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.
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The undercard to the all-Finnish heavyweight clash between Robert Helenius (31-4) and Mika Mielonen (6-0) on August 9 in Savonlinna will feature the likes of BBU cruiser champ Samuli Karkkainen (17-1), middleweight Olavi Hagert (7-0) and featherweight Jose Antonio Sanchez Romero (15-1-1).
Helenius has been out of the ring since last October, when he was knocked out in one round by former WBC world champion Deontay Wilder in the first round at Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
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Super welters Araik Marutjan (13-1) and Jan Meiser (15-1-1) clash for the vacant German (BDB version) title on June 24 in Rostock on P2M’s big show at the Town Hall. Heavyweights Felix Langberg (12-0) and Marios Kollias (10-2-1) headline in a fight for the vacant WBA Continental title.
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French super lightweight Franck Petitjean (24-6-3) won the vacant EBU title this past weekend with a close decision over Spaniard Samuel Molina (25-2) on Saturday night in Paris in what was an upset according to the bookmakers.
Petitjean now has Dane Enock Poulsen (13-0) as a mandatory challenger.