By Per Ake Persson

WBC light heavy champ Adrian Diaconu is sidelined with an injury and his defence against Italian veteran Silvio Branco that was scheduled for November 15 in Bucharest is cancelled. No word on a new date.

Venezuelan super middle Gusmyl "Pantera" Perdomo is very much likely to be next mandatory challenger for WBA champ Mikkel Kessler and will be featured on the undercard to Dimitrenko vs Krasniqi in Duesseldorf November 15, writes notifight.com.

Former WBC super middle champ Markus Beyer´s back injury is so bad that Beyer may face retirement, writes Bild Zeitung. Surgery is a possibility but not even then is it certain that the Markus can come back.

Stockholm, Sweden, based Pro Box Scandinavia will promote two shows Kampala, Uganda. The first, a smaller event, goes ahead November 23 at Sabrina´s Pub. Then on December 19, PBS stages a bigger event with lightweight Peter Semo, welter Hassan Saku and feather Abdu Tebazalwa topping the bill.

Clinton Woods and Rachid Kanfouah will fight for the vacant European light heavy title in January of next year in France with AMI Production as promoter.

Arthur Abraham vs Felix Sturm in a WBA/WBO unification bout at middleweight appears to be on the horizon. But first Abraham must get past Raul Marquez on Saturday in Bamberg. Another thing is King Arthur´s rumored problems to make weight.

Danish cruiser Anders Hugger has been sentenced to 60 days in jail for his part in an assault affair. Hugger has already appealed.

Swiss welter Roberto Belge defends the IBC title December 27 in Lugano against Ukrainian Valentin Kuts.

Cruiser Ali Ismailov defends the WBO Latin title against Ecuadorian Ayman Ramadan November 27 in St Petersburg. In the co-feature middleweight Gennadyi Martyrosian, a good prospect, takes on the more seasoned Alexey Chirkov in a Russian title fight.

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