Vincent Feigenbutz vs. Andrey Sirotkin on May 13 in Germany

By Per Ake Persson

Gallego Prada Promociones were the only bidder´s at today´s purse bids in Rome for EBU super featherweight champion Guillaume Frenois´ mandatory defence against Spaniard Juli Giner.

Gallego Prada bid 40,100.00 Euros and shall promote the fight in Barcelona on a date to be announced.

Frenois (43-1) won the then vacant title with a close win over Samir Ziani. Giner (20-2-1) previously held the title but gave it up to concentrate on a shot at a world title but lost to Miguel Roman.

IBF I/C super middleweight champ and former WBA interim titleholder Vincent Feigenbutz (25-2) takes on Russian Andrey Sirotkin (11-0) on May 13 in Karlsruhe in what appears to be the sole Sauerland Event promotion in Germany during the spring.

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EBU heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel (19-2) will make the first defense of his title June 24. It will be a voluntary defence against an opponent to be announced. Site is also to be announced.

Agit is promoted by SES and won the title earlier this year with a points win over Herve Hubeaux.

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Brooklyn Borough President Eric L. Adams will declare Saturday, April 22, 2017 to be ‘Daniel Jacobs Day’ in Brooklyn, in a ceremony at that evening’s Andre Berto vs. Shawn Porter welterweight showdown at Barclays Center.

Jacobs’ Get In The Ring Foundation, through which he advocates for children struggling with cancer, childhood obesity, and bullying, will donate 100 tickets to the event to local families, children, teens in the Brooklyn community.

Jacobs, a Brownsville, Brooklyn-native, has fought at Barclays Center five times, and most recently, challenged Gennady “GGG” Golovkin in a closely contested loss. Jacobs is the face of BROOKLYN BOXING™, the flourishing boxing platform for Barclays Center, through which he trains and competes in branded gloves, trunks, shoes and robes.

In March, BROOKLYN BOXING unveiled a special merchandise collection in Jacobs’ honor, which features sweatshirts, sweatpants, t-shirts, and hats adorned with black and gold BROOKLYN BOXING branding alongside the fighter’s “Miracle Man” moniker, and is sold at BrooklynBoxingShop.com.

In 2011, Jacobs was diagnosed with Osteosarcoma, a life-threatening form of bone cancer. After an arduous battle, radiation treatments and surgery, Jacobs returned to the ring at Barclays Center where he went on to win the WBA world middleweight title in August 2014.