Baltic Boxing Union
Gallery - BBU AWARDS year 2008
• Boxer of the year: Juho Haapoja (Fin)
Boxer of the year: Juho Haapoja (Fin). Juho Haapoja 7 (5 KO)-2-1 won the vacant BBU heavyweight title on April by beating Russian Daniel Peret with split decision. Later the same year Haapoja won the vacant Finnish national heavyweight title. Haapoja... More
• Prospect of the year: Sergey Melis (Est)
Prospect of the year: Sergey Melis (Est). Sergey Melis 11 (1 KO)-0-0 was the first ever BBU champion when he won the vacant BBU middleweight title in his home town Narva, Estonia by unanimous decision against Latvian Olegs Fedotovs. In all the 26 yea... More
• Fight of the year: Matt Zegan (Pol) – Dariusz Snarski (Pol)
Fight of the year: Matt Zegan (Pol) – Dariusz Snarski (Pol). The show in Wieliczka, Poland 7th November was spectacular. The fight was the main event for the show which was arranged 180 meters underground! The fight got very much national and inter... More
• Promoter of the year: Tomasz Babilonski, Tom Boxing Team (Pol)
Promoter of the year: Tomasz Babilonski, Tom Boxing Team (Pol). There were fought two BBU title fights and one BBU International title fights in Poland in great shows which Mr Babilonski promoted there during late October and early November. Tomasz B... More
• Special nomination: Oleg Bogdanov (Rus)
Special nomination: Oleg Bogdanov (Rus). In July manager and promoter Oleg Bogdanov promoted a big show in Vyborg, Russia with which BBU got foothold in Russia. Also Bogdanov has made great work for Baltic area´s professional boxing with his faithfu... More
• Special nomination: Gregory Soszynski (Pol)
Special nomination: Gregory Soszynski (Pol). The 26 years old Soszynski (11 (5 KO)-0-1) has proved to be a real warrior and prospect after coming down with weights. With six convincing victories and two different titles during 2008 gives all trust fo... More