{"id":63106,"date":"2016-09-14T16:21:11","date_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:21:11","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63106"},"modified":"2016-09-14T16:21:43","modified_gmt":"2016-09-14T21:21:43","slug":"anthony-yigit-battles-lenny-daws-for-the-european-super-lightweight-title-boxing-news","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63106","title":{"rendered":"Anthony Yigit Battles Lenny Daws for the European Super Lightweight Title &#8211; Boxing News"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63106\" rel=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/?p=63106\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignleft wp-image-63107 size-full\" style=\"margin-right: 10px;\" src=\"http:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2016\/09\/Anthony-Yigit.jpe\" alt=\"Anthony Yigit\" width=\"232\" height=\"169\" \/><\/a>Undefeated Stockholm fighter Anthony Yigit (18-0-1, 7 KOs) will face Lenny Daws (30-4-2-, 11 KOs) for European Super Lightweight title.<\/p>\n<p>The European Boxing Union (EBU) have ordered Yigit to meet the former two-time British Champion for the vacant belt following Ruben Nieto\u2019s decision to relinquish the title.<\/p>\n<p>Both parties now have until the September 28 deadline to reach an agreement before the fight goes to purse bids.<!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Yigit, who recorded a unanimous points victory over Armando Robles last Saturday in Stockholm, says he is looking forward to the challenge.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019I\u2019m very excited to be fighting for the European title,\u2019\u2019 said the 25 year-old. \u2018\u2019I\u2019ve been waiting for this chance for a long time, and now it\u2019s here, I\u2019m going take what\u2019s mine, and bring the belt home to Sweden.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019Daws is a tough fighter. He has a lot of experience and has fought for the European belt before. He got an unfortunate decision against Nieto last time and was unlucky not to win. Fighting him, I feel like I\u2019m fighting the best, and if I beat him, it will show that I\u2019m the true champion.\u2019\u2019<\/p>\n<p>Promoter Nisse Sauerland expects the London 2012 Olympian to face a tough test against the British veteran Daws, but believes his fighter will prevail.<\/p>\n<p>\u2018\u2019This is a big opportunity for Anthony, and one we expect him to take with both hands,\u2019\u2019 said Sauerland. \u2018\u2019Lenny is a tough fighter with a lot of experience, but we believe Anthony has what it takes to win.<\/p>\n<p>&#8221;We&#8217;re currently in negotiations with Lenny\u2019s promoter, and hope to reach agreement soon, if not, we will have purse bids on September 28.\u2019&#8217;<\/p>\n<p><iframe loading=\"lazy\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/ntZC4SBAYlY\" width=\"560\" height=\"315\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\"><\/iframe><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Undefeated Stockholm fighter Anthony Yigit (18-0-1, 7 KOs) will face Lenny Daws (30-4-2-, 11 KOs) for European Super Lightweight title. The European Boxing Union (EBU) have ordered Yigit to meet the former two-time British Champion for the vacant belt following Ruben Nieto\u2019s decision to relinquish the title. Both parties now have until the September 28 [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[4],"tags":[15845],"class_list":["post-63106","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-boxing-news","tag-anthony-yigit-battles-lenny-daws-for-the-european-super-lightweight-title-boxing-news"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63106","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=63106"}],"version-history":[{"count":-3,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/63106\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=63106"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=63106"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/ringsidereport.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=63106"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}