French super middleweight Kevin Lele Sadjo (21-0, 19 inside the distance) got a good fight from late sub Abraham Gabriel Buonarrigo (12-5) last night in Marseille but upped the pace and stopped his opponent in the fourth. Sadjo, reigning EBU and WBO I-C champ, looks ready for the big fights.
On the undercard super welter Milan Prat (21-1) returned after the disastrous loss to Slawa Spomer and outscored Venezuelan Alfonso Blanco (20-3). Blanoco did well early on but faded and was floored twice in the last round.
Lightweight Sofiane Oumiha, a world champ in the amateurs, fought again as a pro but failed to impress when he won on points over Mexican Jose Angel Napoles (15-2-2). The constant changes from amateur boxing to the pros doesn’t appear to work out well for Oumiha.
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There were two shows in Vienna (Austria) last night. On Bounce Box Promotions show Michaela Kotaskova (5-0-2) retained the WBFed I-C title by knocking out Argentinian veteran Maria Elena Maderna (18-16-3).
Former EU, IBF International and Austrian super welterweight champ Marcos Nader (25-3-1) announced his retirement. Nader turned pro with Sauerland Event back in 2009 but returned to the amateurs in 2014. In 2018 he came back again with Bounce but now it’s all over.
Promoter and fighter Harald Pfingstl (15-0) headlined his own show at another venue in Vienna and beat Samy Raid Musa (19-4) to win the WBO European light heavyweight title.
On the very international undercard Finnish super middleweight Ivan Perala (6-0) returned to action after an injury related layoff and knocked out Hungarian veteran Peter Orlik (25-35-1) in the fourth.
Danish-Austrian middleweight Kim Poulsen (32-6) won a majority decision over German Florian Wildenhof (31-11-1).
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Croatian super middleweight Luka Plantic (7-0) meet Italian Ivan Zucco (18-0) on January 27 in Cologne (Germany).
Plantic holds the WBC International Silver title while Zucco is the WBC International title holder.
The event is promoted by Universum Box Promotion.
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As BoxingScene.com previously reported Danish International Entertainment won purse bids for Dina Thorslund’s mandatory defense against Seren Cetin (11-0).
Behind this company is Bettina Palle and Danish Fight Night. Palle reports to Ekstrabladet that Thorslund vs Cetin will not go ahead on the DFN show January 13 in Copenhagen but at a later date.
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Former EBU middleweight champ German Valsecchi has passed away at the age of 75. Valsecchi turned pro in 1970 and compiled a 41-6-1 record before he retired in 1977. He became European champ in 1976 by beating Angelo Jacopucci (then 26-0), defended the title once by knocking out Dane Poul Knudsen but then lost to future world champ Alan Minter in Milan in 1977.