On Sunday at Bussum, Netherlands, Nigerian born Amsterdam lightweight Innocent Anyanwu, 18-0-2 (11), saw the victory parade continue as the 26 year old BeNeLux Lightweight and Super Feather Champion dropped Belgium’s Herve De Luca, 14-4-1 (7), twice before finishing him off in the third. This isn’t the first time the …
Read More »European Boxing News: Murat, Lauri, Wilaschek, Sartison, Masoe, Sturm
By Per Ake Persson European Super Middle Champ Karo Murat reportedly defends the title against Italian Lorenzo Di Giacomo, a former European Union champ and European two-time challenger at middleweight, on May 30 at a site to be announced in Germany.
Read More »Boxing In Europe: Weekend Results
A good weekend of Continental boxing featured three European title fights and we kick off this report at Spodek, the largest indoor arena in Poland in the southern city of Katowice. European Welterweight Champion Rafal “Braveheart” Jackiewicz, 33-8-1 (18), continued his amazing career transformation with a successful title defense against …
Read More »European Boxing News: Shafikov, Asikainen, Gomez, Klitschko, Gulyakevich
By Per Ake Persson Russian junior welter Dennis Shafikov, 16-0, faces former WBA Lightweight Champ Raul Balbi from Argentina in a non-title ten-rounder on P3 Boxing´s big show at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki on November 28 in what should be an interesting fight.
Read More »European Boxing News: Sam, Sylvester, Sturm, Pascal, Gulyakevich, Sanavia
By Per Ake Persson The EBU have declared Sinan Samil Sam as winner in the fight for the vacant European Heavyweight title against Paolo Vidoz on July 4. The fight was scored a draw but one of the judges – Frenchman Robin Dolpierre – first had the final round 10-9 …
Read More »European Boxing News: Skelton, Sam, Vidoz, Povetkin, Asikainen, Ragosina
By Per Ake Persson British heavyweight Matt Skelton is out of the fight against Sinan Samil Sam for the vacant European title July 4 in Istanbul. Replacing Skelton is Italian veteran Paolo Vidoz.
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