The three-times defending champion Radoslav Rosenov of Bulgaria opened his campaign successfully in the second competition day at the European U23 Women’s and Men’s Boxing Championships in Budapest. Ireland’s Thady Patsy Joyce was bronze medallist at the recent World Boxing Championships but he could not repeat that performance in Budapest against Ukraine’s promising Maksym Zymenko […]
Per-Ake Persson Australian-Swedish Linn Sandstrom (12-4-3) won the WBA Gold flyweight title with a very controversial majority decision over Mexican veteran Maribel Ramirez (15-13-4). It was scored an out of line 97-93, 96-94 and 95-95 for a majority win for Sandstrom. Linn Sandstrom fought what might be called a tactical fight which meant that she […]
Per-Ake Persson German light-heavyweight Artur Reis (16-1) won the vacant WBO European title with a split decision over Poland’s Mateusz Tryc (16-3) on Saturday night in Chemnitz, Germany. The judges scored the fight after ten rounds 96-94 and 97-93 for Reis and 96-94 for Tryc. Tryc was the WBO European champion until Saturday. In the […]
