Universum Box-Promotion will present an absolute treat for the fans. On December 4 in the Schwerin Sport and Congress Hall, the event "Battle for Europe's crown" will happen. In the main event, a duel for the European heavyweight championship between Alexander Dimitrenko (30-1, 20KOs) and his direct predecessor, Albert "The Dragon "Sosnowski (46-3-1. 28KOs). Universum won the recent purse bid to stage the fight.

Universum boxer Alexander Dimitrenko in his first his title defense.

"My goal now is to become the first German world heavyweight champion since Max Schmeling. But first I would like to make my first European title defend and thus push myself toward the next step, a world title chance I am looking forward to this fight. Albert is very experienced, but I will defeat him. The spectators can look forward to a great fight. "

Supervised by master trainer Michael Timm, Dimitrenko in July in Hamburg won the vacant European title against the Ukrainian Yaroslav Zavorotny by technical knockout in round 5. The Pole Sosnowski had the European title for a duel against WBC champion Vitali Klitschko on Schalke which happened in the spring. He lost by TKO in round 10.

Universum-Promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl said: "It's nice that we are in Schwerin and can present an absolute cracker. This is a very exciting duel in the premier class of boxing. We said in July we would come back to Schwerin. Now it's time. And I promise all of Schwerin a great boxing evening. We are going to set the ticket prices very low as compensation.

"In addition, all fans who now buy tickets by mail or in person at the Universum office in Hamburg (only there) will get two tickets for for the price of now.

The Heavyweight Championship will be shown live on TV. Details to follow soon.


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