Oral And Hide Victorious In Cuxhaven

Mahir Oral scored an eighth round tko win over Alexander Sipos to claim the vacant WBC Mediterranean middleweight title in Cuxhaven, Germany on Tuesday(Nov 18) night

Sipos started strong but Oral (WBC #7, WBA #9, WBO #12, IBF #14) took control in the later rounds, forcing a tko win in the eighth round.

“Mahir showed a great performance”, stated three-times WBC super middleweight champion Markus Beyer who attended the show as special ringside guest. “He is very talented, was extremely focused and did an excellent job against a very tough opponent.”

Former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide had a hard time against Polish journeyman Lukasz Rusiewicz, before scoring a unanimous six-round decision win.

“I took this fight on very short notice because the main event had been cancelled due to an injury”, explained Hide after the fight. “Ahmet (Öner) asked me whether I could jump in to fill the gap and I did it because I am very grateful for what he did to bring me back to the top. Two years ago before I signed with arena I was down and out. Now I am at a top position again. I will fight in a Final Eliminator for the World cruiserweight championship. The “Dancing Destroyer” is back on track. I will be world champion again!”

German heavyweight prospect Steffen Kretschmann,13-0-(12), showed the best performance of his pro career so far stopping Marcel Zeller,21-3- (20), inside two rounds. After two knockdowns in the first round and some very hard blows in the second referee Ernst Salzgeber stopped the fight 44 seconds into the round.

“That was a great and important win”, said Kretschmann. “Now I want to go on to become European champion. I hope that I will get a chance to fight for that title soon.”

In another all German heavyweight clash Konstantin Airich took a close unanimous decision win after eight rounds against veteran Alexander Jakob. Airich knocked down Jakob, in the second. But Jakob fought back and gave the “Sandman” a very hard time in the later rounds.

Other results:

Middleweight – Mustafa Karagol decision win over Ivan Maslov after 4 rounds

Cruiserweight – Ivica Bacurin draw against Remigijus Ziausys after 6 rounds