By Per Ake Persson
This past week the EBU announced that EC Boxing stablemates - Igor Mikhalkin, who is the EBU 175-pound champion, and his mandatory challenger Karo Murat - are going to fight on December 5 in Hamburg as part of Sauerland Event´s show that is topped by Jack Culcay vs Dennis Hogan.
At the same time, Main Events and the IBF are both stating that a final eliminator between Murat and Sullivan Barrera is being worked out for December 12th, in California, as part of an HBO Latino televised tripleheader.
The December 5th showdown has not been confirmed by neither EC Boxing nor Sauerland Event. EC boxing boss Erol Ceylan has not been available for comment.
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EBU super middleweight champ Hadillah Mohummadi first had Mohamed Ali Ndiaye as challenger for his defense November 6 in Milano but he had to pull out due to illness. He was replaced by Giuseppe Brischetto, who however never showed up. Since that time, there have been attempts to have Mohummadi defend the title on November 28 but that is now off as no suitable opponent could be found.
As for Brischetto, he later explained that he never received received leave from his duties in the special forces and that´s why he was a no show.
