Z! Promotions of Germany headed by the Zastrow brothers, Alexander and Boris, were the sole bidders today in Rome for Johan Duhaupas´ mandatory defence of the EU heavyweight title against Erkan Teper. Z! bid 30 125 Euro for the fight. Date and site is to be announced.
Duhaupas, 31-1, won the title last year and this will be his second defence. Teper, 12-0, looked lucky to get past Gbenga Oloukun in 2012 but stopped both Michael Sprott and Martin Rogan in the first last year.
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Nordic Fight Night, the Scandinavian leg of Team Sauerland´s promotions, will take a long summer break. World championships in icehockey is followed by the World championships in football (soccer) and then it´s vacation time. The Nielsen brothers, Patrick and Micki will be in action though. Patrick, as already announced, challenge Dmitrij Chudinov for the WBA interim title June 1 in Moscow while Micki is featured in a scheduled eight rounder on the undercard against the ever dangerous tba.
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Heavyweight Steffen Kretschmann (17-2) take on Oezcan Cetincaya (21-8-2) May 30 in Dresden on SES´ Night of the Heavyweights show with the vacant Int´l German title at stake.
Headlining the bill is heavyweight Francesco Pianeta (29-1-1) taking on Frenchman Mikael Vieira (14-3-1) with the vacant WBO European title at stake.
In the co-feature heavyweight Michael Wallish (12-0) defends the German title against Konstantin Airich.
12.05 Euro News
