Universum Box Promotions return in April with two events a week apart. April 17 in Magdeburg Universum join forces with SES for a show headlined WBC interim middleweight champ Sebastian Zbik who again will take on Italian Domenico Spada. Zbik won a very close decision the first time out to win the title but many observers felt Spada had nicked it. In the co-feature WBO supermiddle king Robert Stieglitz face Eduard Gutknecht, who comes in fresh off a win over ex-champ Karoly Balzsay.It´s an exciting all German matchup (Stieglitz hail from Belorus but is based in Magdeburg since years) where Stieglitz´s speed and punch should make the difference.
It´s not official yet but on April 24 Universum have WBO lightheavy champ Juergen Braehmer headlining a show at a site to be announced. Opponent is according to Ring de Idea Argentinian Mariano Nicolas Plotinsky.
Universum will according to Australian paper Sun-Herald promote the WBA heavyweight eliminator between Ruslan Chagev and Kali Meehan. The winner will then get the winner of David Haye vs John Ruiz.
It´s nothing new but Russian middle Dmitry Pirog is off the fight against EBU champ Matthew Macklin April 16 in the UK for reasons unknown. Pirog was mandatory challenger for Macklin.
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