by Per Ake Persson
It will be veteran Antoine Palatis that takes on Brit Michael Sprott on February 18 in Edinburgh, for the vacant EU heavyweight title. Palatis is not rated, but the EBU has made an exception as none of the rated challengers were available or wanted this fight.
Bulgarian Borislava Goranova has replaced Marischa Sjauw as opponent for WIBF jr middleweight title holder Heidi Hartmann on March 4 in Oldenburg. Russian heavyweight Alexander Povetkin, 6-0, is likely to get a fine test from Nigerian Richard Bango on the undercard. The show is headlined by IBF 160 lb ruler Arthur Abraham, who takes on Australian Shannon Taylor. Cruiserweight Marco Huck squares off against American Ehinomen Ehikhamenor.
If you checked Universum / Spotlight Boxing´s website yesterday, Kazachstan Olympic silver medallist Gennady Golovkin was listed as one of their fighters - hours later he was gone .
The Ismail Abdoul vs. Don Diego Poeder fight for the vacant EU cruiser title is postponed until April 23, and will now take place in Gent.
IBO middleweight champ Raymond Joval is sidelined with a neck injury and is recuperating back home in the Netherlands.
French jr middleweight Christophe Canclaux will take on Serbian, based in Britain, Geard Ajetovic, on March 18 in Monte Carlo.
Middleweight Khoren Gevor headlines Spotlight Boxing´s show on March 7 in Cuxhaven. Also on the bill is hardpunching heavy Denis Boytsov.
Finn Jyrkki "Wolfman" Vierela, last seen in 2001 at jr. welterweight, will return on March 11 in Espoo.
