Marten Arsumanjan: record, next fight and profile →
Wuppertal, Germany - When AGON Sports announced this show for Wuppertal it was to be the hot all German matchup for the vacant EBU super welterweight title between local hero and AGON fighter Jama Saidi and Abass Baraou that headlined. However, Saidi failed the medical due to a heart condition that might force his retirement. The show still went ahead and it was a good one.
Danish super middle prospect Jacob Bank (7-0) takes on Germany-based Dominican veteran Rafael Bejaran (30-7-1) October 1 in Kolding on a TK promotion.
The fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Umut Camkiran (18-0) and Zhan Kossobutskiy (18-0) again had no bidders and the title isn't just still vacant - the EBU will look for two other challengers in hope of creating more interest.
April 2, Vienna, Austria: Unheralded German middleweight Marten Arsumanjan (12-1-2) knocked out hometown hero Marcos Nader (23-2-1) in the fifth to retain the EU crown and win the IBF International title.
WBA cruiserweight king, Belgian Ryad Merhy (30-1), will defend the title on March 26 in Ekaterinburg, Russia, against Evgeny Tischchenko (9-1) with RCC and 12Rounds co-promoting the event.
Former IBO light heavyweight champ Robin Krasniqi (51-7) and his team have filed an official protest to the IBO in regards to the outcome of his fight against Dominic Boesel (32-2) October 9 in Magdeburg. Boesel won a close, split decision after a close, tough, exciting fight.
EBU welterweight champion David Avanesyan (27-3-1) has Englishman Liam Taylor (22-1-1) as mandatory challenger. The EBU has set July 21 as the deadline for purse bids.
EBU super featherweight champ Samir Ziani's defense against mandatory challenger John Carter (13-0-1) from Spain will now go ahead July 10 in Granada. Ziani's 33-3-1 ledger includes a loss on points to former IBF lightweight ruler Richard Commey but it was a hometown decision even if it happened in Copenhagen.
AGON Sports in Berlin, Germany, have a big show in the works for May 28 - held again at their own venue and streamed through their own network. Already confirmed is that EU middleweight champ Marten Arsumanjan (11-1-1) will defend the title against Thomas Piccirillo (8-0-2), who is now promoted by AGON after upsetting Adam Amkhadov (7-2) twice.