French lightheavy [Tony Averlant], 18-7-2, has had surgery to his right hand and will be out of action for three months. Averlant lost a split duke to then EBU champ [Eduard Gutknecht] in March of last year after a fight most thought he had won but was already then suffering from pain in the hand but the problem couldn´t be diagnosed.

Tony (pictured) returned late last year to outscore [Lubo Hantak] but then suffered an upset loss to [Mounir Toumi] in a fight for the WBFed I/C title. It was however not discovered until recently that Averlant had been fighting with a fracture in his right hand for a long time - a problem that now appears to be cured and Tony is eager to return to the ring.

 

 

 

 

French lightheavies [Nadjib Mohammedi], 28-3, and Hakim Chioui, 25-2-1, clash for the vacant WBA Continental title April 20 in Les Pennes Mirabeaux.

Mohammedi holds the WBFed world title but previously lost to WBO king [Nathan Cleverly] while Chioui was stopped against [Jonathan Profichet] in an attempt to win the WBO euro title - and Profichet is also responsible for the second loss on Hakim´s ledger.

This fight is the first for this new WBA subtitle although [Willie Casey] W12-U [Jason Booth] also was for the continental title but it was then billed as for the WBA Euro title. The WBA later opted for a less confrontational line against the EBU and we got the Continental bill instead.

 

 

[Xavier Urpi], 11-1-1, and [Ivan Pozo], 33-8-1, clash for the vacant EU flyweight ttle March 9 in Madrid on a Rimer Boxe promotion. The 34-year old Pozo, a former world title challenger and EBU champ, comes in on short notice after Italian [Giuseppe Laganà] was forced to pull out due to work problems.