Rostock, Germany: Greek -based in Sweden – heavyweight contender Marios Kollias (11-2-1) stopped local hero and reigning WBA Continental champion Felix Langberg (12-1) 1:54 into the third round of a scheduled ten-rounder.
For promoter P2M-Boxen and the big crowd on hand this was a big upset but Kollias has been going under the radar for some time now but is a threat to most heavyweights out there. He looks slow but isn’t and his punches are hard and precise.
Against Langberg he started fast, got off first attacking the body and head of his opponent. The big German was soon forced into a fight where he was second best and took a beating. In the third he was hurt and as he staggered across the ring German referee Oliver Brien made a timely stoppage.
Nina Meinke (17-3) won the WBA Gold title with a wide points win over the brave Kimika Miyoshi (17-14-2). Meinke dominated the fight but Miyoshi kept coming and gave her all and slugged it out in the last round with the crowd cheering her on.
Super middleweight Simon Zachenhuber (21-0) seemed to have an off night against French-Armenian Armen Yepremyan (14-4-2) but one southpaw left hook in the fifth changed it all and he won the IBF Europe and WBA Continental European titles. Yepremyan got up from the knockdown but the German poured it on and forced a stoppage.
French heavyweight Yassine Khadim (10-3-1) was too brave for his own good as he punched it out with German champ Peter Kadiru (16-1) and was retired by his corner at 1.47 of the second. Kadiru looked sharp and as Khadim kept coming he landed with sharp punches from both hands and the Frenchman was floored in both the first and second before a cornerman threw in the towel.
Heavyweight Viktor Jurk (5-0) had to go the distance for the first time in his career and did so with ease as he outscored Albanian Christian Demaj over six. Demaj was floored in the third but did a good job in smothering his much bigger opponent. Jurk is like Peter Kadiru, managed by Bernd Boente, who handled the Klitschko brothers back in the day.
Germany-based Russian Petro Ivanov (16-0-2) dominated the fight against Dutchman Gino Kanters (10-5-3) but couldn’t hurt him until late in the eleventh round. Then in the final round Ivanov first floored Kanters with a left hook to the body and late in the round with a left hook to the head. The fight was stopped at 2.55 and ruled as a knockout win for Ivanov, who showed excellent hand speed and variety but lacked the power to hurt Kanters, who was strong but limited in his boxing.
Super middleweight Max Suske (6-0) had it a little too easy against Macedonian Emran Aliju (3-2-1). Suske floored his opponent with a left hook to the body, Aliju got up but the towel came in and it was all over at 2.08 of the first round in a scheduled six-rounder.
Araik Marutjan (14-1) won the BDB version of the German super welter title when he stopped Jan Meiser (15-2-1). While the records matched Marutjan was much too sharp for Meiser, who was floored in the first and second. He came back to stun his opponent but was overall outclassed and was retired by his corner after being hurt by two left hooks late in the fourth.
Super welterweight Agasi Margaryan (6-0) outscored Portuguese Sidney da Rosa Manuel (5-2) on scores of 59-55 twice and 58-56, which was fair enough but it sure wasn’t impressive the way Margaryan retreated in the final round.
Featherweight Ramzan Amkhadov (4-0) won a majority decision over Georgian journeyman Bacho Jintcharadze (much better than this record, 1-5) in a six-rounder. Amkhadov, a local man, kept looking for that perfect counter that never came while Jintcharadze kept plugging away. It made for a close fight and it was scored 58-58, 58-57 and an out of line 59-55 for Amkhadov.
Dilar Kisikyol (9-0) outscored Farina Romling (5-1) over eight in a fight where worked hard but failed to get untracked. Kisikyol secured her win with a strong finish.
Lightweight Franklyn Dwomoh moved to 3-0 with a points win over Georgian veteran Achiko Odikadze, who was in it to last the distance and did so without any bigger problems. Dwomoh showed good skills and seemed to stun Odikadze in the third but the Georgian survived.
In the show opener super feather Ilyas Can Kali (9-0) scored a unanimous decision over tough Venezuelan Michel Marcano (29-9-1) in a six-rounder.
In Kolding, Denmark, super middleweight Jacob Bank (10-0) won an impressive win over Latvian Ralfs Vilcans (15-1). Many had predicted that Vilcans would be too strong for the young Dane but he won every round and the WBO European title.