By Per Ake Persson
British champion Ryan Walsh (21-1-1) and Danish contender Dennis Ceylan (17-0-1) are now co-challengers for the vacant EBU featherweight title. The EBU have set July 13 as deadline for agreement or purse bids.
The title was left vacant by Ukraine´s Oleg Yemofovich, who first had Carmelo Tommasone as official challenger and then Walsh and then relinquished the title.
Ceylan has been sidelined with an injured left hand since December, while Walsh has defended the British title twice during 2016.
In other news - Gianluca Mandras (11-4) won the vacant Italian heavyweight title last night in Marcianise with a close unanimous decision after ten rounds against Sergio Romano (5-7). It was scored 96-94 twice and 95-94. This was Mandras´ third shot at the title and he lost twice on disqualification against Matteo Modugno and Fabio Tuiach respectively.
While Romano´s record looks poor he was actually 1-6 including a loss to Mandras after seven fights but then won four straight.
On Friday night (June 17), the undefeated, WBC Silver International Champion and WBC World #4-ranked Junior Welterweight contender Cletus "The Hebrew Hammer" Seldin, 140 lbs. (18-0, 15 KO's Long Island, NY), squares off against Mexican brawler Jesus Selig, 139.8 lbs. (19-3-1, 12 KO's Douglas, Arizona) at The Paramount in Huntington, New York in the 10-round Junior Welterweight affair. The main event headlines the 24th edition of Joe DeGuardia's popular "Rockin Fights" series.
Seldin, the Patchogue product fighting out of Shirley, Long Island, has been superb in compiling an unblemished 18-0 mark, with 15 of his triumphs coming via highlight reel knockouts. Seldin has won 10 straight and 15 out of 16 at the popular Long Island venue.
