Brähmer wins in comeback fight

Chakhkiev, Boytsov, Chagaev, Arslan, Tajbert also victorious

By Karl Freitag

After three consecutive late pull-outs that cost him his world title, former WBO light heavyweight champion Jürgen Brähmer (37-2, 30 KOs) finally made it back into the ring on Saturday night to score a fourth round TKO over José Maria Guerrero (29-3-1, 11 KOs) at the Grand Elysée in Hamburg, Germany. In his first fight in 21 months, Brähmer looked good as he landed his southpaw power shots against Guerrero in round one, and the “100 Year Talent” floored Guerrero with a left uppercut in round two. The bout ended when referee Jürgen Langlos stopped the fight in round four to have the ring doctor look at a cut suffered by Guerrero and the bout was stopped. Time was 2:27.

Unbeaten cruiserweight and former Olympic gold medalist Rakhim Chakhkiev (12-0, 9 KOs) scored a ten round unanimous decision over Alexander Kotlobay (21-3-1, 15 KOs) in a clash for the WBC Baltic belt. Chakhkiev scored a knockdown at the end of round three and punished the game, but outgunned Kotlobay the whole way. Scores were 100-89, 100-189, 99-89.

Unbeaten heavyweight contender Denis Boytsov (30-0, 25 KOs) scored a fourth round KO over Darnell “The Ding-A-Ling Man” Wilson (24-14-3, 20 KOs). Boytsov sent Wilson to the deck for the count with a right hand.

Former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (28-2-1, 17 KOs) scored a one-sided eight round unanimous decision over Kertson Manswell (22-4, 17 KOs). Chagaev dropped Manswell in round eight.

Former WBA cruiserweight champion Firat Arslan (32-5-1, 21 KOs) stopped Orlando Antonio Farias (23-11, 12 KOs) in round two. Farias was down twice. Time was 2:18.

Former WBC super featherweight champion Vitali Tajbert (23-2, 6 KOs) outpointed Jose Luis Graterol (14-11-4, 5 KOs) over eight.

Former female featherweight world champion Ina Menzer (28-1, 10 KOs) topped Milena Koleva (3-4-1) over eight.

Unbeaten featherweight Marcel Meyerdiercks (21-0, 5 KOs) outpointed Roberto Santos de Jesus (13-5, 9 KOs) over eight.

Unbeaten heavyweight Vladimir Tereshkin (14-0-1, 7 KOs) won by fifth round DQ over 329lb Evgeny Orlov (13-11-1, 8 KOs)

Middleweight Rafael Bejaran (14-1, 6 KOs took a twelve round unanimous decision over Daniel Urbanski (5-3-2, 1 KO) to win the WBO Euro belt.

January 28th, 2012

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