Bulgarian heavyweight Kubrat Pulev (19-0) keeps busy while waiting for his turn to fight the mighty Wladimir Klitschko with an eight-rounder on the undercard to Braehmer vs Maccarinelli this Saturday (April 5) in Rostock. Facing Pulev will be American Elijah McCall (12-3-1).

 

EBU superlight champ Michele Di Rocco (36-1-1) will make a voluntary defence of the title May 17 in Rome and take on Frenchman Alexander Lepelley (17-1-1). This OPI 2000 promotion is headlined by Sergey Rabchenko’s defence of the EBU superwelter title against Emanuele Della Rosa.

 

OPI 2000 have also announced that the fight for the vacant EBU flyweight title between Valery Yanchy and Andrea Sarritzu will go ahead April 26 in Rho (Italy).