Souleymane Cissokho: record, next fight and profile →
Mathew Gonzalez and Cesar Francis remained perfect by scoring stoppage wins in welterweight bouts this past Saturday night at the King's Theatre in Brooklyn. Both Gonzalez and Francis are managed by El Matador Management.
French heavyweight prospect/contender Tony Yoka (4-0) takes on British boxer Dave Allen (10-3-2) on June 23 at the Palais des Sports de la porte de Versailles in Paris. In the co-feature super welterweight Souleymane Cissokho (6-0) takes on an opponent to be announced. Cissokho will later in the year challenge for the national title.
MK Event staged a big show at the Palais des Sports Marcel Cerdan in Levallois last night billed as the Main Event. In the biggest of the main events, super welterweight Cedric Vitu (45-2) retained the EBU title with a unanimous decision over Spanish challenger Isaac Real (16-2-1). It was scored 115-112, 115-113 and 116-112 after a hardfought battle. Vitu was down late in third but came back later in the fight to outbox the challenger for a close win.
EBU light heavyweight champion Robert Stieglitz will - as was reported the other day by Igor Lazorin - make a voluntary defence on March 18 in Germany. However, whether or not the opponent will be Igor Mikhalkin still appears to be an open question.