27.02.06 – By Per Ake Persson: German news agency DPA writes that it will be Australian Sakio Bika that challenge WBC 168 lb ruler Markus Beyer May 13 in Zwickau. This will be the co-headliner to IBF champ Arthur Abraham´s defence vs Kofi Jantuah. The Town Hall in Zwickau, 4000, seats is already sold out. IBF middle champ Arthur Abraham will defend against Kofi Jantuah May 13, it´s a voluntary defence for Abraham who then will have to take on offical challenger Edison Miranda..
Universum won today´s purse offers for EBU lightheavy champ Stipe Drews´ defence against Kai Kurzawa. Date and site will be announced within two weeks. There were two other bidders for this fight; Sauerland Event, who promotes Kurzawa, and Elite Boxing Promotion.
WIBF supermiddle champ Natascha Ragosina takes on Carlette Virginia Ewell April 15 in Magdeburg. Ragosina vs Ewell is also for the GBU belt.
Italian veteran Gianfranco Rosi cancelled his fight in Drochtersen, Germany, this weekend on very short notice due to illness. Previously the IBF had withdrawn its recognition for Rosi vs Christophe Karagoz for the IBF Mediterranean 160 lb title. The show as a whole was sanctioned by the GBA and went ahead as scheduled with cruiser Denis Simcic stopping faded veteran Bruce Ozbeck in the tenth for the vacant GBC and EBF titles.
Weekend Results from Germany
March 25, Oranienburg, Germany:
Costa Rican Humberto Aranda took the fight on short notice but was in good shape and easily outscored local hero Marco Schulze to win the IBF I/C 154 lb title. It was scored 118-110, 119-109 and 119-109. There were no knockdowns. Schulze said afterwards that “he was too fast and I was too slow” and that sums up the fight pretty well. Aranda boxed on the move with fast, light punches and when Schulze got close he switched to upercuts. The German could never get a
hold of his slippery opponent.
Slovenian Jan Zaveck impressed in taking apart Austrian-based Chilean Joel Mayo. Mayo was stopped at 1.50 of the sixth due to bad cuts over the right eye. Belgian referee Andre van Grootenbuel ruled that an accidental headclash had caused the cut that led to the stoppage and it went to the scorcards. Zaveck was ahead by 60-54, 60-54 and 59-56 and had fought a good, disciplined fight, working with one-two combinations from the outside. Mayo tried to work his way on the
inside but was outboxed and picked up the first cut in the third.
Jr welter Sergey Sorokin looked good as he stopped fellow-Russian Nikita Zaitsev, who didn´t come out for the ninth due to bad cuts and swelling around both eyes.
German welter Marco Cattikas won a hardfought unanimous decision over Pole Adam Zadworny in an eight-rounder. Cattikas was badly cut in the second and Zadworny got going to make a fight of it. Marco was too strong though, won clearly but had to work hard for his win.
Middleweight Stephan Trabant returned after several years out and won over four against Latvian Sandris Tomson.
Ukrainian heavyweight Alexey Mazikin won every round over Frenchman Antoine Palatis in their six-rounder. Palatis looks every bit a fighter who should hang´em up
Norwegians Nikita Dubunin and Andreas Evensen both scored victories over Polish opponents. Dubunin, at jr middle, beat Sebastian Wywalec, looked close to stopping his opponent in the first but tried too hard and had to go the distance with a bad (12 stitches) cut. Evensen, a jr light making his prodebut, was in against Piotr Niesporek, and like Dubunin tried a little too hard to impress.
SES promoted and had sold out house with mainly Marco Schulze fans.