline a show at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp Nov. 11. According to Chris Meyer, CEO for Sauerland Event, there is […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Mikkel Kessler weighed in at a perfectly fit 76,1 kg / 176,75 lbs for tomorrow´s WBA title fight in Copenhagen against Dmitri Sartison, who came in at 75,9 kg / 167,25 lbs. Sartison looked smaller though both in height and weight as the two had a short staredown and then smiled for the cameras. The […]
EUROPEAN BOXING NEWS
Former EBU cruiser champ Johny Jensen announced his retirement after failing a brain scan, which is bad enough – unfortunately the story doesn´t end there. According to Danish websites sporten.dk and politiken.dk Jensen failed the brain scan twice before: first before his upset win over Italian Vincenzo Cantatore in Rome in December of last year […]