
Euro News: Schwarz vs. Merhy, Dina Thorslund, Kovalev vs. Safar, More
German Tom Schwarz (29-1) and Belgian Ryad Merhy (32-2) are now the co-challengers for the vacant EBU heavyweight title.
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German Tom Schwarz (29-1) and Belgian Ryad Merhy (32-2) are now the co-challengers for the vacant EBU heavyweight title.

French super middleweight Kevin Lele Sadjo (21-0, 19 inside the distance) got a good fight from late sub Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo (12-5) last night in Marseille but upped the pace and stopped his opponent in the fourth. Sadjo, reigning EBU and WBO I-C champ looks ready for the big fights.

The team surrounding Ivana Habazin secured the rights to her mandatory title challenge for the second time this year. Charles Muniz, Habazin’s manager, once again won a purse bid hearing for the WBC-ordered title fight between Habazin and defending lineal, WBC and WBA champion Jessica McCaskill. Piranha 1 LLC company, Muniz’s privately owned company, submitted $82,500 as the lone bidder during Friday’s session conducted from WBC headquarters in Mexico City.

While boxing is in a bit of a lull between major fights, the game continued to roll over the weekend with two significant fights of note. At middleweight, a rematch between consensus top ten battlers produced a sequel very different from the original. In January, Liam Smith dropped Chris Eubank twice in round four to score a career best stoppage win. The dramatic scene

Holstebro, Denmark - Irish super welterweight Steven Cairns moved to 6-0 by stopping Polish Marian Wieslowski (3-8-1) at 15 seconds in the second round of a scheduled six-rounder. Wieslowski held his own in the first but got caught early in the second and fell into ropes. The referee gave him a count and then stopped it with the official result announced as a knockout.

According to BoxRec, WBC female bantamweight champion Yuliahn Luna Avila (25-3-1) is 5ft / 152 cm tall. However, the Yuliahn Luna Avila that showed up in Holstebro, Denmark at today's weigh-in is about 5'6 or about 167 cm. Luna weighed in at 52,8 kg / 116.4 lbs.

Belgian super bantamweight Geram Eloyan (9-4) defends the EU title against Italian Vincenzo La Femina (12-0) at the Alfasun Indoor Arena in Roosdal on Saturday (June 17). This is the first defense of the title he won earlier this year by beating Frenchman Florian Montels in France.

The news that WBO bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (19-0) and the WBC title holder in the same weight division, Yuliahn Luna Avila (25-3-1), will meet in a title unification on September 2 in Denmark might be true - however, according to Danish website knock-out.dk there is no done deal just yet.

Holstebro, Denmark - TK Promotions returned to the Graakjaer Arena in Holstebro for a six-bout show headlined by WBO female bantamweight champion and local resident Dina Thorslund (19-0).

Latvian super featherweight Artjoms Ramlavs (15-2) and Brazilian Eduardo Costa da Nascimento clash for the vacant IBA International title on February 18 in Riga (Latvia).