European Boxing News: Gulyakevich, Bonsu, Inom, Thomas, Huck, Branco, Bladt, Sahin

By Per Ake Persson

Europe Junior Light Champ Sergey Gulyakevich defends the title against slick German Vitaly Tajbert on a Spotlight Boxing promotion in Hamburg on December 5.

The planned WBC eliminator between Jackson Osei Bonsu and Carlos Baldomir set for November 11 in Antwerp is off as the WBC didn´t approve it following Bonsu´s loss to Rafael Jackiewiewz, a much lower rated boxer. Jackson´s team are trying to keep the date though and are looking for another opponent.

Bernard Inom have vacated the European Flyweight title and in a surprising move, announced his retirement. Inom told l´Equipe that he had been boxing for too long and wanted to see his kids grow up.

French feather Cyril Thomas defends the IBF International title on November 20 in St Quentin against Spaniard Ivan Ruiz Morote. EuroSport televise the main bouts from the show.

European Cruiser Champ Marco Huck has a tough mandatory challenger in Russian Valery Brudov.
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Hungarian super middle Karoly Balzsay is back after his cut eye injury on December 9 in Solden, Austria. Balzsay was all set to take on Denis Inkin this Saturday for the WBO interim title, but was cut in sparring.

Gianluca Branco defends the European Junior Welter title on November 14 somewhere in Italy against an opponent to be announced. On the same show, Giuseppe Lauri and Giorgio Marinelli clash for the European Union Junior Welter crown.

WBO Intercontinental Welter Champ Christian Bladt defends the title against Italian Sven Paris in Frosinone on November 28. Paris tunes up October 30 in Savigliano on the undercard to a show headlined by super feathers Antonio De Vitis and Zsolt Nagy in a WBA Intercontinetal title fight.

WIBF Junior Fly Champ Julia Sahin is off Saturday´s show in Hamburg and out of her contract with Universum. Sahin has, according to a press release from Universum, wanted out of her contract to fight for another promoter – and she got out to what seems to be a very uncertain future, at least boxing-wise.

Sauerland Event has three fighters on a show in Erfurt on September 27: junior middles Alex Abraham and Koko Murat as well as cruiser Jimmy Kapanov are all featured against carefully selected opponents. European champ Karo Murat will be ringside.

The internal SES “eliminator” between middles Marco Schulze and Enrico Wolf set for October 10 in Barleben is off, as Wolf has withdrawn with an injury. Schulz will still fight on the show, headlined by Oliver Guettel and Timo Hoffmann but against another opponent.