Jack Culcay: record, next fight and profile →
Former world junior middleweight title challenger Jack Culcay and Howard Cospolite made weight for their clash Friday night at the Havelstudios in Berlin, Germany. The 10-round bout will air live on Bild+ in Germany and throughout Latin America on ESPN Knockout (12 p.m. CT/ Mexico City).
German heavyweight contender Tom Schwarz could be facing charges for assaulting a woman, writes MZ (Mitteldeutsche Zeitung). It's being alleged that Schwarz attacked the woman on May 31 in Lostau (near Magdeburg).
The European Boxing Union, EBU, is now back in business and have handed out the awards for the season 2019-2020 and it looks as follows: Promoters of the year. Opi since 82 and Matchroom Sports. Boxer of the Year: David Avanesyan (EBU welterweight champ).
AGON Sports & Events have announced their intention to stage an event on June 12 in Berlin, Germany - after receiving the green light to do so from the local senate. Germany has been recovering well from the coronavirus pandemic. The country was hit hard when the pandemic first broke out.
AGON Sports have now announced the main events for the show in Wuppertal (Germany) on March 7. Local hero and middleweight Vincenzo Gualtieri (14-0) will fight for the German (BDB version) title against Alexander Pavlov (10-0).
The fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Joe "Juggernaut" Joyce (10-0) and Marco Huck (41-5-1) will go ahead on January 11 in Hannover (Germany) - at least according to the EBU. The fight is promoted by Huck Service Gmbh (headed by Marco´s brother Kenan) who won purse bids October 16 with an offer for 480,000 Euro - but the date s not yet officially confirmed by Huck & Co and there is no venue announced either.
The fight for the vacant IBA light heavyweight title between Norwegian Tim-Robin Lihaug (19-4) and Argentinian Ruben Eduardo Acosta (37-37-5), that was set for October 26 in Bergen (Norway), is off.
NEW YORK – Sergiy Derevyanchenko readily admits his last performance was far from his most impressive. Derevyanchenko defeated Jack Culcay by unanimous decision April 13 in Minneapolis to become the IBF’s mandatory middleweight challenger again. The result aside, the Ukrainian contender is largely displeased with how that fight unfolded.
Former WBA junior middleweight champ Jack Culcay headlines the annual Fritz Sdunek Memorial promoted by AGON Sport & Events show in Zinnowitz on September 21. Culcay (26-4) is back to 154 after losing the IBF middleweight eliminator against Sergiy Derevyanchenko in April. The opponent for the Zinnowitz show have yet to be announced.
Former world champion Juergen Braehmer of Germany returned to the floorboards on Saturday, securing a knockout victory in the second round against German-born Kosmet, Edi Kadrija, in the main event of a card held at the Sport and Congress Center in Schwerin, Germany.