Euro Boxing Update: Meehan on Krasniqi/Brewster card, more

26.09.05 – By Per Ake Persson: Norwegian heavy Rune Lillebuen, 11-0, has replaced compatriot Leif Dolonen Larsen on Team Palle´s show in Slagelse on Friday (Sep 30). Dolonen Larsen is said to have suffered a handinjury in his final day of training. Lillebuen takes on Toto Mubenga from Congo in a six-rounder..

German heavy Cengiz Koc have been added to Sauerland Event´s October 1 show in Oldenburg.

New Zealander Kali Meehan takes on American Tommy Connelly on the big Brewster vs Krasnigi bill in Hamburg on Wednesday (Sep 28). The show is all heavyweights and Universum have as previously reported one of their “eliminators” on the undercard as Bagran Ohanyan clash with Valery Chechenev. Also in the family, almost, is Alex Mazikin vs Goran Gogic. Hardpunching Russian Denis Boytsov is looking for his ninth win by ko against Hungarian Janos Somogyi. Referee for the mainevent is Puert Rican Jose H Rivera.

German heavies Cengiz Koc and Rene Dettweiler were both denied visa to the US and thus fell off the Klitschko vs Peter bill. Sauerland Even replaced them with Henry Akinwande, who stopped his opponent, also a very late sub, in the second, and jr middle Alexander Sipos, who won in the in third but will have to postpone his EU titlefight against Frencman Jimmy Colas set for October 1 in Oldenburg until November 12.

IBF I/C 154 lb champ Gotthard Hinteregger defends the title against Marco Schulze October 29 in Oranienburg. Female supermiddle Natascha Ragosina will go for the WIBF world title in the headliner.

Danish cruiser Johny Jensen takes on Hungarian veteran Zoltan Beres September 29 in Slagelse.

EU welter ruler Michele Orlando now have exciting and hardpunching Belgian Jackson Osei Bonsu as official challenger.

Finnish jr welter Juho Tolppola takes on German Nico Salzmann September 30 in Helsinki. Stablemate, unbeaten middle Asim Asikainen square off against Tagir Rzaev.

Bad luck for NYC-based Swedish middle Manjie Conteh who saw his fight this past weekend go up in smoke as his opponent failed the medical. Manjie is now looking toward a fight November 4.