Dina Thorslund Cruises Past Seren Cetin To Retain World Titles

COPENHAGEN, DENMARK – WBC and WBO female bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (22-0, 9 KOs) retained her titles with a one-sided win over WBC mandatory challenger Seren Cetin (11-1, 7 KOs) in the headliner of this edition of Danish Fight Night at the Royal Arena. It was scored 100-90 (twice) and 99-91. 

Cetin was tough, durable and kept coming even though she looked unsteady in many rounds

It was a little too easy for cruiserweight prospect Hamza Hussein (7-0, 2 KOs) as he stopped Bosnian Josip Pehar (3-3, 1 KO) after just 2;36 of the opening round. Pehar went down f early in the round and wasn’t really interested in fighting back. As Hussein upped the pace and put Pehar under pressure it was stopped.

Super middle Oliver Zaren, now 12-0, had his first fight in Denmark in four years and handed out a one-sided beating to overmatched German Kilian Weck (5-6). It was finally stopped in the fourth with Wick under heavy pressure against the ropes – but he wasn’t hurt and protested the stoppage. It was scheduled for six.

Super lightweight Francis Fordjour (2-0) knocked down Georgian Kvicha Gigolashvili (19-69-1) four times in the third round before the referee made a belated stoppage. Gigolashvili wasn’t seriously hurt but it was obvious he had nothing left.

Super middle Nikki Moller Nielsen made his pro debut and looked good in stopping Pole Michal Malicki (1-2) in the second round. Malicky was hurt by a one-two combination and was out on his feet when it was stopped at 2:09.

Heavyweight Mathias Hansen (5-0) had little in front of him in Croatian Admir Oglic, who looked skinny and frail, and went down and out from an overhand right in the first. It looked bad but Oglic recovered and was back on his feet after a couple of minutes.

Cruiserweight Thobias Boudigaard (4-1) got an easy win when his opponent Ante Alilovic (1-6) retired and didn’t come out for the third round. Alilovic was down in the second and claimed a shoulder injury but showed little desire to fight either way.

Wales’Jordan Withers (7-0) stopped German Andreas Weber (7-1-1) who was not allowed to continue in the sixth and final round due to a bad cut over the right. It had been an interesting, tactical fight in which Withers was a little too fast and smart for his opponent.

Danish middleweight Ali Hussein (10-2-1) outscored Pole Adam Cieslak (8-16-1) over four. It was scored 40-36 twice and 39-37. Cieslak made Hussein work hard for his win.

In the show opener Turkish-Danish super middle Mehmet Utku Tas (5-0) knocked out Romanian Ionut Trandafir (17-46-3) with body shots in the second round of a scheduled four-rounder. Trandafir was once a capable journeyman but was out of shape and went down and out rather easily.