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Marco Martini is the main
attraction, when local
heavyweight-hero turned promoter
Werner Kreiskott and his Fight
Club Wuppertal presents “Night
Of The Lions”, on Saturday April
7 at the already sold-out
Unihalle in Wuppertal, Germany.
In the evenings headliner,
25-year-old Martini, 14-3 (6),
will square off with undefeated
Yaser Yueksel, 5-0 (3), born in
Turkey but fighting out of
Cologne, for the vacant World
Boxing Federation International
Super Welterweight title.
Martini turned professional in
2014, and have not exactly had a
smooth path. While he won his
first seven bouts, he went
through a period in 2016 where
he lost three of four fights,
and many ambitious boxers might
have decided to make a career of
something else.
But he never gave up, and has
since won six straight to line
up the big night against
Yueksel, in front of his many
home-town fans. He is bound to
feel some pressure to perform
impressively, and Yueksel has
unquestionably come to spoil the
party.
Also 25 years old, Yueksel is
trained, and heavily backed, by
former Cruiserweight contender
Ruediger May, so he has plenty
of invaluable experience in his
corner. It remains to be seen if
it will make a difference
against Martini.
Also on the card will be WBF
Womens Intercontinental
Strawweight Champion Oezlem
Sahin, 23-1-1 (7), in a
non-title fight against an
opponent yet to be announced.
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