Former world champions Robert Stieglitz and Dirk Dzemski joined forces and staged a pro-am show in Schoenebeck mainly with up and coming prospects. The most experienced pro was Patrick Rokohl (22-3) and he was in against one Felipe Da Silva (2-5-1) in what looked like a meaningless mismatch. However Da Silva hadn't read the script and knocked out Rokohl in the second round.

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Biaystok, Poland - Dutch super middleweight Gino Kanters (10-4-2) beat Przemyslaw Gorgon (15-10-1) on majority decision in the headliner of a show put on by ex-pro Dariausz Snarski. It was scored 96-94 twice and 95-95. At stake was the International Polish title.

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Wuppertal, Germany - Light heavyweight Martin Houben (14-1) stopped Finnish veteran Timo Laine (30-19) in the seventh.

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Czestochowa, POL - Cruiserweight Nikodem Jezewski (22-2-1) came from behind to stop German Serge Michel (13-3), who didn't come out for the seventh round due to a bad cut. Jezewski was floored in the second but came back strongly and had Michel under pressure in the fifth and sixth.

In the don't let the records fool department heavyweight Marcin Siwy (25-0-1) got a draw against Kamil Sokolowski (11-26-3) in a hard-fought eight-rounder.

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Solin, Croatia - Super middleweight prospect Luka Plantic (3-0) floored tough South African veteran Ryno Liebenberg (22-10-1) in the first, twice more in the second and finally knocked him out in the fourth.

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News: Berlin-based Cuban Osleys Iglesias (6-0) takes on Uzbeki Azizbek Abdugofurov (14-1) on September 24 in Lodz, Poland, in what his billed as an IBO eliminator. The winner will become mandatory challenger for champ Lerrone Richards (16-0).

French Y12 Boxing won the purse bids today for WBA super cruiserweight champ Arsen Goulamirian's (26-0) defense against Russian Aleksei Egorov (11-0).

Y12 bid 364 000 USD, reports L'Equipe to be split 75-25 in favor of the champion and plans to stage the fight November 19 in either Paris or Cannet.

Egorov became mandatory challenger when regular champ Ryad Merhy relinquished the title and moved up to bridgerweight.