Euro News: Masternak-Whateley IBF Eliminator, Bastien Ballesta, More | Biden News

Polish cruiserweight Mateusz Masternak (46-5) and Australian Jason Whateley (10-0) clash in an IBF eliminator on October 29 in Zakopane (Poland).

Masternak is ranked #5 by the IBF while Whateley is #10 in their September rankings.

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French heavyweight Bastien Ballesta (24-0-1) fights Venezuela’s Samuel Gonzales (23-8) on November 18 in Sete (France). At stake is the IBF International title.

Ballesta has previously held the EU, WBC Francophone, IBO Mediterranean and French titles so he already has a collection of belts at home.

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EBU lightweight champion Enock Poulsen defends against Frenchman Franck Petitjean scheduled for November 26 to December 17 with the rest of the Creteil field.

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Hard Punching Spanish super middleweight Jose Luis Navarro (7-0, 7 KO) takes Celso Neves (9-2-2) on November 12 in Berlin at AGON Sports presentation.

Navarro was a big winner at the last AGON when he stopped behind the undefeated Dimitar Tilev and returned to Germany.

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Former EBU featherweight champion Manuel Masso has died at the age of 67 after a long illness, reports aebox.org.

Masso fought professionally from 1973 to 1986 and compiled a 40-3-1 record. He won the EBU title in 1977 by defeating Nino Jiminez in a shootout, but that year he lost to Roberto Castanon.

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Former Italian heavyweight champion Piero Tomasini has died at the age of 86. Tomasini challenged the EBU’s Henry Cooper and Karl Mildenberger (twice) but failed. He beat the likes of Jack Bodell and Juergen Blin though.

He wrestled professionally from 1961 to 1969 and compiled a record of 33-9-5.