Kavaliauskas relinquishes the EBU title

Per-Ake Persson

Lithuanian welter Evgidijus Kavaliauskas (25-3-1) has relinquished the EBU title.

The EBU had set purse bids for January 8 for Kavaliuskas’ mandatory defence against Belgian Anas Messaoudi (17-0-1).

The winner of a Kavaliauskas vs Messaoudi fight would then have Spaniard Samuel Molina as a mandatory challenger.

Molina (25-3-1) lost the title to Kavaliauskas on a close, split decision in Lithuania and in his fight before that he drew with Messaoudi on a close, majority decision draw.

Since Kavaliuaskas decided to relinquish the title, EBU has set now January 28 as the deadline for purse bids for what is a very hot matchup – between Messaoudi and Molina.

As for Kavaliauskas there is no immediate news on his next move.