Dina Thorslund: record, next fight and profile →
Warring light-heavyweights Shakan Pitters and Craig Richards have declared war ahead of their explosive British title showdown on Saturday 14th November, when they went head-to-head on a video call with Seconds Out.
Dina Thorslund (14-0, 6 KOs) defends her WBO World Super Bantamweight Title against former World Champion Nina Radovanovic (14-3, 3 KOs) as boxing returns to Denmark on September 26th at the Struer Energi Park.
Robert Helenius is now the holder of the WBA Gold heavyweight title. Earlier this year, Helenius, then # 7 in the WBA ratings, beat Adam Kownacki, then # 4, in what was billed as a WBA eliminator. In the new ratings released a few days ago Helenius is named Gold champion.
Last week, there was one single professional boxing event in Europe taking place and it was at the Fightclub Wuppertal in Wuppertal (Germany). The gym was closed earlier the same week and the show - if that is the correct word - went ahead with only the fighters, their handlers and the officials from the sanctioning body, the GBA,, in attendance.
The coronavirus have now caused EuroProm in France to postpone Matteo Signani´s defence of the EBU middleweight title against Maxime Beaussire until June 9. The fight was first scheduled for March 21 but Signani - as Italy as a whole - is pretty much "locked up" for the time being.
WBO female super bantamweight champ Dina Thorslund and Team Sauerland have parted ways. Thorslund´s contract was due to expire this month and won´t be extended. With Team Sauerland, Thorslund won WBC Youth, EBU, WBC Interim and WBO 122 lb titles.
Hungarian Felix-Promotion open the new season September 21 in Budapest with a show topped by the three fights for national titles. At cruiserweight Joszef Darmos (13-2-3) defends the title against unbeaten prospect Ferenc Urban (6-0), Norbert Harcsa (11-2) and Barna Hegyi (5-0) clash for the vacant middleweight belt and finally Renato Egedi (15-1-2) and Gabor Gorbics (26-17) clash for the vacant 154 lb crown.
Horsens, Denmark: Dina Thorslund (14-0) retained the WBO female super bantamweight title in style as she outscored her mandatory challenger, Australian April Adams (11-2-1). The judges all had it 100-90 in favour of Thorslund after ten. Adams was brave but outclassed and in the final round she was hurt by body shots and then a left hook to the head. She was ready to go but Thorslund stepped back and allowed Adams to remain standing the final five seconds of the fight with a big smile on her lips.
Dina Thorslund (13-0, 6 KOs) and April Adams (11-1-1, 4 KOs) both made weight ahead of Saturday's WBO Female World Super Bantamweight title showdown at the Forum Horsens in Denmark.
Prince Ranch Boxing's unbeaten super lightweight prospect, Keith "The Bounty" Hunter (10-0, 6 KOs), will seek his eleventh consecutive victory when he faces Cameron Krael (16-13-3, 4 KOs) on June 28 at the Sam's Town Hotel & Gambling Hall, in Las Vegas, NV. Hunter vs. Krael will be a scheduled 10-round bout promoted by Mayweather Promotions.