Cedric Vitu vs. Marcello Matano IBF Eliminator in Play
Mar 1, 2017 • 4:28 AM ET
By Per Ake Persson
Five weeks that decides the future for German boxing - was a headline in Bild this past week - referring to the number of big fights that takes place on German soil beginning March 11 in Ludwigshafen when WBA super welter champion Jack Culcay finally taking on Demetrius Andrade.
Bild didn´t mention SES and Z!´s show in Leipzig, also in March, where EBU light heavyweight champion Robert Stieglitz defends the title against Nikola Sjekloca and heavyweight Erkan Teper is in against Mariusz Wach - but this is also an important show.
March 25 in Potsdam WBA (standard title) super middleweight ruler Tyron Zeuge makes the first defence of the title against Isaac Ekpo.
On April 1 in Dortmund Marco Huck takes on Mairis Briedis for the WBC interim and IBO cruiserweight titles.
April 22 super middleweights Robin Krasniqi and Arthur Abraham fight a final eliminator for the mandatory spot for the WBO crown.
And finally April 29 there´s Wladimir Klitschko taking on Anthony Joshua in London for the WBA, IBF, IBO heavyweight titles.
IN OTHER NEWS: Frenchman Cedric Vitu, reigning EBU champ at super welterweight and 45-2, have along with Italian Marcello Matano (17-2) have been nominated by the IBF to fight an eliminator. Matano lost to Julian Williams last year in another IBF eliminator and have since beaten Luigi Mantegna (2-57-1 coming into the fight). As for Vitu he´s defended the EBU title three times and stopped Isaac Real last time out.
