Talks of WBC heavy champ Vitali Klitschko defending the title against the even bigger former WBA king Nikolai Valuev are according to Bild about to collapse as the parties involved can´t agree on the purse. K 2 wants to do the fight May 29 in Gelsenkirchen and have offered Valuev around two million dollars. Valuev´s co-promoter Don King feels the fight is worth 10 million USD and want a 60-40 split – meaning four million dollars for Valuev.
Bulgarian heavy Kubrat Pulev, 5-0, already have some good wins on his record such as the knockout over veteran Matt Skelton last time out. However, in order to get rated by the EBU you need a minimum of eight fights. Pulev will thus fight in Liege, Belgium, next weekend, in Berlin March 13 and again in April.
EU heavyweight champ Francesco Pianeta is according to the EBU to the defend the title March 13 in Berlin on the undercard to Huck vs Richards. Opponent is to be announced.
Juho Tolppola and Emanule De Prophetis clash for the vacant EU jr welter title March 19 in Helsinki on a P 3 Boxing promotion. There are a lot of rumors around P 3 Boxing and their future plans which may include a comeback of former EBU middleweight champ Amin Asikainen at supermiddle. P 3, headed by Pekka Maeki, also collaborates with Sauerland Event on heavyweight Robert Helenius. An official announcement is expected this week.
Sergio Palomo vs Innocent Anyanwu for the EBA jr lightweight title will now go ahead March 28 in the Netherlands. It´s the second postponement of the fight that was originally set for February.
Jap Promotions and their Spanish partners Tundra vs Barcelo have cruiser Alexander Kotlobay on top of their promotion in St Petersburg February 27. Kotlobay take on Argentinian Mauro Ordiales. In the co-feature middleweights Gennadyi Martirosyan and Aziz Daari clash for the WBO European title.
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