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PERSSON'S EURO NEWS
28/09/2012 - 19.08.22
euro newsBy Per-Ake Persson Opponent for EBU supermiddle champ [James DeGale] in his defence October 13 at the Glow, Bluewater, UK, will be Frenchman [Hadillah Mohoumadi], 13-2-1, who is reigning French champ but comes in off a loss to [Nikola Sjekloca] (EBU # 3). Hennessy Sports first tried to get the EBU to recognize Finland´s [Niko Jokinen], unbeaten in 18 but untested, as opponent but he was turned down as he is not yet in the EBU ratings.  [Edis Tatli], 18-0, take on Italian [Paolo Gassani], 16-2, October 27 with the vacant EU lightweight title at stake on a dinnershow at the Ringside Gym in Espoo, Finland, with P 3 Boxing promoting. There will four more profights to the bill including supermiddle Niko Jokinen. MTV
[Martin Murray] have relinquished his position as mandatory challenger for the vacant EBU middleweight title. Frenchman [Julien Marie-Sainte] will now have Ukrainan [Maksim Bursak] as co-challenger. The EBU calls for purse bids with deadline at October 15 at noon.
The undercard to Povetkin vs Rahman features the prodebut of lightheavy [Enrico Kolling], who participated in the 2012 Olympics in London. Kolling take on Spaniard [Pablo Sosa], who went the full eight rounds with Kolling´s more experienced stablemate [Erik Skoglund]. Also on the bill is cruiser [David Graf], who with six early endings in the seven fights have shown impressive power. Graf take on Brit [Martyn Grainger]. By Per-Åke Persson
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