Imre Szello: record, next fight and profile →
Belgian Ryad Merhy conquered the vacant interim cruiserweight title of the World Boxing Association (WBA), by securing a knockout victory in the seventh round over previously undefeated Hungarian contender Imre Szello, in the main event of a card that took place on Saturday, at the Spiroudome Arena, in Charleroi, Belgium.
Danish official Jan Christensen will not be judging the Ryad Merhy vs Imre Szello fight for the WBA interim cruiserweight title this coming weekend after a protest from Szello´s promoter Felix Racz.
WBA #1 cruiserweight Belgian Ryad Merhy (28-1) and WBA #8 Hungarian Imre Szello (24-0) clash for the vacant WBA interim title on October 19 at the Dome in Charleroi (Belgium). The show is promoted by 12 Rounds Promotion headed by Alain Vanackere.
Unbeaten Hungarian cruiser Imre Szello, 24-0 and ranked # 1 by the WBO, destroyed Argentinean Juan Ezequiel Basualdo, former WBO Latino champ and 11-5-1, in two rounds in the headliner of Felix-Promotion´s show in Varpalota last night.
Rudy Encarnacion (39-28-4) lost last night in Rome to Italian prospect Michael Magnesi (14-0) in a fight for the IBF Mediterranean super featherweight title. "El Lobo Negro" from the Dominican Republic but residing in Spain for a number of years announced his retirement afterwards after 20 years as a professional fighter. Encarnacion fought on the road a lot taking on all comers but always giving a good account of himself.
Hungarian stars Imre Szello and Mate Kis both scored knockouts in the second round on Felix-Promotion´s recent show in Budakalasz. Szello, at cruiserweight and now 23-0, took out Germany-based Slovenian Denis Simcic, 32-4-1, and Kis, at super middleweight and 14-0-2, knocked out Tanzanian Hussein Itaba.
The proposed heavyweight fight between Robert "the Nordic Nightmare" Helenius and Kubrat "Kobra" Pulev is now off as the parties involved couldn´t agree on terms. As for Helenius there are reports in Finland about other fights in the United States but nothing has been confirmed.
WBO # 2 cruiserweight Imre Szello, 22-0, headlines Felix-Promotion´s show in Budakalasz in Hungary on Feb 22 but who he is fighting isn´t clear yet. Also on the bill is Swedish light heavyweight Oscar Ahlin, 16-2, and super welterweight Roman Zakirov, 8-0, who takes on Mexican Daniel Vega Cota, 13-2-1, for the vacant IBO International title.
The Kubrat Pulev vs Robert Helenius heavyweight clash is not on yet - at least not according to Helenius' manager Markus Sundman. "It´s one of the fights we are in negotiations about," states Sundman in a short comment over mail to this reporter.
Hungarian cruiserweight Imre Szello, 21-0 and WBO # 4, IBF # 9 and WBC # 13, take on Venezuelan veteran Gusmyr Perdomo, 25-8, on October 14 in Salgotarjan in the headliner of a Felix-Promotion show.