When and where will IBO cruiserweight champ Kevin Lerena fight next? A showdown against Norwegian Kai Robin Havnaa appeared to be all set for late September in Norway, but due to COVID-19 nothing more have been confirmed and as it is now Norwegian authorities don´t even permit sparring with fighters above 20 years of age.

Meanwhile Belgian media wrote the other day that Lerena could be fighting WBA Interm king Ryad Merhy on December 12 in Liege (Belgium). - We are working on it, comments promoter Alain Vanackere but nothing appears to be set.

Rodney Berman from Golden Gloves also hints at an IBF eliminator against IBF # 4 Jai Opetaia. Lerena is # 3 with the IBF.

EC Boxing in Hamburg bring heavyweights Ali Eren Demirezen (12-1) and Viktor Faust (2-0) and super lightweight Volkan Gokcek (2-0) to Ukraine for fights on September 20 in Dnipro. Opponents are to be announced.

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The Swedish-speaking part of Finnish network Yle have done excellent stories on heavyweight Robert Helenius, trainer Johan Lundstrom and manager Markus Sundman. There are no news on Robert¨s next fight but there's the interesting story on how he settled on Aland Islands, how his long term injuries healed, his new diet and how he got to work with Lundstrom, who was into MMA but never had trained a professional fighter before. Manager Sundman is a jack of all trades but like Lundstrom a newcomer to boxing. It all came together against Adam Kownacki and a big upset was a fact - and Helenius is now in line for at least one more big money fight.

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The fight for the vacant EBU female super middleweight title between Sanna Turunen and Elena Sikhmashvili set for September 19 in Tallinn (Estonia) is again postponed. This is the third time this fight is postponed but the reason is the same: COVID-19.

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Swedish light heavyweight Hampus Henriksson (4-0-1) will now face Georgian Nikoloz Gviniashvili (14-18-4) on Saturday (Sep 12) in Hamburg on Universum's gym show. Hampus was first set to take on Leo Cvetkovic whom he drew against last time out. The show is topped by three heavyweight fights and goes out live in Germany on Bild.de.

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Flyweight Angel Moreno (21-4-2) from Spain is now co-challenger along with Mohammed Obbadi (21-1) for the vacant EBU title, Deadline for purse bids or agreements are set for September 30. Obbadi has been official challenger for some time now but all plans have been derailed due to corona.