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The upcoming show on Saturday promises to be very exciting for the boxing fans in Katowice, Poland. Several top Polish fighters, including Mateusz Masternak (17-0, 12 KO), Matt Zegan (40-5-1, 21 KO) and Wojciech Bartnik (23-4-1, 9 KO), will appear in the ring during "Diamond Boxing Night". The show promoted by Andrzej Grajewski will take place at the well-known "Spodek" hall.
After a superb performance, Dawid Kostecki (33-1, 23 KO) defeated Dario Cichello (18-7-2, 5 KO) in a fight for vacant IBC light heavyweight title which took place in Rzeszów, Poland. Kostecki finished his Italian rival in the seventh round when he floored Cichello with a powerful right hook. The Italian managed to stand up but Daniel Van de Viele, an experienced referee, mercifully stopped this uneven contest.
Tomasz Hutkowski (17-0-1, 12 KO) easily defeated Jozsef Nagy (21-6, 14 KO) during boxing night in Rzeszów, Poland. The promising Polish cruiserweight gave the Hungarian no chances in a two-round clash that finished via TKO in the second round.
22-year-old heavyweight Andrzej Wawrzyk (17-0, 10 KO) remains unbeaten after his 8-round battle against Harvey Jolly (10-13, 5 KO). The fight which took place at UIC Pavilion in Chicago. It was Wawrzyk's first performance in America, which he finished with unanimous decision. The scores were: 79-73, 79-73 and 78-74.
During a press conference which took place on Jaunary 25th, which concerned Diamond Boxing Night - Andrzej Grajewski [the promoter of the event] - revealed significant information about the show scheduled for March 6th at Spodek in Katowice, Poland. It turned out that there will be an opportunity to see top Polish fighters in action.
The event which Polish fans have been waiting on for seven years is close to coming true. 33-year-old Matt Zegan (45-5, 21 KO) seeks sweet revenge on Artur Grigorian (38-1, 22 KO), whom he lost to via controversial circumstances on January 2003. The second fight will probably take place during Diamond Boxing Night scheduled on March 6th in Katowice, Poland. The first meeting of both fighters was a clash for the WBO lightweight title in Essen, Germany. The clash finished after 12 rounds of Zegan's solid boxing but the judges established the '67 born Uzbek as the winner.
Undefeated since 2006, Dawid Kostecki (32-1, 22 KO) will stand a chance of winning the vacant IBC light heavyweight belt during "Wojak Boxing Night" on February 6th in Rzeszów, Poland. His opponent will be a former pretender to the EBU-EU title – Dario Cichello (18-6-2, 5 KO).
Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27 KO) is getting heavier and heavier before his upcoming fight against Jason Estrada (16-2, 4 KO), scheduled on February 6 in Newark. According to and interview given to the Polsat News channel, "Goral" currently weighs 101 kilograms (223 lb) and feels that his muscles are still growing.
According to the information passed on by promoter Andrzej Wasilewski to BOKSER.ORG, Krzysztof Bienias (39-3, 16 KO) vs. Kell Brook (20-0, 13 KO) will be an eliminator for a shot at the WBO welterweight belt belonging currently to pound-for-pound king Manny Pacquiao (50-3-2, 38 KO). The stake of the bout scheduled on February 13 at Wembley Arena in London will also be for the WBO Inter-Continental welterweight title which is held by the 29-year-old Pole.
Roger Bloodworth, known as a former Andrew Golota’s coach, joined the training staff of Tomasz Adamek (39-1, 27 KO) who is preparing for the fight against Jason Estrada (16-2, 4 KO) scheduled on February 6 in Newark. Thus, Bloodworth became an assistant of Andrzej Gmitruk who stands in Adamek’s corner for years. The trio is completed by Ralph Mendez responsible for physical strengthening of the Polsih heavyweight.