Danish Palm Promotions won purse bids today in Rome for the right to stage the fight between Dimitri Sartison and Mads Larsen with the vacant EBU title at stage. Palm Promotions, headed by former EBU welter champ Hans Henrik Palm, won with a bid for 246 746 EUR. Sauerland Event, Larsen´s promoter, came second with a bid for 196 414 EUR. Mogens Palle bid 166 666 EUR while Universum came up with a bid for 106 580 EUR. P P have previously promoted only one event but that was a pretty big one with Mikkel Kessler defending the WBA title against Librado Andrade in front of 18 000 spectators in Copenhagen and it was televised PPV in Denmark. Larsen, # 8 in the WBA ratings, vs Sartison, WBA # 2, is a very important fight for both men and the winner is very much likely to become mandatory challenger for the WBA title.
EU jr middle champ Lukas Konecny will have to travel to the UK to take on mandatory challenger Matthew Hall after Frank Warren won the purse bids today in Rome with an offer for 11 755 EUR. SES, Konecny´s promoter, did put in a bid but due to a formality it wasn´t regarded as valid.
Arena Box Promotion stage what is billed as a “Heavy Night” October 24 in Cuxhaven. There will be eight fights on the bill, five of them at heavyweight. On top Steffen Kretschmann face the hardpunching Cisse Salif. Rising Czech heavy Ondrey Pala, former EBU heavy champ Vladimir Virchis, in his first fight for Arena, Yakub Saglam and Konstantin Airich are also on the bill.
Amateur boxing: Zygmunt Chychla have passed away at the age of 83 in Hamburg. Chychla won Olympic Gold at welter in the 1952 Olympics and became European champ 1951 and 53 representing Poland, which was then behind the Iron Curtain.
WBO cruiser champ Marco Huck square off against Ola Afolabi December 5 in Ludwigsburg – for those who wonder this is very close to Stuttgart.