By Per Ake Persson
Universum officially announced that WBA 160 lb champ Felix Sturm will defend the title on July 15 in Hamburg against Spanish veteran Javier Castillejo. This clears the way for EBU champ Sebastian Sylvester to make another voluntary defense, and he will take on Finn Amin Asikainen on June 3 in Hannover on the Valuev vs Beck show. Castillejo will remain mandatory challenger for the EBU title.
Co-headlining the Hamburg show is WBA bantamweight champ Wladimir Sidorenko.
Spotlight Boxing won the purse bids for EBU heavyweight champ Paolo Vidoz´s defense against Ukrainian Vladimir Virchis. Date and site is to be announced in two weeks.
