European Boxing News: Asikainen, Castillejo, Sylvester, Bladt, Sidon.

ByBoxing Press

Union Boxing Team in Donetsk, Ukraine, stage another big show December 15. The main bouts shape up as follows: Vyacheslav Senchenko vs Riad Menasria for the EE-EU and WBA Intercontinental welterweight titles, Andrei Kudriatsev vs Aram Ramazyan for the vacant EE-EU lightweight title, Yuri Voronin vs Oleg Yefimovich for the WBO International featherweight title, Vladimir Kravets vs Kanat Kartenbaev for the EE-EU junior welter title and finally in a non-title eight-rounder super middle Stas Kashtanov take on Laurent Goury.

P 3 Boxing in Helsinki have postponed its planned December 7 show to a January date. Middleweight Amin Asikainen is ranked number one at European and awaitc the next move by Javier Castillejo, who beat Mariano Carrera in a WBA eliminator but is also mandatory challenger for European champ Sebastian Sylvester.

Danish promoter Robert Larsen have had some bad luck with his show in Gilleleje November 24. First, former European welter champ Christian Bladt tested positive for a forbidden drug and faces a short suspension, then scheduled main eventer Samuel Kebede was forced to pull out with a cold. Substituting is another Sweden-based African in Samuel Rukundo, who now faces Robert Osiobe for the ABU junior lightweight title.

German heavy prospect Steffen Kretschmann will now face Turhan Altunkaya for the national interim title December 22 in Halle / Saale and not Mario Stein as previously announced. Former champ Andreas Sidon is still fighting the German Federation to get his license and title back. The 40+ Sidon was stripped after several bad losses to the likes of Aleksander Dimitrenko, Taras Bidenko and Odlanier Solis.

Pro Box Scandinavia take their Stockholm-based Ugandan stable back home for a show December 22 in Kampala. On top there is two UBO titlefights: at featherweight Abdu Tebazalwa faces Obote Amene while Peter Semo faces Palasa Chaurembo at lightweight.

Gogi Knezevic and Andrei Rimer clash for the International Serbian junior middle title November 30 in Loznica. On the undercard, Jonny Ibramov squares off against Bogdan Mitic in a junior middle bout.

Spanish cruiser Alejandro Lakatus continues his comeback November 24 in Madrid with a fight against Portugese Fernando Fernandes.

Alexander Kotlobay retained the GBU cruiser title with a unanimous decision over Swiss Max Gusset November 15 at the Konti Kasino in St Petersburg. The show was promoted by Sergey Mitchnik´s Baltic Box Promotion.

Giovanni Niro defends the Italian lightweight title on November 27 in Grosseto against Massimiliano Chiofalo. Cruiser Vincenzo Rossitto is featured on the undercard.