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by Per Ake Persson
August 27, 2008 |
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AMI Production have cancelled the July 26
show that would have featured WBA light fly champ Brahim Asloum
defending the title against Giovanni Segura. Asloum dropped out of
training after taking a hefty pay cut from televising network Canal+.
Promoter Michel Acaries tried to salvage the show with WBA female jr
welter queen Ann Sophie Mathis and EBU cruiser champ Jean Marc Monrose
topping the bill but decided yesterday to cancel the event as a whole.
While Asloum did suffer a big cut in his purse he still walks out on a
500 000 EUR (and a 100 000 EUR in victory bonus) payday.
German heavy Timo Hoffmann is set return October 4 in Bauitzen in a ten
rounder. Hoffmann tested positive for an illegal substance after losing
to Aleksander Dimitrenko in November of last year and was given a
one-year suspension by the Bund Deutsh Berufsboxer, the BDB. Hoffmann
will for his comeback fight with a GBA, German Boxing Association,
license.
IBF Youth jr welter champ Decha Bankluagym from Thailand defends the
title October 11 in Chateauneuf-sur-Loire against Frenchman Jean Nicolas
Weigel. Weigel lost a EBU titlefight last year to Spaniard Juan Carlos
Diaz Melero.
Luca Tassi and Mouhamed Ali Ndiaye clash for the Italian super middle
title August 1 in Rome.
Heavyweight veteran Luan Krasniqi is looking to return this fall.
Krasniqi have been out since July of last year when he lost a WBO
eliminator to Tony Thompson after a poor performance but was all set to
fight stablemate Aleksander Dimitrenko this spring when the Ukrainian,
unhappy with the payment, pulled out. Luan remains a big name in Germany
but needs activity to get into the picture of bigger fights. Source: This material is provided by Boxing Press, and Per is the
BP European Feature Writer. |
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