Situation about EBU titles

Per-Ake Persson

Light heavyweight: Lyndon Arthur (25-3) has relinquished the title. Official challenger, Italian Luca D´Ortenzi (20-4) will now take on the highest ranked available for the vacant title.

Middleweight: Newly crowned champ Bilal Jkitou (21-2) has Michel Soro (38-4-2) as mandatory challenger. No date has been for purse bids for this all-French mega fight.

Super-welterweight: Champ Milan Prat (29-1) has Reda Kham (18-1) as mandatory challenger in another all-French matchup.

Welterweight: Newly crowned champ Egidijus Kavaliauskas (25-3-1) inherited Belgian Anas Messaoudi (17-0-1) as mandatory challenger when he beat Samuel Molina to win the title with January 8 as the deadline for purse bids or agreements.

The winner then has ex-champ Molina (32-4-1) as mandatory challenger.

Super-bantamweight: Newly crowned Shabaz Masoud (15-0) got heavily tattooed Italian veteran Alessio Lorusso (30-5-2) as mandatory challenger. No date has been set for purse bids.

The winner has Dennis McCann (16-0-1) as mandatory challenger.

Bantamweight: Champ Cristian Zara (16-2) defends the title against Frenchman Elie Konki (15-2) on January 31 in Maurepas (France).

Flyweight: Conner Kelsall (13-0) and Joel Santos (8-0-2) square off for the vacant title March 28 in Rotherham (UK).