Christian Thune returns to the ring in America on Saturday, where he will meet American Curtis Harper.
Heavyweight Christian Tun meets Curtis Harper
Next Saturday, American-born German heavyweight Christian Thun (8-0, 6 KOs) will step back into the ring. The 30-year-old heavyweight meets American Curtis Harper (13-8(3), 9 KOs) at the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida, USA.
This year’s fight is the second for Thun, who was born in Schwelm in North Rhine-Westphalia. At the same venue, he managed a first-round TKO victory over Amron Sands in March and inflicted his second loss in 13 fights to date. Saturday’s fight against Harper is scheduled for a maximum of 8 rounds. The 34-year-old construction protester already has some big names on his record.
He has clashed with Gerald Washington, Chris Arriola and Zhili Zhang. His most notable in-ring appearance was against “The Hurt” Harper on August 24, 2018 against Efe Ajakba. After the gong for the first round Curtis Harper rolls out of the ring He left the hall. As it turned out later, there must have been discrepancies in payments. Officially, he was disqualified from this “fight”.
This is the fourth fight in the land of limitless opportunities for Christian Thune, who moved to Great Britain at the age of 13 and learned to box there. Before that he also boxed in other parts of the world. After his debut in Monaco, he entered the ring three times in Spain, but only boxed once on the Universe card in Hamburg.
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