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Cuban heavy Odlanier Solis face American Chauncy Welliver for the vacant WBC Int´l title October 11 in Berlin in a supporting bout to Klitschko vs Peter. The show is interestingly enough supervised by the BDB and not the GBO, who previously handled K 2´s shows in Germany. Also on for the bill is heavyweight giant […]
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Wiking Box Team promotes a show in Greifswald / Wusterhusen in the North of Germany September 27. In the mainevent Thomas Troelenberg square off against Steve Klockow in a German titlefight at middleweight. On the undercard heavyweight Konstantin Airich returns after the loss to Danny Williams and face Czech Vaclav Cihlar. Sauerland Event have moved […]
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Polish welter Rafael Jackiewicz, 32-8-1, beat defending EBU champion Jackson Osei Bonsu, 28-2, last night in Kielce with a unanimous decision in a major upset. The judges had it 116-112, 114-113 and 117-110. It was a major setback for Jackson, who was close to a WBC eliminator or a world titlefight. For Jackiewicz, who proposed […]
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OPI 2000 won today´s purse bids in Rome for the right to promote Paolo Vidoz vs Matt Skelton for the vacant EBU heavyweight title. OPI 2000 bid 107 000 Euro. Site and date is to be announced. Former heavy champ Riddick Bowe didn´t show up in Budapest but his planned opponent, promoter, manager, agent and […]
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Ukrainian supermiddle Vitaly Tyspko, IBF # 2, is awaiting the outcome of IBF champ Lucan Bute´s defence against Libradro Andrade October 24. Tsypko will then be one of the participants in an eliminator to determine the next mandatory challenger for the titleholder. Slovenian welter Jan Zaveck is in full training for the upcoming EBU titlefight […]
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WBA cruiser champ Firat Arslan takes on mandatory challenger Guillermo Jones from Panama September 27 at the Color Line Arena in Hamburg. Supporting bouts will be announced later but this date have previously been mentioned for the WBC heavyweight eliminator between Vladimir Virchis and Juan Carlos Gomez as well as for the fight for the […]
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Newly crowned EBU heavy champ Sinan Samil Sam relinquished the title rather than go through with the rematch against Italian Paolo Vidoz. It will now be Vidoz vs Brit Matt Skelton for the vacant title with September 8 at noon as deadline for purse bids or agreement. EBU cruiser champ Jean Marc Monrose make a […]
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July 4, Halle / Westfalen: Both men looked perfectly fit and trim but I give the weigh-in procedure this afternoon at the Gerry Weber Stadion on points to Randy Griffin, who came in at 72,4 kg / 159.5 lbs and with a very confident look about him. WBA champ Felix Sturm, 72,3 / 159,25, looked […]
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