IBF female super welterweight champion Marie Eve Dicaire (18-1), WBC titleholder Patrica Berghult (15-0) and former undisputed welterweight champ Cecilia Braekhus (36-2) are the reported participants in a three step tournament to go ahead this fall.
Step 1: WBC queen Berghult defends the title against the former First Lady Braekhus August 13 in Cali, Colombia.
Step 2: Dicaire meets the winner of Berghult-Braekhus in October.
Step 3: The winner of Step 2 meets the loser of Step 1.
The tournament is not yet announced or confirmed by Canadian promoter Yvon Michel of GYM, but initially the information was revealed by Braekhus to media in Norway and the other day Berghult’s promoter in Sweden, Kamran Kabinejad, informed the Swedish commission that the contracts are signed.
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EBU lightweight champion Yvan Mendy (40-5-1) now has Denys Berinchyk (16-0) from Ukraine as mandatory challenger. Berinchyk steps in for Finnish boxer Edis Tatli, who relinquished his position for a summer without boxing.
The deadline for purse bids are June 13..
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EU super middle titleholder Gustave Tamba (17-1) defends the title against hard punching German Nick Hannig (10-1-1) July 13 in Frejus (France) on a show promoted by EuroProm.
The winner has Irishman Predraig McCrory (13-0) as mandatory challenger.