By Per Ake Persson

WBA super middleweight champ Mikkel Kessler and Team Palle are now in an open conflict and it might end up in Danish court. According to a press release from Team Palle´s lawyers, A 4, the reason for the dispute are the options for International Entertainment - the company under which Mogens Palle operates - have on Kessler´s next three fights. Kessler´s lawyers have written Team Palle that as of February of 2009 there was only one option left and that should be used in a fight against WBA mandatory challenger Gusmyl Perdomo. It´s been previously assumed that the options don´t include mandatory defences. International Entertainment writes that with this in mind is no point trying to make fights or shows with Kessler and will take the case to the court.

 

Former WBC super middleweight champ Markus Beyer appears on the book convention in Leipzig March 14 to introduce a biography on his life called "Mit Links und 40 Fieber". It´sm ghost written by Monty Grassler. It´s likely that the back injury Beyer suffers from will end his career although no official announcement has been made.

 

Sauerland Event won purse bids with an offer for 540,000 EUR for EBU cruiserweight champ Marco Huck´s defense against former WBA ruler Firat Arslan. Sauerland will put the fight on sometime in May. Arslan is promoted Spotlight Boxing so this will be an all-German showdown in more than one way.

 

Russian cruiserweight Aleksander Alekseev, who surprisingly lost to Victor Ramirez last time out, comes back May 2 in Dresden and faces American Max Alexander. The show is headlined by WIBF and WBC champ Ina Menzer who fights Franchesca Alcanter. In the co-feature WBA bantam king Anselmo Miranda again square off against Ukrainian Wladimir Sidorenko.

 

Aleksander Dimitrenko will now have Alexander Povetkin as co-challenger for the vacant EBU heavyweight title. It´s a hot matchup but unfortunately not one that is likely to happen - at least not now as Povetkin awaits a shot at IBF and WBO champ Wladimir Klitschko. The EBU have set April 21 as deadline for agreements and purse bids.

 

French welterweight Brice Faradji is off the fight against Italian Leonard Bundu March 13 in Firenze. Faradji is replaced another Frenchman in Franck Harroche Horta.

 

EBU super middleweight champ Karo Murat have Dmitri Sartison as official challenger. Deadline for agreements are May 28. This is another Sauerland Event vs Spotlight Boxing fight as well and both are highly ranked by the WBA.

 

Natascha Ragosina defends her WIBF, GBU and WBC super middleweight titles against Iva Weston from Trinidad & Tobago March 28 in Grossziethen. Lukas Konecny and Jimmy Colas clash for the EU jr middleweight title in the co-feature.

 

Hungarian website monokli.com writes that WBO super middleweight ruler Karoly Balzsay faces former WBA middleweight titlist Maselino Masoe on April 25 in Krefeld.