Former WBC female super welterweight champ Mikaela Lauren made a comeback of sorts last night in Gothenburg (Sweden) and outscored Paty Ramirez. This was depending on how one counts the second comeback fight by the 43-year old Lauren. There are a couple of big fights out there and one of them might be against the holder of the WBC interim title Patricia Berghult in what would be an all-Swedish sh...

Mikaela Laurén is getting ready for a new comeback. On December 11, she enters the ring to take on tough Mexican Paty Ramirez at a gala in Gothenburg. And it is clear what attracts the 43-year-old to yet another dance in a boxing ring where she has been so many times before. "- I don't think there are many like me. I feel like Wonderwoman! Nothing is impossible for me!"...

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It didn’t go Ali Funeka’s way in Frankfurt, Germany at the ”Fraport Arena” Saturday night. The 24-year old Abass Baraou from Germany proved to be too strong, too fast and too ambitious. The lanky veteran from South Africa just couldn’t handle the speed of Baraou and got behind on points from the very start. The German just ”poured it on” from there with hard precise punches, clearly ...

Wally Munteanu-managed South African Ali Funeka and Abass Baraou, Germany, stepped on the scales today (Friday) for tomorrow night’s 10-round-clash in Frankfurt, Germany. An international contest between an up-and-coming prospect (Baraou) and a skilled veteran (Funeka). Youth vs experience. Both boxers successfully made the weight-limit, Funeka came in looking sharp at 68,2 kilos while his oppon...

He is 41 years old, comes from South Africa and goes by the nickname ”Rush Hour” the newest member of ”Team Wally”. The veteran boxer (super welterweight) named Ali Funeka recently signed a managing-contract with Sweden-based, Wally Munteanu and will make his debut for him on the Sauerland promotion card at ”Fraport Arena” in Frankfurt, Germany May 4th, which is headlined by the very i...

Attila Levin came back with a bang, at the age of 42, outpointing strong, durable and very much younger (28) Marios Kollias of Greece at ”The Clarion Post Hotel” in Gothenburg, Sweden this passed Friday (April 19th). The bout went the full distance (four rounds) and Kollias produced a very tough challenge, having the Swede in some sort of trouble in round three, just pouring it on, with Levin ...

It’s fightweek for veteran heavyweight boxer Attila Levin who makes a spectacular comeback at ”Clarion Post Hotel” in Gothenburg, this upcoming Friday April 19th on Bulldog Promotions super event ”Bulldog Media Fight Night 2.0”, a show which will feature a number of combat sports, including MMA, thaiboxing, amateur and proboxing, mentioned Levin (42) who will compete in the latter, last...

At around five a clock in the morning Sunday, (Swedish time) the IBF super Welterweight title fight between Mikaela Laurén and Canadian World champion Marie Eve Dicaire at ”The Montreal Casino”, in Montreal, Canada was over and done with. A beaten but proud Mikaela Laurén stood in her corner hugging her trainers Wally Munteanu, Benja Kalinovic and Val Echegaray, while in the opposite corn...

Mikaela Laurén and Marie Eve Dicaire both made weight when they tipped the scales at the weigh-in yesterday at ”the Montreal Casino” (where the fight also takes place tonight). Both girls looked extremely fit, confident and ready. The champion made a special sort of ”Usain Bolt-like victory gesture after topping the scales, while Mikaela traditionellt flexed her biceps for the crowd. A nic...

The final press conference for Saturday night’s IBF-Title fight (super Welterweight) at the ”Montreal Casino” in Montreal, Quebec, Canada took place yesterday. Swedish challenger Mikaela Laurén brought her two most prestigious belts (The WBC and IBO) to the meeting and explained confidently to the crowd that she has vacated both of these titles and never really lost them in the ring. One o...

Like ”out of the blue” an oppurtunity showed up that retired former WBC- superwelterweight champion, Mikaela Laurén (trained by Wally Munteanu) couldn’t say no to, when undefeated Canadian IBF World champion Marie Eve Dicaire offered her a shot at the title, with only two weeks notice to get in fighting shape, super-tough circumstances, but Laurén accepted the deal and is now in Canada wi...

