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WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei and newly crowned WBO super middleweight champion Karoly Balzsay have commented on their fights over the weekend. Erdei was ecstatic that his friend Balzsay won a world title and took it in stride that his fight was bumped off live TV and into a non-title matchup when opponent Yuri Barashian failed to make weight. For Balzsay, being a world champion is still sinking in read more ...

In the first “Universum Champions Night” of 2009, unbeaten long time WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (30-0, 17 KOs) outpointed former Euro champ Yuri Barashian (25-5, 17 KOs) over twelve rounds in a non-title bout. Erdei won by scores of 116-111, 116-111, 117-110. Barashyan had some success with his hard blows, but Erdei’s speed allowed him to control the fight. Barashian was deducted a point in round nine for a low blow read more ...

WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei retained his world championship on the scale Friday when challenger Yuri Barashian stunningly was unable to make weight for their world title clash on Saturday in Magdeburg, Germany. As previously reported, Barashian initially weighed in at 176.8 pounds. read more ...

Fighters appearing on Saturday’s “Universum Champions Night” world title twinbill worked out for the public at Voets Autozentrum in South Magdeburg. Among those on hand were WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei, his challenger Yuri Barashian, WBO super middleweight champion Denis Inkin, mandatory challenger Karoly Balzsay, and world super middleweight title challengers Dimitri Sartison and Robert Stieglitz read more ...

The first "Universum Champions Night" of 2009 opens with an explosive world title doubleheader on Saturday at the Bördelandhalle in Magdeburg, Germany. In the main event, unbeaten long time WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (29-0, 17 KOs) will defend the title against former Euro champ Yuri Barashian (25-4, 17 KOs). read more ...

Former world title challenger and European champion Yuri Barashian (25-4, 17 KOs) is set to challenge WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (29-0, 17 KOs) at the Bordelandhalle, in Magdeburg, Germany. A few days before the fight, the Ukrainian boxer has given an exclusive interview to Fightnews.com. read more ...

The boxing hotbed of Magdeburg, Germany, will open 2009 in a big way when two world championship fights headline the first "Universum Champions Night" of the year at Bördelandhalle on January 10th. Unbeaten WBO world light heavyweight champion Zsolt "Firebird" Erdei (29-0, 17 KOs) will defend against Ukrainian contender Yuri Barashian (25-4, 17 KOs) read more ...