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By Scott Shaffer
23/02/2022
Two purse bids are scheduled for Thursday: first, the WBO will conduct a bid for a newly minted interim title at 168 pounds. The WBO 160-pound champion, Demetrius Andrade will get 65% of the bid. Andrade did not wish to make his middleweight mandatory, so he is being accomodated with an interim title bout one division higher vs. undefeated Brit Zach Parker, who will receive 35%of the bid. The WBO required the boxers to accept the fight within 48 hours of the bid. After the WBO purse bid, the action shifts over to the IBF, who will auction off the promotional rights for a heavyweight eliminator between undefeated big men Filip Hrgovic and Zhang Zhilei. The split will be 60/40 in favor of the higher-ranked Hrgovic.