Samir Ziani: record, next fight and profile →
Khalil El Hadri, 21-3 (11 KOs) stopped Samir Ziani, 36-4-1 (8 KOs) in the fourth of an all French matchup between two fighters close to the top over the weekend in Clichy and won the WBC International Silver interim junior lightweight title.
German heavyweight Agit Kabayel (21-0 / 23-2) was a "surprise guest" at the SES' show in Magdeburg on May 14. Kabayel floored Czech journeyman Pavel Sour four times and won on a first round stoppage.
Heavyweight Zhan Kossobutskiy (17-0) headlines the next Universum show, which goes ahead on May 21 in Hamburg. Opponent is French veteran Johann Duhaupas (39-6). This fight was first set for February 19 but had to be postponed due a case of Covid-19 in Team Khossobutskiy.
IBF I-C jr lightweight champ and IBF # 4 Samir Ziani (33-3-1) defends the title against OPBF title holder Yoshimitsu Kimura (13-2-1) on May 6 in Blagnac, France.
Finnish-Spanish super bantamweight Jose Antonio Sanchez Romero (13-0-1) has been forced to pull out of the fight for the vacant EU title against Cristian Rodriguez (12-5) December 11 in Helsinki.
The big Danish Fight Night promotion that was set for November 6 in Brondby (on the outskirts of Copenhagen) is postponed with a new date to be announced.
German Faecher Sports, headed by Christian Titze and Wolfgang Fahrer, have reached an agreement for an IBF eliminator at super middleweight between former IBF champ Caleb Truax (31-5-2) and Evgeny Shvedenko (15-0). Date and site will be announced later but the fight will go ahead in Germany during October, reports boxen1.com.
Bridgerweights Big Joe Tambwe Djeko (17-3-1) and Devin Vargas (22-7) clash for the vacant WBC International Silver title in what is now the main event for Only O1ne Boxing Managements second All Eyez on Brussels show.
Samir Ziani's mandatory defense of the EBU junior lightweight title against Spaniard John Carter that was set for August 13 in Marbella, Spain, is off after Carter pulled out with an injury.
Marco Huck Promotions were the sole bidders at today's purse bids in Rome for Joe Joyce's mandatory defense of the EBU title against former cruiserweight king Marco Huck.