Venetis Promotion To Stage Giant Card in Hamburg, 2/28

By Per Ake Persson

Venetis Promotion stages what promises to be a giant show - at least quantity wise - on February 28 in Hamburg. On top of the bill, middleweight Sebastian Formella (7-0) will clash with Pietro D´Alesio (11-19-1) for the vacant GBC I/C title and Omar Jatta (15-9-1) is in against Dominik Ameri (11-19-1) for the vacant GBC world title.
 
American heavyweight Trevor Bryan (12-0) fights on the undercard that might swell up to around 20 fights. Some of booked fighters might drop out though and one of them is "the eternal debutant", Dane Robert Larsen, who had his pro debut announced around 2002 and has since been on for his first time in the ring a number times but always pulled out for one reason or another.
 
One fighter that won´t be on the show but was planned to fight for the first time since 2004 was Hasan Al (32-1-3). Al drew with Carlos Baldomir in Copenhagen back in 2001 but most observers felt he won clearly. Baldomor won the rematch without a doubt and while Hasan kept winning things went wrong and after a serious neck injury in 2004 when Al was based in the US and managed by Steve Tannenbaum. He left boxing but is now back in full training. The 38-year old still needs some more time to get back in shape though.
 
The show in Hamburg is sanctioned by the GBA, the German Boxing Association. GBC stands for Global Boxing Council.