Boxing Info: Konstantin Airich Vs Danny Williams
Ahmet Öner (ARENA Box-Promotion) and Arturo Moral (Stock Eventos) join forces to present a night of high quality boxing this Firday (May 30th) in Barakaldo-Bilbao, Spain. The main event features 8 rounds of world class heavyweight boxing when reigning German heavyweight champion (interim) “Sandman” Konstantin Airich (9-0-1) faces the British champion “Brixton Bomber” Danny Williams (38-6-0).
Both men are known for their extremely hard punch. Airich stopped 8 of the 10 opponents he faced so far (1 draw), Williams knocked out 30 opponents in 45 fights (6 losses). The most impressive k.o.-victory Danny could score so far was surely the 4th round stoppage of none other but Mike Tyson in Louisville, Kentucky – hometown of Muhammad Ali – in 2004.
“Of course, this is a real tough test for Konstantin”, states ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner. “Danny is very experienced and has beaten a lot of great guys. But Konstantin got fists of steel. If he manages to hit Danny I believe the ‘Brixton Bomber’ might go down.”
The co-main event of the night features former WBO world heavyweight champion Herbie Hide (42-4-0) who is looking to defend his WBC international cruiserweight title against dangerous contender Ehinomen Ehikhamenor (12-2-0) from Benin (fighting out of New York).
“I am looking forward to fighting in Spainâ€, says the ‘Dancing Destroyer’. “I’ve been in professional boxing for almost 20 years now but actually it’s the first time I come to Spain. I hear the Spanish women are very beautiful here so all you ‘hombres’ better watch out because a bad boy is coming to town.â€
In the second title fight of the night promising middleweight prospect Mahir “Lion†Oral (22-1-2) faces stable-mate Alexander Sipos (19-3-2) for the EBA interim championship. Former EU- and WBC international championship Oral just came back from a long hand injury. “It feels good to be back in the ringâ€, states Mahir. “Now that my hand is well again and I am getting in perfect shape I want to show everybody that I am one of the best middleweight boxers in the world.â€
The same counts for local hero Ruben Diaz (12-1-2). “El Destructor†is looking to impress his home crowd by beating experienced Jurijs Boreiko (14-12-0) from Latvia.
The card is completed by rising light welterweight stars Sergej Sorokin (27-1-1) who wants to come closer to a world title shot by beating veteran Juan Carlos Villareal (39-8-1) from Argentina and Hector Moreira (20-0-0) who is looking to remain unbeaten against Russia’s Alexander Saltykov (6-11-2).
There will be 7 fights in total starting at 20:30h (doors open at 20:00h). The show will be broadcasted LIVE by Basque TV station EITB, German sports network DSF and FOX TV in Turkey.
