At ARENA's "heavy night" in Cuxhaven (Germany) Konstantin Airich, Ondrej Pala, Wladimir Virchis and Yakup Saglam scored convincing victories. "Sandman" Airich beat ring veteran Cisse Salif by unanimous decision after eight rounds. The German (now 13-2-1) was the more active man in the ring connecting with some heavy hands without impressing tough Salif too much. Scores were 79-73, 79-75 and 78-74.

"Konstantin showed a very good performance", said promoter Ahmet Öner. "We know that Cisse is not easy to handle. There are not many good heavyweight prospects in Germany. I am very happy to have the two best in Konstantin and Steffen (Kretschmann) in my team."

Stated Airich: "I thank Ahmet for giving me this new chance. I wanted to show the fans in Cuxhaven what I am capable of. Cisse is very hard to knock out; I am happy with the way I fought tonight."

At his last appearance in Cuxhaven Airich had lost to Czech rising star Ondrej Pala. Pala returned to the North Sea on Saturday night as well scoring another impressive victory by outscoring former Ukrainian amateur standout Alex Mazikin 77-75, 80-69, 80-72. It was Pala's 25th win in 27 pro-fights while Mazikin dropped to 13-3-1.

"Ondrej Pala is one of the best European heavies out there", said Öner. "He is only 25 years old. Of course, he still has to learn a lot and I am sure that he can and will improve but he is already on a very good way and competing on a very high level."

Former European champion Wladimir Virchis gave his comeback more than one year after losing the WBC Final Elimination bout to Juan Carlos Gomez. Virchis dominated Edgar Kalnars from Latvia scoring a well-deserved 59-55, 59-55, 59-56 victory after six rounds.

"I had hoped for a knockout but sometimes it just doesn't happen", said Virchis. "Of course, I felt that I had been out of the ring for more than a year and I was a little rusty. But I am happy that I am back and that I won the fight. I thank Ahmet Öner for giving me the chance to start a new life with ARENA."

Unbeaten Turkish heavyweight star Yakup Saglam scored his 22nd win in as many pro-fights stopping Ladislav Kovarik from the Czech Republic in five.

Super middleweight prospect Christian Pawlak scored a unanimous decision win over Czech Michal Bilak.

Lightweight Magomed Yangubaev stopped Valentins Morozovs from Latvia in the first. European welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin, world class middleweight contenders Mahir Oral and Khoren Gevor and world flyweight championess Susi Kentikian attended the show ringside.

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Selcuk Aydin destroys Luis Hernandez in 2:32 minutes!

Graciano Rocchigiani's first show as trainer for ARENA Box-Promotion was a complete success. "Mini-Tyson" Selcuk Aydin and "Dancing Destroyer" Herbie Hide scored wins in front of a sold-out crowd in Cuxhaven (Germany) Friday night.

WBC international welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin defended his title by an impressive first round annihilation of experienced contender Luis Hernandez from Ecuador. Hernandez who prepared for the fight at Miguel Cotto's training camp in Puerto Rico began strong while Aydin waited for his chance. When he saw an opening ARENA's "Mini-Tyson" chopped down "Morochito" Hernandez with some vicious hooks. Referee Guido Cavalleri stopped the fight after the second knockdown. Time was 2:32 minutes.

"This was a very dominant performance by Selcuk", stated promoter Ahmet Öner. "He showed that he is a real powerpuncher and ready for the next step. I think he will be ready to challenge WBC champion Andre Berto very soon."
"I am very proud to hold the WBC international champion title", added Aydin. "And I would simply love to ‘upgrade' it to the world famous Big Green Belt and follow the tradition of great WBC champions. Also, I want to thank my promoter Ahmet Öner for putting me into the hands of Graciano Rocchigiani. He has been a great champion and he is a perfect coach for me."

Herbie Hide outclasses Sandro Siproshvili

Former two-time world heavyweight champion Herbie Hide scored a one-sided unanimous decision win over Sandro Siproshvili from Georgia. "The Dancing Destroyer" is scheduled to fight Matt Godfrey in a WBC Final Elimination bout next. The fight will most probably take place in May in Saarbrücken (Germany).
"I did what I had to do", said Hide. "Rocky told me to stay focused and fight with discipline. It was also good to fight some rounds before the Eliminator comes up. I am ready for Godfrey. He won't stop me - I will be champion of the world again!"

"I am very happy with the performance of the boys", said coach Rocchigiani. "I think Herbie hasn't been hit once and Selcuk just showed great determination, power and timing. I am sure that both of them will be world champions soon."

More results from Cuxhaven:
Heavyweight, 10 rounds: Ondrej Pala beats Konstantin Airich by majority decision (99:92, 96:94, 95:95)
Cruiserweight, 6 rounds: Ivica Bacurin beats Tino Groß by unanimous decision (58:56, 58:56, 58:57)
Super Middleweight, 8 rounds: Christian Pawlak beats Andrey Tylilyuk by t.k.o. in the 6th (0:47)
Super Middleweight, 6 rounds: Hamid Rahimi beats Thomas Hengstberger by unanimous decision
Super Welterweight, 4 rounds: Artur Kalataryan beats Alexander Lykov by t.k.o. in the 3rd (2:54)

The heavyweight clash between rising German star Steffen Kretschmann and Russia's Denis Bakhtov had to be postponed due to an inner ear injury Kretschmann suffered in the last days of sparring.

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