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This comes after Abner Mares, also from Mexico, vacated the belt to move up in weight and will exchange leather with Eric Morel in a WBC junior-featherweight title fight on Saturday.
"This is a perfect opportunity for me to win a credible world title," said Malinga, a former WBC international and WBA Pan African champion.
Malinga's promoter, Branco Milenkovic, said negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions for Malinga's slugfest with the US-based Cruz were at an advanced stage.
Schaefer said: "We are trying to finalise it. We made a strong offer and we've done business with Branco before and we've never had problems.
"We treated each other with respect." [Click Here To Read More]
"This is a perfect opportunity for me to win a credible world title," said Malinga, a former WBC international and WBA Pan African champion.
Malinga's promoter, Branco Milenkovic, said negotiations with Golden Boy Promotions for Malinga's slugfest with the US-based Cruz were at an advanced stage.
Schaefer said: "We are trying to finalise it. We made a strong offer and we've done business with Branco before and we've never had problems.
"We treated each other with respect." [Click Here To Read More]
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