On July 4th Sinan Samil Sam wants to recapture "his" European heayvweight championship title. Six years ago the "Bull from Bosporus" could win the belt by beating Poland's Przemyslaw Saleta by tko in the 7th. Two years later Sinan felt that the belt was stolen from him in a very controversial decision loss against Luan Krasniqi.

Now Sinan is back at the top of the European ranking but the title fight in front of his home crowd at Büyük Anadolu Hotel in Ankara will be no walk it the park. Originally Sinan was scheduled to face Matt Skelton but the former British and Commenwealth Champion had to pull out due to a virus infection. As Univerum's Sascha Dimitrenko didn't want to fight Sinan "Titanium Jaw" Paolo Vidoz from Italy gets his chance to win the title.

"It is a fight for one of the most important titles in the world", states ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner. "So you can't chose your opponent. It will be a very close fight. Both fighters are very experienced and they also both know that this is their last chance to get back to the top of the word."

Former WBO heavyweight champion Herbie Hide will be back in action as well. "The Dancing Destroyer" will defend his WBC international cruiserweight championship against "Albanian Tyson" Nuri Seferi.

As special attraction World amateur champion Erislandy Lara will give his pro-debut in Ankara. The 25-year-old Cuban defected one year ago but was arrested an sent back to Havanna. Now that he finally arrived in Germany he wants to make his way to the top as fast as possible.

There will be eight fights on the card in total including rising middleweight star Mahir "Lion" Oral, unbeaten heavyweight prospect Yakup Saglam and Olympic silver medallist Atagün Yalcinkaya. German sports network DSF will broadcast the show LIVE in Germany.

Yan Barthelemy main event on June 27th at War Memorial Auditorium in Miami

It should have been the first big night of all three Cuban Olympic gold medallists Odlanier Solis, Yuriorkis Gamboa and Yan Barthelemy in the USA. Because two of them won't make it - Solis was denied visa and Gamboa's fight against WBA #2 rated Jose Rojas has been postponed - the third one has the chance to shine even brighter.

For the first time Yan Barthelemy will be the featured main event fighter at ESPN's Friday Night Fights. His opponent hasn't been named yet but Barthelemy couldn't care less.

"This is a great honour for me and my big chance as well" states Yan. "So far I got good critiques for my style and my technique but Solis and Gamboa are in the main focus of the public. Now I want to step out of their shadows and show the world that I am an exciting fighter as well."

There will be 7 action-packed fights in total. The show starts at 7pm (local time) and will be broadcasted LIVE by ESPN2.

Olympic gold medallist Odlanier Solis and former world heavyweight champion Francois Botha were meant to meet in the ring on May 30th in Bilbao, Spain but the fight has been moved to June 27th when ARENA presents its next show in Miami. But there will be high class heavyweight boxing in Spain nonetheless when "Sandman" Konstantin Airich faces "Brixton Bomber" Danny Williams.

Both men are known for their extremely hard punch. Airich stopped 8 of the 10 opponents he faced so far (1 draw), Williams could knocked out 30 guys in 45 fights (6 losses). The most impressive k.o.-victory Danny could score so far was surely the 4th round stoppage of none other but Mike Tyson in Louisville, Kentucky - hometown of Muhammad Ali - in 2004.

"Of course, this is a real tough test for Konstantin", states ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner. "Danny is very experienced and has beaten a lot of great guys. But Konstantin got fists of steel. If he manages to hit Danny I believe the 'Brixton Bomber' might go down."

The co-main event of the night features former WBO world heavyweight champion Herbie Hide who is looking to defend his WBC international cruiserweight title against Ehinomen Ehikhamenor from Benin (fighting out of New York).

Also on the card: Promising middleweight prospects Mahir "Lion" Oral (vs.  stable-mate Alexander Sipos) and Ruben "El Destructor" Diaz who is looking to impress his home crowd.

German sports network DSF will broadcast the show LIVE from Bilbao on May 30th starting at 10p.m.