By Per-Ake Persson

Newly crowned EBU 147 lb champ Oktay Urkal have his next mandatory defence against Dane Thomas Damgaard. The fight have a final date for agreement or purse bids June 6 at noon.
 
Junior Witter defends the EBU 140 lb title against Andreas Kotelnik July 9 in Nottingham.
 
Supermiddles Jose Guerrero and Antonio Lopez clash for the vacant Spanish 168 lb title in Ripollet May 20. Middleweight Jorge Sendra takes on William Ruiz in the chief support.
 
Hardpunching Mger Mkrtchyan takes on Brazilian Eduardo Da Franca in St Petersburg (Russia) tomorrow night (May 19) at the Konti Kasino.
 
Big Norwegian Leif Dolonen Larsen appears in Torrevieja, Spain, May 20. Also on the bill that is mixed pro/am/neopro is jr welter Emiliano Casal. Ulf Johansen and partners promotes.
 
Swedish news:
Asa Sandell takes on one Donna Logue in a female supermiddle bout on the next "A ring of their own" bill staged June 18 in Edmonton.
 
Welterweight Benjamin Kalinovic, 1-0-0-1, heads back to the States May 20 for more fights in June. Benjamin will train in Miami, FL, under Norman Wilson and have fights booked for June 10 and 23. The 23-year old Kalinovic had 109 amateurbouts, won two Swedish titles and a number of international tournaments.
 
Tonton Semakala, 15-0, last fought in 02 but have kept the dream of coming back alive since then and was sparring with German star Felix Sturm earlier this year. However, since then he suffered a serious injury and may be at the end of his career.
 
K 1 battlers Zoltan Sarossy, an ex-pro, and Jorgen Kruth, 1-0 in the pros, have both worked on their boxing skills under renowned trainer Lasse Myrberg. -It´s a pleasure to work with these guys, says Lasse. -And both are really sharp for Saturday´s fights.
 
Vegas-based jr welter Vatche Wartanian will return home to Stockholm with his family this summer. Trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick is currently in Florida working with among others big German heavy Timo Hoffmann.
 
Junior Witter defends the EBU 140 lb title against Andreas Kotelnik July 9 in Nottingham.
 
Supermiddles Jose Guerrero and Antonio Lopez clash for the vacant Spanish 168 lb title in Ripollet May 20. Middleweight Jorge Sendra takes on William Ruiz in the chief support.
 
Hardpunching Mger Mkrtchyan takes on Brazilian Eduardo Da Franca in St Petersburg (Russia) tomorrow night (May 19) at the Konti Kasino.
 
Big Norwegian Leif Dolonen Larsen appears in Torrevieja, Spain, May 20. Also on the bill that is mixed pro/am/neopro is jr welter Emiliano Casal. Ulf Johansen and partners promotes.
 
Swedish news:
Asa Sandell takes on one Donna Logue in a female supermiddle bout on the next "A ring of their own" bill staged June 18 in Edmonton.
 
Welterweight Benjamin Kalinovic, 1-0-0-1, heads back to the States May 20 for more fights in June. Benjamin will train in Miami, FL, under Norman Wilson and have fights booked for June 10 and 23. The 23-year old Kalinovic had 109 amateurbouts, won two Swedish titles and a number of international tournaments.
 
Tonton Semakala, 15-0, last fought in 02 but have kept the dream of coming back alive since then and was sparring with German star Felix Sturm earlier this year. However, since then he suffered a serious injury and may be at the end of his career.
 
K 1 battlers Zoltan Sarossy, an ex-pro, and Jorgen Kruth, 1-0 in the pros, have both worked on their boxing skills under renowned trainer Lasse Myrberg. -It´s a pleasure to work with these guys, says Lasse. -And both are really sharp for Saturday´s fights.
 
Vegas-based jr welter Vatche Wartanian will return home to Stockholm with his family this summer. Trainer Paddy Fitzpatrick is currently in Florida working with among others big German heavy Timo Hoffmann.