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Mario Veit Defends Against Dennis Inkin 21 October in Halle/Saale
Super Middleweight Mario Veit, from Cottbus, who has been with Universum for nearly 10 years, has made it again: on October 21st he will headline the Universum Champions Night in Halle / Saale, which will be shown live from 10:00 pm on ZDF. He is challenged for his WBC International belt by stable mate Denis Inkin.
The 32 year old Veit has won 48 out of his 50 fights as a pro (23 wins by KO). In his last fight at the end of May in Munich, he gave an impressive performance to take the WBC International title from the unbeaten Jürgen Brähmer.
With the former IBF Intercontinental Champion Denis Inkin, who is just behind Veit in the rankings, he will have another unbeaten challenger. The 28 year old Russian, who lives in Hamburg, has also an impressing record with 28 fights with 21 wins by KO.
Tickets for the „Universum Champions Night“ on 21st October in Halle / Saale are available from 7th September under www.boxing.de.
Luan Krasniqi: A Role Model For Many Teenagers
Luan Krasniqi has passed many stages in his sporting and private life: he is fluent in 8 languages, an interpreter, a wholesaler and a professional boxer. Krasniqi is currently Germany’s most successful Heavyweight boxer and this is a reason for setting examples and being a role model for many projects involving teenagers. He is supporting campaigns for Toto-Lotto GmbH (Lottery) in which he warns of the danger of gambling and “be fit not fat” whereas he is also in the position in advising teenagers to keep active and overlook their nutrition.
Khoren Gevor: Back In Cuxhaven
The challenger for the World Champion belt at Middleweight, Khoren Gevor is looking forward to come back to Cuxhaven – and Cuxhaven can expect a great fight night On September 19th 2006, Khoren Gevor will have another fight in Cuxhaven. On the way to a world title fight, he must defeat the South African Andile Tshongolo (16-10-0, 10 KO).
The 27 year old, who lives in Hamburg, is in preparations with his coach Fritz Sdunek in the Sportschule Sachsenwald. “Khoren is already in great shape, he has worked really hard and soon we will start the sparring phase” his coach said.
At the boxing event in Cuxhaven on September 19th there will be other interesting fights which include the spotlight fighters Vitali Tajbert and Sebastian Köber. Both boxers have been very successful amateurs for their home country.
Location:
Kugelbake-Halle, Cuxhaven
Start: 17.45 Uhr
Tickets: Veranstaltungszentrum Cuxhaven, Ticket Hotline: 04721-408188
TV-Broadcast: Eurosport, 21.00 CET LIVE
