Final Word: Veit-Brähmer!

Sunday, May 28 2006

By Karl Freitag


http://www.fightnews.com/fightnews_2...ufcVahRay.html

Mario Veit's surprising win over previously unbeaten WBC #2 Jürgen Brähmer on Saturday night in Munich has shaken things up in the super middleweight division. Just seconds before the end of the first round, Brähmer landed a right and left combination that dropped Veit. The two-time title challenger Veit, however, came back to win a narrow decision.


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Brähmer said after the fight, "After the knockdown, I felt confident I'd win the fight but at some point I felt tired and couldn't give more. Mario fought a brilliant fight." Veit stated, "I'm really happy to have shown critics that I can still do it. Not many expected that I would win. I'm looking forward to my next fight, hopefully against a southpaw like Markus Beyer!" Veit's promoter Klaus–Peter Kohl added, "This fight is very interesting for boxing fans in Germany."
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Beyer's handlers, however, aren't so hot on making a fight betwen the WBC super middleweight champion Beyer and Veit. "For Markus the WBC mandatory defense against Maxican Librado Andrade is already arranged," said Sauerland Sport Director Hagen Doering. "In addition, we're working on a title unification fight between Markus and Joe Calzaghe. For Markus, a fight against Veit is not on the agenda."
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The Universum intra-stall duel between Brähmer and Veit was the second on this year for the Hamburg-based boxing powerhouse. Back in March, unbeaten heavyweights Ruslan Chagaev and Vladimir Virchis collided with Chagaev winning a majority decision. A third stall-duel is planned for July 29 in Oberhausen when world champion Zsolt Erdei of Hungary will defend against Berliner Thomas Ulrich.
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"I would do it again," said Kohl on the decision to pit his two super middleweight stars against each other. "We simply had to see who is better, is stronger, on who we can build in the future." The Universum chief also made it clear he will continue to stand by his "hundred year talent" Brähmer, vowing "We will make up for this setback."