European Boxing News: Abraham, Lorenzo, Pavlik, Aydin, Ouali, Petranyi
By Per Ake Persson German tabloid Bild Zeitung wrote Sunday that IBF middleweight champ Arthur Abraham will fight mandatory challenger Giovanni Lorenzo on June 27 in Germany.
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Arena Boxing: Aydin, Hide, Pala Win In Cuxhaven, Germany
Click for larger image © M.A. Sayer Graciano Rocchigiani’s first show as trainer for Arena Box Promotion was a complete success. “Mini-Tyson†Selcuk Aydin and “Dancing Destroyer†Herbie Hide scored wins in front of a sold-out crowd in Cuxhaven, Germany, Friday night.
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Boxing Weights: Selcuk Aydin vs. Luis Fernando Hernandez
© ARENA Box-Promotion Arena Boxing held a weigh-in yesterday for tonight’s big card at the Baltic Sea resort town of Cuxhaven, Germany. WBC International Welterweight Championship, 12 Rounds Selcuk Aydin: 146.5 lb Luis Fernando Hernandez: 147 lb
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Arena Boxing: Godfrey Out Of Hide Fight, Aydin Added To March 6 Bill
Click for larger image © ARENA Box-Promotion Bad news for Herbie Hide: The WBC Cruiserweight Final Eliminator between the “Dancing Destroyer†and Matt Godfrey originally scheduled to take place on March 6 in Cuxhaven, Germany, has been postponed for at least eight weeks because Godfrey suffered a hand injury while preparing for the fight. Nonetheless,…
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Arena Boxing: Former World Champion Rocchigiani To Train Selcuk Aydin
Arena CEO Ahmet Öner adds former IBF super middleweight and WBC light heavyweight champion Graciano Rocchigiani to his trainer staff. 45-year-old “Rocky†is now responsible for the development of rising Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin.
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Arena Boxing: “Battle At The Bosporus” Set For November 18 In Istanbul
Click for larger image © Vedat Alyaz On November 18, 2008 Arena CEO Ahmet Öner will once more present world class boxing in Turkey. The bill referred to as “Battle at the Bosporus†at Istanbul’s Ahmet Cömert Spor Salonu will feature WBC international welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin, middleweight contender Mahir “Lion†Oral and Geman heavyweight…
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Arena Boxing: Solis, Aydin Back In Action On September 12
On September 12, two of Arena’s hottest rising stars will take their next steps towards the top of the world. Heavyweight sensation Odlanier “La Sombra†Solis is looking to score his 11th win in his 11th pro-fight. The 2004 Olympic Gold Medallist and three-time world amateur champion is returning from a shoulder injury that has…
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Exclusive Boxing Interview: Selcuk Aydin
© M.A. Sayer of arena box-promotion Welterweight Selcuk Aydin, 15-0 (12), has parlayed sterling amateur days bristling with medal winning efforts into one of the most promising professional careers in the world of boxing today. The 24 year old from Trabzon, Turkey is one of the brightest stars in the stable of Hamburg, Germany based…
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Saturday Night Boxing Results
All in all, it was a pretty good Saturday night and we start off south of the border with a big card in Queretaro, Mexico where at the Plaza de Toros Juriquilla, light middleweight contender Julio Cesar Chavez, Jr., 36-0-1 (29), continued his meteoric rise with a ninth round KO of Italy’s 154 lb titlist…