By Per Ake Persson WBC champion emeritius Mikkel Kessler has parted ways with manager and adviser Simon Lundt Hansen. The official reason is that Kessler, sidelined with a long term eye injury, doesn’t feels he needs a manager during this time. A couple of weeks ago Kessler told Danish media …
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By Per Ake Persson It will be Swedish heavy Attila Levin that faces European Union champ Robert Helenius in Helsinki on November 27. Levin has been fighting out of Florida for his entire career but moved back to Stockholm a month ago. He´s been inactive for about a year now …
Read More »European Boxing News: Froch, Abrahamn, Helenius, Schmeling, Dimitrenko
By Per Ake Persson Sauerland Event again join forces with P3 Boxing in Finland for a big show with Carl Froch taking on Arthur Abraham at the Hartwall Arena in Helsinki November 27 in the third round of the Super Six Tournament. Local fans will also be happy to see …
Read More »European Boxing News: Froch, Abraham, Golovkin, N’Dam, Sturm
By Per Ake Persson Helsinki, Finland, has been mentioned in the past by various sources including MTV3 in Finland as a possible site for the postponed Carl Froch vs Arthur Abraham Super Six tournament fight. The working date is November 27. I have been told that the date and site …
Read More »European Boxing News: Ulrich, N’Dam, Tajbert, Braehmer
By Per Ake Persson German light heavy Thomas Ulrich returns to action October 9 in Hamburg. There are according to Bild many reasons for the comeback of the former European champ and world title challenger and they all spell money. Ulrich was at his best a very good boxer / …
Read More »European Boxing News: Golovkin, N’Jikam, Bahktov, Hamsho, Thomas
By Per Ake Persson The WBA never actually said that WBA “interim” middleweight champ Gennadyi Golovkin had to fight Hassan N´Dam N´Jikam as previously reported. The WBA instead stated that Golovkin had to fight the # 1 rated contender – a spot that in new ratings is empty with N´Dam …
Read More »European Boxing News: Hernandez, Povetkin, Klitschko, Golovkin, Dimitrenko
By Per Ake Persson IBF Intercontinental cruiser champ Yoan Pablo Hernandez will again defend the title against stablemate Enad Licina October 2 in Monte Carlo on the undercard to Abraham vs Froch. Hernandez vs Licina is also a final IBF eliminator with the winner to fight champ Steve Cunningham in …
Read More »European Boxing News: Zavek, Jackiewicz, Asikainen, Peret, Universum
By Per Ake Persson IBF welter champ Jan Zaveck closed out sparring Thursday last week and is according to a press release from SES in top shape for his defence on Saturday in Ljubljana against Pole Rafael Jackiewicz.
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