Selcuk Aydin Boxing News

November 28th, 2011 – Canada based, Romanian fighter and World Boxing Council (WBC) SILVER Championship welterweight challenger JO JO DAN will be released on Tuesday, November 29th, from the UNIVERSITY Hospital in Trabzon, Turkey. On Sunday, surgeons successfully repaired his broken jaw suffered Saturday night in the 2nd round of his close 12 rounds UD [...]

By Sean McDaniel: For the second time in the past year, unbeaten welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (23-0, 17 KO’s) has defeated “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion (29-2, 16 KO’s) by a 12 round decision. Unlike in their previous fight which ended with Aydin winning by a controversial 12 round split decision in June 2010, Aydin, 28, left [...]

On November 26th World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan“ Ion square off in Trabzon (Turkey) in a rematch of their 2010 title fight. The show is labeled as “Unfinished Business”. Aydin won the first bout by controversial split decision. Now Jo Jo Dan wants [...]

Trabzon, Turkey – On November 26th, 2011, World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin and Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion will clash in a re-match which will be billed as “Unfinished Business” (in Turkish “Büyük Hesaplasma”). In their first fight in June 2010 Aydin dominated the early rounds knocking down [...]

On November 19th World Boxing Council (WBC) Silver welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin will defend his title against Canada based Romanian Ionut “Jo Jo Dan” Ion in Trabzon, Turkey. Promoters Ahmet Oner (ARENA) and Chris Ganescu (GANKOR promotions) avoided going to purse bid by signing an agreement the night before the free negotiation period ended.

EWS Arena, Goeppingen, Baden-Württemberg, Germany Selcuk Aydin KO 5 Raman Dzekhkanau Firat Arslan TKO 5 Lubos Suda Nikola Sjekloca UD 12 Khoren Gevor

By Dan Ambrose: Newly crowned WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 22 Ko’s) will likely be facing his mandatory challenger, the number #2 ranked Selcuy Aydin (21-0, 16 KO’s) in the 24-year-old Ortiz’s first defense of his World Boxing Council title in the fall, according to Dan Rafael of ESPN. There’s also a chance – [...]

By Eric Thomas: WBC welterweight champion Victor Ortiz (29-2-2, 23 KOs) is looking to cash in on his recent 12 round unanimous decision win over Andre Berto by trying to get a big fight with Floyd Mayweather Jr. or Manny Pacquiao. Those are the two top names that the young 24-year-old Ortiz wants right now. [...]

World Boxing Council (WBC) WBC Silver welterweight champion and mandatory challenger Selcuk Aydin wants to fight the new WBC world champion Victor Ortiz immediately. “I congratulate Victor Ortiz to his victory and I hope that he is man enough to fight me”, says Aydin. “Ortiz should not forget that he only got his shot at [...]

By Jim Dower: In showing perhaps why he’s been so long avoided by WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto, #2 ranked WBC contender Selcuk Aydin (21-0, 16 KO’s) destroyed Dzmitry Lubachkin (18-1, 17 KO’s) in the 1st round on Friday night at the Digbet Pferdesportpark, Lichtenberg, Berlin.

Middleweight contender Benjamin Simon suffered a serious hand injury in the last week of sparring for his International Boxing Federation (IBF) elimination bout against Sam Soliman (scheduled for April 1st in Berlin). “The capsule of Simon’s left hand is bruised with odema in tender parts and an intra-articular hematoma“, said Dr. med. Robert Stelzer adding [...]

By Jim Dower: #2 ranked WBC welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) wants his title shot that’s owed him by World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s). Aydin, 27, reportedly took a step aside fee so that Berto could take the fight with the lower ranked Freddy Hernandez in November, but [...]

Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin got really upset when he read speculations about Andre Berto’s next possible opponents without his name even mentioned. “How can Berto and his promoter even talk to and about guys like Ortiz when they know exactly that they have to fight me first?”, asks Aydin who is currently in his [...]

By Dan Ambrose: Number #2 ranked WBC welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) has been trying to get a fight against World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto (27-0, 21 KO’s) for ages now without any luck. But now the WBC is saying that Aydin the vacant WBC Silver welterweight champion, will be Berto’s [...]

Welterweight KO-artist Selcuk Aydin is currently training in Miami to prepare for his great goal of dethroning WBC champion Andre Berto. The World Boxing Council (WBC) had confirmed on its 48th world convention in Cancun that Berto has to face silver titlist Aydin next after making his easy defense against Freddy Hernandez on November 27th [...]

By Mr.Warren – Hoodstripes Entertainment – IBF World number 10 and IBO International Champion Ashley Theophane has made it clear he wants to be the man opposite WBC Silver Welterweight Champion and the organization’s number one contender Selcuk Aydin when he fights on the Don King promoted fight card topped by Tavoris Cloud on December [...]

