"Bigger's Better" heavyweight tournament is on Eurosport today

[The Hammer]

"Bigger's Better" heavyweight tournament is on Eurosport today.

Nikolas Tsoukalas (Greece)
Edmont Baltatzis (Greece)
Alexandros Kartozia (Georgia)
Ozcan Cetinkaya (Turkey)
Bogdan Dinu (Romania)
Vladimir Toktasynov (Russia)
Symon Was (Poland)
Dmitry Bezus (Ukraine)

Here's a detailed description of all the fighters:

http://www.biggersbetterboxing.com/?p=4569

This is now starting on Eurosport.

BIGGER’S BETTER #23 GREECE

other fights:

6×3 rds, Heavyweight
Evgenios Lazaridis (Greece) vs. Sergio Romano (Italy)
Referee : Steve Smoger, USA

8×3 rds, Cruiserweight
Mairis Brieidis (Latvia) vs. Jeremy Ouanna (France)
Referee : Steve Smoger, USA

5×2 rds, Heavyweight
Blue Corner : Radu Spingel, USA
Red Corner : Lubov Simeonov, Bulgaria
Referee : Klaus Hageman, Germany

Tournament:

Fight #1, quarterfinal
Blue corner: Nikolas TSOUKALAS, Greece
Red corner: Edmond Baltatzis, Greece
Referee: Steve Smoger, USA

Fight #2, quarterfinal
Blue corner: Ozkan Cetinkaya, Germany/Turkey
Red corner: Alexander Kartozia, Georgia
Referee: Steve Smoger, USA

Fight #3, quarterfinal
Blue corner: Bogdan Dinu, Romania
Red corner: Dmitry Bezus, Ukraine
Referee: Klaus Hageman, Germany

Fight #4, quarterfinal
Blue corner: Symon Was, Poland
Red corner: Vladimir Toktasnov, Russia
Referee: Klaus Hagemann, Germany

Fight #5, semifinal
Winner of the first fight: Blue Corner
Winner of the second fight: Red corner
Referee : Klaus Hagemann, Germany

Fight #6, semifinal
Winner of the 3rd fight: Blue Corner
Winner of the 4th fight: Red corner
Referee : Steve Smoger, USA

Fight #7, final
Winner of the 5th fight:Blue Corner
Winner of the 6ht fight: Red corner
Referee: Steve Smoger, USA


Bogdan Dinu is a talented heavyweight (sadly without a promoter) and should win this. Here's Dinu:

[New England]

what's eurosport?

and what sort of format is the tournament following?

[The Hammer]

Evgenios Lazaridis (Greece) vs. Sergio Romano (Italy) in a six-rounder (not part of the tournament) on British Eurosport now.

[The Hammer]

Good cruiserweight fight on now.

Mairis Brieidis (Latvia) vs. Jeremy Ouanna (France)

The winner will likely be ranked by one or more sanctioning organizations.

[Alx.]

what's eurosport?

and what sort of format is the tournament following?

European tv program for sports, not sure if it's available in the us brother

On it right now seems to be an interesting bout

[LoadedWraps]

what's eurosport?

and what sort of format is the tournament following?

This.


Why can't this be shown on local TV in the US? The US needs a 24/7 boxing network like MLBn/NFLn.

[The Hammer]

Anybody who wants to watch it, send me a PM.

[Alx.]

just noticed steve smoger is the ref

[New England]

are they wearing gloves larger than 10 oz for the "tournament?"

[Alx.]

UD Brieidis.....