French Y12 Boxing won the purse bids today for EBU super lightweight champ Enock Poulsen’s mandatory defense against Franck Petitjean with a bid for 38,000 Euro. Danish Fight Night bid 35,343 Euro.
The fight will go ahead November 26 in Creteil, France.
Poulsen beat Petitjean earlier this year, but an immediate rematch was ordered by the EBU due to some mistakes made by the referee and supervisor.
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Italian cruiserweight Fabio Turchi (21-2) has been suspended after testing positive for two forbidden substances. Turchi held the EU title in 2021. How long Turchi will be suspended has not been announced yet.
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German AGON Sports will be back in action November 12 with a show at the AGON arena in Berlin.
IBF # 2 junior middleweight Jack Culcay (31-4) is still waiting for a final eliminator or a shot at Jermell Charlo but worked the corner of his stablemates this past weekend in Wuppertal.
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Danish all time great Borge Krogh passed away last week at the age of 80. Krogh participated in both the 1960 and 1964 Olympics before turning pro. He moved quickly up the ladder and won the EBU lightweight title in 1966 with fifteen round points win over Frenchman Maurice Tavant.
He retired in 1971 with a record of 43-8-5 and most of his losses came due to cuts. Krogh later became an excellent trainer and was the man behind the likes of WBA super welter champ Ayub Kalule and EBU title holders like Hans Henrik Palm, Jorgen Hansen and Racheed Lawal.
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Spanish amateur star Emmanuel Reyes makes his pro debut on October 8 in A Coruna in a six-rounder made at cruiserweight, reports Espabox. If all goes well Reyes will have his second fight December 3 also in A Coruna.
Reyes plans at the same time to continue his amateur career and have his sights set on the Olympic Games 2024 – and will after that concentrate on professional boxing.
Another Spanish amateur star is also turning pro and that is light heavyweight Gazi Jalidov, who also makes his pro debut on October 8 but in Villamediana de Iregua.
Jalidov was born in Russia but came to Spain at a young age.