Yves Ngabu: record, next fight and profile →
The Danish Fight Night scheduled for April 27 in Nykobing Falster has been postponed due injuries and visa problems for some of the visiting fighters. A new date will be announced soon. Light heavyweight Andreas Lynggaard, 5-1, and super lightweight Enock Poulsen (7-0) are still to headline.
Deurne, Belgium: The first ever EBU title fight between two Belgians went ahead last night and Yves Ngabu (19-0) retained the title with a third round stoppage of Geoffrey Batello (32-6). The result was expected but Batello is a dangerous puncher and was a live underdog.
French heavyweight contender Johann Duhaupas will have his first fight in France, since early 2014, take place on December 14 in Levallois Perret on Asloum Promotion´s big show topped by lightweights Yvan Mendy vs Jesus Arevalo. Duhaupas has of lately fought on small hall events in Finland and also stepped in to challenge Alexander Povetkin but was knocked out in five. In Levalloi he takes on, for the WBA Int´l title, Newfel Outah (15-1) in an all French exciting matchup
Newly crowned EBU light heavyweight champion Karo Murat could, according to BILD, make his first defence of the title against the man he just beat to win the title, Dominic Boesel. SES have an option on a rematch and if Boesel wants it the fight could happen this fall. The mandatory challenger is Robert Stieglietz, who is officially retired, but as the EBU don´t have any official information about that he remains in that position.
Belgian cruiserweight Yves Ngabu, now 18-0, stopped Hungarian Tamas Lodi, who's pro record is in dispute, in the fourth to win the vacant EBU cruiserweight title over the weekend in Roselaere, Belgium. Lodi was floored in the fourth and later it was stopped with the brave Lodi protesting the stoppage.