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In Australia, former IBF middleweight champion Sam Soliman (46-14-1, 19 KOs) finished up his career with a twelve round unanimous decision over Mark Lucas (9-2, 3 KOs) at the Melbourne Pavillion, Flemington, Victoria.
EBU light heavyweight champ Dominic Boesel (28-1) defends the title against Italian Orial Kulaj (19-5) on April 13 in Halle an der Saale on a SES promotion. It´s a voluntary defence by Boesel, who have a very capable official challenger waiting in the shape of Igor Michalkin.
German heavyweight Michael Wallisch, 19-1, has tested positive for steroids following his fight against Christian Hammer December 15 in Hamburg, writes BILD. The fight ended with a fifth round knockout for Hammer but the result was protested after an incident in the fourth when heads clashed accidentally and it appeared that the referee had called a time out but apparently he had counted Wallisch out - only to have the fight resume after a long timeout.
Former WBA super middleweight champ and current mandatory challenger for now vacant EU title Tyron Zeuge, 23-1-1, has signed with AGON Sports & Events.
Former IBF champion Kiko Martinez, 39-8-2, won the EBU featherweight title last night in Fuenlabrada (Spain) with a unanimous decision over reigning champ Marc Vidal, 11-2-5. Martinez dominated the fight and won on scores of 118-110, 118-111 and 117-111 after twelve.
French heavyweight prospect/contender Tony Yoka (4-0) takes on British boxer Dave Allen (10-3-2) on June 23 at the Palais des Sports de la porte de Versailles in Paris. In the co-feature super welterweight Souleymane Cissokho (6-0) takes on an opponent to be announced. Cissokho will later in the year challenge for the national title.
EBU light heavyweight champion Dominic Boesel, 27-1, defends the title against stablemate Enrico Koelling, 25-2, on June 9 in Leipzig with SES promoting. Boesel won back the title he lost to Karo Murat in March with a points win over Serhiy Demnchenko.
Maravilla Box plans to stage the all-Spanish fight between EBU 126 lb title holder Marc Vidal, 11-1-4, and former world champ Kiko Martinez, 38-8-1, in the second or third week of May in Elche where Martinez resides, writes Espabox. Martinez got the chance when Sergio Blanco suddenly re-retired and Maravill Box won the purse bids for the right to stage the fight.
Sartory Saale, Cologne, Germany - In a showdown for the WBC International super middleweight world title, Avni Yildirim (18-1, 11 KOs) continued to rebuild his career with a twelve round unanimous decision over the always tough Dereck Edwards (27-3-1, 14 KOs).
As previously reported on BoxingScene.com, Karo Murat relinquished the EBU light heavyweight title to go for the vacant (or soon to be vacant) IBO title. This left official challenger Serhyi Demchenko without opponent.