By Per Ake Persson

EX-WBC super middleweight champ Eric Lucas is heading to Denmark this weekend to finalize the deal for a fight against WBA ruler Mikkel Kessler in January. At the side of Lucas will be trainer Bernard Baige, fitness and conditional coach Alain Delorme and Interbox representative David Messier. Lucas will also check out training facilities and the fight venue; the Brondby Hall. Meanwhile Interbox associate Chris Ganescu is in Romania to work on a show for the team´s Romanian fighters, Lucien Bute, Adrian Diaconou and Jojo Dan, early next year. All three fight next on December 2 in Montreal.
 
Spanish super bantamweight prospect Kiko Martinez had no problems with Slovakian Peter Balasz and won on a first round knockout Friday night in Dolores. Norwegian light heavyweight Kim Jensen stopped Stefan Stanko in the second on the undercard.
 
Former WBC heavy champ Vitali Klitschko is interested in getting involved with politics back home in Ukraine. Vitali didn´t rule out running for mayor of Kiev in the March 2006 elections at a press conference in Kiev on November 25 - he did however rule out all comeback plans.
 
Polish heavyweight Shamek Saleta, returns to action after the loss to Oliver McCall, in December in a scheduled eight-rounder in Ostroleka.
 
The WBA I/C title that sort of replaced the WBA Int´l belt will be mainly a European affair that will be handled from Nicaragua by WBA official Renzo Bagnariol. In Europe, five supervisors were appointed. They are Humbert Furgoni, France, Gualtiero Becchetti, Italy, Artur Ellensohn, Germany, Andre Fontjin, the Netherlands and Mariana Borissova, Bulgaria and the UK.
 
Mariusz Cendrowski defends the TWBA 160 lb title on December 17. Where the bout takes place has not been decided as yet but the promoter, Boxing Europe, is looking at Warzaw (Poland).
 
Zapir Gereev won the inaugural EBF 147 lb title on Friday in Berlin with an eight round stoppage of Turk Mehmet Karaca. The show at the Columbia Club drew a full house of about 700 people.