09.03 Klitschko vs Sosnowski May 29 in GelsenkirchenWBC heavyweight champ Vitali Klitschko will fight reigning EBU ruler Albert Sosnowski May 29 at the Veltin Arena (homeground for Schalke 04) in Gelsenkirchen, Germany.
Sosnowiski´s defence against Audley Harrison that was set for April 9 in London is now off but Matchroom is looking to match Audley against someone else so the show is still on.
Klitschko vs Sosnowski was made after talks of Vitali fighting Russian giant Nikolai Valuev finally broke down after Valuev according to Bild had turned down an offer for 2,5 million USD.
Albert Sosnowisk, 31, hails from Poland where he began his career as a kickboxer but then turned to boxing and turned pro in 1998. He had a very careful build up and was for instance 17-0 before he in 2000 fought his first eight rounder - and that was against a by then totally shot Everett Martin. He then suffered an upset loss to Arthur Cook in 2001 in an attempt to win the WBC Youth title and what then followed was a long road on the way to nowhere (or so it seemed) with a number of four and six rounders against trialhorses. In 2006 Albert won the WBF title though and then stopped Frenchman Steve Herelius - a win that today looks pretty good as Steve is now down to cruiser and scheduled to fight for the vacant EBU crown.
In 2008 Sosnowski lost to Zuri Lawrence over eight - and he lost all eight rounds on all scorcards but then bounced back with a stoppage win over Danny Williams and then drew - and many felt he had won - with Francesco Pianeta in Germany for the EU belt before winning the vacant EBU title late last year with a stoppage win over Paolo Vidoz.
Sosnowski is 45-2-1 as compared with 39-2 for Klitschko - which only show the trick numbers can do.
On the undercard heavyweight Alexander Ustinov take on American Ed Mahone.
08.03 Euro NewsArena Box Promotion plan to stage Selcuk Aydin against Luis Collazo for the WBC interim welterweight title at the end of May in Istanbul, Turkey. Arena won the purse bids last week with a bid for 210 000 USD.
Bullit Knockout Promotions in Poland have June 5 in Warzaw as working date for the fight for the vacant WBC cruiserweight title between Krzysztof Wlodarczyk and Giacobbe Fragomeni. Knockout won the right to stage the fight with a bid for 616 000 USD.
EBU flyweight champ Andrea Sarritizu makes a voluntary defence of the title April 9 in Quarto Sant´ Elena and take on Frenchman Alain Bonnel.
Czech jr middle Lukas Konecny face Hungarian Attila Kovacs on Friday (March 12) in Prague with the Int´l Czech title at stake. The show is a charity event for the earth quake victims in Haiti. Konecny´s stablemate (SES) Tommy Antmann is also on the bill and face Bronislav Kubin.
A promotional outfit named Euro Asia Box Promotion have made public plans to get WBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm to defend the title against Gennadyi Golovkin May 15 in Kazachstan. EABP also states that if Sturm relinquishes the title (or is stripped) they want to do Golovkin against the highest available challenger. The problem is that Golovkin also is a Universum fighter and like Sturm involved in a contractual dispute.
Danish supermiddle Mads Larsen´s B test was also positive and Larsen now face a fine and a suspension. Larsen lost to Brian Magee January 30 in Aarhus in a fight for the vacant EBU title and tested positive for a forbidden substance. Mads denies any wrongdoings. The forbidden substance is said to have been found in a diuretic.
Belorus heavyweight giant Alexander Ustinov will be on the undercard to Klitschko vs Chambers March 20 in Duesseldorf. Also on the bill is British veteran Michael Sprott, who´s working as a sparring for Klitschko and tells Boxing News it´s "tough" with the champion in great shape.
Former EBU welter champ Christian Bladt face Scottish ruler Gary Young March 26 in Kjellerup on the undercard to Vester vs "Macho" Camacho.
08.03 Bladt mod skotsk mester
Anders Vester bekræfter nu på sin hjemmeside, at der venter Christian Bladt en ganske hård opgave, når han går i ringen den 26. marts i Kjellerup. Modstanderen bliver den skotske mester i weltervægt Gary Young, der har vundet 18 af sine 19 kampe, heraf otte på knockout.
