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PERSSON'S EURO NEWS
08/03/2013 - 19.02.14
Euro NewsBy Per-Ake Persson EBU cruiser champ Mateusz Masternak, 29-0, will make a voluntary defence of the title April 13 in Fredrikshavn, Denmark. Opponent is to be announced.
Masternak won the then vacant title in December with a shut out decision of Juho Haapoja.
Triple world welter champ Cecilia Braekhus tops the bill at Arena Nord on this Team Sauerland promotion.
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ITS Promotion´s show in Hamburg on Saturday (March 9) have seen some late changes and here´s an update on the main bouts on this huge bill. Heavyweight Alexander Dimitrenko (pictured), 32-2 and trained by Tommy Brooks, face Croatian spoiler Ivica Perkovic, 19-18, in a scheduled eight-rounder. GBU heavy champ Alexander Petkovic, 45-4-4, is still in against Gaza Nemeth, 0-2. Ali Mamadov, 10-1, is now without an opponent for his ten rounder for the GBU Continental jr middle title as Nico Salzmann is off the bill. Middleweight Sherzod Husanov, 17-0-1, face an unknown force in Jasnin Paocic and Rafael Bejaran, 14-2, now face Czech trialhorse Vladimir Fecko, 4-55-3, in another fight at 160. Off the bill are Konni Konrad and Ismail Oezen.
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As Francesco Pianeta will challenge IBF, WBO and WBA heavy champ Wladimir Klitschko May 4 in Mannheim he is removed as official challenger for EU ruler Richard Towers. The highest available challenger will get the spot.
By Per-Åke Persson
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