A round of all of boxing's most significant stories in Europe.
The EBU had set today (Jan 30) at noon as the deadline for purse bids for the fight for its vacant heavyweight title between German Tom Schwarz (29-1) and Belgian Ryad Merhy (32-2).
Rostock, Germany: Greek -based in Sweden - heavyweight contender Marios Kollias (11-2-1) stopped local hero and reigning WBA Continental champion Felix Langberg (12-1) 1:54 into the third round of a scheduled ten-rounder.
German middleweight Bjorn Schicke (20-1-1) meets Julio Alamos (15-0) from Chile on February 24 in Berlin with the vacant IBO Intercontinental title at stake. This fight headlines the first of the two AGON Sports events this weekend.
Universum had a full house (12,000 spectators) at the Rudolf Weber Arena in Oberhausen last night (Nov 5) but unfortunately most came to watch two fights between famous influencers and Youtubers.
A new German boxing team is now on the market called P2M. It's found by Axel Plass, a successful businessman, and cousins Christian and Raiko Morales, who have been in the boxing business for a few years by now.