WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz defends against challenger Khoren Gevor this evening at Bordelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany. Stieglitz, 39-2 (23), has won eight straight appearances since losing an IBF title eliminator to Librado Andrade in 2008, but this could be the Russian’s hardest defense yet as the 29 year old has thus far retained…
By Per Ake Persson Armenian-German Khoren Gevor gets a surprise chance in a WBA eliminator at middleweight against Matthew Macklin April 16 in Manchester. Gevor was until two days ago in training in Amsterdam for an eight-rounder at super middle in Muenster March 26 which now is off.
By Per Ake Persson SES announced today a hot matchup as WBO super middle champ Robert Stieglitz, 39-2, will defend the title against Dimitri Sartison, 27-1, the holder of the WBA regular title, April 9 at the Boerdelandhall in Magdeburg.
By Per Ake Persson Weights from Astana, Kazachstan: Both WBA middleweight (regular) champ Gennadyi Golovkin and challenger Nilson Julio Tapia scaled 72.2 kg / 159.25 lbs for tomorrow´s fight that headlines a show with the national amateur championships.
Sauerland´s First Lady, WBA, WBC and WBO welter queen Cecilia Braekhus defends her titles against Mikaela Lauren from Sweden October 30 in Rostock on the undercard to Sylvester vs Oral. Lauren, a former elite swimmer, is 6-0 and relatively new to boxing but is very strong and well conditioned so Cecilia will get a hard…
Big show last night at 02 World Arena in Hamburg with a WBA, and Interim WBC and a European title at stake along with appearances by two former world champions on the comeback trail. WBA super middle titlist Dimitri Sartison, 27-1 (17), made his first defense a good one, handling the challenge of two-time ex-middleweight…
Tonight at 02 World Arena in Hamburg, WBA super middle king Dimitri Sartison puts his WBA super middle title on the line for the first time, facing experienced challenger Khoren Gevor. The Kazakhstan born titlist, 26-1 (17), won the vacant belt last November with a sixth round stoppage of little known Stjepan Bozic, three bouts…
Middles Gennadyi Golovkin and Milton A Nunez are now tentatively set fight for the WBA “standard” title July 31 in Culiacan, Mexico. Junior welter Zapir Rasulov, 22-0, and holder of three Youth “world” titles appears on the undercard.
By Per Ake Persson Kamran Kabinejad both co-promoted and headlined a small hall show in Orebro, Sweden, earlier this week. Kabinejad, 3-0 and fighting at junior middle, looked good in outscoring Latvian Sergej Volodin over four and received a standing ovation from the crowd at the packed Mellringhall.