By Per Ake Persson
Universum Box Promotions return in April with two events a week apart. April 17 in Magdeburg, Universum join forces with SES for a show headlined WBC interim middleweight champ Sebastian Zbik who again will take on Italian Domenico Spada. Zbik won a very close decision the first time out to win the title but many observers felt Spada had nicked it. In the co-feature WBO super middleweight king Robert Stieglitz faces Eduard Gutknecht, who comes in fresh off a win over ex-champ Karoly Balzsay. It´s an exciting all German matchup (Stieglitz hail from Belorus but is based in Magdeburg since years) where Stieglitz´s speed and punch should make the difference.
It´s not official yet but on April 24 Universum has WBO light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer headlining a show at a site to be announced. Opponent is according to Ring de Idea Argentinian Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky.
It´s nothing new but Russian middleweight Dmitry Pirog is off the fight against EBU champ Matthew Macklin on April 16 in the UK for reasons unknown. Pirog was mandatory challenger for Macklin.