Oliver Flodin (4-0) and Abdul Khattab (15-2-1, 4 KOs) are set for a Scandinavian showdown on January 19 at the Struer Energi Park in Denmark. Khattab, from Copenhagen, returns to the ring for the first time following his draw with Ronny Mittag on October 27, 2017 at the Sport and Congress Centre in Schwerin, and the 25 year-old is eager to prove he still has more to give in the professional...

Oliver Flodin (now 4-0) met at Stadionsporthalle in Hanover, Germany Nikoloz Gvajava (10-12-2 / 7 KO) at the Sauerland event on Saturday night and the Swedish did a very solid and strong job there. The "dangerous" considered Gvajava was unable to recognize from his famous fight against Daniel Hartvig in Stockholm two years ago, but had momentary success with individual strokes and a series, but ov...

Swedish middleweight Oliver Flodin (3-0) returns for his fourth professional contest against Nikoloz Gvajava (10-11-2, 7 KOs) on June 2 at the Swiss Life Hall in Hannover, Germany. Flodin, the 22 year-old from Jonkoping, is back in action following a unanimous points win over Aliaksandr Dzemka on April 21 at the Gardehov in Sundsvall. 'Wiseguy', competing for the first time over six rounds, can ex...

Experience prevailed in Sweden as Mikaela Lauren (30-5, 13 KOs) won the vacant IBO Super Welterweight championship with a close ten round majority decision over Germany’s Verena Kaiser (10-1, 5 KOs). The 42-year old Lauren came out firing, taking control early. Lauren struck with her greater range. Kaiser, sending urgency to stay in the match, found her heavy right hand effective in the fourth a...

Oliver Flodin (2-0) will face Daniel Pilc (3-2-1, 1 KO) in a six-round middleweight contest on April 21 in Sundsvall on the undercard of the European Union heavyweight showdown between Swedish rivals Otto Wallin and Adrian Granat. Flodin, a standout amateur and Team Sauerland’s latest Swedish signing, has secured two victories since joining the professional ranks last year. The fighter from Jo...

Mikaela Laurén (29-5, 13 KOs) will face Verena Kaiser (10-0, 5 KOs) for the IBO Female World Super Welterweight title on April 21 in Sundsvall, Sweden. ‘The Nordic Queen’ returns to action following her sixth-round TKO loss to unified welterweight champion Cecilia Brækhus, and is straight back into World title contention against the undefeated 24 year-old Kaiser. “I’m really excited ab...

Swedish middleweight Oliver Flodin was handed a "raw deal" when picking up his second pro win in Schwerin, Germany Friday Night (October 27th), as his bout turned out to be a so called "Swing Bout". The skilled 21 year old from Vaggeryd, Sweden, was supposed to have boxed the first bout on the undercard of The World Boxing Super Series quarterfinal between, Juergen Braehmer and Rob Brant, but his ...

Swedish middleweight Oliver Flodin (Team Sauerland), who joins fellow Scandinavians, Micki Nielsen, Dina Thorslund, Abdul Khattab, and Kem Ljungqvist (debut), on the undercard of the star studded World Boxing Super Series Quarterfinal between, Juergen Braehmer and Rob Brant at the "Sport and Congress Center" in Schwerin, Germany tonight (Friday October 27th), tipped the scales for his fight agains...

Swedish middleweight Oliver Flodin (1-0) will face Pavel Hryshkavets (3-2, 2 KOs) in his second professional test on October 27 in Schwerin, Germany. Swedish middleweight Oliver Flodin (1-0) will face Pavel Hryshkavets (3-2, 2 KOs) in his second professional test on October 27 in Schwerin, Germany. The 21 year-old started his paid career in style with a unanimous points victory over Hungary’s Ri...

Mikaela Laurén made a promising start against pound for pound "superstar" Cecilia Braekhus in Stokke, Norway Saturday night, but it wasn´t enough. Laurén attacked furiously from the opening bell, displaying a superb jab that caught the champion several times in the first round, and her follow up right wasn´t bad either. It jerked Cecilia´s head back repeatedly. She might even have "stolen" th...

