Euro News

By Per-Ake Persson

EU middleweight champ Marcos Nader´s defence against Spaniard Luis Crespo will go ahead October 26 in Oldenburg on the undercard to Arthur Abraham vs tba. Nader-Crespo was first set for September 24 in Stuttgart on the undercard to Marco Huck vs Firat Arslan II that was postponed when Huck got injured.

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Samir Ziani and Samir Kasmi clash for the vacant EU jr lightweight title November 30 in Clichy, France. C.S Clichy Boxe was the sole bidder at today´s purse bids in Rome and won the right to promote the fight with an offer for 14,000,00 EUR to be split 50/50 between the fighters.

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British heavy Richard Towers, 14-0, was for a while doublebooked with a defence of the EU title set for October 18 againt Johan Duhaupas in Abbeville and a Commonwealth eliminator against Lukas Browne November 2 in Hull. Towers have now however relinquished the EU crown and the French promoter is now looking for the highest rated available oppponent to save the October 18 promotion.

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Tough Spanish superfeather Rudy "El Lobo Negro" Encarnacion, 28-23-2, gets a rare chance to headline at home when he takes on tough French journeyman Leonus Marie Francois, 8-8-1, October 12 in Madrid. Both men have records that shows the dangers of fighting away from home taking on all comers.

Euro Results

By Per-Ake Persson

Sep 14, Riga, LAT, Kispalis Exhibition Center, Figher Elvis Promotion (Elvis Mihailenko)
Arturs Kulikauskis, 85,4, Lat W10-U Youri Kayembre Kalenga, 90,3, Fra
100-93, 99-97 and 100-94 ... Kalenga had a point deducted in round 2 for hitting in the back of the head. Decison said to be ok as Kulikauskis was able to box on the move the frustrate the Congolese Frenchman. But 99-97?? Vacant Int´l Latvian cruiser title: Deniss Sirjavtovs, Romans Cevcenko, and Jevgenijs Andrejevs - all still active fighters were judges.
Oleg Fedotovs, 75,8, Lat W6-M Vygaudas Laurinkus, 77,2, Lit
Laurinkus replaced Gatis Skuja after the weighin as Skuja came in injured. The scheduled Latvian titlefight fell through and it was reduced to 6x3. 58-57, 60-56 and 58-58.
6x3: Vahram Vardanyan, 61,1, Lat TKO 3 (2.51) Janis Puskins, 62,9,
Puskins floored twice and was then stopped, 20-18 twice and 20-17.
Sergejs Malcevs, 69,7, Lat W6-U Andrey Cepur, 69,9, Lat
Vacant BBU Int´l title, 60-55 twice and 60-54.
 
Sep 14, Seinäjoki, FIN, Hotel Sorsanpesä, Caramelito Promotions
Fitim Latifi, 72,5, Fin W8-U Kai Kauramäki, 71,9, Fin
Laitifi won the vacant BBU title on scores of 80-72 on all cards.
Teemu Tuominen, 68,1, Fin TKO 4 (1.22) Gvido Seilis, 65,4, Fin
Seilis was down in the second and twice in the fourth.
Petteri Fröjdholm, 60,9, Fin W4-U Anton Bekish, 60,0, Blr
40-36, 40-36 and 40-35.
Sami Enbom, 89,2, Fin W4-U Stanislavs Makarenko, 85,7, Lat
40-35 on all cards. Makarenko was down in the first.
Mika Haapasalmi, 69,6, Fin W4-S Stanislavs Leonovs, 69,6, Lat
40-36 and 40-37 Haapasalmi and 39-38 Leonovs.
 
Sep 14, Frenkendorf, SWI:
Blas Miguel Martinez, 76,1, Swi TKO 3 Balasz Horvath, 72,8, Hun
 
Sep 14, Belgrade, SER, Serbian Fighter Gym
Stanislav Sakic, 68,0, Ser W 6 (59-55) Gheorghe Balan, 69,5, Rom
6x3: Nemanja Krstin, 63,0, Ser TKO 3 Stevica Mandic, 61,5,
Petar Markovic, 76,0, Ser W 6 (60-54) Jovan Rakonjac, 79,0, Ser
Nemanja Sabljov, 51,8, Ser, debut W 4 (40-36) Samir Krueziu, 52,0,
 
Sep 14, Rama, CAN,
c: Denton Daley, Can W10-U Jean Marc Monrose, Fra
100-90 on all cards as Daley retained the NABA title.
 
Sep 13, Budapest, HUN, Barba Negra Music Pub, Felix-Promotion
jm: Attila Kovacs, Hun TKO 5 Lajos Munkaczy, Hun
Kovacs retained the Hungarian lightmiddle title. Munkaczy was floored twice in the fifth before it was stopped.
c: Sandor Nagy, Hun TKO 5 Csaba Faur, Hun
Nagy won the vacant Hungarian by stopping former stablemate Faur in the fifth.
sb: Zsolt Bedak, Hun tko 4 Ignac Kassi, Hun
lh: Richard Baranyi, Hun KO 1 Gabor Orsos, Hun
bad ko, Orsos hospitalized but later released and said to be ok.
 
Sep 12, Lueg/Be, SWI:
Aniya Seki, 51,7, Jap/Swi W 10 Liliana Martinez, 51,0, D R
WBC Silver female
Alain Chervet, 62,2, Swi W 6 Kristian Dochev, 63,0, Bul
Mischa Nigg, 72,0, Swi KO 2 Nikola Varbanov, 72,0, Bul
bodyshot
 
Sep 6, Uta, ITA:
m: Alessandro Murgia, Ita W 8 Marko Benzon, Cro
 
Sep 5, Riga, LAT,
6x3, h: Edgars Kalnars, Lat TKO 1 Vitalijs Zakirko,
4x3, Jevgenijs Belitcenko, TKO 1 Gvido Brilts
4x3: Rihards Bigis, TKO 1 Platons Platonovs,
Raimonds Kozlovskis, D 4 Dzintars Seilis,
4x3: Martins Kukuls, TKO 2 Dmitrijs Avsijenkovs,
4x2: Aleksandra Jasukevica, TKO 1 Olga Fradkina,