By Per Ake Persson
The IBF, German boxing and especially the German Boxing Association (The GBA) - have been hit with a major scandal but what remains is an open question.
The story broke at the Cagri Ermis vs. Juergen Doberstein fight in Berlin on February 27. Ermis won a close decision and Doberstein and his team were totally unhappy with how things had gone and with the “doping tests.” They got suspicious and checked with NADA (Germany's anti-doping agency), who replied that they had never done any doping tests at any GBA sanctioned event.
To make matters worse, the fighters tested were charged 1,000 Euro for each “test." The tests were made but not with NADA participating at a claimed cost of 150 Euro - which means someone collected 850 Euro.
All of fingers are being pointed at Eva Rolle, a promoter licensed by the GBA. But Rolle has fired back and declared her innocence and states in a comment that the 1,000 Euro covered the cost for physicians at ringside as well as ambulance.
Ermis vs Doberstein was for the IBF East/West and IBF Mediterranean super middleweight titles. As previously reported, the IBF will for no longer sanction title fights with GBA as the supervising body and have also broken ties with Rolle, who organized the IBF's convention in Berlin in 2013.
The GBA has suspended Eva Rolle, who co-promoted the Berlin show with her son Robert. There is probably more to come but everyone is waiting for the return of GBA President Jorg Mielcke, who is on vacation, for an explantion on the GBA's role in this.
