19.12.06 – By Per Ake Persson: Promoter Bettina Palle announced that Roberto Guerrero and Spend Abazi will fight for the vacant IBF featherweight in Denmark sometime early 2007. The title became vacant when Orlando Salido, who beat Guerrero tested positive for illegal substances. WIBF and GBU supermiddle champ Natascha Ragosina is looking to add the WBA belt to her collection February 17 in Magdeburg when she takes on Yahaira Hernandez at the Maritim Hotel. Malik Dziarra, who previously have campaigned at supermiddle will try to revive his career at 160 in a supporting bout. Cruiser Serdar Sahin, jr middle Daniel Kafer and lightheavy Sascha Poppendieck, European champ in thaiboxing, are also on the bill.
Former WBC supermiddle titleholder Cristian Sanavia stayed busy with a six round points win over Czech Roman Vanicky December 17 in Battaglia Terme. Sanavia is mandatory challenger for EBU ruler Devi Gogiya.
Henry Maske worked today (Dec 19) for the first time in ten years out at the Manfred Wolke gym in Frankfurt/Oder in front of about 20 reporters and four camera teams.
EBU middle champ Amin Asikainen and stablemate, jr welter Juho Tolppola, are currently in training at high altitude at Tenerife, Spain. Asikainen is set to defend the title against Sebastian Sylvester January 20 on the Valuev vs McCline show in Basel.
Tundra vs Barcelo´s and Diplomat Promotion´s show in Baku, Azerbadjan, that was set to go ahead this past weekend will now take place January 19.
Danish lightweight Martin Kristjansen, who drew with Stefano Zoff for the vacant EU title, will apparently go fo a second chance at the same title but with Spaniard Francisco Nohales as opponent. As for Zoff, he is now the mandatory challenger for the EBU title held by Belorussian Yuri Romanov, who might make a voluntary defence in February in Monte Carlo, possibly against Nohales.
IBO middle champ Raymond Joval is back in full training and might return late February. Ray is training in US and will resume his career there as well.