Press Release: Up-and-coming heavyweight Rene Dettweiler has been moved up to the main event this weekend in Germany after an arm injury to Marco Huck led to the postponement of his bout Pietro Aurino in Muelheim/Ruhr on Saturday. Cruiserweight Huck, unbeaten in 16 fights, will now take on Aurino on December 16. With Huck on the sidelines, Dettweiler will try to rise to the
occasion and get the better of Great Britain´s Michael Sprott when they battle it out for a regional heavyweight title. The 23-year-old youngster prides himself on a perfect record of 18 wins in as many fights with 9 KOs. He is coached by Frankfurt/Oder-based Manfred Wolke, whom he joined in 2002. "Rene boasts the experience of seven years as an amateur," said Wolke. "That
means he is fundamentally extremely sound. Sauerland sports director Hagen Doering is full of praise for Dettweiler. "He is young and has a promising future ahead," stated Doering. "We want him to keep developing. This year he already fought successfully in front of 10,000 spectators in Italy." However, Sprott should be no push-over. It was just last year that he edged Cengiz Koc before falling to Paolo Vidoz in a European heavyweight title fight. Sprott lost to Ruslan Chagaev in his last fight.