By Per Ake Persson
Former EBU jr. middleweight champ Edip Secovic, who at the age of 50 made a comeback earlier this year, was found dead outside of his pub in Vienna earlier this morning. Secovic had been stabbed to death. A man - a 26-year old Russian also with stab wounds - has been taken into custody and is believed to be one of the killers but the case is yet very unclear. It is believed that Secovic had gotten into an argument with one or some of his guests. Secovic hailed from what was Yugoslavia but fought out of Austria for his entire career. He won the EBU title in 89 but lost it the same year. Edip also won the WAA and UBF "world" titles. He first retired in 89 but kept coming back through the 90´s. In 2000 he retired for good it seemed but returned June 1 of this year with a first round knockout of Steve Klockow for a total record of 29-9-1. Check again out edip.at for a final farewell to the champ.
French cruiserweight champ Nadjib Mohammed defends the title against Abdelkader Benzinia on September 18 in Paris. On this bill Woilid Guarras and Hassan N´Dam N´Jikam clash in the semifinal of the Grand Tornoi. Russian cruiserweight Valery Brudov and Cameroon heavyweight Carlos Takam are featured on the undercard.
Riddick Bowe´s latest comeback - this time September 12 in Gyor, Hungary - is not yet officially cancelled but there are rumors it will be. If parts of the show can be salvaged or postponed to a different date remains to be seen. In Denmark the financial difficulties for Bowe´s agent in Europe, Robert Larsen, continues and his licenses as promoter and manager remain suspended.
German jr. lightweight Vitali Tajbert, official challenger for the EBU title, faces Belgian Ermano Fegatilli on August 29 in Duesseldorf on Spotlight Boxing´s big show at the Burg-Waechter Castello.
