Boxing News Boxing News
By Per Ake Persson
Spotlight Boxing promotes on Friday, Dec 7, in Hamburg. The Hamburg bill is topped by female fly Susianna Kentikian, who faces Nadia Hockmi in a WIBF and WBA fight. WBO Intercontinental middle champ Sebastian Zbik defends the title against Samir dos Santos Barbosa, heavyweight Sebastian Kober faces experienced Brit Lee Swaby, Argentinian puncher Marcos Rene Maidana is in against Manuel Garnica. Colombian cruiser Santander Silgado, 10-0 10 KO’s, makes his debut for Spotlight.
Boxing Kings Promotion in Geneva, Switzerland, stage its annual pro/am show December 26 at the Kursaal in Berne. Middleweight Yves Studer, lightheavy Mohamed Belkacem and lightweight Martino Ciano are featured in the profights.
Cruiser Ali Ismailov headlines a Tundra vs Barcelo / Collosal Promotion show in Baku, Azerbadjan, December 8. Ismailov fights Argentinian Alejandro Alvaraz.
European Union cruiser champ Giacobbe Fragomeni defends the title against Frenchman Rachid El Hadak on OPI 200´s show in Milan December 22.
The fight for the vacant WBA lightweight title between Jose Alfaro and Prawet Singwancha could end up in Bielefeldt, Germany, with Don King and Sauerland Event as co-promoters.
Ex-WBA king Nikolai Valuev is in Japan on a PR / training trip and expects to stay until December 20. Valuev told local media his fight against Sergei Lyakhovich could go ahead February 16 in Germany.
Female super middle star Natascha Ragosina will make a public sparring session with Nadine Kleinert, who trains boxing along with her career in shotput. Kleinert, 190cm / 6ft3 and 90 kg / 200 lbs, will reportedly turn pro – as a boxer – after the Olympic games in 2008 where she is one of the favourites for a gold medal.
Norwegian junior welter Geir Inge Jorgensen, in training in Newark, NJ, for sometime now fights in North Carolina December 8 and face Abdul Blackburn. If all goes well Geir Inge, 24-1, will take on a tougher opponent in February.
Spanish junior welter Juan Carlos Melero Diaz, reigning European Union champ, faces Colombian Euclides Espitia December 14 in Madrid.
Swedish proboxing´s biggest – mediawise that is – star, 40-year old NY-based female middle Aasa Sandell is pregnant and has announced her retirement from boxing. Sandell hit the big time after getting stopped by Laila Ali in Berlin in 2005.
Austrian referee Josef Temml made a well timed stoppage but Sandell claimed it was stopped too soon – and media here believed her – and she became a star in Sweden. When proboxing was allowed Sandell was the biggest name but proved to be rather limited. She goes out at 6-4-2.
