Cruiserweight and Heavyweight thread.

Roberto Alfonso has sparred with Erkan Teper, Alfonso won the spar.

 

Upcoming fights:

Basir Abakarov/Irakli Gvenetadze on August 31. Shigabudin Aliev/Tornike Puritchamiashvili on the same card.

Undefeated heavyweight Alexander Frank will fight Zoltan Petranyi for the vacant Universal Boxing Organization World Heavyweight Title on 8th September.

Iegor Plevako/Pavlo Krolenko on September 8th as well.

Ali Eren Demerizen will fight Sergei Wervejko on September 15th.

Christian Hammer will fight to be announced opponent on the same card.

And Erik Pfeiffer who is two time World Championships bronze medal winner will make pro debut on the same card also, he will fight Tornike Puritchamiashvili in his pro debut.

Alezander Dimitrenko is coming back on September 19th.

Justin Jones/Robert Alfonso on September 22th.

Paul Koon/Langston Campbell on September 25th.

Joe Hanks/Terrance Marbra on September 25th also.

Zhilei Zhang/Don Haynesworth on September 28th.

Bakhodir Jalolov back on September 29th as well.

 

This year's WBSS cruiserweight competition is useless. This will be flop in terms of viewing numbers. Who the hell will watch this in US?

 

The heavyweight clash between Erkan Teper and Robert Helenius is back on, reports German website boxen1.com.

The two were recently co-challengers for the EU title but no deal was made and then Teper signed for a fight against Edmund Gerber for September 29 in Stuttgart with the vacant IBF I/C title at stake.

However, according to boxen1.com, Gerber has pulled out due to illness and in comes Helenius, on late notice, with about a month to go.

 

Heavyweight Erik Pfeifer have signed with EC Box Promotion in Hamburg (Germany) and makes his pro debut on September 15 in Luebeck. Pfeifer have been among the best heavyweights in the amateurs for some time now and have also been a "pro" with AIBA.

 

Efe Ajagba will return on September 30th

 

I mean in viewing numbers.

 

Tabiti/Fayfer on October 13th in Yekatinburg, Russia. Aloyan/Tete on the same card.

 

Another amatuer has gone pro, this time it's Josip Bepo Filipi, cruiserweight from Croatia. He is arguably the best Croatian cruiserweight from the amateurs. Josip Bepo Filippi will make his pro debut on September 8th card.

P.S. In 2008 he became Croatian cadet champion and in 2010 Croatian youth champion. At the Croatian Elite Class Championships, he won gold in 2017, silver in 2013, and bronze in 2012, 2015 and 2016.

He won a bronze medal in 2008 at the Junior European Championships in Plovdiv. 2013 followed the silver medal at the Mediterranean Games in Mersin and in 2015 a bronze medal at the European Games in Baku. In the 2016 Olympic Games in Baku he lost in the second round against Igor Jakubowski.

https://www.worldseriesboxing.com/boxers/josip-bepo-filipi/

 

Acomplished amateur Yamil Peralta has turned pro. He won his first pro fight by KO in 1st round.

P.S. More about his amateur career:

At the 2010 South American Games he was stopped by Carlos Gongora and won Bronze at light heavy but moved up afterwards.
At the 2011 Pan American Games he lost the heavyweight semifinal to eventual champion Lenier Pero 9:13.
At the 2011 World Amateur Boxing Championships he lost his first bout to Canadian Samir El Mais, whom he beat at the Olympic qualifier in a rematch 15:12, which was enough to punch his London ticket even though he lost the final to Michael Hunter 10:12.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics – Men's heavyweight he defeated Chouaib Bouloudinat but lost to Tervel Pulev 10:13.