By Per Ake Persson
Czech jr. middleweight Lukas Konecny tunes up for the fight against Humberto Aranda on May 9 in Prague with a four-rounder against Latvian Sandris Tomson on April 15 in Magdeburg. Alpaslan Aguzum, a two-time loser to Carlos Baldomir, returns after a lenghty layoff and takes on Ukrainian Yuri Tsybenko. Venezuelan Gusmyl Perdomo steps in for the injured Robert Stieglitz and fight Carlos Enrique Ramos. There are 14 fights on the bill, topped by Natascha Ragosina vs. Carlette Ewell.
There is still no approval from the WBA with respect to Collazo vs Hatton May 13. The fight can go ahead as a non-title bout, but Collazo needs approval from the WBA for that as well. Hatton´s agent Dennis Hobson states in an interview that the WBA can´t stop Hatton from fighting but that´s not really the issue.
WBO light heavyweight champ Zsolt Erdei will defend against Australian Paul Murdoch on May 6 in Duesseldorf.
WBO jr middle ruler Sergey Dzindziruk defends the title against Argentinian Jorge Lujan on April 29 in Stuttgart.
French super bantamweight Cyril Bellanger has announced his retirement.
Former WBO 160 lb champ Armand Krajnc has for now given up his comeback plans.
