IBF I-C jr lightweight champ and IBF # 4 Samir Ziani (33-3-1) defends the title against OPBF title holder Yoshimitsu Kimura (13-2-1) on May 6 in Blagnac, France.

Ziani, managed by Gary Hyde, previously held the EBU title but after several postponements of his planned defenses he relinquished the title and went for greener pastures.

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SES and Blin Boxing join forces for a show at Berg Tal Resort in Bispingen (Germany) on Friday (April 22) with its "Team Deutschland" on the bill and that is lightweight Nenad Stancic (10-0), light heavyweight Michael Eifert (9-1), middleweights Josha Blin (1-0) and Max Suske (2-0).

If the name Blin rings a bell, yes it is the grandchild of the former EBU heavyweight champion Juergen Blin, who fought Muhammad Ali in 1971.

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Matteo Signani's defense of the EBU middleweight title against Anderson Prestot (24-2) will now go ahead June 24 with site remaining Massy (France). This fight was all set for March 19 but was called off the day before when the 42-year old Signani (31-5-3) had a tooth infection and after the dentist was done he was unable to fight.

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German female featherweight Sophie Alish (7-0) will be managed by Anthony Joshua's 258 MGT, writes BILD. In Germany O1NE Sport headed by Daniel Todorovic will handle Alish's affairs.

Alish is next set to fight May 7 in Cologne.

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The fighters are in town and the stage is set for Hall of Fame promoter Mogens Palle's final show after 65 years in the business. Tomorrow night at Fredriksberghallerne in Copenhagen Enock Poulsen squares off against Franck Petitjean for the vacant EBU super lightweight title and Sarah Mahfoud defends the IBF female featherweight title against Nina Meinke in the main events.

Mogens Palle's career started in 1957 and has hit highs and lows over the decades. Palle was elected to the International Hall of Fame in 2008 and few have deserved it more. 

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Michael Zerafa may have set himself up for a world title shot with his second round stoppage of Issac Hardman in their middleweight showdown at the Melbourne Convention Centre.

Zerafa sent Hardman crashing to the deck with a left hook and while the Queenslander recovered, the referee stopped Wednesday night’s fight soon after with the 30-year-old landing a flurry of punches.

Zerafa becomes the IBF's number two contender and will now fight Brazil’s No.1-ranked contender Esquiva Falcao in Melbourne later this year.