Cuban heavy
Odlanier Solis face American Chauncey Welliver for the
vacant WBC International title October 11 in Berlin in a
supporting bout to Klitschko vs Peter. The show is
interestingly enough supervised by the BDB and not the GBO,
who previously handled K 2´s shows in Germany. Also on for
the bill is heavyweight giant Alexander Ustinov, signed to
K 2 East.
EBU feather
champ Oleg Yefimovich defends the title against Italian
Luca Maggio on Union Boxing Team´s show in Donetsk
November 29.
Contracts
for Mikkel Kessler´s defence of the WBA super middle title
against Danilo Haussler are signed but Team Palle and
Sauerland Event don´t agree on who should pay income taxes
in Germany. The tax rate is 21,1 % so we talk serious
money for both parties and if no agreement are reached
Sauerland will ask to have the purse bids they won
declared null and void - which will lead to a postponement
of the fight.
Zauerbek
Baysangurov have today relinquished the EBU jr middle
title. Mandatory challenger Jamie Moore will square off
against Italian Michele Piccirillo for the vacant crown.
As for Baysangurov his promoters, K 2 East, have their
eyes on a IBF world title eliminator.
Ivan Pozo
and Andrea Sarritzu are co-challengers for the EBU
flyweight title left vacant by Bernard Inom.
Promoter
and manager Wilfried Sauerland celebrates his 30th
anniversary in boxing. Sauerland began promoting in Zambia
but it was in 1980 when he got amateur stars Rene Weller
and Manfred Jassmann to turn pro he began to make his mark
and also revived professional boxing in Germany. Weller
reached the EBU lightweight title and was a big star, then
came Ralf and Graciano Rocchigiani and finally in the
early 90´s Sauerland hit the big time with Henry Maske,
who became a superstar and lifted boxing in Germany to a
different level. Other fighters have followed and
Sauerland Event remains a major player on the scene with
stars like Arthur Abraham and Marco Huck.
EBU welter
champ Rafael Jackiewicz defends against mandatory
challenger Jan Zaveck from Slovenia November 29 in
Katowice, Poland. However, it´s a fight surrounded by
rumors as both men appears to have plans for world title
eliminators and it´s not confirmed yet by Bullit Knockout
Promotions.
WBA champ
Felix Sturm and challenger Sebastian Sylvester met today
at a press conference in Oberhausen. Sylvester´s manager
Winfried Spiering said Sebastian would "hunt Universum's
flagship down, destroy and sink it". Sturm vs Sylvester
goes ahead November 1 in Oberhausen. In a second world
title on the bill Sergyi Dzinziruk defends the WBO jr
middle title against Joel Julio.
Say hello
to the Austrian Boxing Association which supervised a show
in Prenzlau, Germany, this weekend. The ABA will in the
future work with the GBA and GBO.
Welters
Jurgen Haeck and Domingos Nascimento Monteiro clash for
the BeNeLux title October 10 in Gent, Belgium. On the
undercard making a special appearance is cruiser Ismail
Abdoul. who´s been inactive for some time due to a prison
term.