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European Boxing Union heavyweight rankings for Spring 1908...considerable shift from last Summer with several familiar names dropped and the appearance of Denmark's Einar Iversen and France's Marcel Nilles in the top ten...At Hamburg Iversen was chosen as just an opponent to make Ernst Rosemann look good in front of a German crowd but upset the favourite taking a fairly one-sided decision...In the main event Al Palzer entered the ring sporting a piece of sticking plaster above his left eye covering an injury sustained in a sparring session...Otto Flint made it a target in round one but a clash of heads in round two opened the cut which bled profusely, causing the local EBU official to instruct the referee to halt the action and declare it a No Decision...At Whitechapel's Wonderland Scotland's Colin Morrison and Charlie Weinert met in front of a packed house, many of whom had travelled from the north, and put on a thrilling combat over 10 rounds...Weinert took the first round with clever boxing but Morrison began to press him in round two slugging to the body...The next two rounds saw Morrison drive Weinert around the ring with savage rushes...Round five was even and Weinert appeared to take six and eight, with Morrison losing round seven on a low blow...Round nine saw little action by either man, but Morrison came on strong in the last inning, even putting Weinert down for an eight count just before the bell...The Scot's supporters went mad with joy when the referee raised Morrison's hand at the end...The official scorecard read 5 rounds Morrison, three rounds Weinert and two even...Morrison weighed 13st 7lb and Weinert 13st 4lb...Morrison is determined to gain a measure of revenge against Flint for his first round kayo loss in March...At Holborn Stadium Bombardier Wells chalked up another win with a 10 round decision over Birkenhead's Arthur Townley putting him one step closer to a match for the European title...At Brussels Jan De Groot stopped Frank Goddard on a technical knockout in the second round of their ten round contest...After being staggered in the first canto, De Groot came out swinging in the next, and in a wild exchange landed a hard blow that left Goddard groggy and open to a flurry of smashes from the big Dutchman...The fight was stopped at the urging of Goddard's corner...When American Sailor White had to back out of a scheduled fight with France's Albert Lurie because of an injury, Eire's Packey Mahoney stepped in and outworked the Frenchman to take the nod after eight...At Gaumont Palace Marcel Nilles stopped Emile Masson in six fast rounds nearly eliminating the latter from the EBU list...