Welterweight Frederic Klose led the way at the Parc des Expositions in Reims, France last night, regaining the European title with a hard fought twelve round unanimous decision over Antonio Lauri. Frenchman Klose lost the title last May to Oktay Urkal but was able to turn away the Italian Lauri by scores of 117-111, 116-114 and 114-112. In a more explosive bout, another Frenchman, Jackson Chanet, lost both the WBA number one ranking at super middleweight and his European crown to the determined Russia based Armenian Mgr Mkrtchian. After a fight full of scathing trench warfare, Mkrtchian hit the jackpot in the eleventh round and gunned down Chanet in the eleventh frame. Mkrtchian will almost certainly be looking to turn his victory into another world title opportunity, having been stopped in the seventh by WBO Champion Joe Calzaghe two years ago.
Click to read more boxing articles by Ricky Jones
Discuss in Boxing Forum
Related Boxing Articles...
The action in France last night was at Palais des Sport Marcel Cerdan in Levallois-Perrett in Hauts-de-Seine with two European title bouts and a French title clash on tap.
Former WBA >
A shakeup of the world welterweight rankings took place last night at Sportspalace Drusba in Donetsk, Ukraine as local prospect Vyacheslav Senchenko dethroned beltholder Yuriy Nuzhnenko for the WBA title.
31 >
Argentine flyweight Omar "El Huracan" Narvaes retained his WBO title Saturday night at La Palestre in Le Cannet Cote d'Azur, France by posting a unanimous decision over former French Olympian >
By Per Ake Persson
Finn Amin Asikainen has relinquished his position as mandatory challenger for the European Union middleweight title. Amin is expected to be named mandatory challenger for the European >
Today we go on a small hall whirlwind tour to report the numerous results that happened this busy past Saturday night in Republique Francaise!
We get things rockin' at the >
The European Super Featherweight title was fought over on Friday at Sporthalle Brandberge at Halle an der Saal in Germany and reigning champion Sergey Gulyakevich, 26-1 (12), retained the belt >
Seidensticker Hall in Bielefeld tonight sees a big show with two European title fights on tap for the cruiserweight and super middle crowns up for grabs.
Former IBF Youth and French >
Frank Maloney has captured the coveted "Promoter of the Year" award of the European Boxing Union.
The announcement from the Rome based EBU comes as no surprise as the London based >
Saturday night in Berlin, Germany's IC - Center will see two top European fighters in action against dangerous foes. WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer meets seasoned challenger Omar Sheika >
Paul McCloskey will finally get his chance at a European title on July 3rd but the undefeated Derry man will have to concede home advantage by travelling to France to >
