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According to the Russian press, there could be a chance the heavyweight title fight between WBC champion Vitali Klitschko and Albert Sosnowski of Poland will not be televised on Polish television. The fight is scheduled for May 29 in Gelsenkirchen.
At the Weser-Ems-Halle in Oldenburg, Niedersachsen, Germany, hometown favorite Marco Huck will defend his WBO cruiserweight title against former heavyweight contender, who is now at cruiser, Brian Minto of the United States.
German newspaper, The Hamburg Post, is reporting that promotional company Universum Box-Promotions has advised the majority of their staff members that July 31 will be their last day of work, including CEO Stefan Braune and technical director Kay Foitschik. The fighters and trainers are not being affected. The company is keeping all of them under contract. The latest in a string of hardships for Universum may have to do with their German television contract running out on on July 31. The company was making millions of Euros a year from their deal with ZDF.
IBF Chairman Lindsey Tucker confirms that heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko formally notified the sanctioning organization about his intention to fight WBA champion David Haye of England. He told the IBF his team is involved in negotiations with Haye's co-promoter, Sauerland Event and manager Adam Booth.
At the Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, middleweight prospect Dmitry Pirog (16-0, 13KOs) punished Segei Melis (16-2, 5KOs), stopping him in the sixth round to win the WBC Baltic title.
At the Yubileiny Sports Palace in Saint Petersburg, Russia, former World Boxing Organization cruiserweight champion Enzo Maccarinelli (31-4, 21 KOs) will fight rising Russian star Alexander Kotlobay (18-1-1, 12 KOs) for the vacant EBU (European) cruiserweight title.
On Saturday in Oldenburg, Germany, the cruiserweight champion of the WBO, Marco Huck, has promised to punish Brian Minto. The ex-heavyweight beat up German legend Axel Schulz in 2006. Schulz was coming out of retirement for the first time in seven years. The knockout loss sent him right back into retirement. Minto has since made a decision to move down to cruiserweight. Huck wants to get revenge for his friend.
The criminal assault case involving the Russian giant, the former WBA heavyweight champion Nikolai Valuev, is finally over. Valuev was accused of beating up a security guard, Yury Sergeyev, in January 2006 in the parking lot of the Spartak sports center in St. Petersburg.
According to a report in Golzka, super middleweight Carl Froch is not obligated to receive more money for his encounter with Arthur Abraham on August 21. Froch is not happy about the fight possibly taking place in Germany. He wants the fight to take place in Nottingham, England.
The "King" Arthur Abraham wants to seal his place in the Super Six Boxing Classic tournament. Abraham did well in the first round of the tournament. He knocked out Jermain Taylor in the twelfth round of their fight. He was not successful in the second stage of the tournament. He was disqualified in round eleven of his fight with Andre Dirrell, which took place last month.