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  • Boxing: Undefeated cruiserweight contenders battle in Prague

    BoxingTalk.com
    Dec 1 2004

    Undefeated cruiserweight contenders battle in Prague


    Press release: Two undefeated European cruiserweight contenders clash
    on Friday, Dec. 3, in Prague, Czech Republik. The top ranked Pavel
    Melkomian, 17-0 (7), of the Universum boxing stable defends his WBA
    international 190 lb. crown against hard punching home boy Lubos
    Suda, 8-0 (7).

    Confusingly Lubos Suda is holding the WBA international interim title
    in the same weight class and defended it twice while in the same
    period Melkomian defended his full title once as well. That's why it
    was about time that those two 190 lb Euro competitors met for this
    European version of a unification championship.

    `Pavel is in a very good constitution. He's fresh and relaxed', team
    member and physio therapist Mathias Böhme said. `In contrast to
    previous fights he's not that strained. We played Billard yesterday
    evening in Prague and Pavel was pretty well balanced.'

    `We expect strong opposition from Suda', coach Magomed Shaburow said.
    `But Pavel is more variable. He can throw punches with both hands and
    is the more mobile fighter. We're confident that we return home with
    a victory.'

    The fight at the Kongress Hall of Hotel Hilton in Prague will be the
    second defense of the WBA int. champion from Moscow. The Hamburg
    based Armenian won the intercontinental title on April 26, 2003, with
    a technical decision after round 5 in a brutal battle against
    Krzysztof Wlodarczyk from Poland and defended it on May 18, 2004,
    with an 8th round technical knockout against Gábor Halász from
    Hungary.

    24-year-old Pavel Melkomian is currently ranked WBC #5, WBA #11 and
    WBO #10.

    The official weigh-in for this event of OK-KO Promotion will be on
    Thursday, Dec. 2, 16:00 at the Hilton.
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