(MAY 5) Bremen, Germany: WIBF and WBC
female feather champ Ina Menzer beat US challenger Franchesca Alcanter
over ten one-sided rounds in the headliner of Universumīs show at Hall
7. All judges had it 100-90 and Alcanter landed as far as I could tell
only with two scoring punches in the whole fight. At the same time she
was strong and very fit and Menzer was careful, overly careful perhaps
about getting involved and this made for a not very exciting fight.
WBA bantam king Anselmo Moreno retained the title after twelve fast
paced, hard fought rounds against Ukrainian Wladimir Sidorenko with a
split decision. It was scored 115-113 on all cards with two for Moreno -
American judge Glenn Feldman's scoring was wrongly announced as 115-112.
To this reporter the slick Panamanian southpaw was a clear winner even
though Sidorenko made some rounds very close with his all-out
aggression. Trainer Michael Timm worked almost as hard as his fighter
but Wladimir just couldn't trap Moreno and get to work - he had his
moments but it wasn't enough.
Moreno could be defending the title in July in France against Frenchman
Mayhar Monshipour who was on hand to negotiate the fight.
Cruiser Aleksander Alekseev outscored Max Alexander over ten on scores
of 98-92 twice and 97-93.
correction: the Domenico Spada vs. Sebastin Zbik fight for the WBC
interim middleweight title goes ahead July 11 at the Nuerburgring Arena
along with Felix Sturm and not as I wrongly had it.
Source: This material is provided by Boxing Press, and Per is the
BP European Feature Writer.
