By Per Ake Persson
Arena Box Promotion news: Arena looks to do a rematch between Sinan Samil Sam and Oliver McCall this fall in Istanbul. While Sam suffered a bad eye injury early in the fight, it deserves to be noticed that he entered the ring even heavier than he was when he fought Oleg Maskaev - and one of the explanations given to that loss was the weight.
Meanwhile it´s Cuban heavyweight Odlanier Solis that is grabbing most of the attention: two pro fights, two first round knockouts and a total of 90 seconds spent in the ring. And getting a decent guy like Alex Mazikin, a top class amateur who probably turned pro too late, out of there in 43 seconds is very impressive. Stablemate Steffen Kretschmann took out Latvian Edgar Kalnars also in the first. Both Solis and Kretschmann will be on Arena´s show in Hamburg July 6 along with Yuriorkis Gamboa.
Norwegians in action: Jr welterweight Geir Inge Jorgensen, 24-1, won the vacant WBC Mediterranean title Saturday night in Torrevieja, Spain, with a unanimous decision over Frenchman Fabrice Colombel. It was scored 118-112, 117-112 and 116-113. On June 23 in Dublin super bantamweight Reidar Walstad challenges EBU champ Bernard Dunne while Thomas Hansvoll and Cecilia Braekhus fight in Zwickau on the undercard to Asikainen vs Sylvester. Hansvoll face Cuban cruiser prospect Yoan Pablo Hernandez while Braekhus is in against Bulgarian veteran Borislava Goranova.
Ukrainian heavyweight Aleksander Dimitrenko will be featured in the chief support to Krasniqi vs. Thompson July 14 in Hamburg.
Italian cruiserweight Pietro Aurino have been arrested in Civitavecchia for various charges that includes drugs, firearms and association with organized crime.
EBA welterweight champ Choukri Yentour retained the title with a unanimous decision over Georgian Georg Ungiadze on June 16 in St Etienne, France. The day before EBA head Bartolome Torralba was along with Dane Jesper D Jensen appointed as support directors for the WBA in Europe.
