By Mark Vester
At the Erdgas Arena in Riesa, Sachsen, Germany, cruiserweights Alexander Petkovic (39-4-4, 20 KOs) and Timo Hoffmann (39-7-2, 23 KOs) fought to a twelve round majority decision draw. The WBO's European title was at stake, and the belt will continue to remain vacant. Petkovic at 6'3, was much smaller than the near 6'8 Hoffmann, but used his much faster hands to land punches and his movement troubled Hoffmann, who was often too slow to get off with his punches.
Scores for Hoffmann vs. Petkovic were: 114-114 (twice) and 113-115 - for the latter.
Also, hard-hitting lady Christina Hammer (8-0, 6 KOs) became the new WBO female middleweight champion as she got a hard-fought unanimous decision over Bermuda-based Italian Teresa Perozzi (7-4-1, 1 KO). Scores were: 98-92 and 97-93 (twice) - for the German fighter of Kazakh origin.
Other results:
Sergio Vartanov (8-0, 3 KOs) PTS 8 Bronislav Kubin (10-4-1, 5 KOs)
Haxhi Krasniqi (33-2, 11 KOs) UD 8 Konstantin Makhankov (15-22, 5 KOs)
Tommy Altmann (12-1-1, 4 KOs) TKO 5 Artur Drinaj (10-16-1, 5 KOs)
