Sven Fornling: record, next fight and profile →
Although it was made public by Sven Fornling and his management on September 9, SES finally announced the fight between IBO light heavyweight titleholder Sven Fornling (15-1) and Dominic Boesel (29-1) on November 16 in Halle an der Saale. The show is billed as "Das WM-PROJECT" but there are two titles at stake and there is a "small" problem that comes along with that.
IBO light heavyweight champion Sven Fornling (15-1) from Malmoe, Sweden, defends the title on November 16 in Halle an der Saale (Germany) against Dominic Boesel (29-1). Fornling won the title in December of last year when he beat Karo Murat in what was a big upset. He was then all set fight IBF world champion Artur Beterbiev in May but suffered a stress fracture and have been in rehab training for months but is now fully recovered.
An international clash between two hard-nosed veterans will crown an event of club boxing in Bialystok, Poland, on the 7th of September. Michal Syrowatka will be the hometown hero, as he is based in a nearby city of Elk. Syrowatka is 20-3, 7 KOs, and coming off a decision loss to undefeated Dane Enoch Poulsen.
Petko´s Box Promotion, headed by ex-pro Alexander Petkovic, will stage a big show in Munich, Germany on April 6. On top of the bill unbeaten light heavy Serge "The Bavarian Sniper" Michel (8-0) takes on Canadian Ryan Ford (15-4) with the vacant WBC International Silver title at stage.
Sullivan Barrera was confident that Artur Beterbiev would be his next opponent, but the negotiations did not play out as expected and now the IBF light heavyweight champion is heading in another direction.
Danish super middleweight Patrick Nielsen, 29-3, has signed with Peder Forsmnan´s Sports Management and the debut for his new promoter is set for May 25 in Aarhus. Nielsen lost a close, disputed decision to Arthur Abraham in April of 2018 and has been inactive since then and there have been talks of a rematch but the fight never materialized.
Sporthalle, Hamburg, Germany - Unheralded Swedish light heavyweight Sven Fornling, 15-1, upset the much more experienced IBO champ Karo Murat, 32-4-1, and won the title in a dramatic fight that saw both men down.
The annual Memorial show in honor of two-time Olympian Jorma Limmonen at the Paasitorni in Helsinki October will this year feature professional boxing as well. There will be three eight rounders on top of the bill with local talent taking on opponents from Ukraine. Welterweight Fedor Vinogradov, 7-0, takes on Vasyl Kurasov, 6-0, middleweight Tomi Silveinnonen, 7-1, is against Vladimir Romanenko, 8-8, and supermiddle Timo Laine, 22-10, is in against Davyd Horokhovets, 9-4-0.
Heavyweights Michael Wallisch, 19-0, and Christian Hammer, 23-5, meet December 15 at the Sporthalle in Hamburg on a big dinner show promoted by EC Boxing and Michael Wollenbach, a prominent chef who now obtained a promoter´s license, reports BILD.
IBO light heavyweight Karo Murat was cut in sparring and his defence against Swedish challenger - and stablemate in EC boxing - Sven Fornling is off. This fight might be on again in December, writes Aftonbladet. Elevated to headline status is now the fight between super welterweights Sebastian Formella, 18-0, and Ilias Essaoudi, 13-0, in a fight for the WBO Euro super welter title.