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DZUMAN KEEPS ACTIVE WAITING FOR WORLD TITLE CHANCE

By Olaf Schroeder

21.08 - Undefeated IBO Intercontinental champion Roman Dzuman, certainly one of Europe's best prospects in the welterweight division, has decided to stay busy in the ring while waiting for a shot at IBO world champion Jawaid Khaliq later this year. To this end, the 26-year-old Ukrainian will appear - for the first time in his career - in Germany on September 7 when he faces Czech journeyman Milan Vrsecky in Berlin.

Turning professional in the summer of 2000 with manager Krzysztof Zbarski's Polish Boxing Promotion, Dzuman quickly rose to prominence with a succession of impressive victories in Poland, Holland and Hungary. After just 15 months of punching for pay, the likeable man from Lvov got his first big break when being matched with Argentinian hard-man Walter Fabian Saporiti for the IBO Intercontinental belt. In an absorbing match, Dzuman showed that he's for real. Having never been more than six rounds previously, Roman rose to the occasion, absorbed everything the dangerous-hooking Saporiti could throw at him and punctuated his grand performance with a 12-round onslaught that had the Polish audience cheering on their feet. Poland had adopted the Ukrainian as one of its own, if they hadn't already. This year, Dzuman defended the title in equally impressive fashion, returning to Hungary to grant Ferenc Szakallas a rematch after the Budapest man claimed he was the victim of a bad referee in their 2001 non-title match fought in Amsterdam. It took Dzuman six rounds to completely dismantle Szakallas in front of his own fans.

Due to promoter Zbarski's on-going relationship with IBO world champion Khaliq's handlers, Matchroom Boxing, a shot at the ultimate price looms on the horizon now for the autumn. All Dzuman, 14-0 (9), has to do now is to keep his tools sharp, fingers crossed and the world could be his oyster soon.

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