By Jason Kim: Unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) could be facing undefeated Turkish knockout artist Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) on the undercard of the lightweight title fight between Juan Maniel marquez and Michael Katsidis on November 27th, at the MGM Arena, in Las Vegas, Nevada.

By Jim Dower: A welterweight showdown between unbeaten WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto )(26-0, 20 KO’s) and unbeaten welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) could take place on the undercard of the lightweight championship match-up between WBA/WBO lightweight champion Juan Manuel Marquez vs. WBO lightweight interim champion Michael Katsidis on November 27th at the [...]

By Jason Kim: At this point I would be more than pleased to see WBC welterweight champion Andre Berto (26-0, 20 KO’s) fight welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s). It’s not that I see Aydin as a great fighter, but at least he’s a welterweight and can punch. Berto has been a big disappointment [...]

Unbeaten Turkish welterweight star Selcuk Aydin is on collision course with World Boxing Council champion Andre Berto. But does ARENA’s “Mini-Tyson“ feel he is ready for the big shot yet and what does he say about his performance in his last fight against “Jo-Jo“ Dan back in June? Let’s ask him… Selcuk, how did you [...]

By Chris Kelly: Boxing fans and critics alike seem to be making out that World Boxing Council welterweight champion Andre Berto is ducking his mandatory challenger Seluck Aydin when really we all know the only reason Aydin has even reached the position of WBC Number 1 contender is boxing politics : He’s a huge name [...]

The WBC has officially ordered Lou DiBella and ARENA-CEO Ahmet Öner to start free negotiations for the welterweight world championship between Andre Berto and Selcuk Aydin. Berto won the title in June 2008 by knocking out Miguel Angel Rodriguez; Selcuk Aydin has captured the WBC Silver Championship by outscoring Ionut „Jo-Jo Dan“ Ion in Istanbul. [...]

Turkish Prime Minister Recep Tayyip Erdogan received WBC welterweight champion Selcuk Aydin at a special press conference in Ankara. On June 5th Aydin had won the first ever professional boxing world title fight on Turkish soil by outpointing Canada based Romanian “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion in front of 10,000 fans in Istanbul. “The Prime Minister congratulated [...]

After twelve very close and dramatic rounds Selcuk Aydin beat Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion by split decision Saturday night in front of 10,000 frenetıc fans at Abdi İpekci Spor Salonu to win the vacant WBC Silver Championship.

By Jim Dower: Undefeated welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (20-0, 15 KO’s) defeated Ionut Dan Ion (26-1, 14 KO’s) by a controversial 12 round split decision on Saturday night to capture the obscure WBC Silver welterweight title at the Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu, in Istanbul, Turkey. It was hard to score a lot of the rounds, [...]

By Jim Dower: Undefeated welterweight contender Selcuk Aydin (19-4, 15 KO’s) faces unbeaten Romanian prospect Ionut Dan Ion (26-0, 14 JO’s) on Saturday night at the Abdi Ipekci Spor Salonu, Istanbul, Turkey. Aydin, 26, is currently ranked #2 WBC and #3 IBF and really needs a win over Jo-Jo Dan to get a shot against [...]

WBC Welterweight Championship between Selcuk Aydin and Ionut Dan Ion to be streamed live on wbcboxing.tv tomorrow (Sat. June 5) Tomorrow (Saturday, June 5) rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin has the chance to become the second world champion for ARENA Sports-Promotion after Cuban featherweight phenomenon Yuriorkis Gamboa. Aydin faces unbeaten Romanian Ionut “Jo-Jo Dan” Ion [...]

In only five days ARENA will present the first-ever boxing world championship on Turkish soil in Istanbul when rising welterweight star Selcuk Aydin takes on Canada based Romanian Ionut Dan Ion for the WBC Silver title. Both contenders are unbeaten in their professional career. Aydin – ranked on no. 2 in the WBC 147 ratings [...]

Last week Nirmal Lorick, manager and trainer of World Boxing Council #2 rated welterweight Luis Collazo has publicly pulled out of the scheduled June 5th WBC Silver Championship against hard-hitting Selcuk Aydin. Lorick said that his fighter was not able to make the weight after a long lay-off and in addition to that had no [...]

By Eric Thomas: According to Fight News, the manager for former World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion Luis Collazo (30-4, 15 KO’s) has pulled Collazo out of his June 5th bout against fellow welterweight contender Selcuk Adyin (19-0, 15 KO’s), because Collazo can no longer make the welterweight limit. Collazo, 29, has been inactive since [...]