Press Release: Sebastian Sylvester (24-2, 11 KOs) will defend his regional middleweight Title against Alessio Furlan (18-7, 8 KOs) on March 3, 2007 after Sylvester's rematch with European champion Amin Asikainen fell through due to Asikainen's back injury. "I would have loved to win back the title from Asikainen," Sylvester said. "But now I have to put aside Furlan. On my way up to the top it does not matter who I beat." Asikainen won the European championship belt from Sylvester last June when he scored an eighth-round stoppage. "I still have revenge on my mind," said Sylvester. "I want to erase that memory. But the rematch has to wait. I´ll shift my full attention to Furlan now." On the same fight card, Robert Stieglitz will clash with Alejandro Berrio for the vacant IBF super middleweight title. German heavyweight Timo Hoffmann and Russian hopeful Alexander Povetkin (vs. David Bostice) will also be in action.