IBF Junior Welterweight champion Ivan Baranchyk is back in the World Boxing Super Series after coming to an agreement, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
“We just resolved our differences. After a lot of yelling, people started listening and we resolved our differences,” said Baranchyk manager Dave McWater, who is in New York because Teofimo Lopez Jr., one of his fighters, is scheduled to box on the Terence Crawford-Amir Khan ESPN PPV card on Saturday night at Madison Square Garden. “The biggest thing was Ivan wanted to fight somebody now. And at this point May 18 was closer than anything we could get scheduled. So he’s excited and he thinks he beats Taylor easily.”
In an effort to force Baranchyk’s hand, World Boxing Super Series owner Comosa AG was granted an ex parte injunction in a Swiss court earlier this month ordering Baranchyk to remain in the tournament. The sides began talking about a deal and one was eventually reached.
“We wouldn’t be in if we weren’t,” McWater said of the resolution. “It was worth it. We’re ready to go. Ivan was ready to fight in February. He could fight tomorrow.”
Asked if he had any concerns about getting the money for the fight, and in a timely fashion, after the issues in the quarterfinals, McWater said, “We’ll get all of our money, absolutely.”
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Earlier this year, Baranchyk left trainer Pedro Diaz and their Miami training camp, to be trained by Hall of Famer Freddie Roach at his Wild Card Boxing Club in Hollywood, California. Diaz helped lead Baranchyk to winning a vacant 140-pound world title by seventh-round stoppage of Anthony Yigit in the quarterfinals in October in New Orleans.
“That’s nerve-racking for me but not for [Baranchyk],” McWater said of the trainer change so close to the semifinals. “He seems totally fine with it. He did go from one of the greatest trainers in the world to one of the greatest trainers in the world. So it’s not like he left Pedro for Joe Blow. I have faith in the kid and he seems non-fazed by it.”
