Erdei to defend title against Santiago

28/12/2006

Erdei to defend title against Santiago

According to German promoter Universum's website, unbeaten WBO light heavyweight champion Zsolt Erdei (25-0 with 15 KOs) will defend his title against Danny Santiago on January 27, 2007. The little-known Santiago is 29-2-1 with wins over Marlon Hayes and Elvir Muriqi in the last two years. The show will be held in Dusseldorf, Germany. In the co-feature will be a fight for the WIBF championship at light flyweight, matching Julia Sahin from Cologne, Germany against the reigning champion Anastasia Toktaulova of Russia. The unbeaten Sahin (16-0) will challenge Toktaulova (10-7), who won the vacant  title in October 2005 against the Hungarian Viktoria Milo but wasn’t able to defend this title ever since. Also on the show against opponents to be named will be super middleweight Karoly Balzsay (14-0) and heavyweight Denis Boytsov (16-0).