Naim Terbunja: record, next fight and profile →
Danish light heavyweight Jeppe Morell, 9-2, has pulled out of the fight against former WBA champ Dmitri Chudinov, 21-3-2, - which was scheduled for November 24 in Copenhagen. Morell says to media in Denmark that he can´t go through with the fight without correct preparations and this includes good sparring. And the good sparring was booked with Patrick Mendy but he never showed up and now Morell has pulled out.
Nykoping - Undefeated hometown hero Erik Skoglund moved to 26-0 (12 KOs) with an eleventh round TKO win over Austrian Timy Shala (21-2-1). Skoglund won the vacant WBA International title and ended matters at 2.59 after three knockdowns.
Erik Skoglund (25-0, 11 KOs) and Timy Shala (21-1-1, 8 KOs) both made weight today ahead of their WBA International Light Heavyweight Championship contest tomorrow night at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping, Sweden.
Domestic rivals Naim Terbunja (10-1, 1 KO) and Sven Fornling (10-1, 6 KOs) will square off in a mouth watering eight-round clash for the Swedish Light Heavyweight title on December 9 at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping, Sweden.
Stockholm, Sweden - Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin (16-0) outscored big and heavy (almost 300 lbs) Osvaldo Machimana (21-9-1) over eight. It was scored 80-72 twice and 79-74. Machimana gave Wallin a good test and while Otto passed it the fight showed there´s plenty of work to be done before moving up the ladder and one is perhaps gaining a little weight and get stronger.
Naim Terbunja (9-1, 1 KO) is the latest addition to the Nordic Fight Night on September 10 at the Hovet in Stockholm. The 31 year-old from Linkoping, who represented Sweden at the 2008 Olympic Games, will face Baptiste Castegnaro (8-8, 4 KOs) in a six-round super middleweight contest.
Malmoe, Sweden - Armand Boxing Promotion headed by former WBO middleweight champion Armand Krajnc staged its fifth show and it was billed as Fight Night V - the Return as they returned to the Admiral, a classic venue that over the years have seen a number of boxing and wrestling events. Headlining was the Albanian Warrior, supermiddle Naim Terbunja (7-0) who won a majority decision over strong Pole Bartlomiej Grafka (9-9-1) over. Terbunja was hampered by a bad cold and the fight was shortend to four from six rounds due to this. Naim won the first two but Grafka came on strong after that and it became close. The judges had it 39-37 and 39-38 for Terbunja and 38-38.
Super middleweight Naim Terbunja (6-0) headlines Armand Boxing Promotion´s show in Malmoe (Sweden) on April 26 and takes on Pole Bartlomiej Grafka (9-8-1) in a fight scheduled for six three minute rounds. Terbunja vs Grafka met in Kosova back in 2012 and Terbunja struggled to win a close, majority decision. Terbunja won a Golden Gloves title in the United States but he's had problems in his pro career and has yet to win a fight inside the distance.
Linkoping, Sweden - Rumble of the Kings, headed by ex-proboxer Paolo Roberto, staged a mixed Muay Thai, MMA and professional boxing show tonight at the Cloetta Center in Linkoping. In the professional boxing part Patrick "Red Alert" Bogere, 10-1, headlined and took on Hungarian Laszlo Fazekas, 12-4-2, over six rounds. Bogere returned Tuesday from Los Angeles where he sparred with Manny Pacquaio and before that he was to Las Vegas. All this may have played a part in his performance as Patrick looked a bit flat as he outscored his survival minded opponent winning every round along the way. "I waited for the openings but when I got them I wasn´t at the right distance, said Patrick afterwards.
Macedonia, a small Balkan state, surrounded by bigger and more powerful countries, is renowned for its very active and numerous Albanian diaspora. In order to please his countrymen, local promoter Islam Sakiri brought to Skopje one of the most successful Albanian expatriates Nuri Seferi, with his younger brother Sefer, and another ethnic Albanian Agron Dzila, who lives in Switzerland (and so do Seferi brothers). All of them are cruiserweights, and WBO European champion Nuri is ranked as high as #5 by the WBO at 200lb.