European welterweight champion Oktay Urkal will put his crown on the line against undefeated Dane Thomas Damgaard on September 3 in Berlin, Germany in a battle between the two best 147-pound boxers on the continent. Both men have previously worn the European light welterweight title belts while Damgaard, 36-0 (27), briefly held the welterweight title in 2000. For Urkal, 35-3 (11), the contest will ideally provide him with further respectability in the division as the German based Turk is seeking to do what he was unable to do at 140-pounds, and that is secure a world title. For Damgaard, this bout marks the first time in thirty-six bouts that he'll be facing a world class opponent in their prime and the man from Morkov, Denmark will also have to travel to Germany, always a daunting prospect, to do so.
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