Promoter Bettina Palle has announced that there are negotiations with Sauerland Event about getting Ukrainian super middleweight Vitaly Tsypko as an opponent for WBA champ Mikkel Kessler for his June 9 defense in Copenhagen.

Hagen Doering, matchmaker for Sauerland, confirms the ongoing talks and states that a deal is "very close". Tsypko is ranked # 6 by the WBA and has previously lost to an eliminator to Jackson Chanet and fought to a technical draw with Jeff Lacy.

He is lined up to fight on the undercard to Beyer vs Bika on May 13.