French Y12 Boxing won the bids today for EBU Super Lightweight Champion Enock Poulsen’s mandatory defense against Franck Petitjean with a bid of €38,000. Danish Fight Night bids 35,343 euros.
The fight will take place on November 26 in Creteil, France.
Poulsen beat Petitjean earlier this year, but the EBU ordered an immediate rematch due to some mistakes made by the referee and supervisor.
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Italian cruiserweight Fabio Turchi (21-2) has been suspended after testing positive for two banned substances. Turchi held the EU title in 2021. How long Turchi will be suspended has not yet been announced.
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German AGON Sports will be back in action on November 12 with a show at the AGON Stadium in Berlin.
IBF #2 junior middleweight Jack Culcay (31-4) is still waiting for a final eliminator or opportunity against Jermell Charlo, but he worked the corner of his stablemates last weekend in Wuppertal.
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The all-time Great Dane, Borge Krogh, passed away last week at the age of 80. Krogh participated in the 1960 and 1964 Olympics before turning professional. He quickly rose up the ladder and won the EBU lightweight title in 1966 with a fifteen-point win over Frenchman Maurice Tavant.
He retired in 1971 with a record of 43-8-5 and most of his losses were due to cuts. Krogh later became an excellent trainer and was the man behind WBA super welterweight champion Ayub Kalule and EBU titleholders such as Hans Henrik Palm, Jorgen Hansen and Racheed Lawal.
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Spanish amateur star Emmanuel Reyes makes his professional debut on October 8 in A Coruna in a six-round cruiserweight bout, reports Espabox. If all goes well, Reyes will have his second match on December 3, also in A Coruña.
Reyes plans to simultaneously continue his amateur career and have his sights set on the 2024 Olympics, and will then focus on professional boxing.
Another Spanish amateur star is also turning pro and that is light heavyweight Gazi Jalidov, who also makes his professional debut on October 8 but in Villamediana de Iregua.
Khalidov was born in Russia but came to Spain very young.
