15.03.06 – By Per Ake Persson: Danish supermiddle Rudy Markussen takes on Russian southpaw Sergey Tatevosyan March 30 in Copenhagen on Bettina Palle´s show at the KB Hall. Markussen can punch, especially with his right, and have stated he likes fighting southpaws but this Russian is not likely to walk into one of Rudy´s bombs. Tatevosyan lost to Howard Eastman and Khoren Gevor at middle but stopped ex-WBO ruler Armand Krajnc back in 02 and won over David Gogiya, who just upset Stjepan Bozic, last year..
IBF I/C jr middle ruler Marco Schulze will now take on Costa Rican Humberto Aranda March 25 in Oranienburg in the headliner of a SES promotion. Aranda replaces American Dillon Carew. Swiss cruiser and sometimes heavyweight Nuri Seferi squares off against Russian Nicolai Popov April 15 in Ekaterinburg.
WIBF supermiddle champ Natascha Ragosina is looking to add the vacant GBU title to her collection April 15 in Magdeburg. Who Ragosina will fight was not announced yet. IBF # 1 supermiddle Robert Stieglitz, on the waiting-list to fight Joe Calzaghe, co-headlines. Also on the bill is comebacking welter Alpaslan Aguzum, supermiddle Malik Dziarra, heavies Taras Bidenko and Pavel Melkomian.
Danish lightweight Martin Kristjansen defends the WBO I/C title against slick Russian Andrey Devyataykin March 30 in Copenhagen in the co-headliner to Bredahl vs Fedorov.
OPI 2000 stage EBU jr welter champ Jr Witter vs Giuseppe Lauri April 28 in Varese.
Amin Asikainen of Finland and Frenchman Christophe Tendil are co-challengers for the vacant EU 160 lb title. Tendil have replaced Brit Steven Bendall.
The Universum Box Guide 2006 is now out. It´s both in English and German and usually well worth its price. It features a review on the year that passed by but the highlight is perhaps the story of the company created by Klaus Peter Kohl in the late 80´s and the fighters that have come and gone. More info at boxing.de
Norwegian jr welter Geir Inge Jorgensen, who is managed by Emanuel Steward, is still in Norway trying solve the visa problems that have kept him outside of the US since last year but says he´s making progress. Geir Inge might join the Wladimir Klitschko camp in Mallorca and says he could be on the Klitschko vs Byrd show April 22 in Mannheim.