While Oleksandr Usyk in London crowns the undisputed world champion in heavyweight with a left -wing god hammer, the fists also fly in Badnerland. A new organizer from Heidelberg wants to revive the German boxing. At the premiere there is a lot of shine away from the ring. The secret main fight even tears ex-champion Arthur Abraham from the stool. Unfortunately, a “G’sschmäckle” remains.
At some point in the third round, Arthur Abraham no longer kept it in the chair in the front row of the SNP Dome in Heidelberg. “King Arthur” went out of the saddle, hurried to the ring and called commands as if he were a coach, not a spectator. “Quick and out, Simon!” “Beat three -way combinations!” Simon Zachenhuber applied the announcements.
The Bayer fought a bitter duel with Paulinus Ndjolominu from Namibia in the super middleweight – and had to take a lot. Again and again Ndjolominu shook the German with hard hooks, Zachenhuber also hit two with a painful deep blow in round.
Moments of crisis, which the 27-year-old was not yet used to, Zachenhuber had only had opponents from the third, fourth row in front of his fists. Ndjolominu, number four in the world rankings of the WBO association, with the recommendation of 17th KO successes in 19 fights in 19 fights, was the first real hardest test by Zachenhuber’s management-as a location determination and springboard to climb in the WBO ranking.
Saturday evening conclusion: For the top of the world up to 76.2 kilograms, Zachenhuber, who came to the price box late and without amateur school, is still a very further away, WBO ranking or not. Certainly: The former participant of the RTL show “Let’s Dance” delighted the 5,000 spectators with his fighting heart, went where it hurts, and showed an impressive condition over the ten rounds.
But: Ndjolominu drove Zachenhuber into the border area, but repeatedly injured the borders of the rules with repeated deep blows. The referee pulled the 37-year-old two points for the strokes below the belt line. For Zachenhuber, the “home advantage”, which was unfortunately often conjured up in the price box, at least a draw within reach, especially since he put on a strong final sprint.
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It is all the more surprising that the judgment of the fighting court, which ring spokesman Ronny Leber read a little later. Two judges evaluated as if Zachenhuber clearly dominated the fight in Heidelberg: 99:92 and 97:91. Ndjolominu would have won without the point deductions on the third juror’s scoring, 94:94 was in the book. Makes a victory after a majority decision for Zachenhuber. It was his 28th victory in the 28th professional fight.
Of course, the likeable zachenhuber cannot do anything for the dubious ratings. “Now it is celebrating G’Scheit,” he called to the audience and his “Matador” fan club from Erding.
Heidelberg celebrated local hero Emanuel Odiase a little later. The 2.03-meter giant defeated the Bosnian in the main fight of the evening Srdan Govedarica In round six by technical coounding, the eighth professional fight celebrated the eighth victory and won the “international” German championship title of the Federation of German professional boxers (BDB).
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The “Heidelberg Hammer”, who already trained with superstars such as Anthony Joshua and Deontay Wilder, dominated every round of the one -sided fight against the Govedarica, who was committed as an opponent. No questions.
Ringide zone wants to let the German boxes shine again
The almost absurd point judgment in favor of Zachenhuber did not match the quality of the show, which the organizer had put together in the SNP Dome. You want to open a new chapter of German boxing history, announced Managing Director Florian Winter in advance. The shine of earlier days should bloom again.
Winter and his team achieved a ‘point victory’ away from the ring. In addition to former box sizes such as Abraham or Luan Krasniqi, stars from sports and entertainment frolicked in series one.
National goalkeeper Oliver Baumann watched carefully, Olympic champion Franziska van Almsick, showmaster Florian Silbereisen and Comedian Mario Barth too. The aspiring half-heavy weight boxer Ben Whittaker came from England. RTL legend Kai Ebel led through the evening.
In addition to the professional debut of Nelvie Tiafack, bronze medalist from Paris, the spectators were offered several balanced, honest price fights. In between there was a rapper Shindy and the former Germany addiction candidate Ardian Bujuoi ‘what on the ears’.
Boxing, show, charity and networking
Winter, which comes from the real estate industry, wants to make a lot different with its ringide zone team than the long-established organizers and boxing promoters from Germany.
“Many boxing evenings in Germany take place in floating light, the fights and the program are going,” he said before the boxing evening sport.de. He wanted to break up this scheme with ringide zone. Boxing and show, plus first-class sound and lighting technology. “This is already Champions League,” praised RTL veteran Ebel, who has already seen many halls in his reporter career, the ambience.
Boxing, show, charity and networking – the project of the ringide zone is based on these pillars. In Heidelberg, the event makers and entrepreneurs from the economy met. “With this view of networking, we ultimately managed to win sponsors,” said Winter. Even auto giants Aston Martin had a black sports car ancestors.
With the “Klitschko Foundation” by Box-icon Wladimir Klitschko and the “kick-off” kick-off by Dietmar Hopp, two charity organizations are on board. “It is very important to us to be able to give something back here,” said Winter.
Another goal of the Heidelberger: make boxing “digital”. At the edge of the boxing event, the domestic company flexoo boxing gloves and a floor mat with sensors presented to measure the punch and footwork of a boxer. From a potentially huge data-ocean, the viewer can serve the viewer many exciting additional information. With how many kilograms does the fist hit the head, how exactly does it hit, how does the boxer move, how does it shift his weight?
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Future music. First of all, Ringside zone wants to gain a foothold. The Heidelberg Emanuel Odibiasse chose the “figurehead”. He should become the “Michael Schumacher of German boxing”, as Winter put it. Already for 2027 you are starting a fight for the World Cup. Experienced tones and a highly ambitious goal that will hardly be kept. Nevertheless, it seems promising what Winter and his team planned “in the medium term”.
“We do not see ourselves as a classic promoter who has solid contracts with boxers. With the exception of Emanuel, whom we also manage. We want to be a platform for German boxes and for young fighters. Ideally we develop a community in which the fans then also have a say in who is supposed to fight who is fighting,” outlined winter.
In a way, the mixed martial arts with organizations such as the UFC in the USA or Oktagon in Europe are a role model. Winter sees great potential for boxing in Germany. A potential viewer group of 20 million was identified in an analysis, he said.
The young generation of social media and influencers, the Twitch and Tik-Tok streams with the older spectators, who already put on the classic telly for Henry Mask and the Klitschko brothers.
Good “local” fights could be the way
If you take the ringide zone makers at the word, there are “local fights” that would do the German boxing good. Why not OdiYe against the German champion Viktor Jurk from the far north (24 years, 2.05 meters)?
In amateur times, the talents were already dueling, why not with the professionals now? Flensburg against Heidelberg – a German heavyweight championship, which also deserves this name. The box boom in Great Britain also took its course, fans of the fist fight, which had averted in the meantime, thanks to good fights at the national level.
A “Proof of Concept” should be the premiere in Heidelberg, said Ringside zone boss Winter before the Gong. The evening could be seen, the hall was full, the spectators went home satisfied. Now the new player on the German boxing market has to prove that he can also sell tickets in other cities and convince fans and media partners.
However, dubious punk judgments, which unfortunately have put on an unfortunate tradition and many spectators in German boxes, should then be history.