Former WBA jr welter champ Souleyman M’Baye is set to make a low key return March 21 on his 38th birthday in Budapest, Hungary. M’Baye, 39-4-1, has been inactive since losing the WBA interim title to Ismael El Massoudi in July of 2011 on a 12th-round injury related tko.

 

M'Baye turned pro in 1998 and have through the years been fighting all over Europe. He first won the EBU title in 2002 but lost to Vivian Harris in 2003 in his first attempt to win a world title and it wasn´t until 2006 Souleyman became WBA jr welter king by beating Raul Balbi. He lost the title to Gavin Rees but bounced back to regain the EBU belt and became WBA interim champ in 2010.

 

Opponent for now on the Budapest bill is Laszlo Haaz and it´s the kind of matchup where only one man can win and it´s not Haaz.

 

The show is promoted by Profi-Box Promotion headed by Zoltan Petranyi and Zoltan headlines the bill by defending the Hungarian heavyweight title against. Attila Palko.

 

 

WBFed heavyweight champ Michael Grant, 48-4, will defend the title May 24 in Noisy le Grand, France, against Carlos Takam, from Cameroons but based in France.

 

Grant was at time regarded as maybe the next real thing but when he beat Frans Both in South Africa late 2011 with a come from behind knockout in the final round it was in a fight he wasn´t supposed to win and he´s been inactive since then.

 

In Takam, 27-1, Grant face a strong but relatively untested challenger who´s best wins are over Frans Botha and Gbenga Oloukun while the sole loss came against Gregory Tony.

 

World Boxing Federation is not to be confused with World Boxing Foundation or World Boxing Forum.

 

March 10, Anderlecht, BEL,

6x2: Sanae Jah, 49,5, Bel W 6 Evgeniya Zanblotskaya, 48,5, Rus

Nabil Lahouari, 82,5, Bel W 6 Janos Olah, 80,0, Hun

Ibrahim El Berquani, 69,3, Bel D 6 Edgar Kemsky, 69,0, Slo

Adnan Salihu, 75,0, Swe/Bel W6-U Marian Varchol, 74,0, Slo

Varchol was down in the second.

 

March 9, Herstal, BEL: Promotion GMG

Stephane Jamoye, 53,2, Bel TKO 8 Ashley Sexton, 53,5, Uk

Jamoye retained the EBU bantam title with Sexton floored twice in the eighth and it was stopped. Sexton was also down in the seventh and had a point deducted in the sixth for holding..

10x2; Sabrina Giuliani, 62,5, Bel W 10 Dalia Vasarhelyi, 61,5, Hun

Steve Jamoye, 63,1, Bel W10-U Luis Solis, 62,5, Mex

vacant WBC Youth Silver, lightwelter title, scored 97-93 twice and 99-92.

Michael Recloux, 81,2, Bel W 8 Jessy Moreaux, 80,2, Bel

Alexandru Jur, 88,0, Bel W 4 Fabrice Clement, 85,6, Bel

Jeremy Beccu, 55,0, Bel KO 1 Jozaf Torac, 56,6, Slo

 

Edis Tatli vs Felix Lora  /  photo Str / Lehtikuva

 

March 9, Espoo, FIN, Barona, Arena, P 3 Boxing

Edis Tatli, 61,25, Fin W12-U Felix Lora, 60,9, Spa

Tatli won the WBA I/C with a unanimous decision over the dangerous Lora, who was floored in the last. It was scored 116-112, 117-110 and 119-111.

Niko Jokinen, 73,0, Fin W8-U Guzman Castillo, 73,6, Spa

79-73, 79-74 and 77-76.

6x3: Juho Haapoja, 91,4, Fin TKO 5 (2.44) Levan Jomardashvili, 95,4, Geo

Jomardashvili comes in well over the contracted weight and retires after being floored in the fifth.

6x3: Eemili Katajisto, 81,0, Fin KO 2 (2.42) Zoltan Kiss, Jr, Hun

Kiss floored twice.

6x3: Fitim Latifi, 72,3, Fin TKO 1 (2.51) Laszlo Kamhal, 72,0, Hun

Mikko Alanko, 71,1, Fin W4-U Renato Toth, 68,1, Hun

40-34 twice and 40-33. Toth was floored in the fourth and also had a point deducted for holding.

