Euro News: Chris Billam-Smith, Baraou vs. Prat in November, More

Frenchman Y12, led by promoter Yohan Zaoui, did it again and won the bids for the vacant EBU super welterweight title fight between German Abass Baraou (12-1) and Frenchman Milan Prat (17). -0) with an offer of 120,000 euros. – which is serious money in this weight division and for a European title. Abass’s promoter, Wasserman Boxing, offered 75,305 euros.

Abass vs Prat will take place on November 19 at the same event where WBA Super Champion Arsen Goulamirian defends the title against Russian Aleksei Egorov.

The place is Le Cannet or Paris.

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There were no bidders for the vacant EU heavyweight bout between Hussein Mohamed and Agron Smakici.

The EBU will call for tenders once again with a September 12 deadline.

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For those who missed it, Chris Billam-Smith (16-1) relinquished the EBU cruiserweight title last week to focus on bigger titles.

Frenchman Dylan Bregeon (12-2-1) remains the official challenger. He lost to Billam-Smith in 2021.

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The great Soviet Boris Lagutin passed away at the age of 84. Lagutin won Olympic gold in 1964 in Tokyo and in 1968 in Mexico City, both times at light middleweight. He also won the European championship twice and the Soviet title six times. How many fights he had as an amateur is a matter of debate, but it seems to be a fact that he lost only eleven times in a career that lasted from 1955 to 1968. He never turned pro.