The weigh-In for Saturday night´s big female showdown in Stokke, Norway, the world welterweight title fight (WBC, WBA, IBF, WBO and IBO) was completed Friday afternoon with both girls successfully making the weight. Mikaela Laurén tipped the scales at 66,1 kilos while the champion came in slightly lighter at 65,8 kilos. Cecilia Braekhus was also presented with a very exclusive championship-ring ...

It´s of course in the middle of "Fightweek" up in Norway at the moment, Mikaela Laurén and Cecilia Braekhus both warmed up with an easy public workout in front of a crowded shopping mall in Tönsberg, Norway, Wednesday afternoon, not far from where their anticipated mega-fight will take place on Saturday night (Oslofjord Convention Center, Stokke, Norway ). Mikaela took also, naturally, the time...

Team Sauerland newcomer and Wally Munteanu protégé, Oliver Flodin (1-0), middleweight, from Vaggeryd, Sweden, made a brilliant professional debut at "Solnahallen" in Stockholm, Sweden on the undercard of the Anthony Yigit vs Sandor Martin European title fight on September 30th when he outpointed Hungarian Richard Hegyi over four rounds. The former Sweden International and multiple Swedish champi...

Last week Wally Munteanu´s training headquarters "Träningskompaniet" in Kungsbacka, Sweden almost transformed into a "Maywether Boxing Gym-like / Vegas-looking scene", crawling with talented fighters sparring each other. Soon to be professional, Swedish amateur stand out, Oliver Flodin, a talented middleweight managed by Munteanu, was there, sparring with professional Romanian Marius Dumitru (2...

Swedish amateur star Oliver Flodin has signed a long-term promotional contact with Team Sauerland and will make his professional debut on September 30 on the undercard of the European Super Lightweight Championship contest between Anthony Yigit and Sandor Martin at the Solnahallen in Stockholm. The 21 year-old from Vaggeryd was introduced to combat sports at a young age. Encouraged by his fath...

WBC super welterweight champion emeritus, and European number #1Mikaela Laurén has been working out intensly at " The Bosön Sports and athletic Center" for a couple of days (Friday-Sunday) and enjoyed some good quality sparring says trainer Wally Munteanu. The team behind Laurén, Munteanu, Fernström actually brought over professional, Hanna Rankin (1-0), from Britain and in addition to that ...

This weekend, after five consecutive losses, Romanian cruiserweight, Giulian Ilie wisely enough decided to call it a day and hang up his gloves for good - and this after 30 years in the sport and ten of those years with trainer, Wally Munteanu by his side. The now 40-year old former junior and senior Romanian amateur champion based in Italy, who in recent years fought numerous times professional...

It was a spectacular night of boxing at Harry's night club (Sliver) in Jönköping, Sweden, Saturday night (10/6). It was stacked with actionpacked boxing and the crowd got their money's worth. The show started with three quality amateur fights, which was not bad at all, it featured local stars, Oliver Flodin, Erik Berglund and Paolo Magui, they all delivered good showings and proved to be excelle...

There has been a very interesting press conference regarding the upcoming PRO/AM-show at Harry's Night Club (Sliver) in. Jönköping, Sweden today, where most of the main boxers, Pro and amateur, got the chance to speak up in front of the local press, (it is an excellent card, with top-Class amateurs, such as Oliver Flodin, Paolo Magui and Erik Berglund supporting the professional ones (Hartvig,...

The countdown has begun - we are closing in on "Fightweek" (just a few days short now) for the upcoming professional boxing-card in Jönköping Sweden on June 10th, "Fight Club" at Harry´s Night Club, where the colorful welterweight, Daniel Hartvig (9-0-1, 5 KO:s) is one, out of two, main event fighters, (the other of course, local Sander Lauritsen). Word out of the Hartvig Camp is that Daniel ha...

The professional Boxing Card in Jönköping at Harry's Night Club on June 10 is now almost set, permit for six three minute rounds for the main events featuring, Daniel "Thunder" Hartvig (welterweight) and hometown favourite, Sander Lauritsen (super middle) has been granted by the Swedish Martial Arts Delegation. The show kicks off with Patricia Berghult taking on Aleksandra Vujovic from Serbia, f...

