Anthony Yigit: record, next fight and profile →
EC Boxing won purse bids for the fight for the vacant EBU light heavyweight between Igor Mikhalkin (24-2) and Mathieu Bauderlique (20-1) with an offer for 51,000 Euro. Promoter Erol Ceylan plans to stage the fight in May or June with the venue not decided yet.
Maravilla Box will go ahead with their show in Torrelavega (Spain) on December 19 - but the event will have some changes due to COVID-19. Maravilla himself, former two division world champion Sergio Martinez, will continue his comeback against Finn boxer Jussi Koivula. And Sergio Garcia will defend the EBU title super welterweight title against Andranik Hakobyan along with three undercard fights that includes Norwegian featherweight Bernard Torres.
Comebacking former two division world champion Felix Sturm comes in, as previously reported, back to action on December 19 in Cologne (Germany). It's now been announced by Universum and BILD that the opponent will be unbeaten but untested German Timo Rost (10-0-2).
LPMG Global recently added two world class fighters to its stable, European and Swedish star, Anthony "Can You Dig it" Yigit; and the young promising prospect and South Africa based Congolese, Emile "Swaggy Star" Kalekuzi.
Former WBA interim-super middleweight champ Giovanni De Carolis (28-9-1) is now official challenger for the vacant EBU title. In the other corner is German Emre Cukur (14-0), who´s been in that position for some time and before De Carolis came along it was Juergen Braehmer who was official challenger.
Newly crowned IBO and WBA interim light heavyweight champion Dominic Boesel (30-1) is now a former EBU title holder. Official challenger Igor Mikhalkin will now face the highest ranked available fighter for the vacant title. Mikhalkin, like the man Boesel beat this past weekend in Sven Fornling, is promoted by EC Boxing.
Former British champion Hosea Burton, unbeaten WBO European champion and WBO no. 12 Steven Ward, and former WBC International champion Serge Michel will all be part of the line-up, with even more huge names set to be announced. The winner of each tournament will land a two-year, five-fight deal that guarantees six-figure purses for every fight along with global exposure.
York Hall, Bethnal Green, London - Ohara Davies (19-2, 14 KOs) was fortunate to win a ten round decision over former world champion Miguel Vazquez (41-7, 15 KOs) The sole was 97-94, from the referee, for Davies.
Anthony Yigit (23-1-1, 8 KOs) has arrived in London ready for his super lightweight showdown with Siar Ozgul (15-3, 3 KOs) on Friday night at the English capital's iconic York Hall boxing venue. The slick southpaw continues his charge back into World title contention following a brave attempt at the IBF belt versus Ivan Baranchyk in their World Boxing Super Series Quarter-Final on October 27 in New Orleans.
ARCHIE SHARP WILL make a first defence of his WBO European super featherweight title when he takes on the tough Scot Jordan McCorry at The O2, London on July 13.