By Steve Kim

This Saturday night from the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York, IBF junior welterweight titlist Lamont Peterson takes on Danny Garcia, who has the WBA and WBC junior welterweight belts in his possession. But this fight for whatever reason is being contested at a catch-weight of 143-pounds.

But even with that, Peterson must win this fight to keep his IBF strap.

"He loses the fight, the title will be vacated," Daryl Peoples, president of the IBF told BoxingScene.com on Tuesday afternoon.

People explained that Peterson was due for a mandatory defense and had requested an exemption. The three options he gave were two ranked IBF contenders and a unification bout (which wouldn't need an exemption). Peterson was paired with Garcia but once that fight was made above the 140-pound limit, it ceased to become a unification bout.

If Peterson loses, then the IBF's two leading available contenders would vie for the vacant title within 90 days of April 11th. Right now, the number one and number two contenders are Cesar Cuenca and IK Yang.

Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.