Trainer, promoter, and manager, Wally Munteanu announced today the news that colourful Gothenburg welter / junior middleweight, Daniel Hartvig, (9-0-1, 5 KO:s), a rugged brawler in pretty much the same fashion as Swedish legend, Bo Högberg, has a new sponsor in fightgear-brand "Bad Boy", the very same brand that has been with MMA-star, Alexander Gustafsson for a long period. Daniel Hartvig is in ...

Jönköping is gearing up for their first professionell Boxing card since the sixties, and it all takes place at Harry's Night Club in the heart of Jönköping. A stacked card has been put together with Gothenburg brawler and over all tough guy, Daniel Hartvig (Welterweight) and local favourite, Sander Lauritsen topping the bill, with great supporting bouts starring Patricia Berghult (Super Lighth...

Although the opposition wasn't what Mikaela Lauren had hoped for, she still delivered a solid performance against late substitute, Kita Watkins from the US on Team Sauerland's "Nordic Fight Night" in Sundsvall, Sweden Saturday night (22/4). Mikaela Lauren controlled the fight from start to finish, she won every round (all six) and seemed to have "done her homework" to perfection. The 41 year old f...

Welterweight tough guy, Daniel Hartvig of Gothenburg, is off the show in Sundsvall on april 22. "We probably will have a spot on the next to be announced Sauerland card in either Nyköping or Stockholm (we don't know for sure yet) against undefeated Brit Darren Surtees 6-0, 4 KO:s, and therefore we weren't willing to take the obvious risk of getting cut up or injured in Sundsvall and miss out o...

Undefeated welterweight prospect, Daniel "Thunder" Hartvig (9-0-1, 5 KO:s) got some quality sparring with Swedish and Scandinavian amateur champion, Oliver Flodin from Jönköping over at "Träningskompaniet" in Kungsbacka yesterday. The super talented national team boxer, captured gold at the Scandinavian Championships last year (2016) and represented Sweden this year as well. Oliver is very Youn...

For the first time since the ban of professional boxing was lifted in Sweden 2007, the city of Jönköping, Sweden, will have its first professional boxing event. The man behind this is boxing enthusiast, Tomas Magui Chanko from Jönköping, a significant boxing figure in the local amateur Boxing Club. He will get great back-up by trainer, manager, coach and former promoter, Wally Munteanu. Th...

Pressrelease Sauerland Promotion: Mikaela Laurén’s (28-4, 13 KOs) World title opponent Ewa Piatkowska (10-1, 4 KOs) has been ruled out of their scheduled contest on April 22 in Sundsvall with a back injury. Laurén was due to challenge Piatkowska for the WBC Female World Super Welterweight Championship at the Sporthallen, with the Stockholm fighter eager to regain the title she was forced to ...

Coach Wally Munteanu is currently working closely with Mikaela Laurén in Stockholm ahead of their upcoming world title fight in Sundsvall, Sweden on April 22. Mikaela is (as always) training very hard, and has been sparring undefeated (12-0, 2 KO:s) Polish lightweight prospect Ewa Brodnicka, one of few girls in the professional ranks who has actually beaten Ewa Piatkowska. ...

Welterweight prospect, Daniel "Thunder" Hartvig, picked up his 9th professional victory at "Baltiska Hallen" in Malmö on the 18th of March when he outpointed 21 year old Hungarian prospect, Pal Olah (now 7-6-1, 5 KO:s). The Gothenburg puncher moved to 9-0-1, 5 KO:s. and is eying a bright future, in this "second" part of his career! Sundsvall next for him! ...

On April 22nd on the big, big, Sauerland-card at "Sporthallen" way up north in Sundsvall Sweden, we will indeed get the chance again to see the colorful former champion Mikaela Laurén aiming to reclaim her old WBC super welterveight title when she challenges the reigning WBC- champion Ewa Piatkowska from Poland for her belt. It will be the Swedes 33rd Contest (28-4-0, 13 KO:s). Don't miss it! ...

Mikaela Laurén (27-4, 12 KOs) is working with Frida Wallberg’s former coach Wally Munteanu ahead of her ring return against Szilvia Szabados (14-7, 5 KOs) on Friday, December 9 at the Rosvalla Arena in Nyköping. The Stockholm fighter has added Munteanu to her training team as she looks to bounce back from her defeat to Klara Svensson. He will be working alongside Laurén’s long-time collabo...