By Marco Bratusch
After former European champion Guillaume Frenois has relinquished his continental belt after two successful defenses in the junior lightweight division in order to take his shot for an IBF eliminator against Billy Dib (a fight that very likely will now be upgraded to the full, vacant IBF title after Gervonta Davis lost it on the scale last Saturday in Las Vegas), the European Boxing Union has called for the two highest available ranked opponents to compete for the vacant European belt. Consequentially, the managers of former titlist Juli Giner (21-2-1, 8 KOs), from Spain, and two-time world title challenger Stephen Smith (25-3, 15 KOs) will have time to sealed a private deal before September 13th, avoiding the purse bid set for that day. Continue reading “EBU Updates”