By Per Ake Persson

The EBU have called for purse bids for light heavyweight champ Juergen Braehmer´s mandatory defense against Brit Tony Bellew. The bids received by the General Secretariat will be opened October 22 at noon at the EBU office in Rome. Bellew, the WBC's mandatory contender, may also be the next opponent for WBC champ Adonis Stevenson but that fight has yet to be confirmed.

 

Meanwhile, Sauerland has just announced that Braehmer (41-2, 31KOs) will fight Marcus Oliveira (25-0-1, 20KOs) for the vacant WBA "regular" title - with champion Beibut Shumenov becoming the "super" champion. Date and site is to be confirmed.