WBA middle champ Felix Sturm defends the title April 25 in Krefeld against Japanese challenger Koji Sato, who holds the OPBF title but is other than that a rather unknown quantity over here.
It will be Ukrainian Maksym Pedyura that square off against big Alexander Ustinov for the vacant EBA heavyweight title February 26 in Kiev. They both claim unbeaten records.
Spanish Masalma Innovation won the purse bids for the rematch between EBU fly champ Ivan Pozo and Frenchman Christophe Rodrigues. Pozo won the first fight for the then vacant title on a controversial technical decision and the EBU ordered a rematch that have May 8 as working date.
Jr middle Antonio Cardarello square off against Belorus Andrei Salakhutdzinau March 27 in Palestrina, Italy. On the undercard Davide Ciarlante, two-time EBU jr middle champ and WBC challenger, returns and face Serbian Jovan Rakonjak.
Critica En Linea in Panama writes that WBA bantam ruler Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno will give the man he beat to win the title, Wladimir Sidorenko, a rematch. The fight will go ahead May 2 in Germany.
Former WBO lightweight “King” Artur Grigorian take on another former amateur standout in Bulgarian veteran Kirkor Kirkorov on his return to the ring after five years out. The fight “headlines” Universum´s 25th anniversary held February 24 at their big gym in Hamburg. Acting as roundcard girls will be past and former female champs like Regina Halmich, Ina Menzer, Alesia Graf and Susi Kentikian. The event is for invited guests only.
WBA I/C supermiddle titleholder Stepjan Bozic defends the title May 7 in Virovitica, Croatia.
German welter Frank Shabani, 16-0 with one NC, face Italian Giammario Grasselini February 28 in Neubrandenburg. It´s scheduled for ten and go ahead on the undercard to Karo Murat´s defence of the EBU supermiddle title against Cristian Sanavia.
IBF feather champ Cristobal Cruz beat Frenchman Cyril Thomas in St Quentin this past weekend on a close decision and there are talks of a rematch this summer again in France. The show had 6000 spectators with the mainbouts televised live.
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