By Per Ake Persson
IBF I/C jr middleweight champ Marco Schulze, a big local ticket seller, defends the title on February 25 in Oranienburg. Co-headlining is WBO I/C 147 lb ruler Jan Zaveck.
Michele Piccirillo vs Lukas Konecny for the vacant EBU 154 lb title is postponed from February 24 to March 11 with the site remaining in Bergamo. Luca Messi, who will face the winner is in the chief support.
Danish media are speculating that an all-Danish showdown will take place at super middleweight with WBA champ Mikkel Kessler taking on Mads Larsen, who settled the managerial dispute with Mogens Palle out of court the other day. The two fighters shared the same gym and trainer (Ricard Olsen) for a number of years.
Swedish heavy Aldo Colliander claims to have "killed" every heavyweight in the Stockholm region in his final preparations for his showdown against Taras Bidenko on Tuesday (Jan 24) night.
Hungarian promoter Felix Racz has put out a top ten "fights I want to happen" for 2006, of course topped by Jorge Barrios vs Janos Nagy for the WBO 130 lb title. As second, Racz wants his female fly Viktoria Milo to fight Regina Halmich. At number six is an all Hungarian matchup at jr middle between Mihaly Kotai and Attila Kovacs.
EBU super bantamweight champ Michael Hunter takes on Italian Massimo Morra on March 3 in Hartlepool.