Thomas Piccirillo: record, next fight and profile →
German middleweight Bjorn Schicke (20-1-1) meets Julio Alamos (15-0) from Chile on February 24 in Berlin with the vacant IBO Intercontinental title at stake. This fight headlines the first of the two AGON Sports events this weekend.
Berlin, Germany - AGON Sports returned to the AGON Sportspark (actually a tennis court) for tonight's show with seven fights on the bill and it was streamed live by the AGON network.
French heavyweight Mourad Aliev (born in Russia of Azerbaijani descent) has signed with German-Turkish promoter Ahmet Oner. Aliev won silver in the 2019 European championships at super heavyweight and fought in the 2021 Olympics in Japan where he got a lot of headlines for his protests after being disqualified against Frazer Clarke.
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.