Golovkin to face Ishe
Another major fight has been added to Universum Box-Promotion’s November 21 world title tripleheader at the Sparkassen Arena in Kiel, Germany. Spotlight Boxing’s unbeaten middleweight shooting star Gennady Golovkin (17-0, 14 KOs), rated #1 in the WBC and WBO and #2 by the WBA, will defend his WBO Intercontinental belt against veteran Ishe Smith (21-4, 9 KOs).
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Erdei relinquishes WBO belt
Jürgen Brähmer is now the full WBO light heavyweight world champion. Long-standing WBO 175lb world champion Zsolt Erdei has relinquished the belt to move up to cruiserweight to challenge WBC world champion Giaccobe Fragomeni on November 21st in Kiel, Germany. Brähmer is Universum Box-Promotion’s 33rd pro world champion.
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Krasniqi injured, fight card cancelled
The November 28 “Universum Champions Night” card in Oberhausen, Germany featuring the rematch between heavyweight contenders Alexander Dimitrenko and Luan Krasniqi has been cancelled after Krasniqi suffered a pulled ligament in his right foot while training.
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Martirosyan KOs Pena in thriller
Russian middleweight slugger Gennady Martirosyan (19-2, 8 KOs) is expected to make a return to the world rankings following his all-action two-way knockout win over Spaniard Miguel Angel Pena (28-15-4, 9 KOs) several hours ago at the Gladiator Fight Club in St. Petersburg, Russia. Martirosyan vs. Pena for a vacant WBO European 160lb belt topped a huge local card, arranged by Jab Promotions.
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First press conference: a heated verbal exchange at the LVR-Industriemuseum in Oberhausen.
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Huck confident of success against Afolabi
WBO Cruiserweight Champion Marco “Captain” Huck (26-1, 20 KOs) today caught up with the German press ahead of his December 5 clash against interim champion Ola Afolabi (14-1, 6 KOs).
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Jürgen Brähmer and Sebastian Zbik: first title defence in their hometown!
Two fighters from Mecklenburg return to their boxing roots.
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Balzsay to face Gutknecht
Former WBO super middleweight champion Karoly Balszay (21-1, 15 KOs) will fight for the first time since losing his world title in August when he takes on unbeaten Eduard “Eddy” Gutknecht (17-0, 7 KOs) on December 4 at the Austrian wintersport mecca of Sölden.
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Martirosyan-Pena for WBO Europe
Saint Petersburg based prizefighters’ company Jab Promotions, headed by Vitaly Supichenko and former bantamweight stalwart Alexander Yagupov, will stage its next boxing tournament on October 31 at Typhoon fight club in the Northern Palmira.
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Drozd vs. Alekseev on Nov. 28
Fightnews has learned that two of the best Russian cruiserweight contenders Alexander Alekseev (18-1, 16 KOs), who is promoted by the Universum Box-Promotion, and German Titov’s Grigory Drozd (32-1, 24 KOs) will collide in an explosive all-action crossroader on November 28 in Oberhausen, Germany.
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