Former WBA “regular” heavyweight champions Mahmood “Manuel” Charr and Lucas Browne clash on December 17 in Dubai in an event promoted by Iconic Promotion, EC Boxing and Diamondboy Promotion.
Browne, 43 (31-3), looked a spent force after losing to former rugby player Paul Gallen last year, but has picked up two good wins since then, including an impressive stoppage of Junior Fa in his last fight.
As for Charr, 38 and 33-4, he won one of many WBA titles in 2017 but was never able to defend and was inactive for four years before returning last year.
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SES and Blanko Sports join forces for a show in Heilbronn, Germany on December 10th. Home hero Slawa Spomer (16-0) headlines and meets Switzerland’s Egzon Maliqaj (11-0-1) with the WBO world title on the line.
In the co-event, the WBC women’s minimum weight champion, Tina Rupprecht (11-0-1) defends the title against the Peruvian Rocío Gaspar (12-1).
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Croatian super middleweight Luka Plantic (3-0) goes for the vacant WBC International title on December 19 when he faces 42-year-old veteran Khoren Gevor (35-10).
Plantic, a top-ranked amateur, defeated South African Ryno Liebenberg (22-10-1) in the fourth round last time.
Gevor returned earlier this year after being inactive since 2019 and pulled off an upset victory in Poland with a technical decision over undefeated Lukasz Stanioch (8-1).
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Swedish light heavyweight Oscar Ahlin (23-2) stopped Argentine veteran Walter Gabriel Sequeira (26-11-1) in the fourth last night in Madrid, Spain. Ahlin returned earlier this year after more than a year out with a shoulder injury.
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French super welterweight David Papot (27-0-1) retained the IBA title Friday night in Nantes with a split decision victory over Bilel Jkitou (15-2).
Jkitou had Freddie Roach in his corner and was close but lost 116-112 and 116-113. The third judge had him win 115-113.