Jack Culcay: record, next fight and profile →
The EBU has announced that EBU super welterweight champion Jack Culcay now will defend the title against Frenchman Karim Merroudji on December 6 in Oldenburg (Germany). Culcay was first set to defend the belt vs Spaniard Ruben Varon but he pulled out with an eye infection. Jack is currently training in Copenhagen under Joey Gamache´s watchful eye. It´s a voluntary defence by the champion.
Spanish website espabox.com writes that Ruben Varon has pulled out of the upcoming fight against EBU super welterweight champion Jack Culcay. Culcay vs. Varon was on for Sauerland´s big show in Oldenburg (December 6). Varon suffers from an infection to a nerve in his right eye and needs to rest. This was to have been a voluntary defence by "Golden" Jack.
A model-comment from Lucia Morelli (18-4, 8 KOs) has fired up Klara Svensson (14-0, 5 KOs) ahead of their WBC World title fight on November 29 at the Falconer Hall at the Radisson Blu in Copenhagen. “Klara looks more like a model than a boxer,” said Morelli prior to their clash in the Danish capital.
EBU super welterweight champ "Golden" Jack Culcay (18-1) makes a voluntary defence of the title on December 6 in Oldenburg (Germany) against Spanish veteran Ruben Varon (42-8). Culcay vs Varon is the third title fight to Sauerland Event´s final show with ARD as network partner. Already announced is Juergen Braehmer defending the WBA "regular" light heavyweight title against Pawel Kolodziej and IBF cruiserweight king Yoan Pablo Hernandez taking on mandatory challenger Ola Afolabi.
Germany - In a battle between two solid European light middleweights, German boxer Jack Culcay-Keth (18-1, 10 KOs) dethroned reigning EBU champion Isaac Real (now 10-1-1, with 5 KOs) with a unanimous decision over twelve rounds, adding the blue strap to his currently owned WBA I/C light middleweight title.
Unbeaten super middleweight Tyron Zeuge (14-0) will take on Baker Barakat with the vacant IBF Int´l title at stake on August 16 in Erfurt on the Hernandez vs Arslan bill. Barakat´s record is a big questionmark to many recordkeepers but the boxrec record reads 40-16-4 but how many of these fights that were for real remains an open question. Zeuge´s stable- and gymmate Enrico Koelling (14--0) will, according to Spanish website espabox.com, take on Adasat "El Toro" Rodriguez (9-3-2) on August 30 in Halle / Westfalen on the undercard to Huck vs Larghetti. This will be Koelling´s first defence of the WBA Int´l lightheavyweight title.
Having already achieved world champion status as an amateur – now, Jack Culcay (17-1, 10 KOs) has sets his sights on his first major championship in the pro ranks. Following a number of successful defences of the WBA Intercontinental Belt, ‘’Golden Jack’’ will challenge for the European Light Middleweight Title on August 16. Culcay will attempt to dethrone the unbeaten Isaac Real (10-0, 5 KOs) at the Erfurt Exhibition Hall in Thuringia, Germany.
EBU super welterweight champion Isaac Real (10-0-1) will defend the title August 16 in Erfurt (Germany) against "Golden" Jack Culcay (17-1) writes espabox.com. It´s a voluntary defence by Real, who won the title in May in a big upset stopping favored Italian Emanuele Della Rosa in Italy to win the title.
IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (28-1) will defend the title against Firat Arslan (34-7-2) on August 16 in Erfurt writes Bild Zeitung. It will be Hernandez´s first fight since November of last year and that in turn was his first fight since September 2012. The layoffs are all due to injuries and illness.
Undefeated Welshman Lewis Rees (9-0-1, 5 KOs) suffered the first blemish of his short career, being held to a draw by an unheralded but very spirited Frenchman Renald Garrido (11-7-1, 2 KOs). Garrido, though shorter of the two, was also more aggressive and active, pressing Rees around the ring. His punches were mostly too wide and had little power in them and landed on Rees' shoulders and gloves. Rees was more subtle in his actions but failed in punch output. BoxingScene also scored it a draw: 76-76.