Heavyweight Zhan Kossobutskiy (17-0) headlines the next Universum show, which goes ahead on May 21 in Hamburg. Opponent is French veteran Johann Duhaupas (39-6). This fight was first set for February 19 but had to be postponed due a case of Covid-19 in Team Khossobutskiy.

Lightweight Dzimitry Asanu (2-0) is in against experienced Mexican Marcos Villasana Gutierrez (27-6) in the co-feature.

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Purse bids for the fight for the vacant EBU heavyweight title between Tony Yoka and Agit Kabayel has been moved from May 16 to May 23.

Yoka is still scheduled to take on Martin Bakole on May 14 in Paris, France.

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Las Vegas-based Swedish cruiserweight Robin Safar (14-0) fights Christian Thomas on June 3 in Salt Lake City. Thomas is according to BoxRec unbeaten in eleven fights - all in Mexico and none of the opponents have a winning record.

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Samir Ziani's defense of the IBF I-C title against Japanese Yoshimitsu Kimura (13-2-1) that was set for May 6 in Blagnac was canceled due to financial reasons.

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Danish TK Promotions returns to Ringkobing on June 11 with a show headlined by super middleweight Jakob Bank (5-0) and heavyweight Kem Ljungquist (12-0).

Ljungquist also has plans to promote a show of his own later in the year.

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The fight between Gilberto Ramirez and Dominic Boesel is a final WBA eliminator. Boesel is a former WBA interim champion, a title he lost when he was knocked out by Robin Krasniqi. He also lost the IBO title in that fight. Krasniqi was then stripped of that WBA interim title when the WBA in its wisdom got rid of their Interim titles but remained IBO titleholder.

Boesel thus regained the IBO belt when he beat Krasniqi in a rematch that also was a WBA eliminator. He still holds the IBO title but the moment he enters the ring against Ramirez he will be stripped of that title as it is not on the line in the Ramirez fight.