 

March 9, Lille, FRA:

Mickael Sanchez, Fra W 4 Kevin Nzemo, Bel

 

March 9, Hamburg, GER, CU Halle, est 300, ITS Promotion, bdb.

Nico Salzmann, 68,6, Ger W10-U Ali Mammadov, 68,6, Azb

Salzmann won the WBC Baltic Silver title on scores of 97-93, 96-94 and 97-91 (three rounds scored 10-8) after a foulfilled brawl where Salzmann knew just too much for Mammadov, who just kept coming. Mammadov was hurt late in the second and Salzmann was cut on the scalp earlier in the round.

Alexander Dimitrenko, 114,0, Ger W8-U Ivica Perkovic, 126,5, Cro

Dimitrenko, trained by Tommy Brooks, was down in the fourth and had problems with Perkovic in later rounds but won a unanimous decision on scores of 77-74 twice and 78-73. You better learn to f-n´ listen said Brooks but it´s not that easy to get a East European schooled fighter to turn American over a few weeks

10x3: Andre Reimer, 68,6, Ger TKO 7 (1.04) Predrag Kovasevic, 68,6, Ser

Reimer won the vacant GBU I/C title with a come from behind stoppage win over Kovasevic, who was good but too green and as he tired Reimer, an awkward southpaw who kept changing stance got him with a big right hook. Predrag got up was retired by cornerman Aleksander Petkovic (who had fought earlier on the billo.

8x3: Rafael Bejaran, 72,5, DR/Ger KO 3 (1.11) Vladimir Fecko, 72,5, Cze

Fecko, a southpaw, can box a bit but wasn´t overly interested and indicated he had an injured left arm and when Bejaran went to the body with a right it seemed as if he hit the arm and Fecko went down in pain, got up but was counted out and didn´t complain.

8x3: Alexander Petkovic, 117,2, Ser/Ger TKO 2 (0.46) Senad Hadzic, 115,0, B & H, debut

Petkovic toyed with his overmatched opponent and then went to the body and Hadzic bent over and was rescued. Hadzic replaced Gaza Nemeth.

Timur Dugazaev, 85,5, Rus/Ger, debut W4-U Petr Jasukievic, 82,0, Cze

40-35 on all cards. Jasukievic was down in the second but Dugazaev while strong was too green. Dugazaev had Konstantin Airich as chief cornerman.

4x3: Vincent Feigenbutz, 76,0, Karlsruhe, Ger TKO 1 (1.28) Attila Korda, 79,2, Munich, Ger

Korda looked the part but proved to be painfully slow once Feigenbutz opened up and scored two knockdowns.

 

March 9, Nyon, SWI:

Ornella Domini, 64,2, Swi TKO 3 Masa Bacanov, 62,8, B & H

 

March 9, Solares, SPA:

6x3, jm: Sergio "El Nino" Garcia, Spa KO 4 Medhi El Amar, Mor/Spa

Ivan Salcines, KO 1 Fran Verdeguer, Spa

 

March 9, St Nazaire, FRA:

jw: Bastien Laforge, Fra W 8 Sylvain Chapelle, Fra

Ludovic Duval, Fra W 6 Valentin Freulon, Fra

 

March 9, Laval, FRA:

CNE, w: Jordy Weiss, Fra W 4 David Lecor, Fra

 

March 9, Madrid, SPA, Pabellon Vistalegre de Madrid, Rim er Boxe & Club Barcelo

fly: Xavier Urpi, Spa TKO 1 Ivan Pozo, Spa

pi won the vacant EU flyweight title. Pozo - in his final fight - came in as late notice for Giuseppe Lagana and was floored in the first and stopped.

jl. Rudy Encarnacion, Spa W10-U Antonio Rodriguez, Spa

Encarnacion retained the Spanish jr lightweight title on scores of 99-92, 98-93 and 98-93.

m: Luis Crespo, Spa W10-U Jose Yebes, Spa

Crespo retained the Spanish title on scores of 97-96, 96-95 and 96-94.

jw: Ruben Nieto, Spa TKO 3 Jesus Garcia Simon, Spa

Spanish title

8x3, jm: Ruben Varon, Spa TKO 4 David Pulido, Spa

f: Sergio Romero, Spa W6-U Daniel Bueno, Spa

59-55 twice and 58-56.

f: Ivan Ruiz Morote, Spa W6-U Ryan Peleguer, Spa

60-54 twice and 60-55.

