The World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Championships Committee ordered negotiations for the middleweight world title battle between champion Erislandy Lara and his necessary challenger Michael Zerafa.
The pioneer group despatched the official communication to the events, which may have from January 15 to February 15 to achieve an settlement for this bout.
Erislandy Lara has been champion since Could 1, 2021 and the foundations state that he should defend towards the necessary opponent after a interval of 9 months, which expired on February 1, 2022.
For that reason, his battle towards Zerafa, who’s ranked No. 1 and earned the precise to battle for the world title, has been ordered.
Within the occasion that the events can not attain an settlement or certainly one of them refuses to take action, the committee could name for an public sale beneath the inner guidelines of the WBA and with a handbag break up of 75% for the champion and 25% for the challenger.
