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• Sturm defeats Lorenzo – at the Lanxess-Arena in Cologne, Germany.

WBA middleweight champion Felix Sturm (34-2-1, 14 KOs) won a twelve round unanimous decision over Giovanni Lorenzo (29-3, 21 KOs) Scores 117-111, 117-111, 118-111. all for Strum.

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• Burns defeats Martinez – at Kelvin Hall in Glasgow, Scotland.

Scottish hero Ricky Burns (29-2, 7 KOs) dethroned previously unbeaten and heavily favored WBO super featherweight champion Roman Martinez (24-1-1, 15 KOs).

Scores were 115-112, 115-112, 115-113.

In the co-feature, featherweight Stephen Smith (11-0, 6 KOs) won a twelve round split decision over John Simpson (21-7, 9 KOs) in a clash for the Commonwealth 126lb title. Scores were 116-112, 116-114 for Smith, 116-114 for Simpson.

Super featherweight – Paul Appleby defeated Yordan Vasilev by TKO

Lightweight – Alex Arthur defeated Peter McDonagh on PTS

Super featherweight – Stephen Ormond defeated Johnny Greaves on PTS

Welterweight    Liam Smith had a draw result with Terry Carruthers       .

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• Jan Zaveck defeats Rafal Jackiewicz – at the Sportpark Arena in Ljubljana, Slovenia.

IBF welterweight champion Jan Zaveck (30-1, 17 KOs) defended his title with a twelve round majority decision over Rafal Jackiewicz (36-9-1, 18 KOs).

Scores were 117-111, 117-111, 114-114.

Light heavyweight Denis Simcic (23-1, 14 KOs) brutally KO’d journeyman Istvan Varga (17-12, 5 KOs) in round nine. Varga was taken from the ring on a stetcher.

Light heavyweight Predrag Radosevic (20-0, 8 KOs) padded his record against professional loser Thomas Hengstberger (14-29-3, 3 KOs) with a fourth round TKO.

Unbeaten heavyweight Goran Delic (17-0, 3 KOs) outpointed Attila Makula (3-6, 1 KO) over six.

Middleweight    – Christina Hammer defeated Mihaela Dragan by TKO

Flyweight – Tjasa Kolar defeated Anika Kurzer on PTS

Light heavyweight – Predrag Radosevic defeated Thomas Hengstberger by TKO

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• Amin Asikainen defeats Jaudiel Zepeda by TKO – at the Toolon Kisahalli in Helsinki, Finland.

Former Euro middleweight beltholder Amin Asikainen (28-3, 19 KOs) scored a fourth round TKO over Jaudiel Zepeda (12-4-1, 9 KOs).

In the co-feature, unbeaten light welterweight Denis Shafikov (25-0, 14 KOs) outpointed Peter Semo (19-6, 14 KOs) over eight by scores of 79-73, 79-73 and 80-72.

Lightweight Edis Tatli (12-0, 2 KOs) defeated Rudy Encarnacion (21-18-2, 11 KOs) by eight round unanimous decision. Scores were 79-74, 77-75, 77-75. Encarnacion had a point deducted for a low blow.

Super middleweight Niko Jokinen (11-0, 4 KOs) dropped Ivan Maslov (6-5-1, 0 KOs) in round four and landed good punches in every round en route to a six round 60-54, 60-53, 59-54 win.

Welterweight Jussi Koivula (6-0, 3 KOs) outpointed Vatche Wartanian (9-3-3, 2 KOs) over six by scores of 60-54, 60-56, 60-53.

Female super featherweight Eva Wahlstrom (3-0, 2 KOs) stopped debuting Nadezhda Manakova in round five.

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• Charlie “Ota” Bellamy defeats Tadashi Yuba at the Korakuen Hall, Tokyo, Japan

WBA#13 OPBF and Japanese super-welter champ Charlie “Ota” Bellamy (15-1-1, 10 KOs), 153.5, impressively scored a successful defense as he pounded out a close but unanimous decision (116-113 twice and 115-114) over highly touted southpaw Tadashi Yuba (37-6-2, 28 KOs).

WBA#9 Japanese national lightweight champ Nihito Arakawa, halted Mitsuya Omura, at 0:54 of the fifth round.

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• Bursak decisions Vera – at the Sportpalace Meteor in Dnipropetrovsk, Ukraine.

WBO Inter-Continental middleweight champion Max “Tiger” Bursak (21-0-1, 8 KOs) defeated American journeyman Bryan Vera (17-4, 11 KOs) by unanimous decision.

Score: 118-111 (twice) and 119-110.

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Boxing – During a recent HBO broadcast, an onscreen graphic depicted the top welterweights in the world according to the network. One name likely unfamiliar to the American boxing public was that of Jan Zaveck, the reigning IBF Welterweight Champion. The Slovenian-born, Germany-based title holder is currently wrapping up preparations for his second defense of the title he won last December. Opposing him Saturday will be his mandatory challenger and lone career conqueror, Rafal Jackiewicz. A win would go a long way in improving Zaveck’s standing among the 147-pound elite, and perhaps give him the valuable bargaining chip needed to entice one of the big names in the division into the ring.

Zaveck (29-1, 17 KOs) of Magdeburg, Sachsen-Anhalt, Germany by way of Ptuj, Slovenia burst onto the international scene with his title-winning three-round destruction of Isaac Hlatshwayo in South Africa late last year.

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