Germany - Light heavyweight Thomas Ulrich floored Nicarguan Henry Saenz seconds into the first but had to settle for an unanimous decision after ten non-title rounds. It was scored 98-91 on two cards and 100-91 on the third. Saenz was tough and rattled Ulrich in the third and clearly stunned him in the sixth. Overall the German dominated the fight behind a fine jab and left hook.
Sinan Samil Sam regained the WBC Int´l heavyweight title with an unanimous decision over Brazilian George Arias. It was scored 118-112, 117-112 and 119-110. Sam, looking so fit and trim one wonder if he hadn´t overtrained, could never hurt his opponent and was a bit one paced in his work. Arias boxed smartly on the move and showed a big heart when the much bigger Turk poured it on. In the later rounds he landed with a few good counters.
"Sam is back" said manager Ahmet Oener. "we will look to get him into another WBC eliminator. He was official challenger for the EBU title but he is not that young anymore and we need to get him into the big picture fast."
Ukrainian Alexander Dimitrenko won the vacant WBO I/C title on scores of 118-110, 118-111 and 117-111 over experienced Dominican Fernely Feliz. Dimitrenko was wobbled in the third from a sneaky right hand but was a clear winner. Feliz, fighting with an injured right hand from the fourth round on, gave Alexander a good learning fight. Dimitrenko shows good moves but tends to armpunch and leaves himself open for counters.
Russian heavyweight Aleksander Alekseev again impressed as he took apart Ukrainian Alexander Subin for a stoppage win in the first.
There was a final ten count for former WBC and EBU jr middle champ Eckhard Dagge, who was born and raised not far from Kiel and fought his last profight there back in 1981.
Kiev, Ukraine - Jr middle Zauerbek Baysangurov knocked out Hungarian Laszlo Buranyi in the third and retained the IBF Youth title.
Swedish heavyweight Aldo Colliander stopped Russian, a former Norwegian amateur champ, Daniel Peret in the third.
Tornio, Finland - Swedish super bantamweight Karl Larsson Jones outscored Finland´s Tommy Hanniemi over six.
News - Welterweight Alpaslan Aguzum returns to action after a long layoff on April 15 in Magdeburg on SES´ big show.
Lightheavies Lucien Bute and Lolenga Mock might clash on May 16 in Montreal.
EU 147 lb champ Michel Trabant is set to defend the title against Marco Cattikas on May 27 in Munich in another all-German Universum/Spotlight showdown.
Israeli heavyweight Roman Greenberg is likely to defend the IBO I/C title on May 13 in the UK on the undercard to Clinton Woods next defense of the IBF 175 lb title.
Former EBU cruiserweight champ Aleksander Gourov could be fighting Russian Vadim Tokarev for the vacant IBO title in the near future.
German/Turkish middleweight Lion Mahir is sidelined with a broken hand.
French jr lightweight Frederic Gosset takes on Thai Kongthawat Sorkitt on April 15 in Cheng Du, China.
