By Per Ake Persson
It will indeed be the African Warrior, Evans Ashira, that challenges WBO 168 lb champ Joe Calzaghe on September 10 in Cardiff. This will be Ashira´s first fight at super middleweight but he is no stranger to the weight division. Ashira has sparred with the likes of Mads Larsen and Mikkel Kessler while in Denmark.
Spotlight Boxing has announced that Czech jr middle Lukas Konecny will headline their show on September 20 in Prague. At the same time, Sauerland Event has Konecny pencilled in to take on Alexander Sipos on October 1 as part of the Vidoz vs Sprott undercard. There will be no postponement of the Sipos bout as Sauerland Event has made it clear they need the fight for this bill, it´s likely that he gets another opponent while Lukas goes ahead with the show in Prague.
NBA middle champ Dirk Dzemski defends against American Anthony Shuler on September 17 in Ilsenburg. The chief support features a solid matchup between supermiddles Malik Dziarra and Denis Inkin, who´s signed to Universum. The undercard is made up two or three Norwegians from Viking Box Promotions (Reidar Walstad, Kim Jensen and perhaps Geir Inge Jorgensen). Finns Amin Asikainen and Juho Tolppola will however not be on the bill despite a press release saying that.
Polish Hammer Knockout Promotions begins the new season on September 24 in Swarzedz (near Poznan) with Krzystof "Diablo" Wlodarczyk´s defense of the EU cruiser title against German Firat Arslan on top. At least that is the plan right now, but this one is not yet 100% confirmed.
Alberto Servidei goes for the vacant IBF Int´l 126 lb title on September 23 in Ravenna. Opponent could be Kenyan David Kiilu, although nothing is signed yet.
