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05/25/2006 Archived Entry: "Eur-Beat Update: Kessler vs. Tsypko Now Cancelled & More!"
Eur-Beat Update: Kessler vs. Tsypko Now Cancelled & More!
By Per Ake Persson
Courtesy of Boxing Press
WBA supermiddle champ Mikkel Kessler´s planned June 9 defence against Ukrainian Vitaly Tsypko is cancelled. Kessler suffered a cartilage lesion in the left elbow in sparring with Russian Sergey Tatevosyan Monday and will have arthroscopy tomorrow (May 24). He is unable to box for four weeks due to the injury.
There will be what promoter Bettina Palle calls an "alternative plan" announced soon, which most likely means a show will go ahead June 9 with the likes of Reda Zam Zam, Thomas Damgaard, who´s sparring with EBU 140 lb champ Junior Witter at the moment, and Rudy Markussen on top.
Cruiser Marco Huck squares off against Switzerland´s Nuri Seferi on the undercard to Valuev vs Beck June 3 at the TUI Arena in Hannover. The fight is made at 200 lbs. Seferie have fought as a heavyweight a few times recently but feels he can make cruiser without problems. Big German Timo Hoffmann takes on South African heavy Miyan Solomons. Russian Aleksander Povetkin is in against Livin Castillo. French jr middle Christophe Canclaux have a spot on the undercard as well.
Dutch cruiser Don Diego Poeder, a loser of two close decision´s to Belgian Ismail Abdoul, plans to continue his career in the ring but is currently busy preparing a script for a movie.
Belgian veteran Lansana Diallo has still plans for two farewell fights, one in Belgium and one in Guinea, but is very busy with his career in local politics in Brussels. Diallo lost a decision to Raymond Joval for the IBO middleweight title last time out in 2005.
Jr middle Sergio "Maravilla" Martinez defends the WBC Latin title against Hamlet Petrosian May 26 on the Spanish island of Ibiza. Bantam Karim Quibir fights Massimo Morra on the undercard and cruiser Giacobbe Fragomeni squares off against German Andreas Guenther.
Chilean, based in Austria, welter Joel Mayo takes on talented Russian Sergey Sorokin May 31 in Moscow
