Marco Huck: record, next fight and profile →
Marco Huck, cruiserweight king of the early 2010s – and now a 41-year-old heavyweight – returned to the ring for the first time in more than 19 months to win Saturday in Halle, Germany.
Former cruiserweight titleholder Marco Huck will be back in the ring for just the third time in the 2020s
Former WBC light-middleweight champion Mikaela Lauren recorded a defeat by Czech journeywoman Ester Konecna
The 37th edition of the annual Primo Carnera Memorial goes ahead in the champ's hometown of Sequals (Italy) and as usual the week-long festivities are topped by a show.
Round up of all the boxing news in Europe.
Former cruiserweight world champ Marco Huck (42-5-1) is sidelined with a shoulder injury and his comeback set for May 20 in Braunlage (Germany) against Evginios Lazarides is off.
23-year old French heavyweight prospect Wilfried Florentin (3-0) was shot to death in Paris on Sunday morning, reports Le Parisien. The exact circumstances around his death are still being investigated but it appears that there was a brawl and Florentin was shot twice and died in the hospital.
Former WBO and IBO cruiserweight champion Marco Huck (42-5-1) will return on May 20 in his hometown of Braunlage (Germany) against an opponent to be announced.
French heavyweight Tony Yoka (11-0) is as of today (May 2) is the official challenger for the vacant EBU heavyweight title with German Agit Kabayel (21-0 boxrec / 23-2 all in all) in the other corner. The EBU has set the deadline for purse offers on May 16 at noon.
EBU welterweight champ David Avanesyan (28-3-1) will, according to the EBU, make a voluntary defense of the title against Finnish boxer Oskari Metz (15-0) on a Queensberry Promotion sometime in March with a site to be announced.