52-year former WBA cruiserweight king Firat Arslan (54-9-3) now has an opponent for his farewell fight on October 21 in Goeppingen (Germany) and it will be Bosnian Edin "Iron Puky" Puhalo (23-1, 22 KOs). At stake is the vacant WBA Gold title.
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IBO female lightweight champion Estelle Mossely (11-0-1) will meet WBA Interim titlist Maira Moneo (13-1) October 18 in Paris, reports L'Equipe. This will be Mossley's last professional fight before returning to the "amateurs" where she will concentrate on the Olympic Games in Paris 2024.
Mossely won a Gold Medal in the 2016 Olympics and then turned pro.
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Italian amateur star Giordana Sorrentino will make her pro debut on October 29 in Fiumicino (Italy). Sorrentino has won a number of titles in the amateurs and also represented her country in the 2021 Olympic Games in Tokyo fighting at flyweight.
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New York-based Swedish heavyweight Otto Wallin, who fights Murat Gassiev on Saturday in Turkey, is no longer advised by David Berlin. He is now managed by Fighter First Management where Jolene Mazzone is President.
Mazzone is with Wallin in Turkey and is optimistic even though Gassiev is a favorite with the betting sites and points out that Otto is a natural heavyweight while Gassiev isn't and that Murat always had problem with southpaws.
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Waymaker Management’s middleweight contender, Mark “The Bazooka” DeLuca (30-4, 18 KOs) has inked a promotional agreement with Don King Productions.
DeLuca has earned numerous regional titles including the WBA affiliated NABA championship. Two of DeLuca’s most notable fights were in enemy territory when he came up short against former world champion, Kell Brook (38-2, 26 KOs) in the United Kingdom and against world title challenger, Steven Butler (30-3-1, 24 KOs) in Canada.
Now the US Marine Veteran is ready for his next big opportunity, this time on American soil. DeLuca will challenge WBA #7 ranked Ian Green (17-2, 11 KOs) for the WBA Inter-Continental middleweight title. This fight will take place on Don King Productions’ “Only in America 92 Celebration” event on November 4th at Casino Miami Jai Alai in Miami, FL.
DeLuca said, “I would like to thank my manager and Don King for putting this deal together. I’m excited to be fighting on this big event on November 4th in Miami.”
The November 4th event is headlined by former four-division World Champion Adrian “The Problem” Broner (35-4-1, 24 KOs) vs. Chris Howard (18-2-1, 8 KOs).