By Mark Vester
Promoters Branco Milenkovic and Don King are fighting over where to stage an IBF bantamweight mandatory eliminator between former champion Joseph Agbeko, ranked third, and Vusi Malinga, ranked 8. The IBF has placed a deadline of January 4 for the two promoters to reach a deal or the fight will head to purse bids.
Milenkovic wants the fight to take place in South Africa. He says the location is the perfect. King is not happy with the location. He wants to it held somewhere else. Milenkovic made a promise to his fighter to hold his position and go to purse bids if needed to bid King out.
“It is important that this fight takes place in SA because Joseph Agbeko is originally from Ghana and Vusi Malinga is a South African. It is an all-Africa fight and will be a very difficult fight for Vusi, so I must at least give him some home advantage considering Agbeko’s reputation. So I will do my best for Vusi and prepare for the purse bids,” Milenkovic told SA Business Today.
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