Mikkel Kessler and Kalle Sauerland will stage a press conference tomorrow (May 7) in Copenhagen to talk about the future. It was first believed that Kessler would announce his retirement but Danish paper Ekstrabladet reveals and that the Viking Warrior will come back and is looking for a big fight. Nothing is set, but Sauerland will look for a major fight against a name fighter with late October or November as target dates. If it can be done remains to be seen though. Should for instance George Groves beat Carl Froch May 31 that might set up a third fight between the two while a win for Froch could open the door for a third showdown with Kessler. The now 35-year old Dane (46-3) was last seen losing to Froch May 25 last year.
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EBU superfeather champ Romain Jacob was set to defend the title against Belgian Ermanno Fegatilli August 1 in Calais (France) but the challenger have pulled due to a more important matter: marriage. Fegatilli is getting married August 2. Due to this Jacob get a new challenger in Devis Boschiero and the EBU are calling for purse bids with May 21 as last date and also states that the fight must be held no later than August 10 and the winner will get Fegatilli as mandatory challenger.
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EU supermiddle champ Mariano Hilario will defend the title against Italian Roberto Cocco, who replace Blas Miguel Martinez. The fight will go ahead in Lanzarote (Spain) May 31 and not May 16 as previously announced.
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German veteran Bernard Donfack (19-11-3) and Argentinian journeyman Javier Albert Mamani (39-14-1) clash for the WBFed supermiddleweight title May 17 in Saarbruecken (Germany) on a show promoted by DOG Event & Boxing. It´s Mamani´s third visit to Germany having previously lost to Felix Sturm and Gennadyi Golovkin.
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German heavyweight champ (the BDB version) Michael Wallisch (12-0) defends the title against Konstantin Airich on the SES show in Dresden (May 30). Airich lost to Christian Hammer April 11 but sneaked in a win in Aachen April 26 in Aachen against Emgrin Solmaz. Airich´s record is depending on if you includes his participation in the Bigger is Better tournaments and is around 28-10-2.
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EBU superlightweight champ Michele Di Rocco is sidelined with the flu and his defence against Alexandre Lepelley May 17 in Rome is now cancelled. This was a voluntary defence and is now off completely and the EBU is now calling for purse bids for the mandatory defence against Ruben Nieto. The bids will opened May 26 at noon in Rome.
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