
Samuel Molina to make European title defense vs. Egidijus Kavaliauskas
EBU welterweight champion Samuel Molina will defend his title title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas on November 28 at Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.
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EBU welterweight champion Samuel Molina will defend his title title against Egidijus Kavaliauskas on November 28 at Žalgiris Arena in Kaunas, Lithuania.

The European Boxing Union has ordered a rematch between welterweights Samuel Molina and Anas Messaoudi after their August 2 matchup ended in a draw.

Samuel Molina clung on to the European welterweight title at Malaga, Spain’s classic bullfighting arena, La Malagueta, when he fought to a majority 12-round draw with Belguim’s Anas Messaoudi

The European Boxing Union held its annual general assembly last weekend in Sarajevo, Bosnia and Herzegovina.

Welterweight European Boxing Union titleholder Jordy Weiss (32-0-1, 3 KO) will make a voluntary defense of his title Oct. 19 in Laval, France, against Samuel Molina (28-3, 14 KOs), from Spain.

L'Equipe reports that French promoter Sebastien Acaries has sued network Canal+ to force them to show and finance a defense by WBA cruiserweight king Arsen Goulamirian (27-0) against Brit Tommy McCarthy (20-4) on September 10 in Marseille. However, Canal+ has decided not to be involved in the boxing business anymore.

The news that WBO bantamweight champion Dina Thorslund (19-0) and the WBC title holder in the same weight division, Yuliahn Luna Avila (25-3-1), will meet in a title unification on September 2 in Denmark might be true - however, according to Danish website knock-out.dk there is no done deal just yet.

Danish boxer Enock Poulsen (12-0) has relinquished the EBU super lightweight title today (May 22). Poulsen told Ekstrabladet that he had been ill for a few weeks and couldn't get ready in time for the scheduled defense in Paris, which was set to take place on June 10 against mandatory challenger Franck Petitjean (23-6-3).

Danish super middle prospect Jacob Bank (7-0) takes on Germany-based Dominican veteran Rafael Bejaran (30-7-1) October 1 in Kolding on a TK promotion.