Kampen er den tredje Anders Vester offentliggør. Allan Vester (28-6-1, 5 KO) skal møde den tidligere verdenssmester Hector Camacho (79-5-3, 38 KO) i hovedkampen, mens Anita Christensen (24-1, 8 KO) gør comeback mod Kaliesha Wesr (11-1-1, 2 KO).
08.03 Larsens B-prøve er positivMads Larsens B-prøve fra EBU-kampen mod Brian Magee den 30. januar var også positiv, meddeler Mads Larsen på TV 2 mandag morgen.
Mads Larsen kan forvente en karantæne, samt at en andel af hans løn bliver tilbageholdt.
Til DR.dk udtaler Jesper D. Jensen, at bokseforbundet skal vurdere Mads Larsens sag på det næste bestyrelsesmøde.
08.03 Brians knæ skal laves
Før der kan blive tale om et comeback i bokseringen til Brian Nielsen, skal den 44-årige dansker have lavet sit knæ.
"Knæet skal laves først, ellers bliver det her ikke til noget. Der er ikke så meget at snakke om der. Hvis mit knæ ikke kan laves ordenligt, så er der ikke noget at gøre," siger Brian Nielsen til sporten.dk.
Brian Nielsen er begyndt at komme i form, og han har i de seneste par uger trænet motionstræning hver eneste dag.
"Men jeg løber ikke. Det kan jeg sgu ikke. Jeg kan mærke knæet, hvis jeg løber, hvis jeg træner sandsæk, bøjer mig ned eller træder til siden. Der er slet ingen tvivl om, at det knæ skal laves," siger Brian Nielsen.
04.03 Euro NewsWBA middleweight champ Felix Sturm have in a regional court in Hamburg, Germany, made it clear he will not go through with the mandatory defence against Gennadyi Golovkin. The court did not rule in the existing contractual dispute between Sturm and Universum. A decision in that case is not expected in the near future. In effect in could mean that Sturm gets stripped of the title while he is fighting Universum in the courts. Sturm and his team had apparently made attempts to promote the fight against Golovkin without Universum´s involvement and Universum took legal action and came out a winner - at least short term.
The Klitschko brothers have left K 2 East and have now formed K 2 Promotions Ukraine. Joining them is the the majority of the fighters that used to be with K 2, most notably heavyweights Alexander Ustinov and Andrey Rudenko, lightheavy Vyacheslav Uzelkov, middleweight Avtandil Khurtsidze and welter Valery Brazhnik.
Heavyweight Robert Helenius headlines P 3 Boxing´s show in Helsinki March 26 in a scheduled eight-rounder against Gbenga Oloukun a/k/a Bang Bang Gbenga. Helenius comes in fresh off impressive wins over the likes of Scott Gammer, Taras Bidenko and Lamon Brewster while Oloukun, who also also beat Brewster, lost to Rene Dettweiler last time out. Off the show is the planned EU title fight between Ville Piispanen and Emanuele De Prophetis as Piispanen of lately has been ill. Norwegian feather Andreas Evensen fights Thai Sot Sor Voraphin for the WBO I/C title in the co-feature while supermiddle prospect Niko Jokinen is in against experienced Spaniard Miguel Angel Pena.
OPI 2000 promotes a show March 12 in Bertinoro di Forli with Simona Galassi defending the female WBC title against Esmeralda Moreno of Mexico. Making his debut for OPI 2000 is welter Michele Di Rocco while lightweight Luca Giacon, based in Spain, makes his Italian debut.
Former Italian lightheavy champ Domenico Baccheschi have passed away at the age of 79. Baccheshi went 19-9-4 during the 50´s and ended his career in 1960.
Polish jr middle Damien Jonak is off the big show in Katowice March 6 due to the contractual disputes he have with Bullit Knockout and Sauerland Event.
American heavy Jameel McCline´s comeback that was planned for Hungary in February, then postponed until March is now apparently postponed again - if not cancelled.
