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Hamburg  - World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Felix Sturm of Germany will defend his world title against Koji Sato of Japan in Germany in April, his promoters said Tuesday.

The bout will take place on April 25 in Krefeld, the Hamburg-based promoters Universum said.

Sturm has won 31 of his 34 professional fights, while Sato steps down from super middleweight where he is unbeaten in 14 bouts.

Stockholm - Hundreds of mourners Friday paid tribute to the late Swedish heavyweight champion Ingemar "Ingo" Johansson who died at the end of January at age 76.

Johansson's funeral was held in the west coast city of Gothenburg where he hailed from, and was open to the public. The church which seats some 1,000 people was packed, local media reported.

The mourners left the funeral held in the Vasa Church to the famous tune Frank Sinatra song My Way.

Stuttgart  - World Boxing Council (WBC) heavyweight champion Vitali Klitschko predicted Monday he would knock out Cuban Juan Carlos Gomez in a mandatory bout in Stuttgart in March.

"You're difficult to send to the floor but I'll manage it," the 37-year-old Ukrainian told his challenger in Stuttgart.

"You talk too much," Gomez countered at a news conference ahead of the March 21 bout at the Hans-Martin-Schleyer hall.

London, Jan. 26: Former World Heavyweight Boxing Champion Evander Holyfield has said that 280 pounds, his main rival Mike Tyson cannot fight even if he wants to.

"Tyson is walking around at something like 280lbs and couldn't fight if he wanted to. Anyway he's a coward," The Sun quoted Holyfield, who beat Tyson twice, as saying.

London, Jan 19 : Boxing star Mike Tyson has popped the `big' question to Big Brother star Aisleyne Horgan-Wallace, according to reports.

The ex-world heavyweight champ has proposed to the 30-year-old glamour model and the lady in question has not yet given the answer.

The 42-year-old asked the 30-year-old reality TV star to join him in Los Angeles.

The pair dated before and after Aisleyne's 2006 `Big Brother' stint.

While the model hasn't yet said `Yes', she has told friends that she only sees him as a friend.