By Per Ake Persson
Russian cruiserweight Vadim Tokarev square off against American Shane Shwarz on November 25 in Warzaw, Poland, in the chief support to Wlodarczyk vs Cunningham for the vacant IBF 200 lb title.
Former WBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm takes on Australian Gavin Topp on Universum´s show in Duesseldorf November 18. It´s on the same bill where John Ruiz and Ruslan Chagaev clash in a WBA eliminator and the man who beat Sturm, Spaniard Javier Castillejo face Argentinian Mariano Natalio Carrera in a defense of the WBA title.
On Tuesday, the Madrid Boxing Federation staged the first show ever card inside a Spanish jail. On top of a pro/am bill featherweight Ivan Ruiz Morote outscored Reynaldo Blanco.
Arena Box Promotion have signed up heavyweight Steffen Kretschmann and female bantam Derya Torun. Kretschmann went 122-22 in the amateurs and will make his pro debut on November 10 in Hamburg on the undercard to Alpaslan vs Makaringe.
OK-KO Promotions in the Czech Republic promotes in Prague with cruiserweight Lubos Suda taking on Belgian Ismail Abdoul. In a supporting bout, also at cruiserweight, Roman Kracik takes on Pavol Polakovic. If all goes well Suda, Kracik and light heavyweight Ladislav Kutil will be on top of OK-KO´s show December 1 in Prague.
Polish middleweight Gregorz Proksa defends the IBF and WBC Youth titles on October 13 in Port Talbot, Wales, against Argentinian Lucero Fraga.
Lightwight Sam Rukondo, from Uganda, fighting out of Sweden and the UK, headlines in Torrevieja, Spain, on November 3 against Romanian Marian Leondraliu. Rukondo will then fight in London November 24, Sam resides in Uppsala, Sweden, but finding suitable sparring there is almost impossible. "I spar with Samuel Kebede sometimes in Stockholm but other than I´m forced to go to London for sparring" says Rukondo.
