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01/17/2006 Archived Entry: "Euro-Beat Update: Axel Schultz Contemplating Comeback and More!"
Euro-Beat Update: Axel Schultz Contemplating Comeback and More!
By Per Ake Persson
Courtesy of Boxing Press
Axel Schultz (right) with female boxing sensation, Regina Halmich (photo coutesy of http://www.spiegel.de)
37-year old German heavy Axel Schulz is still thinking about coming back but his former manager Wilfried Sauerland states in the Hamburger Abendblatt it wonīt be with Sauerland Event.
When WBA # 9 supermiddle Lucien Bute arrived in Denmark to watch stablemate Eric Lucas take on WBA champ Mikkel Kessler he stated he wanted to fight Kessler inside a year. After Kesslerīs onesided stoppage win Bute and his manager Chris Ganutescu hadnīt changed: "Lucien is ready in a year" said Ganutescu. Bute next fights March 24 in Montreal against an opponent to be announced.
Spanish superbantam Kiko Martinez square off against Ukrainian Gennady Delissandru January 24 in Hamburg.
The winner of the fight between Michele Piccirillo and Lukas Konecny for the vacant EBU 154 lb title February 24 in Bergamo is lined up to fight local hero Luca Messi. In case Konecny wins he will make a voluntary defence in Prague and then face Messi while Piccirillo will go straight to this all-Italian showdown.
IBC jr light champ Janos Nagy may take on Russian Evgeny Strausov February 18 in Budapest.
The undercard to Sauerland Eventīs doubleheader January 28 in Berlin features big heavy Timo Hoffmann, IBF Youth jr middle champ Zauerbek Baysangourov, cruiser Marco Huck and heavyweight Rene Dettweiler.
It will be Venezuelan Luis Enrique Carmona that fight ex-WBC jr middle ruler Javier Castillejo February 3 in Santa Cruz de Tenerife.
Italian cruiser Giacobbe Fragomeni headlines OPI 2000īs show in Brescia January 31. Also on the bill is an Italian titlefight at bantam between Fabrizio Tronu and Mercurio Ciamitario.
Official challenger for newly crowned EBU lightheavy champ Stipe Drews is Italian Pietro Aurino.
Dutch middle Raymond is on the short list of possible opponents for IBF champ Arthur Abrahamīs March 4 defence in Oldenburg.
