By Per Ake Persson

It will be British champ Brian Magee that replaces Dimitri Sartison as co-challenger with Mads Larsen for the vacant EBU title. The EBU have set November 24 as the deadline for purse bids or agreements. One can imagine that Palm Promotion will work hard to get Magee and his people to accept Janaury 16 in Aarhus as date and site as this was all set for Larsen vs Sartison when Dimitri pulled out to go for the WBA "standard" title.

 

French super middleweight Jean Paul Mendy, 26-0-1, a still undefeated veteran with ten years as a pro, faces British spoiler Matthew Barr November 6 in Toulon. In the mainevent Jeremy Parodi defends the IBF Youth super bantamweight title against Colombian Alexander Monterrose.

 

Lightweights Muzaffer Tosun and Johnny Ibramov clash for the vacant GBU title November 15 in Berlin on a show promoted by Ralf Reiser. Tozun has been around the Berlin fight scene for years now taking on all comers.

 

Russian heavyweights Arthur Marabyan and Maxim Maslov clash for the vacant EE-EU title December 19 in St Petersburg. This title is affiliated to the EBU and open to fighters from countries outside of the EU that are members of the EBU.