It's official I: IBF middleweight champ Arthur Abraham defends his title December 8 in Basle. Opponent will be Brit Wayne Elcock, who scored a big upset by beating Howard Eastman to win the national title. As previously reported EBU super middleweight king Cristian Sanavia fights Danilo Haussler in one of the chief supports.

It's official II: WBO junior middleweight titleholder Sergey Dzinziruk squares off against Czech Lukas Konecny in the co-headliner to WIBF fly queen Regina Halmich´s farewell fight November 30 in Karlsruhe. The EBU writes that its light heavyweight champ Thomas Ulrich will face Yuri Barashyan on this bill as well.

It will be Latvian Roman Dabolins that takes on Dutchman Andre Janssens for the vacant Belgian heavyweight title November 1 in Izegem.

OPI 2000 won the purse bids today for EBU junior lightweight ruler Leva Kirakosyan's defence against Belarus Sergey Gulyakevich. Site and date is to be announced. Kirakosyan resides in Spain but hails from Armenia.

Multiple super middleweight champ Natascha Ragosina is looking to add a fifth belt to her collection when she headlines SES' promotion in Dessau, December 15. Ragosina holds the WIBF, WBA, GBU and WIBA titles and will now try for the WBC crown as well.

German manager and promoter Falco Behling insists he still has valid contracts with light heavyweight Kai Kurzawa, heavyweight Eddy Kalnars, junior middleweight Nick Klappert and the Kempe twins, Matthias and Andreas. The matter could be heading for the courts if no agreement can be reached with the parties involved. Behling claims he has offered all the athletes fights in the United States where he also has business.

Rachid Kanfouah and Belaid Asham clash for the French light heavyweight title January 24, 2008, in Paris.

Spotlight Boxing returns to Solten, Austria, December 4. Topping the bill are WBC International cruiser champ Rudolf Kraj, ex-IBF middleweight challenger Khoren Gevor and Russian heavy Dennis Boytsov.

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