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Croatian Ivana Habazin (21-4) headlined the Drazen Petrovic Memorial in Zabok, outscored Australian Diana Prazak (14-5) and won the WBC Silver title.
On the undercard cruiserweight Marco Calic (13-1) eased back into action with an easy stoppage over Nikola Mrda (4-8) and Greek heavyweight Marios Kollias (9-2-1) TKO’d Hungarian veteran Ferenc Zsalek in the first.
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Polish lightweight Damian Wrzesinski (26-2-2) won a unanimous decision over Latvian Artjoms Ramlavs (15-2) in the headliner of a show in Swieradow-Zdroj. However, there were some mistakes on the master scorecard and Ramlavs was first announced as the winner but while he and his team celebrated the errors were discovered and Wrzesinski was declared the winner. At stake was the IBO Continental lightweight title.
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In Charleroi, Belgium, former WBA cruiserweight king Ryad Merhy (31-1) made his debut at bridgerweight with a stoppage win over overmatched Serbian Dusan Krstin (8-13)
In the headliner super lightweight Antoine Vanackere (19-1) retained the IBO Continental title with a points win over Frenchman Meryl Vegas (22-7-1).
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Repeat or Revenge: Former WBA super middleweight champ Giovanni De Carolis (31-10-1) and Daniele Scardina (20-1) will do it again on January 23 in Milano with OPI since 82 promoting.
De Carolis, a tough, experienced fighter, proved to be the much better man the first time they fought and stopped Scardina, hard punching but green, in the fifth round. That fight headlined what may have been the last OPI since 82 / Matchroom co-promotion.
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Former French welterweight champ Jacques Van Mellaerts has passed away at the age of 75. Van Mellaerts fought professionally from 1969 through 1979 with a record of 27-12-2. He won the French title twice and fought guys like Rocky Mattioli, Harold Weston, Alain Ruocco (twice) and Alain Marion.
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ZIP and Sanman rising flyweight protégé Esneth Domingo (17-2) staged a big win in Japan as he stopped undefeated fighter Jukiya Limura (now 3-1).
The first two knockdowns were courtesy of a one-two combination with Domingo connecting his right straight to the head. The third knockdown came from an overhead right to the head. In the timely sixth round, a counter left hook wobbled Limura thus promoting the referee to stop the fight to avoid further harm to the hometown fighter.