By Per Ake Persson

The big news at Sauerland Event's press conference in Berlin, which took place on Monday, appears to be that there's still no opponent confirmed for the Nordic Nightmare, WBA and WBO I/C heavyweight champ Robert Helenius, for the big show in Helsinki on December 3. The official word is that there are ongoing final negotiations with two different "name" opponents. One of the names that continues to pop up is Jonathon Banks.

 

Ukrainian light heavyweight Vyacheslav Uzelkov, who fights EBU champ Eduard Gutknecht on February 4 in Germany, appear on the undercard to K 2 Ukraine´s next big show, November 19 in Kharkov. In the main event, junior welterweight Sergey Fedchenko takes on Frenchman Willy Blain, who fought for the WBO title while still with Spotlight Boxing in Hamburg. Fedchenko vs. Blain is for the WBO European crown.

 

Danish Hall of Fame Promoter Mogens Palle never announced his retirement and now at 77, and in his 54th year in business, he´s signed up heavyweight twins Morten and Kasper Fruensgaard. The two will make their professional debuts on a dinner show in Copenhagen on November 25. Palle is looking to have former world cruiserweight champ Virgil Hill as the trainer for the two.