Edis Tatli: record, next fight and profile →
Naim Terbunja (10-1, 6 KOs) says he will make Sven Fornling (10-1, 1 KOs) regret his words when the domestic rivals meet for the Swedish Light Heavyweight title on December 9 at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping.
Promoter Pekka Maeki stage a press conference early next week and is expected to announce that EBU lightweight champion Edis Tatli takes on Manuel Lancia December 17 in Helsinki, writes Juhani Gronberg at knock-out.dk.
Promoter Pekka Maeki in Finland has a mega-show in the works for December 17 at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki. Nothing is confirmed yet but Juhani Gronberg writes at knock-out.dk that the plan is to have EBU lightweight champ Edis Tatli making his mandatory defence against Italian Manuel Lancia on top of the bill.
British cruiserweight Ovill McKenzie has - as reported elsewhere - pulled out of Saturday´s fight in Frankfurt / Main against IBO king Marco Huck. That marks the second time in 2016 that McKenzie pulls out of an important fight.
EBU lightweight champion Edis Tatli (28-1) retained the title last night in Savonlinna (Finland) with a unanimous decision over Spain´s Cristian Morales (14-2-1). After twelve rounds of boxing the judges had it 119-109, 118-110 and 118-111 and Tatli showed again he´s ready for bigger fights.
Danish welterweight Kim Poulsen (27-3, 7KOs) has had it pretty tough as of late. Not only did he lose some important fights he also had to fight off a tumor but is now fit and will be training at the Wild Card Gym in Los Angeles with the Freddie Roach team of trainers.
EBU lightweight champion Edis Tatli (27-1) will make - as previously reported - a voluntary defence on August 13 in Savonlinna (Finland) and the opponent is now announced and it will be Spanish titleholder Cristian Morales (14-1-1). Tatli vs. Morales is the headliner of this Maeki Boxing promotion.
EBU lightweight champion Edis Tatli (27-1) will defend the title at Olofsborg in Nyslott (Finland) August 13 on an outdoor event promoted by Maeki Boxing headed by Pekka Maeki. The opponent will be announced later in May.
Espoo, Finland - EBU lightweight Edis Tatli (27-1) retained the title with a unanimous decision over Italian challenger Massimiliano Ballisai (20-3) in the headliner and show closer. After twelve rounds of boxing the judges had it 118-110 twice and 117-111 for Tatli.
It was recently announced that Kevin Mitchell had retired and would not go through with his fight against reigning EBU lightweight champion Edis Tatli on March 18 in Espoo (Finland).