The WBA has ordered a 4-man box-off to determine it’s world title at 154 lbs, according to Dan Rafael of espn.com.
Unified world titleholder Julian “J Rock” Williams is the WBA’s so-called “super” titleholder, having outpointed Jarrett Hurd in an action-packed contender for fight of the year on May 11.
Under the plan, the winner of the fight between France’s Michel Soro (33-2-1, 22 KOs), 31, and Magomed Kurvanov (17-0, 11 KOs), 23, of Russia, who are scheduled to fight on July 20 in Marseille, France, will claim the organization’s vacant secondary world title.
Also, the fight between former longtime world titlist Erislandy Lara (25-3-3, 14 KOs), 36, a Cuban defector fighting out of Houston, and Ramon Alvarez (28-7-3, 16 KOs), 32, of Mexico, has been sanctioned for the organization’s vacant interim belt that Soro used to hold. Lara and Alvarez — middleweight world champion Canelo Alvarez’s older brother — are scheduled to meet in the main event of a Premier Boxing Champions card on Aug. 31 (Fox) at The Armory in Minneapolis.
