Danish amateur star Mikkel Nielsen will meet Andrei Dolhozhyieu (10-17-2, 8 KOs) on October 15 at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn.
Nielsen, who has won the Danish amateur championships for the last three years running, will make his professional debut with a four round super welterweight contest against the 30 year-old Belarusian.
‘’I’m really looking forward to making my pro debut,’’ said Nielsen. “Belarusians are usually tough guys. I’ll study a little video of him, … Read Article
Erik Skoglund’s WBA International Light Heavyweight title fight with Timy Shala on October 28 at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping, Sweden has been postponed.
‘’Sadly the fight between Erik Skoglund and Timy Shala has been postponed due to a failed application with the Kampsportsdelegationen (Swedish Martial Arts Delegation),’’ said promoter Nisse Sauerland.… Read Article
Abdul Khattab (14-1, 4 KOs), Rashid Kassem (11-0, 7 KOs) and Dina Thorslund (6-0, 4 KOs) will fight on October 15 at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn.
The Danish trio have been confirmed for the undercard of Dennis Ceylan’s European Featherweight title tilt with British Champion Ryan Walsh.… Read Article
Norwegian cruiserweight Kai Robin Havnaa (6-0, 5 KOs) will face Mirnes Denadic (7-3, 3 KOs) on October 1 in a six-round contest on the undercard of the WBA World Light Heavyweight title fight between Juergen Braehmer and Nathan Cleverly at the Jahnsportforum in Neubrandenburg, Germany.… Read Article
Ghanaian lightweight star Richard Commey was left bitterly disappointed following the decision to his vacant IBF World title fight with Robert Easter Jr last Friday at the Santander Arena in Reading, Pennsylvania.
The 29 year-old from Accra found himself on the wrong end of a split decision, with judges John McKaie (114-113) and Craig Smith (113-114) separating the fighters by a single point, and Ron McNair (112-115) giving the home fighter a three point lead, … Read Article
Dennis Ceylan (17-0-1, 8 KOs) and Ryan Walsh (21-1-1, 10 KOs) came face-to-face at today’s kick off press conference ahead of their European Featherweight title fight on October 15 at the Arena Nord in Frederikshavn, Denmark.… Read Article
Undefeated Stockholm fighter Anthony Yigit (18-0-1, 7 KOs) will face Lenny Daws (30-4-2-, 11 KOs) for European Super Lightweight title.
The European Boxing Union (EBU) have ordered Yigit to meet the former two-time British Champion for the vacant belt following Ruben Nieto’s decision to relinquish the title. … Read Article
Mikaela Laurén (27-1, 12 KOs) and Klara Svensson (16-1, 5 KOs) both made weight ahead of their grudge match tomorrow night at the Hovet in Stockholm.
The Swedish rivals battle it out for the interim WBC Female World Welterweight belt and a chance to face female pound-for-pound number one Cecilia Brækhus for her unified titles.… Read Article
Otto Wallin (15-0, 11 KOs) has been sparring World Champion Krzysztof Glowacki in preparation for his eight-round heavyweight clash with Osborne Machimana (21-8-2, 16 KOs) on Saturday night at the Hovet in Stockholm.
The Sundsvall fighter has spent two weeks in Poland as part of Glowacki’s training camp for the cruiserweight’s WBO World title defence against Oleksandr Usyk on September 17 in Gdansk.… Read Article
Mikaela Laurén (27-3, 12 KOs) won the first battle against Klara Svensson (16-1, 5 KOs) as the Swedish rivals went head-to-head in a coin toss to decide who enters the ring second for their interim WBC World Female Welterweight title fight on Saturday night.
The Stockholm fighter had previously demanded that she walk to the ring second and was left outraged when it was announced that the decision would come down to a flip of … Read Article
