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Presuming light heavyweight champion Dmitry Bivol successfully negotiates his May 30 defense against Michael Eifert, the IBA has plans for an Artur Beterbiev trilogy fight.

Eifert has been waiting on this title shot for more than three years.

BoxingScene has learned that the Dmitry Bivol-Michael Eifert mandatory light heavyweight championship fight will now headline a May show in Ekaterinburg, Russia.

Oscar Collazo cut down Jesus Haro over the weekend to climb into the BoxingScene pound-for-pound list, which has undergone quite a shake-up since our last update.

This ends an ordeal that has lingered on for months, and gets Eifert closer to a date that he's waited on for years.

BoxingScene has confirmed that the IBF has permitted yet another postponement in the Dmitry Bivol-Michael Eifert purse bid process

The teams for 175lbs champ Dmitry Bivol and IBF mandatory Michael Eifert continue to work behind the scenes in hopes of reaching a deal for their overdue title fight.

Dmitriy Salita believes that Atif Oberlton, a 29-year-old from Philadelphia, is good enough to compete with the best light heavyweights in the world.