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unusual facts about European Boxing Union



Aldo Traversaro

On 26 November 1977 he won the vacant European light heavyweight title (EBU) against Bunny Johnson, and defended it in 1978 against Rudy Koopmans, Francois Fiol and Avenamar Peralta.

Jimmy Cable

In May Cable travelled to Toulouse in France to challenge for the EBU light middleweight title against Said "Freddy" Skouma.

José Legrá

Legrá won his first title belt, the vacant European Featherweight title, in December 1967 with a third round knockout win over France's Yves Desmarets.

Richard Caramanolis

On 2 Febrary 1984 he won the European light heavyweight title (EBU) against Rudy Koopmans, extending his winning streak to 27–0.

Sergey Gulyakevich

Two fights and two more victories followed the win over Tontchev to set Gulyakevich up for a shot at the full European title held by Scotsman Alex Arthur.

W.A.K.O. European Championships 1996

There were a couple of notable medalists with kickboxing and taekwon-do champion Tomaž Barada winning gold, and future E.B.U. boxing champion Rafał Jackiewicz gaining a bronze.


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