Spotlight Boxing and ProSieben again
join forces and promote a show in Hamburg December 7 with
WBA female flyweight champion Susianna Kentikian on top.
Also on the bill are middleweight Gennadyi Golovkin, super
middleweight Dmitri Sartison, jr lightweight Vitaly
Tajbert, middleweight Sebastian Zbik and heavyweight
Sebastian Koeber.
HBO is currently in Denmark to do a special on WBA and WBC
super middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler.
German marketing company Sportfive and Vitali and Wladimir
Klitschko have parted ways after six years of
collaboration. From now on all aspects of marketing,
including the sale of their personality rights and the
rights to their boxing matches, will be managed by
Klitschko's Management Group GmbH. The Klitschko brothers´
fights will still be promoted by K 2.
German heavy prospect Steffen Kretschmann faces big
American Corey Sanders on the McCall vs Gomez bill in
Berlin October 19.
Former IBF cruiser champ Krzysztof Wlodarzcyk goes for the
vacant IBC title against American Dominic Alexander in the
headliner of Hammer Knockout´s show in Warzaw, Poland,
October 20. Welter Rafael Jackiewicz is in the semifinal.
US-based Swede Attila Levin is all set to comeback on the
Miranda vs Porres show in Hollywood, Florida, October 30.
Levin, 29-3, ended his career after back to back losses to
Jeremy Williams and Nikolai Valuev.
Late result: the Flying Dutchman, Raymond Joval had his
first fight at home in Amsterdam Monday night (October 8)
and outscored Frenchman Alban Mothie, a decent opponent
over eight. On the undercard heavyweight Don Diego Poeder
suffered another devastating loss as he was floored twice
and stopped in the first round by Ukrainian Yaroslav
Zavorotny. Poeder announced his retirement after the
fight. The Carré Theatre in Amsterdam was sold out, 1500
people, and promoter Hans De Bruijn expects to be back
early next year.
The planned clash between heavies Pedro Carrion and Goran
Gogic that was set for Arena´s big show in Berlin October
19 is off after another promotional dispute involving
Carrion. The 35-year old Cuban has now been released from
his contract with Wiking Box
Team.
2007 marks the 100th anniversary of the birth of Dutch
great Bep Van Kleveren. As usual the annual Bep Van
Kleveren Memorial goes ahead, this year as an amateur show
only, November 12 in Rotterdam. Bep have recently been
elected as the greatest Rotterdamer in history beating
Arena Box Promotion staged a three fight show at their big
gym in Hamburg October 10 without even announcing it. On
the show American heavy Cisse Salif, in Hamburg again as
sparring partner, stopped Ihar Shukala in the first. On
the undercard super middle Sebastian Sonntag and Edmund
Gerber both turned pro and won.
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