By Rick Reeno
Promoter Gary Shaw has informed BoxingScene.com that he plans to work very hard to bring back Ali Funeka in the near future. Funeka gave an excellent of himself in the majority decision loss to Nate Campbell in Sunrise, Florida. Because Campbell was unable to make weight for the Funeka fight, the IBF's version of the lightweight title was deemed vacant.
Shaw and Funeka's handlers are hoping that the IBF will place their fighter in a very high position within the new rankings, making him eligible to fight for the vacant title. There is certainly going to be a strong case made that Funeka lost a very close contest to a fighter who was above the lightweight limit.
“Hopefully he is ranked real high. The judges scored it the way they scored and we are going to move forward. Ali Funeka is a very exciting fighter. We are going to work hard on getting him right back. We’ll see what happens with the IBF and take it from there,” Shaw said.
