By Per Ake Persson
Hamburg, Germany - Light heavyweight prospect Abel Gevor (12-0) outscored Norwegian Alexander Hagen (9-2) over eight tactical, tense rounds of boxing. Gevor, a southpaw, boxed well and gradually took over the fight and rocked Hagen in the sixth but also showed a lack of power.
The Norwegian tried to press the action but was made to miss and could never find the range. It was scored 78-74 on all cards.
Middleweight Patrick Wojcicki (5-0) dropped faded veteran Turgay Uzun (41-28-2) three times in the first and it was stopped. The 40+ Uzun was unable to get out of the way as Wojcicki poured it on.
IN OTHER NEWS: Top undefeated prospect DANIEL “TWITCH” FRANCO, (14-0-3, 9 KO’s), of Rancho Cucamonga, California will now face DERRICK MURRAY, (13-0-1, 5 KO’s) of St. Louis, Missouri for the vacant IBF-USBA featherweight title on Thursday, November 10 in Washington, D.C. in the 10-round main event of “FIGHT NIGHT” at the Washington Hilton.
Original opponent JOSE HARO suffered a training injury and had to withdraw from the title bout.
“No problem on our part, Daniel said yes immediately to the change in opponents, “said Ray Chaparro, manager of Franco who is promoted by Roc Nation Sports. “He’s here to win the title and is solely focused on that. We’ve watched a couple of tapes of Murray, he’s clearly talented and Daniel will be ready for him on November 10.”
The hard-hitting Franco returns to the ring following a convincing fifth round knockout of Marcello Gallardo on August 6 in Oakland, California on the undercard of Andre Ward vs. Alexander Brand.
The knockout of Gallardo was the second in a row for the heavy handed Franco, who previously stopped German Meraz in the eighth round on March 26, also in Oakland.
The 28-year-old Murray, a former amateur standout, will be making his third start of 2016. On January 27, Murray traveled to New York City where he won a six round unanimous decision over Darryl Hayes.
Most recently Murray won an eight round unanimous decision over Jose Silveria on April 16 on St. Joseph, Missouri.
