By Per Ake Persson
Rumors have been flying for a long time and today - as the tradition goes - Trygve Sundoe at Verdens Gang breaks the story. Norwegian Steffen Tangstad, former EBU heavyweight champ and CEO for MSE, is back in business and will work with an all-new TV channel that only shows boxing and martial arts.
Wíth MSE, a company inside Viasat, Tangstad both bought and sold TV rights, promoted and managed a stable of fighters working closely with Universum. It all ended in the early summer of 04 and since then Steffen has been idle but during the fall, rumors been flying of somekind of comeback of sorts. VG writes that Tangstad spent this past weekend in Las Vegas negotiating with Top Rank about rights to upcoming shows. A show in Spain in March could the first to be televised by the new channel.
Comebacking German heavy Axel Schulz will according to Bild Zeitung, travel to Florida in three weeks to train under Angelo Dundee. Bild also writes that Riddick Bowe´s management is interested in making a Schulz vs Bowe fight.
EBU heavyweight champ Paolo Vidoz, who fights German Cengiz Koc on January 28 in Berlin, has switched his management from Loreni Boxe to Salvatore Cherchi. Vidoz have been advised by his lawyer not to make any further comments on the case.
Polish cruiserweight Krzysztof Wlodarczyk has today relinquished the EU title. There was to have been purse bids On January 23 for the rematch against Belgian Ismail Abdoul, who will remain as co-challenger for the vacant title.
Danish heavyweight Steffen Nielsen has pulled out of his position as mandatory challenger for the vacant EU title. Nielsen was to have fought Brit Michael Sprott.
LA-based Swedish jr. middleweight Peter Nylund takes on Mike Lyubarski on February 2 in Hollywood, writes Mikael Karlsson at fightermag.se
Kenyan middleweight Evans Ashira expects to be ready to resume his career in late March or early April.
