Fight Wladimir Sidorenko W UD 12 (12) Jose de Jesus Lopez

All championship fighters and the two combatants of the TV main event successfully made weight today at VW-Zentrum Leverkusen for their contests on the Universum event on Saturday at Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle of Leverkusen, Germany. WBA bantamweight world champion Wladimir Sidorenko, 17-0 (6), from the Ukraine weighed 117.75 for his first title defense against Venezuelan Jose De Jesus Lopez, 21-5 (16), who weighed 117.25. Live on ZDF television read more ...

Bad luck for Michel Trabant. The German welterweight contender of the Universum boxing stable can’t fight the IBF eliminator scheduled for November 26 in Leverkusen, Germany. The 26-year-old man from Berlin suffered a deep cut on his eye during a sparring session on Thursday. Trabant, 41-2 (18), is the second major fighter to drop off the boxing show at Wilhelm-Dopatka-Halle. One week ago Felix Sturm injured his left elbow and had to read more ...

The Universum Box-Promotion event on November 26 in Leverkusen, Germany, will have to take place without world title challenger Felix Sturm. The German middleweight star suffered an injury to his left elbow in training. Dr. Albert GьЯbacher (Nьrnberg) told Universum Box-Promotion that Sturm is unable to fight and that his urgent elbow injury requires surgery. "I’m so sorry for my fans but health comes first," Sturm said. "I tried everything read more ...