German heavyweight results

05/11/2006

German heavyweight results

Timo Hoffman W12 Cengiz Koc... Timo Hoffmann put his career back on track with a victory over Cengiz Koc. The German Oak controlled the heavyweight encounter and constantly pelted Koc with barrages of punches in Germany on Saturday. Official scores favored Hoffman, 96-93, 98-91, 97-94. "I am relieved," Hoffmann enthused afterwards. "I proved all my doubters wrong. I love the sport of boxing and showed everyone that there is still a lot of fighting left in me." A string of disappointing results had left both Sauerland fighters in desperate need of a win. In the seventh round, a Koc right wobbled Hoffmann before a spirited exchange developed. Hoffmann soon regained control and cruised to victory. "A big newspaper titled 'retirement or world title fight' before the bout," Hoffmann vowed. "Now that I´ve won I am ready for the title fight."meanwhile, Koc was left second-guessing his career options afterwards. He called it quits at ringside but soon pedalled back: "I will speak to my coach, look at the options and then make a decision," he said. source: Sauerland Event

Michael Sprott W12 Rene Dettweiler...  In the other main fight on the German show, Michael Sprott moved on to score a split decision victory over Rene Dettweiler. "Experience was key tonight," the ring veteran revealed. "He has never been through 12 rounds before." Dettweiler, in his first-ever title fight, started out well but "lacked power towards the end". He said: "I think I did quite well but I ran out of gas at the end." Sprott used strong combinations to body and head to stamp his authority on the bout.  The scores were 116-112, 114-112 and 111-115 in favour of Sprott. source: Sauerland Event

Oleg Platov W12 Henry Akinwande... Former heavyweight title holder Henry Akinwande hurt his chances of ever returning to prominence by dropping a split decision to  Oleg Platov. Two official scores favored Platov 116-112 and 116-111, overruling one vote for Akinwande, 116-111. source: boxen.com
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