Welters Randall Bailey and Said Ouali clash December 10 at the Lotto Arena in Antwerp, Belgium, in an IBF Final Eliminator. Bailey thus returns to the venue where he last March knocked out local man Jackson Osei Bonsu while Ouali, a Belgian citizen of Moroccan descent, makes his debut in Belgium after spending his entire career in the US. The show is promoted by Jackson Boxing Club headed by Louis De Vries, Mayweather Promotionas and Di Bella Entertainment. In the chief support Jean Pierre Bauwens defends the WBC Youth I/C lightweight title against German Nico Schroeder.
WBA have finally confirmed the situation at middleweight: Gennady Golovkin is indeed declared “regular” champ. Avtandil Khurtside and Hassan N´Dam clash for the interim title October 30 in Paris and Felix Sturm remains “superchamp”.
Russian heavy Alexander Povetkin knocked out Teke Oruh in the fifth Saturday afternoon in Chekhov. However, Povetkin will not fight October 30 in Rostock as was orignally planned.
Nothing is confirmed but many sources say that a unification fight between WBO lightheavy champ Juergen Braehmer and WBA counterpart Beilut Shumenov is underways.
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