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On Saturday October 14, curtains
will fall on an extraordinary
career when World Boxing
Federation (WBF) International
Heavyweight Champion Werner
Kreiskott, 24-19-2 (17), enters
the ring for the very last time,
win or lose, in a defense of his
title at the Unihalle in
Wuppertal, Germany.
If victorious, against an
opponent still to be confirmed,
local hero Kreiskott (38) will
secure his twenty-fifth triumph
since turning professional in
2006. But the extraordinary part
is that in his first six years
he campaigned as a journeyman,
and complied a 12-19-1 record,
fighting the likes of Willi
Fischer, Michael Sprott and
Ruslan Chagaev.
However an unexpected victory
over Mike Tyson-conqueror Danny
Williams in December of 2012
turned everything around for him
and he developed into a
championship calibre fighter. In
fact, he has not lost a fight
since going seven tough rounds
with former WBA World Champion
Chagaev over five years ago.
His record since Chagaev is
12-0-1 (8). In December of 2014
he won the IBF East/West Europe
title, and in June of 2016 he
added the World Boxing
Federation (WBF) International
crown with a sixth round
stoppage of Bosnian Drazan
Janjanin.
He retained the WBF title last
February by beating
hard-punching Epifanio Mendoza
from Colombia, and now the time
has come to leave the sport on a
high note, on his own terms,
before focusing on other things
in life, such as promoting other
local boxers.
Also on the card, undefeated
Sherif Morina, 5-0 (3), will
attempt to win his first
professional championship when
he squares off with experienced
former Tanzanian Champion Saidi
Mundi, 20-4-1 (12), for the
vacant WBF International
Welterweight title.
27-year-old Morina, from nearby
Dinslaken, has only been a pro
for little over a year, while
Mundi (28), a winner in six of
his last seven outings, has
boxed in the paid ranks more
than six years and enters his
fourth championship bout. He is
clearly the Kosovo-born man’s
stiffest test to date.
“The
End – The Last Fight Of A Local
Hero”, on October 14 at
Unihalle in Wuppertal, will be
promoted by Werner Kreiskott and
his Fight Club Wuppertal.
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