Boxing: Ko-Comeback for Sebastian “Hafen-Basti” Formella | sports

“Se-Bas-Tian!” 1,500 fans stood at the sold-out Große Freiheit, clapped and shouted. Sebastian Formila, 35, danced in the ring in May.

The former IBO world champion has not fought for ten months. Haven Basti picked Kiez for his comeback. In “Boxen im Norden” in the heart of St. Pauli, he defeated the strong Florian Wildenhof (42 / Munich) in the 7th round

“It was great with you guys,” the driver of the Formella container gantry crane shouted into the microphone.

Formella was technically superior, dodged the “lion’s” claws with quick reflexes – and hit accurately again and again. A left hook to the head finally ended the fight. with an announcement! “During the break before that, my coach Marc Haupt said, ‘So, Basti, now hold on and hit back. Then bang the thing on top’,” revealed the blond boy with a grin: “It worked.”

Formella (24 wins / three losses) earned the right to a shot at the WBF World Championship through a fight by disqualification. But: He dreams again of performing big in front of an audience in the United States. It’s his promoter Errol Celan (50)’s turn: “I’ll put a fumble in and see I get it in a good, winning fight.”

But first, Formella is on vacation. On Monday, he flew to Mauritius with his girlfriend, Jana.

Fai Phannarai (22) was the only person who didn’t leave Thomas Nissen maker’s evening completely satisfied. After being out of the ring for six months, the WIBF world champion was hoping for a longer fight. But in the second round, Vanarai, who usually has two weight classes, broke one of her ribs with a hard blow over boxing Belle Tokic (27 / Regensburg). a task…

Bonn reports

Leon Bon (30 / Frankfurt) also returned with a lightning knockout against Slavisa Simeonovic (44 / Bosnian). The piled-up opponent dropped out after the first round, with Boone flattening his nose.

Boone’s light heavyweight title fight was lost to Ireland’s Padraig McCrory (34) in October. After that there was a break with the Wasserman/Sauerland promotion. Meanwhile, Southpaw reached an agreement with promoter Ahmet Uner (51). “Of course, the last defeat still hurts and a lot went wrong,” said Bonn. “I still aim high. I give everything for it, I am very ambitious and very persistent.”

On 6 June at the Universum event in Düsseldorf, he got his next test take against Rustam Ibrahim (31).