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3.10.2007:
The
up-and-down career of Austrian superwelterweight champion Gotthard
‘The Cougar’ Hinteregger,
29-13-1 (15 KO’s),
finally
seems to wind down, as Fight Production manager Olaf Schroeder
revealed plans for a two-fight agreement he made with the
40-year-old ring veteran. “It’s 45 career fights and out,”
Schroeder confirmed, obviously relieved that a way was found to
finish an impressive career together.
The
first part of the deal is an 8-round middleweight fight with
Poland’s unbeaten WBC/IBF Youth champion Grzegorz Proksa, 11-0
(7 KO’s), at the Peterlee Leisure Centre, England on October
12. “I haven’t stopped training since my fight in Sweden
last month, so I will be in good shape. But of course the money
is good – it has to be, because the older one gets the harder
you have to work in this game,” Hinteregger says and admits
that boxing is under normal circumstances a ‘young men’s
sport’: “I have done a lot of soul searching after I turned
40 earlier this year and had many talks with Olaf about my
future. Mentally, I feel like I want to go on forever, but I
must listen to my body and I know it won’t be long until he
tells me ‘no more’.”
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