Lele Sadjo, 24-0 (21 KOs), is amid a managerial dispute and he now insists it was them, not he, who gave the belt back.
The 34-year-old is still in line for an IBF eliminator against Christian Mbilli, with the sanctioning body setting January 16 as the date for purse bids.
Samuel Molina, 31-3 (15 KOs), will make a voluntary defense of the EBU super lightweight title on February 15 in Malaga, Spain, against Sandy Messaoud, 20-7 (1 KO) from France.
The mandatory challenger for Molina is Belgian Anas Messaoudi.
In the co-feature, bantamweight Baldo Mira, 13-0 (3 KOs), defends the EBU silver strap against Spanish champ Sebastian Perez, 15-4-1 (2 KOs).
Croatian heavyweight Petar Milas, 17-1 (13 KOs), has fought only sporadically in the last few years but has been signed with Fides Sports and hopes to be back in the limelight soon.
Milas turned pro in 2015 and went 15-0 through 2019. Then a long layoff followed until he was stopped by French heavyweight Tony Yoka in 2021 in his lone loss. He has gone 2-0 since then but has only seen five rounds of action in the last three years.
WBA international super flyweight champion Linn Sandstrom, 9-3-3 (2 KOs) will, according to the WBA, be looking to add their gold bauble to her collection when she takes on Venezuelan Yoselin Fernandez, 15-6 (8 KOs) February 28 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.
Sandstrom hails from Sweden but has since a few years been based in Australia.
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