By Per Ake Persson
Amin Asikainen and Morrade Hakkar, both former EBU middleweight champions, are in line to fight for the vacant EU title but when and where isn't clear yet. Some sources have reported the fight would be on for Stockholm on September 28 but that is incorrect.
Lolenga Mock didn't just lose a fight for the vacant WBA I/C 168 lb title against Stjepan Bozic, he was stripped of the EU title, which is said to be in accordance with the EBU rules.
French flyweight Brahim Asloum will fight a tuneup in Germany either September 7 in Duesseldorf or September 15 in Rostock. Universum's big show there will also feature Alesia Graf in a GBU title defence and two WBO I/C titlefights involving cruiser Aleksander Alekseev and light heavyweight Aleksyi Kuziemski.
Arena Box Promotion has now opened it's new much bigger gym in Hamburg where they already have staged a few shows.
Michele Di Rocco and Giuseppe Lauri fight for the EU 140 lb title September 21 in Livorno. In the chief support Luca Tassi and Antonio Di Feto clash for the Italian super middleweight title.
EBU light heavyweight champ Thomas Ulrich takes on mandatory challenger Yuri Barashian November 24 in Germany with Universum promoting.
Leonardu Bundu and Vincenzo Fini clash for the IBF Mediterranean title at welterweight November 24 in Toscolano Maderno. German-Italian heavy Francesco Pianeta is featured on the undercard.
Norwegian female jr. welterweight Cecilia Braekhus, one of the best in the world in the amateurs, has announced her retirement after only four fights and sites a lack
of motivation.
