Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received WBC welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin at a special press conference in Ankara. On June 5th Aydin had won the first ever professional boxing world title fight on Turkish soil by outpointing Canada based Romanian “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion in front of 10,000 fans in Istanbul..
“The Prime Minister congratulated Selcuk and also said that he hopes for a unification bout between Selcuk and WBC champion Andre Berto in Turkey before the end of this year”, says promoter Ahmet Öner. “We will do all we can to make this fight happen but I don’t know if Berto has the guts to travel to Turkey to defend his title abroad. If we can realize this fight we will most probably do it at a huge stadium because so many Turkish fans will come to support their new national hero Selcuk.”
“I want to prove that I am the best welterweight boxer in the world”, adds Aydin. “I know that there are a lot of big names in the division at the moment but I am ready to take on each and every one of them. Berto, Mosley, Mayweather, Pacquiao – I don’t care. Of course, I would prefer to fight in Turkey – it would be a dream to defend my title in my hometown Trabzon – but I am not afraid of traveling either as long as I get the chance to fight the best possible opponents.”
PLOTNIKOV defends European ‘EBA’ Welterweight Title vs BLADT !!
by the European Boxing Association – EBA
As the co-main fight of the event staged by K2 Ukraine Promotions in Odessa, Ukraine, this saturday June 24th VIKTOR PLOTNIKOV (23-1-0) will defend his European ‘EBA’ Welterweight Title against strong Danish challenger CHRISTIAN BLADT (35-10-2). The no. 9 at WBA World Ratings Plotnikov will have a very experienced challenger in front who hold in the past several other important belts. Together with the European ‘EBA’ Heavyweight Title defense of Ustinov vs Vidoz it will make a great Boxing event this weekend in Odessa. As earlier announced it will be televised live by Ukrainian National TV.
USTINOV vs VIDOZ, European ‘EBA’ Heavyweight Title this weekend !!
by the European Boxing Association – EBA
This weekend it will take place in the seaside Ukrainian beautiful city of Odessa a great European ‘EBA’ Heavyweight Championship between the current undefeated Champion ALEXANDER USTINOV (Russia)(20-0-0/16 KOs) vs the experienced Italian Challenger PAOLO VIDOZ (26-8-0/15 KOs). Vidoz probably will be the toughest challenger for the 2 m. tall and strong current European Champion Ustinov, up-to-date, as he has faced boxers like Nikolay Valuev, Timo Hoffmann, Michael Sprott, Vladimir Virchis, Matt Skelton and Albert Sosnowski. This European Title will be promoted by K2 Ukraine Promotions and televised live by Ukrainian National TV.