By Mark Vester
WBA junior middleweight champ Daniel Santos (32-3-1 23KOs) was scheduled to make the first defense of his title against Nobuhiro Ishida on January 3 in Japan, but the fight was called off and the reason as to why Ishida is unable to move forward is unknown. Santos, obviously frustrated, has been unable to secure an opponent since he won the title by knocking out previously undefeated Joachim Alcine in July.
"A few days ago, Gabby Peñagarícano [legal advisor of Santos] called us and said that Daniel will not be fighting on that day. I do not know the exact reasons and right now we don't know when the next fight will take place or the opponent", said Francisco 'Paquito' Santos [father of Daniel] to El Nuevo Dia.
Santos is still training in Bayamón, Puerto Rico and plans to stay in the gym in case an opportunity comes up.
"We will continue to train because at any moment they can tell us about some fight and we want to maintain his conditioning. We are training some days in the gum and running on other days," Francisco Santos said. "We are already used to this. Nothing surprises us. We hope a good fight can be obtained and Daniel can defend the title."
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