By Per Ake Persson

Sauerland Event won today´s purse bids in Rome for EBU-EU middleweight champ Marcos Nader´s mandatory defense against Italian Emanuele Blandamura, 21-0. Sauerland bid 29,414,00 Euro while OPI 2000 came in second best with an offer for 14,750,00 Euro. Nader, 18-0-1, won the title by outscoring Roberto Santos, whom he previously fought to a draw with. When and were Nader vs. Blandamura will go ahead is to be announced.