Euro news 5-8-08
Per [perake.persson@comhem.se]
Just hours after Arena Box Promotion had announced an interesting heavyweight
fight between Konstantin Airich and British veteran Danny Williams May 30 in
Istanbul where Sinan Samil Sam and Matt Skelton was all set to battle for the
vacant EBU title in the main event came the news from Sports Network, Skeltonīs
promoter, that Sam is injured and the show is postponed.
Universum have now officially announced "die Nacht der Revanschen" or the Night
of Revenges for July 5 at the Gerry Weber Stadium in Halle / Westfalen with the
rematches between WBA heavy champ Ruslan Chagaev and Nikolai Valuev and WBA
middle champ Felix Sturm and Randy Griffin on top. Griffin looked unlucky only
to get a draw the first time around.
The Universum Championīs night May 31 will go ahead but in Duesseldorf in a show
headlined by WIBF and WBC feather queen Ina Menzer taking on Stacey Reile. WBA
bantam champ Wladimir Sidorenko co-headlines in his mandatory defence against
Panamanian Anselmo Moreno. Cruiser Aleksander Alekseev is in against Louis
Azille in a scheduled ten-rounder.
Swiss Boxing Kings Promotion stage a show in Bern May 23 with lightheavy Momo
Belkacem and middleweight Yves Studer headlining.
Dane Christian Bladt, a former EBU welter champ, have stepped in at a late
notice and face local man Norman Schuster on Saturday in Halle / Salle for the
vacant WBO I/C 147 lb title. The show is headlined by WBA and WIBF fly queen
Susianna Kentikian. Heavyweight Sebastian Koeber face Latvian Edgar Kalnars in
the third headliner of this Spotlight Boxing promotion.
Retired Swedish supermiddle Fredrik Alvarez have sued the Swedish healthcare
function for the mistreatment of a handinjury he suffered during his fighting
days. The story is that Fredrik slipped on a stair back in 99 after beating Ed
Dalton in Denmark and cut himself on a bottle. The injury was treated in Sweden
but the pain in the hand remained and not until over six months later after
winning over Louis Llovet was it discovered that a huge piece of glass were left
in the hand. The hand was according to Alvarez permanently damaged and ruined
his career. Fredrik fought on until 2002 but suffered bad losses at the hands of
Andrei Shkalikov and Evans Ashira. Alvarez is suing for well over a million
american dollars in damages. Fredrik have already received some compensation for
the permanent injures he suffers from but wants a lot more.
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