The World Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association ordered two fights in the Super Middleweight division. The first is for the super championship between the Russian Fedor Chudinov and Brits George Groves, and the second the rematch between German Tyron Zeugge and Nigeria Isaac Ekpo for the regular title of the division.

As for Chudinov-Groves, the fight is ordered because of the unsolved case of the division super championships belonging to the German Felix Sturm.

Sturm won the title on February 20, 2016 defeating Chudinov by majority decision (115-113, 115-113 y 114-114), so the Russian team requested a direct rematch. While the WBA was reviewing the request, German Professional Boxing Commission released the German`s result of a positive anti-doping test.

According to the WBA rules Chudinov should be reinstated as champion.  Although, the German had to comply with a defense that was not carried out because Sturm relinquished the title due to an injury. The championships Committee ratified the decision on October 2, 2016.

Since Chudinov had right to fight for the WBA Super championship the Championships Committee appointed the best leading contender to respect the Russian´s the right to fight for the title.

Groves, Nº 2 rated contender of the division and WBA international champion was the contender selected to fight Chudinov.

Chudinov and Groves are expected to fight on May 27th and the winner will face the regular champion of the division.

Zeuge-Ekpo Rematch

As for the Tyron Zeuge and Isaac Ekpo, the WBA ordered a direct rematch, after their last fight ended with a technical decision in the round 5.

When the fight ended, the scores were 49-46, 48-47 y 49-47 for the European. This shows how close the fight was and, for that reason, Ekpo representatives requested its review for a rematch.