French cruiser Zakaria Azzaoui face Italian Michele De Meo August 25 in Hyeres with the WBC Mediterranean title at stake. The undercard features Newfel Ouatah, who represented Algeria in the 08 Olympics and turned pro earlier this summer. Ouatah have a famous cousin: Karim Benzema who just joined Real Madrid (that is a football team for those who spend too much time with boxing).
The heavyweight clash between Robert Helenius and Rene Dettweiler that was set for the undercard to Kessler vs Perdomo September 12 in Herning will now go ahead October 17 in Berlin on the Abraham vs Taylor show. Although Sauerland Event haven´t confirmed it press in Norway writes that Cecilia Braekhus will defend the WBA and WBC female welterweight titles in Herning. Also on the bill is Vinni Skovgaard. Sauerland´s matchmaker Hagen Doering tells knock-out.dk they are in touch with more Danish fighters to be added to the bill.
Former French jr middle champ and EBU challenger Jacques Chinon have a book out on his life. Chinon hails from French Guyana and fought professionally for eight years. After his retirement he became a trainer and handled among others EBU jr light champ Jacobin Yoma, his son Claude and other decent pros.
P4P Box Promotion in Aachen, headed by ex German champ Mario Guedes, have plugged away steadily in the last few years. The big star is Jessica Balougun who holds a female world title in welter. Next show, and next defence by Balougun, is set for September 5 in Aachen-Merzbruck.
monokli.com writes that WBO lightheavy champ Zsolt Erdei won´t defend the title until November 28 or December 19, Erdei, 30-0, defended the title in January against Yuri Barashian and was then set for big fight against stablemate Jurgen Brahmer in September.
Heavyweight Alexander Ustinov is featured in the chief support to K 2 East´s show in Grozny August 15 billed as “the Champ Comes Home”. As previously reported Grozny native Zaurbek Baysangurov headlines.
“Ingo the Champ” – the memorial show for Ingemar Johansson September 4 in Karlstad will now feature the first clash in modern time between two Swedish heavies as Michael Lindblad, 24-6, returns after two years out to fight Andreas Gustavsson, 2-0.
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