Zsolt Erdei to bullfight
El Toro De Baradero
14.11 - Dortmund – Hungarian Zsolt Erdei
will have to get past a bull in his next fight. On November
23 the undefeated light heavyweight contender takes
on Juan Carlos Jimenez from Paraguay, a man nicknamed
“El Toro De Baradero”. On the line will be the WBO intercontinental
belt that the 28-year-old Erdei, 13-0 (9), captured
in October in Debrecen, Hungary, by knocking out South
African Jim Murray.
The fight will be on the undercard of
the WBA international title contest between Dr. Vitali
Klitschko and Larry Donald at the huge Westfalenhalle
in Dortmund, Germany.
Juan Carlos Gimenez, a boxing veteran
with a record of 31-10-2 and 19 knockouts, fought for
WBC and WBO super middleweight world titles four times
in his career: Against Mauro Galvano and Chris Eubank
in 1992, against Nigel Benn in 1994 and against Joe
Calzaghe in 1998. Only Welshman Calzaghe was able to
stop “El Toro De Baradero”. He still needed ten rounds
to take the bull by the horns.
Beside his four world title fights Gimenez
also battled fellow south American boxing legends Roberto
Duran and Jorge Castro.
Zsolt Erdei is a former Amateur world
champion. He turned pro for Hamburg’s Universum Box-Promotion
two years ago. Beside nine professional fights in Germany
Erdei also stepped into the ring twice in the United
States and twice in Hungary.
Four international title fights in
Dortmund
07.11 - Dortmund - Beside the WBA international
heavyweight championship between Dr. Vitali Klitschko
and Larry Donald three other international title fights
are on the fightcard on November 23 in Dortmund.
Lanky Croatian light heavyweight Stipe
Drews, 21-0 (11), is fighting against Libyan Lee Manuel
Ossie, 29-2 (17), for the IBF intercontinental title.
This crown once held Dariusz Michalczewski
who won it in 1993 and defended it two times before
targeting a world title shot.
Earlier that evening two big guys will
trade heavy shots when Rumanian Konstantin Onofrei,
9-0 (8), will fight Berliner Ralf Packheiser, 12-3 (6),
for the vacant international German heavyweight championship.
Fourth title contest of the evening will
be the first defense of Hungarian Zolt Erdei’s WBO intercontinental
light heavyweight title. Erdei, 13-0 (9), has captured
the belt on October 5 in his home country.
Also on the fightcard: Former WBC cruiserweight
world champion Juan Carlos Gomez and the comeback of
former European heavyweight champion Luan Krasniqi.
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