By Per Ake Persson
Nothing offical yet but notifight writes that WBA light heavyweight champ Hugo Hernan Garay defends the title on October 18 in Germany against # 1 rated contender Jurgen Brahmer.
Adrian Diaconu and Silvio Branco square off for the WBC light heavyweight title on November 8, probably in Romania.
Ex-EBU middle champ Amin Asikainen will now take on Brazilian Roberto De Oliveira de Jesus October 30 in Tampere, Finland, in what is a final tuneup before going after his old title (now vacant) against Khoren Gevor. The original opponent, Claudio Ariel Abalos, was forced out due to visa problems. Russian jr welterweight Dennis Shafikov, nicknamed "Djingis Khan" face Slovakian Andrzej Sark. Talented Edis Tatli, also at jr welterweight, squares off against Brazilian Idiozan Matos. Heavies Sami Elovaara and Juho Haapoja are featured on separate bouts against selected opponents to set up a showdown for the national title later in the fall.
Arena Box Promotion has switched venue for their planned September 12 show and will now stage it in Cuxhaven in the North of Germany instead of at Palma de Mallorca. The show features Cubans Odlanier Solis and Erislandy Lara, WBC Int´l welter champ Selcuk Aydin and Germans Steffen Kretschmann and Timo Gross.
Belorus heavyweight giant Alexander Ustinov knocked out Brazilian Daniel Bispo in the second on August 22 in Beijing, China. Ustinov´s next assignment is likely to be October 11 in Berlin on the undercard to Vitali Klitschko vs. Samuel Peter.
Don King Productions have featherweight prospect Justin Savi on the Valuev vs. Ruiz show in Berlin August 30.
Hassan N´Dam and Woilid Guarras clash in one of the semi-finals of the French Grand Tornoi competition September 18 in Paris.
German heavyweight Egon Roth, 19-0, is reportedly on his way to retirement due to a bad back. Roth is signed to Spotlight Boxing but has only fought three times in the last two years.
