German promoter SES Boxing celebrates a quarter‑century in the game with an outdoor show at the Seebühne Elbauenpark in Magdeburg on May 17, topped by an all‑German cruiserweight clash for the vacant WBO Inter‑Continental title. Former title challenger Roman Fress (22‑1, 13 KOs) looks to erase the memory of his lone defeat when he meets heavy‑handed Michael Seitz (13‑1, 11 KOs) in what local media are billing as “Thuringia versus Bavaria.” Fress has rattled off seven straight wins since losing to Armand Xhoxhaj, adding the IBO Inter‑Continental and WBC International belts along the way.
Seitz, a stocky south‑paw from Munich, has stopped 11 of 14 opponents and believes his shorter route to the target will trouble the 6‑foot‑3 Fress, who prefers to box long behind his jab. The winner secures a WBO top‑15 ranking and a possible route toward Chris Billam‑Smith’s world title later this year.
The co‑main event features Magdeburg super‑middleweight Artur Reis (14‑1, 9 KOs) against unbeaten Croatian puncher Mate Rudan (8‑0, 7 KOs) for the vacant IBF European 168‑pound strap. Reis, whose only loss came to Cuban prospect Osleys Iglesias, has rebounded with three solid victories and sees the regional belt as a springboard to bigger continental fights.
Fight card:
▪️Roman Fress vs. Michael Seitz, 10 rounds, for the vacant WBO Inter-Continental cruiserweight title
▪️Artur Reis vs. Mate Rudan, 10 rounds, for the vacant IBF European super middleweight title
▪️Yasin Basar vs. Roland Oroszlan, 6 rounds, cruiserweight
▪️Richard Meinecke vs. Irakli Jeranashvili, 6 rounds, super welterweight
▪️Ingolf Zocher vs. Mateusz Rybarski, 4 rounds, heavyweight
▪️Michel Dobler vs. Jan Uhrin, 4 rounds, heavyweight
▪️Paul Schmidt vs. Jakub Kotlewski, 4 rounds, cruiserweight
