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Swedish super middleweight/light heavyweight Erik Skoglund was injured last night in sparring in Nykoping (Sweden) and was taken by ambulance to a hospital, reports Aftonbladet. There isn´t much else to report. It is not known what kind of injury it is or how serious it is.
German light heavyweight Dominic Boesel has been injured in sparring and his fight against EBU champ Karo Murat scheduled for December 16 in Weissenfels is postponed. SES will announce a new date shortly. IBF Int´l heavyweight champ Aleksander Dimitrenko, now to be promoted by EC Boxing, will as previously reported headline EC`s show in Hamburg December 22. Opponent will be Adnan Redzovic, 18-2. Redozovic was last seen getting knocked out by Tom Schwarz in a fight for the WBO I/C title.
IBF International heavyweight champion Alexander Dimitrenko (40-3) makes the first defence of the title that he won in March with a stunning upset win over Adrian Granat on December 22 in Hamburg. Opponent is to be announced. On the undercard Adrian Granat (14-1) returns to action after loss to Dimitrenko, with an eight-rounder against Georgian Irakli Gvenetadze.
Croatian heavyweight Agron Smakici (10-0) is scheduled to fight against Oleksy Mazikin (14-12-2) on December 22nd. Smakici, who is half Kosovan and half Croatian, started his fighting career with MMA and Kickboxing. Many believe that he resembles heavyweight great Wladimir Klitchko and that aspect has made him popular on the streets in Germany. But he think his style is totally different from Ukrainian Legend.
Hungarian cruiserweight Imre Szello (18-0) takes on American Robert Hall, Jr, (11-0) in the headliner of Felix-Promotion´s show in Salgotarjan on November 10, writes monokli.com. Szello is ranked # 7 by the WBO and # 9 by the IBF and holds the WBO I/C title.
Malmoe, Sweden - In a shocking upset, Alexander Dimitrenko (39-3, 25 KOs) stopped rising heavyweight contender Adrian Granat (14-1, 13 KOs) in the very first round for the IBF international title.
The show is on for March 18! The Swedish Martial Arts Delegation have today approved application for longer distance (than the standard 12 minutes that is) for the main fights for EC Boxing´s Rumble in Malmoe show.
The interest for professional boxing is growing in Sweden since the prohibition from 1970 newly was repealed. Sweden today has many boxers that are climbing the world rankings. Sweden's and Scandinavia's top heavyweight today is Adrian Granat, 14-0, 13 KOs.
Now less than five weeks remaining until Adrian Granat's fight against Alexander Dimitrenko in Malmo, Sweden. This week`s Monday, Granat travelled to Spain for a training camp with the legendary trainer Roman Anuchin (previously with Team Mayweather).
IBF Int´l heavyweight champion Adrian Granat (14-0) defends the title against Alexander Dimitrenko (38-3) at the Baltic Hall in Malmoe on March 18 in a fight that headlines EC Boxing´s first show in Sweden. The fight will need approval from the Martial Arts Delegation.