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Matteo Signani's defense of the EBU middleweight title against Anderson Prestot (24-2) that was set go ahead Saturday (March 19) night in Massy (France) was cancelled the day before.
51-year old former WBA cruiser champ Firat Arslan (50-9-3) headlines his own promotion at the Firat Arslan Sportcenter in Goeppingen, Germany, March 26. Opponent isn't announced yet.
Female featherweight Sarah Mahfoud (10-0) won the IBF interim-title with a unanimous decision over Argentinean Brenda Carabajal (16-5-1) after ten fast-paced rounds where the Danish lady dominated the action with a steady attack.
German super middleweight and former WBA interim-champ Vincent Feigenbutz has once again changed his trainer. He will now, according to boxen1.com, be trained by Eduard Mchel and Kosta Patoulidis. Feigenbutz, who challenges IBF king Caleb Plant on February 15 in Nashville, was first to be trained by veteran and living legend Ulli Wegner but he wound up in the hospital with a broken leg. Then Torsten Schmitz was hired as trainer but that collaboration ended almost before it started due to what appears to be a lack of planning and coordination as Schmitz also trains Sophie Allisch in Berlin while Team Feigenbutz, based in Karlsruhe, had plans for a training camp in the Slovenian mountains.
There will apparently be a third fight between lightweights Francesco Patera (23-3) and Edis Tatli (31-2). Patera first won the EBU title by beating Tatli, then lost the title to Edis - and will now defend it against the 32 year old Finn. OPI since 82 along with Matchroom Italy will promote it with date and site to be announced.
It´s official: MH Promotion stage Marco Huck (41-5-1) vs Joe "Juggernaut" Joyce (10-0) for the vacant EBU heavyweight title on January 11 at the TUI Arena in Hannover (Germany). The German team won purse bids on October 16 with an offer for 480,000 Euro to be split 50-50.
Hillerod, Denmark - Danish Fight Night and Hillerod Box Cup joined forces for a pro-am show and here are the results from the professional part of the event. Cruiserweight Ditlev Rossing (13-0) outscored durable and tough Frenchman David Radeff (9-15-2) over eight winning every round in what was a tough workout for him.
It appears that the cause of death of Borislav Velichkov, on Saturday evening in the ring in Shkoder, Albania, was heart failure. And apparently this was a pre-existing condition so boxing appears to be on the hook in a big way, as far as the blame to this terrible and tragic accident.
IBO cruiserweight world champion Kevin Lerena stopped Sefen Seferi in three rounds at Emperors Palace in Kempton Park, South Africa on Saturday night. Lerena controlled the entire contest, with Seferi not doing much of anything on the contest. During the third round, Lerena (24-1, 11 KOs) landed a left hand that sent Seferi down. The referee would initiate a count and then waved off the contest as Seferi (23-3-1, 21 KOs) appeared to be uninterested in fighting any further.
Randers, Denmark - Enock Mwandila Poulsen (11-0) won the vacant EU 140 lb title in style as he outscored Pole Michal Syrowatka (22-3) over twelve fast-paced rounds that followed the same pattern: Poulsen showing excellent lateral movement with the strong and willing Syrowatka chasing him. Michal was outboxed more or less in every round but showed good fighting spirit and kept trying until the end.