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As previously reported, EBU featherweight champion Jordan Gill (27-1-1) defends the title against veteran Kiko Martinez (43-11-2) on October 29 at London’s Wembley Arena in a Matchroom promotion. This is also an IBF eliminator, writes Espabox and if Martinez wins, he could get a rematch against Josh Warrington, who stopped Martinez in controversial circumstances using his head rather than his fists.
Martinez was advised by his team to retire after the fight, but he insisted on one more big fight and here he is. Kiko has held the IBF super bantamweight and featherweight titles and the EBU super bantamweight title.
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Poland’s Knockout Promotions headed by Andrew Wasilewski won the bids for the right to host the vacant EBU cruiserweight title fight between France’s Dylan Bregeon (12-2-1) and Poland’s Krzysztof Glowacki (32-3). . When and where the fight will go ahead remains to be announced.
The title was vacated by Chris Billam-Smith, who is heading into a potential world title fight.
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KAIF Boxpromotion organized a great show on September 24 in Ludwigshafen, Germany, crowned by a fight for the IBF European Super Welterweight Title between Ahmad Ali (17-0-1) and Italian Felipe Moncelli (23-7-1). ). Also on the bill is a fight between cruiserweights Husein Cinkara (18-0) and Al Sands (22-4-1) for the WBA international title.
On the undercard, super middleweight Leon Bauer (18-0-1) looks to get his career back on track as he takes on Colombian Hancel Gonzales (7-0). Bauer, still only 24 years old, turned pro in 2015 in a career that he never really took off despite an undefeated record.
Behind KAIF is the colorful Rainer “The Brain” Gottwald…
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Welterweights Jordy Weiss (29-0) and Belgium’s Meriton Karaxha (29-6-3) meet for the vacant IBO Inter-Continental title on October 29 in Laval, France.
It’s a good matchup and likely to go the distance as Weiss has just three stoppages in his 29 wins, while Karaxha has finished ten times before the final bell.
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Swedish light heavyweight Oscar Ahlin (21-2) returns to action Oct. 1 in Brussels, Belgium in an eight-round bout against an opponent to be announced.
Ahlin’s last fight took place in March 2021 when he beat Alpay Yaman to win the IBO Continental title and was scheduled for another fight in August but first the opponent pulled out and then Oscar suffered a serious shoulder injury which kept him outside the ring. since then.
