By Yuri Tarantin
Russia's Eduard Troyanovskiy (23-0, 20KOs) was ordered to make a mandatory title defense of the International Boxing Federation (IBF) junior welterweight championship by August 2016.
On November 4th in Kazan, Troyanovskiy scored a TKO win Argentine Cesar Rene Cuenca and unify the IBO and IBF title. The contract for that fight had a rematch clause, and the second fight is tentatively scheduled for April 8 in Moscow.
The IBF has no information regarding the rematch, but a mandatory challenger is not exactly clear yet.
Keita Obara and Walter Castillo fought in an IBF final eliminator last month to a controversial twelve round draw. One judge scored the fight for Obara and the remaining two had it a draw. Obara is still listed a the number three contender in the IBF rankings.
Troyanovskiy wants to face the biggest and champions in his division, hoping some of those fights take place in 2016.
Yuri Tarantin covers boxing for Allboxing.ru
