Esham Pickering fighting for European title

Yep a hand injury Appelby's got I read .Here's the EBU rankings if anybody's interested . Just checked them

Champ: Oleg YEFIMOVICH (UA)
Chall: Paul APPLEBY (GB)
EU: VACANT EU: VACANT EU:
EEEU: Stanislav MERDOV (UA)
Contenders: Contenders:
1 Martin LINDSAY (GB)
2 Andrey ISAEV (ES)
3 Michael HUNTER (GB)
4 Alberto SERVIDEI (IT)
5 Stanislav MERDOV (UA)
6 Yuri VORONIN (UA)
7 John SIMPSON (GB)
8 Derry MATTHEWS (GB)
9 Esham PICKERING (GB)
10 Viorel SIMION (RO)
11 Paul TRUSCOTT (GB)