Press Release: When exiting Ugandan lightweight crowd-pleaser Sam “Rocky” Rukundo (7-0, 3 KOs) enters the ring for one of the featured bouts on Risum Boxing’s show at Idraettens Hus in Vejle, Denmark on September 8, 2006, he will be facing the biggest challenge of his professional career. Rukundo is slated to fight former Belarussian light welterweight champion Valery Kharyanov (13-10, 6 KOs) over eight rounds, in what looks like another entertaining scrap for the 2004 Olympian. Rukundo went the full ten rounds in his last outing, beating Nigerian puncher Silence Saheed in London this past February, so he should be equipped to go eight rounds with Kharyanov.  Although he has lost his last four bouts, Kharyanov usually performs well even when losing, and will do what he can to snatch the victory if Rukundo performs below his normal standard. A genuine “youth vs. experience” match-up, and one that is hoped to bring the spectators real value-for-money entertainment. The ten losses on the record of Kharyanov have almost all come against top European-level opposition. In his last fight, the Belarussian lost on points to two-time European title-challenger Krysztof Bienias in Poland, and before that high-profile European names such as Willy Blain, Rafal Jackiewicz, Nigel Wright and 25-0 Swiss contender Riad Menasria have beaten Kharyanov. He also went the distance in a losing bid in Hungary last year against Laszlo Bognar, the man who once stopped Michael Gomez.  Also on the bill in Vejle will be Kim “Golden Boy” Poulsen and undefeated trio Fawaz Nasir (9-0, 5 KOs), Kim Jenssen (7-0, 5 KOs) and Emiliano Casal (6-0-1, 2 KOs). Tickets for the show can be purchased through www.risumboxing.dk