Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Christian Lewandowski back against Zoltan Csala on April 8th. He last fought in Nowember of 2016 when he was knocked out by Timur Stark.

 

Daniel Dubois is back on June 23

Albon Pervizaj will face Irakli Gvenetadze on April 21st

Nathan Gorman is back on May 19th

 

It is claimed that the Cork-Cuban has agreed to a fight with a top European name next.

Having rebuilt and rebranded himself as a dangerman in the 200lbs division, the former World-rated heavyweight entered the inaugural season of the World Boxing Super Series. Perez had a quarter-final match-up with then-WBC champion Mairis Briedis in Riga but was outpointed in a dour fight where he looked somewhat rusty while his Latvian opponent chose to negated rather than trade.

Briedis would subsequently lose a sensational war to Oleksandr Usyk in the semis – and the Ukrainian will now look to bring all four major titles together in the grand final with Murat Gassiev in Saudi Arabia next month.

With talk of Usyk moving up to heavyweight should he become undisputed cruiserweight champ, Perez has continued to train and stayed busy in February with an easy first-round knockout of Pablo Magrini in Waterford.

The road warrior then signed to face former World title challenger Thabiso Mchunu [18(11)-4(3)] in his native South Africa but has since pulled out of this clash – with Thomas Oosthuizen stepping in.

Mchunu was unsuccessful in his challenger of Usyk back in 2016 and was subsequently beaten by Romanian prospect Constantic Bejenaru.

While Mchunu’s promoter Rodney Berman has accused Perez of baulking at the challenge on June 23rd in the Emperor’s Palace and doing a “runner”, he admits that ‘The Rebel’ received a more financially-lucrative offer to face a big name in Europe.

The identity of this opponent remains unknown but former world champions Krzysztof Glowacki and Denis Lebedev both have clear schedules – as does rising Russian Maksim Vlasov.

The 32-year-old is currently ranked tenth with the WBC and ticking over in Watergrasshill BC with coach Luke Thomas.

Details of Perez’s next move are expected to emerge soon.

http://www.irish-boxing.com/mike-pe...ld-title-challenger-for-an-even-bigger-fight/

 

Mike Perez might face Wlodarzcyk or Glowacky in his next fight. Vlasov,Gevor and Lebedev are also among the possible opponents.

 

Greg Cohen Promotions proudly announces the signing of a pair of Romanian contenders, world-rated heavyweight Bogdan Dinu and world-class featherweight Viorel Simion, to promotional contracts.

Undefeated WBA #14-rated Dinu (18-0, 14 KOs) is a powerful boxer/puncher with enormous potential. Standing six-foot five and weighing in at 250 lbs, Dinu has the size and strong amateur pedigree to compete with any big man in the world.

Sorin and I met in Bucharest two months ago," continued Cohen, "and we instantly hit it off. He is the most committed, knowledgeable, and passionate manager in the sport. We both agree that in order for Bogdan and Viorel to realize their maximum potential/exposure, they need to relocate to the US. I am happy to make that happen for them."

 

Amateur boxing:

21.Commonwealth Games is taking place from April 5 to April 14.

Super heavyweight from Cameroon Arsene Fokou has started his campaign with a 5/0 win over Sam Kei(TNG). And Patrick Mailata(NZL) have beaten Mitchell Barton(SCO) via 5/0 scoreline.

 

Krystof Glowacky is set to return in May.

 

Former amateur star heavyweight Joseph Goodall (1-0, 1 KO) 228lbs halted Lui Te’o (2-8-1) 240 lbs in round one of a scheduled four round bout. Referee Paul Tapley crowned Goodall at 2:14.

Also, WBO #14 cruiserweight Jai Opetai (15-0, 12 KOs) scored a second round stoppage over Lukas Paskowsky ((9-2, 3 KOs) of a scheduled ten round bout with the vacant WBO Asia Pacific up for grabs. Referee Phil Austen saved the German at 2:35. Opetai is a former amateur world champion in 2011 and London 2012 Olympian.