By Rick Reeno
BoxingScene.com was advised by Top Rank CEO Bob Arum that WBC featherweight champion Elio Rojas (22-1, 13KOs) is the frontrunner to face WBA "regular" featherweight champion Yuriorkis Gamboa (18-0, 15KOs) on July 24 in Las Vegas, with HBO televising.
The first choice for Gamboa's opponent was Celestino Caballero, but Arum tells BoxingScene that Caballero priced himself out. From what I've heard, HBO is not offering a big fee for the date, which makes it impossible to make Gamboa-Caballero based on the numbers both fighters are demanding.
"Gamboa will be fighting on July 24 at The Palms in Las Vegas. Caballero is impossible. He priced himself out. I would say that right now, Rojas is the frontrunner to fight Gamboa," Arum told BoxingScene.com.
