EURO RESULTS

By Per-Ake Persson

Jan 28, Myslowice, POL: Silesia Boxing Team
6x3, lh: Przemyslaw Gorgon, Pol  TKO 1  Tomasz Gargula, Pol
6x3, h: Patryk Kowoll, Pol  TKO 1  Dawid Styka, Pol
4x3, lh: Igor Porebski, Pol  TKO 3  Mikalai Trukhan, Pol
4x3, m: Daniel Pilc, Pol  KO 1  Dzianis Yahoranka, Blr
sl: Kamil Mlodzinski, Pol  W6-U  Andrei Staliarchuk, Blr
58-56, 59-56 and 59-55.

Jan 28, Barcelona, SPA:
f: Cristobal Lorente, Spa  W 6  Jose Hernandez, Spa

Oleksandr Usyk (right) has a record of 14 fights without defeat

Jan 27, Riga, LAT, Arena, Sauerland Event / WBSS
Oleksandr Usyk, 90,4, Ukr  W12-M  Mairis Briedis, 90,3, Lat
Semifinal in the WBSS Tournament, defence of the WBO title by Usyk as he won the WBC title from Briedis with a win on scores of 115-113 twice and 114-114. It was fastpaced with Usyk, a southpaw, using his superior reach and outjabbed Briedis. But Usyk´s left was seldom effective and many of his punches lacked power. He fought like the exellent amateur boxer he is while Briedis kept coming, working with fewer but harder punches. As it was Usyk´s volume made a difference and he was a deserved winner but had to work hard to get it in an exellent fight.
8x3, h: Filip Hrgovic, Cro  TKO 4  Tom Little, Uk
lh: Jevgenijs Aleksejevs, Lat  W6-S  Maurice Possiti, Fra
58-56 twice fpr Aleksejevs and 58-56 Possiti.
lh: Yoann Kongolo, Swi  W10-U  Andrejs Pokumeiko, Lat
Kongolo retained the WBC Int´l Silver title on scores of 98-90, 98-91 and 99-89. Pokumeiko was down in round 7 and then heads clashed, Pokumeiko was cut and Kongolo had a point deducted.
c: Michael Lawal, Uk  W6-U  Istvan Orsos, Hun
m: Araik Maritujan, Ger  W4-U  Richard Hegyi, Hun
8x3, h: Otto Wallin, Swe  KO 3  Srdan Govedaric, Cro
Govedarica was down twice from left hook downstairs from his southpaw opponent.
c: Micki Nielsen, Den  W8-S  Ricards Bolotniks, Lat
77-75 twice for Nielsen who again was short on stamina and 78-74 for Bolotniks.

Jan 27, Vantaa, FIN, Myyrmäki Sporthus (Urheilutalo), Pro Boxing Finland (Juho Tolppola)
Samuli Kärkkäinen, 89,9, Fin  W8-S  Reinis Porozovs, 91,0, Lat
Kärkkäinen won the vacant BBU title on scores of 80-75 and 77-76 - the third judge had it 78-75 Porozovs. 80-75 v 75-78? Hmmm, desribed as a close fight though with Kärkkäinen´s workrate against Porozovs´ harder punches.
6x3: Oskari Metz, 67,5, Fin  TKO 4 (0.33)  Richard Baba, 68,3, Hun
6x3: Gennadi Mentsikainen, 99,5, Fin  TKO 4 (1.00)  Tamaz Zadishvili, 99,3, Geo
6x3: Sami Enbom, 82,5, Fin  KO 2 (1.10)  Adam Kovacs, 80,05. hun
Kovacs down twice from bodyshots.
4x3: Jukka Saarinen, 102,7, Fin  W4-U  Ferenc Bartus, 96,6, Hun
Saarinen, a former MMA star, was down in the first but won on his better conditioning and Bartus was closed to being stopped in the fourth. 38-37 on all cards.
8x2: Sanna Turunen, 72,1, Fin  W8-U  Sanja Ostojic, 73,4, Bos
77-75, 78-76 and 79-75.
4x3. Janne Rantanen, 73,5, Fin  W4-U  David Kaszas, 71,5, Hun
40-36 on all cards.

Jan 27, Deurne, BEL, Arenahal, Antwerpen Boxing Academy (Renald De Vulder)
12x3: Yves Ngabu, 90,6, Bel  TKO 3  Geoffrey Batello, 90,7, Bel
Ngabu retained the EBU title in this first ever all Belgian EBU title fight. Batello, a good puncher but somewhat fragile, was down twice and the towel came in.
8x3: Meriton Karaxha, 66,4, Bel  TKO 7 Alexander Polizzi, 67,4, Bel
6x3: Roberto Secola, 101,0, Bel  KO 1  Mirnes Dedanic, 90,7, Bos

Jan 27, Castellbisbals, SPA, Rimer Boxe
f: Marc Vidal, Spa  TKO 6  Michael Carrero, Nic
Vidal, reigning EBU champ, was all set to fight Sergio Blanco at this venue when Blanco re-retired. Vidal still went through with this non-title tuneup.

Jan 27, Vitoria, SPA, Iradier Arena
sl: Nacho Mendoza, Spa  TKO 1  Fran Suarez, Spa
Mendoza retained the Spanish lightweight title.
sf: Kevin Baldospino, Spa  W 4  Eduardo Cobos, Spa

Jan 27, Bad Neuenahr, GER, gba
c: Hizni Altunkaya, Ger  W 6 (60-54)  Niko Lohmann, Ger
6x3, sm: Enis Agushi, Ger  TKO 1 (2.46)  Francis Kojo Ennin,

Jan 27, Campbon, FRA:
w: Mohamed Kani, Fra  W 6  Issa Mourzaev, Fra
c: Olivier Vautrain, Fra  W6-U  Bobdelah Belgobi, Fra
59-55 on all cards.
l: Meryl Vegas, Fra  W 6  Ibraguim Gaissumov, Fra
c: Dylan Bregeon, Fra  W 6  Abdoulaye Diane, Fra

Jan 27, Berlin, GER, Boxcamp P1, CP Boxevent (Charlie Podehl), bdb
sw: Denis Krieger, Ger  TKO 8  Robert Maess, Ger
Krieger won the vacant German bdb title with a come from behind win over Maess, who was floored twice in the eighth.

Jan 26, Sedavi, SPA:
8x3: Alexander Podolsky, 63,0, Rus  KO 1 (1.27)  Anzor Gamgebeli, 62,5, Geo
Avantandil Tchubabria, 56,8, Spa  W4-M  Oscar Vinicio Nunez, 56,7, Spa
39-37 twice and 38-38.
Vicente Andres Monzo, 70,0, Spa  W4-U  Mamadou Goita, 70,0, Mali
39-36 twice and 40-35.
6x3: Alin florin, 63,5, Spa  KO 2  Kakha Avetisian, 63,0, Geo
4x3, l: Bernard Angelo Torres, 60,4, Nor  TKO 2 (2.08)  Giorgi Gachegiladze, 60,5, Geo
Gachegiladze was retired by his corner. Torres is of Filippino desecent and is talked about as the Norwegian Pacman.

Jan 25, Grenoble, FRA:
8x3, c: Nicolas Salsi, Fra  TKO 5  Paata Aduashvili, Geo
m: Mike Diemunsch, Fra  W 4  Mifodzi Pilipenak, Blr
sm: Aliaksandr Usik, Blr  W 4  Antoine Villedieu, Fra

Per-Åke Persson