By Per Ake Persson
Argentinian middleweight Mariano Carrera, who stopped Javier Castillejo in eleven rounds to win the WBA title last December in Berlin, has according to German and Spanish media reports, tested positive for an illegal substance. There´s no official announcement from the WBA yet. More to come ...
The planned voluntary defenwe by EBU 160 lb titleholder Amin Asikainen in Helsinki that was scheduled for February 10 will be moved to a different date. Asikainen´s opponent will reportedly be Italian Lorenzo Di Giacomo. "Idi" Amin is still to take on mandatory challenger Sebastian Sylvester March 3 in Rostock. The Helsinki show will have jr welterweight Juho Tolppola in the co-headliner. A full announcement from P 3 Boxing is come next week.
Luca Tassi defends the Italian super middleweight title on February 15 against Vincenzo Imparato. In the co-headliner Italian light heavyweight champ Leonard Turchi squares off against veteran Massimiliano Saiani. Rosanna Conti Cavini promotes.
It appears that Spend Abazi vs. Roberto Guerrero for the vacant IBF featherweight title will go ahead in Denmark in February.
WBA heavyweight champ Nikolai Valuev is sparring in Berlin with among others Cisse Salif.
Norman Schuster defends the German welterweight title against Mike Reissmann on Universum´s show in Halle/Saale on January 13. Reissmann is involved in the court case against his former trainer, Werner Papke, who is accused of sexual abuse of some his fighters, Reissmann included.
