Unification Off! Goosen screwed over

WBO light heavyweight champion Jurgen Brähmer (36-2, 29 KOs) was forced to pull out of Saturday’s unification clash with WBA champion Beibut Shumenov (10-1, 5 KOs) in Shymkent, Kazakhstan due to an acute gastrointestinal illness. Brähmer and BDB President Thomas Pütz, another member of the five-person German delegation both fell ill. “A few hours after arrival in Shymkent, both came down with severe diarrhea with nausea and severe vomiting which lasted all night,” explained Dr. Michael Ehnert. “This caused severe headaches and abdominal pain. Jürgen was particularly so weakened that he couldn’t train and it’s not possible for him to be able to compete for a world title in a few days. Due to the unclear cause and ambiguous symptoms, it was decided to arrange for an immediate return to Germany this evening to head directly to the hospital after landing for treatment. So far, we have only a vague suspicion of the cause. Jürgen and Thomas Pütz were eating together on Sunday afternoon near the hotel and that evening they complained about the first symptoms, which really hit them on Monday.”

Promoter Klaus-Peter Kohl stated “This is a big catastrophe, we and above all Jürgen are crestfallen. This fight would have written German boxing history. Now we hope that Jürgen and Thomas become healthy as soon as possible.” The team is scheduled to arrive back in Hamburg tomorrow at 9AM.

gomez1012 wrote:What opponent is willing to fly to Khazaktan on short notice?

dbudge wrote:Braehmer probably realised how good Shumenov actually is and came up with some bullshit reason. Braehmer was apparently unavailable for a fight with Nathan Cleverly because of his legal issues and then next thing he's got a unification fight set with Shumenov in Khazakstan. if he had legal issues that serious then would he seriously be allowed to leave for Khazakstan?? i think it was a bullshit excuse, he probably viewed it as too dangerous to fight Cleverly and thought Shumenov would be the easier challenge. then he probably realised that he can't beat either and would instead stay in Germany for better money and easier opponents. the coming weeks will determine what Braehmer is all about, these German fighters are notoriously predictable though in the way they are managed and promoted

gomez1012 wrote:

dbudge wrote:Braehmer probably realised how good Shumenov actually is and came up with some bullshit reason. Braehmer was apparently unavailable for a fight with Nathan Cleverly because of his legal issues and then next thing he's got a unification fight set with Shumenov in Khazakstan. if he had legal issues that serious then would he seriously be allowed to leave for Khazakstan?? i think it was a bullshit excuse, he probably viewed it as too dangerous to fight Cleverly and thought Shumenov would be the easier challenge. then he probably realised that he can't beat either and would instead stay in Germany for better money and easier opponents. the coming weeks will determine what Braehmer is all about, these German fighters are notoriously predictable though in the way they are managed and promoted

Sounds like he ran from the ESPN story.

Just left town w/out notifying anybody, even his own promoter

gomez1012 wrote:The only quotes are from Dan Goossen

marbleheadmaui wrote:Having been to Kazakhstan (a nightmare of a trip, we were financing the cellular telephone operation there) my sympathy to all concerned.

gomez1012 wrote:

marbleheadmaui wrote:Having been to Kazakhstan (a nightmare of a trip, we were financing the cellular telephone operation there) my sympathy to all concerned.

What do they call Monta Zuma's revenge in Kazahkstan?

Canvas wrote:It was only a "unification" if you count dubious trinkets as world championships. Pascal is the one and only champion until Dawson gets at him.

UBeeg9cats wrote:I'll have to defend my topic title. It was the name of the card.

Gumby wrote:Put him in Paris against Bute.


Borat approves.