Author: ARENA BOX PROMOTIONS
Photo: ARENA BOX PROMOTION
Date: 7/3/2009
On July 11th ARENA will bring boxing back to
Turkey. Two of
the world’s best welterweights will meet at the Besiktas Cola Turka Arena in
Istanbul when
Turkey’s
“Mini-Tyson” Selcuk Aydin defends his WBC international championship against
former European champion “Sugar” Jackson Osei Bonsu from
Belgium. The
winner of this highly anticipated bout between WBC #2 (Aydin) and #3 (Bonsu)
will not only become the new EBU welterweight champion but will also be very
close to a title shot against unbeaten WBC king Andre Berto.
Selcuk Aydin has been a Turkish amateur
standout winning 15 (!) national champion titles and the European junior
championships as well. Not only did Aydin win about 360 of his 380 amateur
fights; he also proved his enormous punching power by scoring 300 (!) stoppages.
Since turning pro in November 2006 25-year-old Aydin has made himself a name as
“Mini-Tyson” scoring 14 ko-victories in a perfect record of 18 fights and 18
wins. In April 2008 the powerhouse from
Trabzon (at the Black
Sea) captured the WBC international championship by outclassing
former titlist Lucky Lewele over 12 one-sided rounds. Aydin has defended his
title three times since. In his last outing “Mini-Tyson” impressed the
US public by
outworking strong and experienced Said Ouali in April 2009 in
Primm, Nevada
to take home a well-earned split decision victory.
“Sugar” Jackson Osei Bonsu is coming from an equally
impressive mid-decision win over former world champion Carlos Manuel Baldomir in
December 2008 in Antwerpen,
Belgium. The 28-year-old
native Ghanaian who lives and fights out of
Belgium had won
the EBU European championship in February 2007 by stopping Nordine Mouchi in the
8th. After four successful defences Bonsu lost the title by debatable unanimous
decision in September 2008 in
Poland to Rafal
Jackiewicz. Now that Jackiewicz has relinquished the belt “Sugar”
Jackson is looking to take back what
he feels should have never taken away from him anyways.
“Being Selcuk’s promoter Aydin vs. Bonsu is one of the most
dangerous fights I could have made – as a boxing fan I cannot wait to see it”,
states promoter Ahmet Öner. “For both men this is the big chance to get a world
title shot.
The winner will go all the way to the top.
The loser has to start over and work his way up again. Both men are very
powerful and aggressive. I am proud to bring such a great fight to
Istanbul and I am sure that people
will talk about this fight for a long time”.
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