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The EBU have ordered a rematch between Kerman Lejarraga and Dylan Charrat and has set October 31 as the deadline for private negotiations.
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The EBU have ordered a rematch between Kerman Lejarraga and Dylan Charrat and has set October 31 as the deadline for private negotiations.

EBU super welterweight champ Sergio Garcia will not fight on the big Matchroom / OPI since 82 / DAZN show at the Palau D´hebron in Barcelona on April 23 as he couldn't come to terms with the promoters.

Maki Boxing of Finland won the purse bids held in Rome today for the fight between Edis Tatli (32-3) and Gianluca Cegli (16-3-1) for the vacant EBU lightweight title with a bid for 42,001 Euro. Italian Buccione Boxing Team came in second best with a bid for 38,500 Euro.

Universum Box Promotion, the new version, has cancelled its show on October 17 in Duesseldorf mainly due to the coronavirus pandemic. There was also some fights being called off before that such as Danish heavyweight Kem Ljungquist, who pulled out of the fight against Senad Gashi due to an injured hand.

WBA #1 cruiserweight Belgian Ryad Merhy (28-1) and WBA #8 Hungarian Imre Szello (24-0) clash for the vacant WBA interim title on October 19 at the Dome in Charleroi (Belgium). The show is promoted by 12 Rounds Promotion headed by Alain Vanackere.

Former WBA junior middleweight champ Jack Culcay headlines the annual Fritz Sdunek Memorial promoted by AGON Sport & Events show in Zinnowitz on September 21. Culcay (26-4) is back to 154 after losing the IBF middleweight eliminator against Sergiy Derevyanchenko in April. The opponent for the Zinnowitz show have yet to be announced.

The EU heavyweight title has been vacant since Otto Wallin relinquished it sometime in the summer of last year. Among the nominated challengers have been the likes of Robert Helenius, Petar Milas, Marcin Siwy, Erkan Teper and Cyril Leonet but no fight has materialized. The title - a sub title to the EBU - generally means a risky matchup for relatively small money and thus isn´t very popular.