04.03 Evensen bokser om WBO I/C-titel
Norske Andreas Evensen bokser karrierens første titelkamp over 12 omgange, når han den 26. marts går i ringen i den finske hovedstad Helsinki til en kamp, der gælder den ledige WBO I/C-titel i fjervægt.
24-årige Andreas Evensens modstander bliver ifølge manager og træner Helge Wæroy thailænderen Sot Sor Veerapol.
Andreas Evensen har bokset 12 professionelle kampe med 11 sejre og et enkelt nederlag. Han er rangeret som nummer 15 på EBU-ranglisten.
01.03 Euro NewsIBF welter champ Jan Zaveck will as previously reported defend the title April 9 in Ljubljana, Slovenia. SES have now announced that the opponent will be Argentinian Rodolfo Ezequiel Martinez, reigning WBC Mundo Hispano champ, but a rather uknown force outside of his home country. Zaveck vs Martinez goes ahead at the 7000-seater Tivoli Sports Hall and is televised live by Slovenian TV
Former WBC supermiddle champ Cristian Sanavia will return under new management April 24 in Vicenza against an opponent to be announced. Cristian is now managed by Sergio Cavalleri. Sanavia, 40-5-1, suffered back to back losses against Karo Murat in 08 and 09 and have been inactive for a little over a year
WBA "standard" 168 lb king Dimitri Sartison might fight May 29 but it won´t be against Frenchman Jean Paul Mendy as the rumor mill had it. Mendy´s manager Gabriel Gaide informed both me and later boxrec that it was simpy not correct that Mendy would fight Sartison.
Khoren Gevor´s manager Peter Schulze says yes, Khoren is fighting EBU middle champ Matthew Macklin April 16 in Birmingham. Prior to that though - March 10 - Gevor have a court date with Universum in regards of their contractual dispute.
EBU supermiddle champ Brian Magee have Ukrainian Stas Kashtanov as mandatory challenger. Kashtanov is 26-0 but have been moved slowly in the two years and this - if it comes off - is his first big fight.
28.02 Euro NewsIBF welter champ Jan Zaveck will defend the title April 9 in Ljubljana, Slovenia, with SES promoting against an opponent to be announced. Zaveck won the title in December in South Africa with an upset win over Isaac Hlatswayo. Zaveck, 28-1-0-1 and for good reasons nicknamed "mr Simpatico", is a superstar at home - and he´s the first ever Slovenian world champ.
WBA "standard" supermiddle champ Dimitri Sartison will reportedly defend the title May 29 in Budapest against unbeaten Frenchman Jean Paul Mendy. Mendy have a tuneup scheduled for March 20.
Norwegian heavyweight giant Arild "the Hulk" Haugen moved to 2-0 with an easy first round stoppage of Sejfula Berisa Friday night in Murcia, Spain. Haugen gets big headlines at home and is an established star in strongman competitions.
Danish heavy Brian Nielsen will begin training for a comeback after eight years out following a medical checkup in Berlin. His bad knee will need surgery though and Brian tells Ekstrabladet it might be until the end of the year before he can fight again.
EBU middle champ Matthew Macklin will according to the EBU defend the title against Khoren Gevor, under contract with Universum but involved in a promotional dispute that as far as I know is not settled yet. Macklin vs Gevor - if on - goes ahead April 16 in Birmingham.
Steve Herelius and Denis Lebedev clash for the vacant EBU cruiser title April 30 in Marseille with AMI Production promoting.
EE-EU heavyweight champ Maxim Maslov will make a voluntary defence of the title March 20 in Narva, Estonia. Maslov is fighting Yaroslav Zavorotny.
Markus Lammi, founder and President, of the Baltic Boxing Union, have left the organisation and is replaced by Mikko Foudilainen. Lammi will remain in boxing though and have joined Caramelito Promotions and will work with Petro Koskemies as matchmaker and co-promoter.
27.02 Let sejr til Haugen
Den norske sværvægter Arild Haugen (2-0, 2 KO) havde det også let i sin anden kamp. Hans serbiske modstander Sejfusa Berisa (6-19, 1 KO) havde intet at byde på i en kort kamp.
Se Arild Haugens kamp her:
Haugen vs Berisa
