By Per Ake Persson

WBA heavyweight champ Nikolai Valuev vs. Monte Barrett has October 7 as a working date and appears to be headed for Madison Square Garden in New York City.
 
Both WBC light heavyweight champ Tomasz Adamek and Australian challenger Paul Briggs have signed contracts for a fight, but according to Bobby Goodman of Don King Productions, there are still problems to be worked out.
 
German cruiserweight prospect Marco Huck takes on Italian Pietro Aurino for the vacant EU title on September 23 somewhere in Germany. Huck is currently in training at the Baltic Coast along with IBF middleweight ruler Arthur Abraham and WBC 168 lb champ Markus Beyer.
 
Polish Boxing Promotions, headed by Krzysztof Zbarski, have formed a Polish leg of the Hungarian network Sport Klub and have acquired TV rights for over 100 boxing events a year including ESPN and HBO`s Boxing After Dark. There will also be classic bouts of all time greats.