
Vincent Feigenbutz to return with two fights in five days
Former WBA interim and secondary super middleweight champion Vincent Feigenbutz, 36-3 (32 KOs), returns after almost two years out with two fights in five days.
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Former WBA interim and secondary super middleweight champion Vincent Feigenbutz, 36-3 (32 KOs), returns after almost two years out with two fights in five days.

Just 16 months ago, Anas El-Abid, a 25-years old middleweight from the small town of Aachen, Germany, decided to become a professional prizefighter. The move came after a successful stint as an amateur and after a memorable sparring session with German boxing legend and five-time world champion Felix Sturm. Maurice Weber, head coach of Sturm and a former pro boxer himself, saw the potential in El-Abid and teamed up with him straight away, racking up five wins from August to November 2021.

Hungarian super welterweight Balazs Bacskai (15-0) defends the IBO Intercontinental title against Dutchman Xavier Kohlen (11-0) on April 29 in Budakalasz on a show promoted by New School Promotion.

Wasserman Sports has announced an all-German clash between Vincent Feigenbutz (32-3) and Felix Sturm (41-5-3) to go ahead in the fall. Neither date nor site is announced but they write "it's confirmed". However, the 42-year old Sturm must first get past James Kraft (19-0-1) on June 19 in Hamburg.

The German mega-fight between ex-champions Felix Sturm (41-5-3) and Vincent Feigenbutz (32-3) is still not a done deal and now there's another big all-German fight for Sturm being talked about - at least according to BILD - and that is against former WBA, WBO and EBU light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer (52-3).

Former world champions Felix Sturm (41-5-3) and Vincent Feigenbutz (32-3) could be heading for a showdown in April, writes BILD and Box-Sport.de. The 41-year Sturm, now promoted by Universum, returned in December with a clear win over Timo Rost after being out since early 2016. He held WBA titles at both super middleweight and middleweight during his long career.

The power isn’t quite there but middleweight seems to be a much better fit for Vincent Feigenbutz. A sturdy test came at a new weight for the former 168-pound title challenger, who outboxed Jama ‘The Hammer’ Saidi in claiming a 12-round unanimous decision victory. Scores were 116-112, 116-112 and 118-111 in favor of Feigenbutz in their chief support, which aired live Friday evening on Sport 1 from Havelstudios in Berlin, Germany.

It's official: Middleweights Jama Saidi (17-1) and Vincent Feigenbutz (31-3) will clash on August 28 at the Havel-Studios in Berlin on an AGON Sports promotion in an all German matchup at middleweight with the vacant IBF Intercontinental title at stake.

It's not confirmed but espabox.com writes that the opponent for 45-year old Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez could be Jose Manuel Fandino (15-6). Martinez (51-3-2) has been out of the ring for six years, since suffering a knockout loss at the hands of Miguel Cotto in 2014.

Norwegian light heavy Tim-Robin Lihaug (20-4) won the vacant WBFed title last night in Bergen (Norway) with a unanimous decision over Vartan Avetisyan (18-3-1). It was scored 116-112 and 117-111 twice in favour of Lihaug after what is described as a tough, relatively even fight.