By Przemysław Osiak
The event which Polish fans have been waiting on for seven years is close to coming true. 33-year-old Matt Zegan (45-5, 21 KO) seeks sweet revenge on Artur Grigorian (38-1, 22 KO), whom he lost to via controversial circumstances on January 2003. The second fight will probably take place during Diamond Boxing Night scheduled on March 6th in Katowice, Poland. The first meeting of both fighters was a clash for the WBO lightweight title in Essen, Germany. The clash finished after 12 rounds of Zegan's solid boxing but the judges established the '67 born Uzbek as the winner.
"I want this revenge to come true. In the past, there was somebody who didn't want this bout and interfered with the organization matters. Klaus Peter Kohl accepted the possible fight as well as Grigorian so of course we will carry it through" – said Zegan, who recently rejected an offer from Kevin Mitchell's (30-0, 22 KO) team concerning a bout for WBO Inter-Continental lightweight title, in order to face Grigorian again,- "A fight for an inter-continental title is an interesting offer, but the financial issues looked not as good as I would have liked them to be. I know the rates of money that is possible to earn in Great Britain but the profits they offered to me were not so enticing so I turned down the proposal."
Przemysław Osiak covers the Polish boxing scene for www.bokser.org
