By Per Ake Persson
German heavyweight Luan Krasniqi returns on December 2 in Berlin on a Universum show at the Estrel Convention Center. The former EBU champ and current WBO # 2 was scheduled to fight in Stuttgart in September, but pulled out after a managerial dispute. An agreement has since been reached.
WBO jr. middleweight title holder Sergey Dzindziruk defends against Russian Alisultan Nadirbegov on October 21 in Halle/Saale. Headlining is WBC Int´l super middleweight ruler Mario Veit taking on Denis Inkin.
Spanish-based super middleweight Mukadi Manda is off the Kessler vs Beyer bill where he was to have fought Lolenga Mock. According to Mukadi himself, he was never on and says he´s never been contacted by any agent about this fight. Who Mock will fight isn´t announced yet but a substitute has apparently been found. "I don´t care who I fight, I´m ready for anyone" says Mock.
EU bantamweight champ David Guerault defends against John Bikai on Saturday in Dombasle. Super middleweight Jackson Chanet has been added to the undercard.
Chanet will also appear October 27 in Calais on the undercard to Hamza Izza´s defense of the WBF welterweight title against Fabrice Colombel and according to netboxe.com, Jackson could fight the winner of Mkrtchian vs Gogiya on December 2 as part of AMI´s big show in Bercy.
Middles Zviadi Purtshkhavanidze and Dmitry Pirog clash for the Russian title on October 25 in Moscow on a show promoted by Pushka. Pushka involves the now retired high class super middleweight Andrei Shkalikov.
Roman Dzuman defends the GBU jr. middleweight title on October 19 in Lvov, Ukraine, against Argentinian Juan Manuel Alaggio. Yuri Zolotov takes on tough Latvian Jurijs Boreiko in another fight at 154.