6x3, sb: Sergio Prado, Spa TKO 5 Michael Carrero, Nic

jw: Guido Pito, Arg/Spa W6-U Vasile Surcica, Rom/Spa

60-54 twice and 60-55.

sm: David Barco, Spa W4-U Sergio Mateo, Spa

40-36 twice and 39-37.

b: Sergio Perez, Spa W4-M Lucas Fernandez, Spa

39-38 twice and 38-38.

l: Doramas Placeres, Spa W4-U Carlos Perez, Spa

39-36, 38-37 twice.

 

March 9, Civitavecchia, ITA, Roundzero

Emiliano Marsili, 61,0, Ita TKO 2 (0.50) Luca Giacon, 60,9, Spa

Marsili won the vacant EBU lightweight title with a second round stoppage of Giacon, who was floored twice in the first and again in the second before it was called off.

Daniele Petrucci, 71,4, Ita W 8 Pavel Semjonov, 70,8, Est

Giovanni De Carolis, 77,6, Ita TKO 5,ret Artem Solomko, 76,7, Blr

Stefano Loriga, 72,4, Ita W 6 Lorenzo Cosseddu, 74,2, Ita

 

March 8, Saarbrücken, GER: DOG Event & Boxing Company, bdb

sm: Jürgen Doberstein, Ger W12-U Blas Miguel Martinez, Spa

vacant WBFed I/C title, scored 120-108, 119-109 and 118-110.

Enes Zecirevic, 76,5, Bos/Swi W 6 Norbert Szekeres, 73,8, Hun

 

March 8, Monza, ITA:

Roberto Cocco, 75,6, Ita W10-U Luciano Lombardi, 75,9, Ita

Italian supermiddle title, scored 98-91, 97-93 twice.

Renato De Donato, 63,3, Ita TKO 6,c Antonio Santoro, 63,5, Ita

Italian superlightweight title

Marcello Matano, 71,1, Ita W 6 Salvatore Annunziata, 71,8, Ita

Gheorghe Sabau, 70,8, Rom/Ita W 6 Jorge Ortiz, 72,5, Col

Anita Torti, 60,5, Ita W 6 Floarea Lihet, 61,2, Rom

 

March 8, Moscow, RUS: Hrunov Promotion

l: Andrey Klimov, Rus WTd 7 Matias E Gomez, Arg

vacant IBF I/C lightweight tiltle, scored 69-64 after it was stopped with Klimov accidentally cut.

m: Dmitry Chudinov, Rus TKO 1 Milton Nunez, Col

l: Eduard Trojanovski, Rus TKO 2 Orlen Padilla, Col

PABA lightweight title, Padilla floored twice.

8x3, m: Dionisio Miranda, TKO 4 Oleg Liseev, Rus

6x3, m: Arif Magomedov, TKO 2 Andrey Polyakov,

lh: Alexander Kubich, W4-U Alexey Stakanchkov,

w: Musheg Sukiasyan, Rus W4-S Sevak Bagdasaryan, Rus, debut

4x2, jl: Anastasija Teresenkova, W 4 Anna Boyarkina,

 

March 5, Saran, FRA:

6x3, jm: Maxime Beaussire, Fra TKO 4 Julien Leguiset, Fra

m: Tony Clement, Fra, debut W 4 Yann Proust, Fra

l: Bryan Fontaine, Fra D 4 Cedric Seguy, Fra

 

March 2, Plerin, FRA:

CNE, jl: Thomas Hamidi, Fra W 4 Hoai Han Pham, Fra

CNE, sm: Gaetan Lestic, Fra W 4 Jerome Hirigoyen, Fra

 

March 1, Villerupt, Meurthe et Moselle, FRA:

Antoine Boya, 89,05, Fra W 6 Angelo Lavanga, 89,3, Fra

1/2 TF, jw: Bibi Ondua, 62,85, Fra W5-U Renald Garrido, 63,45, Fra

4x3: Tamaz Avdiev, 67,0, Fra W 4 Marco De Paolis, 69,0, Ita

4x3: Alessio Domarin, 72,5, Ita KO 1 Alexandre Vivares, 72,3, Fra

6x2: Sandy Coget, 50,9, Fra W 6 Audrey Tacconi, 53,1, Fra