I was probably not the only one wondering why Sauerland Event signed up Lamon Brewster, who looked very poor against Wladimir Klitschko in 2007 and have had only one fight since. The reason seems to be that Brewster came to the Sauerland camp as sparring and looked so good he got a promotional deal. Brewster face Michael Sprott on Saturday in Kiel. Sprott was to have challenged EU champ Francesco Pianeta April 4 in Duesseldorf but that is off now. Pianeta will instead defend the title against Pole Albert Sosnowski, who beat Danny Williams in his last fight.
Italian heavy Paolo Vidoz stopped overmatched Czech Tomas Zepzralka March 7 in Gorizia in what was to be a farewell fight but Paolo himself is not so certain it was the end.
The Palle – Kessler contractual dispute received a lot of attention in Danish media. Kessler seems to feel he is free to fight elsewhere while still under contract with another promoter and appears to head for a rude awakening in that regard. Kessler argue that one of the three options Palle claims was used against Danilo Haussler, a mandatory defence by the WBA champ, the second went up in smoke when talks of a showdown against Mads Larsen broke through leaving Palle with one option that according to Kessler should be used against WBA mandatory challenger Gusmyl Perdomo. Right or wrong seems to be up to a Danish court to decide as the tone between the parties involved is not very friendly and mainly takes place in media or through lawyers.
Ukrainian middle Avantandil Khurtsidze defends the WBA I/C title against Hungarian Attila Kovacs March 28 in Cherkasy. The show is promoted by K 2 East and is billed as “Tornado 2”.
“Mission: Possible” reads the press releases in regards of Juan Carlos Gomez´s fight against WBC heavy champ Vitali Klitschko and I believe them. Klitschko have a big advantage in physique, punch and reach but Gomez have the skills to outbox and outhustle his bigger opponent.
There are already 3500 tickets sold for Felix Sturm´s defence against Koji Sato April 25 in Krefeld. WBO supermiddle champ Karoly Balzsay appear in the co-feature but Universum have yet to announce against who. Middleweight prospect Gennadyi Golovkin face unbeaten American Tarvis Simms on the undercard that also feature heavyweight Markus Tomala.
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