Fast-rising Beibut Shumenov ready for Erdei or Garay
LAS VEGAS (May 12, 2009) – Light heavyweight sensation Beibut Shumenov, fresh off of his impressive fourth-round stoppage of former two-time world champion Byron “Slama from Bama” Mitchell last Saturday night in Kazakhstan, has set his sights on a major world title fight against WBO champion Zsolt Erdei or WBA title-holder Hugo Garay.
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Willy Blain with bad luck in his WBO title fight against Peterson
Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez, Bayamon, Puerto Rico
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Balzsay retains WBO world title!
Moments ago, WBO super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay (21-0, 15 KOs) successfully defended his title with an eleventh round knockout over former middleweight champion Maselino Masoe (29-6, 27 KOs).
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Balzsay-Masoe make weight
Official weigh-in in Krefeld, Germany.
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Shumenov targets Erdei
Light heavyweight sensation Beibut Shumenov, arguably the most ambitious fighter in the world, has targeted WBO champion Zsolt “Firebird” Erdei after his May 9th IBA World title fight against former IBF super middleweight champion Alejandro “Naco” Berrio, outdoors at Khadjimukan Stadium in Shumenov’s hometown of Chimkent, Kazakhstan.
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Klitschko-Haye heats up!
WBO/IBF/IBO heavyweight champion Wladimir Klitschko and former WBC/WBA/WBO cruiserweight champion David Haye continued their bitter feud at a press conference in London.
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Balzsay-Masoe presser!
A press conference was head Monday in advance of Saturday’s huge “Universum Champions Night“ world title twinbill at the KönigPALAST in Krefeld, Germany.
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Haye Angers Klitschko In Gelsenkirchen
Wladimir Klitschko is clearly an intelligent and respectful man. That much is regularly evident whenever he attends media functions. However, the normally mild mannered IBF heavyweight champion was clearly incensed when his June 20 title challenger David Haye arrived at a press conference in Gelsenkirchen,Germany on Thursday wearing a T-shirt with a picture of himself holding the decapitated heads of Klitschko and his brother Vitali.
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The June 20 heavyweight clash between IBF champion Wladimir Klitschko and Britain’s David Haye wil take place at the Schalke 04 soccer stadium in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
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Pavlik-Abraham Unifier Could be in the Works
Reportedly, should IBF middleweight champion Arthur Abraham get by mandatory challenger Giovanni Lorenzo on June 27 in Germany, negotiations could intensify between Sauerland Promotions and Top Rank for an Abraham-Kelly Pavlik IBF/WBC/WBO unifier sometime this coming fall – possibly November 17 at Madison Square Garden.
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