Jamie Moore in Title Quest

JAMIE MOORE will now fight for the vacant European light-middleweight title after Zaurbek Baysangurov dramatically gave up the title. Purse bids for their showdown were due to be opened in Rome this morning, but just minutes before the Russian ducked out of fighting Jamie.Salford's Moore will now face the next available contender and his team expect that to be Italy's former IBF welterweight and European light-middleweight champion MichelePiccirillo.Promoter Frank Maloney said: "We were confident of winning the purse bids, but Baysangurov was not confident of coming to England. "Jamie was more than willing to go to Germany or Russia. That shows his fighting heart. "We are now waiting for the EBU to name the next contender in rankings and we will enter a short period of private negotiations before the fight goes to purse offers. "I'm confident that Jamie will get his chance in England, hopefully before the end of November."