Zeuge illness stalls rematch against Isaac Ekpo

By Daily Sports on November 28, 2017

The December 2nd rematch between WBA World super middleweight champion Tyron Zeuge (21-0-1, 11 KOs) and 2 WBA Isaac Ekpo (32-3, 25 KOs) has been postponed due to an illness suffered by the 25-year-old Zeuge.

The fight is expected to be rescheduled in March.

While the Zeuge-Ekpo fight will be postponed and rescheduled, the remainder of this Saturday’s card will still take place as scheduled. Heavyweight contender Otto Wallin will be fighting Gabriel Enguema in the main event instead of the Zeuge-Ekpo fight.

Zeuge and Ekpo were supposed to be fighting at the MBS Arena in Potsdam, Germany. This is a rematch that was ordered by the World Boxing Association after the 35-year-old Ekpo appealed to have a rematch following his close 5th round technical decision loss to Zeuge on March 25 in Potsdom, Germany.

Zeuge beat Ekpo by the scores 49-46, 48-47 and 49-47 in their first encounter. The fight was stopped due to Zeuge suffering a bad cut over his right eye from a clash of heads earlier in the fight in round 3.

The fight easily could have gone Ekpo’s ways, but the judges seemed to be oblivious to the huge shots that he was landing. They were largely scoring it round after round in favor of the home fighter Zeuge.

After his win over Ekpo, Zeuge was allowed to take an optional defense against fringe contender Paul Smith, who he easily beat by a 12 round unanimous decision on June 17.

•Photo shows Tyron Zeuge.

Source Daily Sports

Posted November 28, 2017


 

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