The championship committee of the WBA has called for a purse bid to stage a mandatory fight between cruiserweight champion, Guillermo "El Felino" Jones, and interim-champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez. The purse bid takes place at eleven o'clock in the morning on Thursday, April 28, at the WBA's office in Panama. Jones has a record of 37 wins, 29 by KO, with 3 losses, and two draws, while Hernandez has 24 wins, 13 by KO and one loss.
Jones is already scheduled to fight rising contender Ryan Coyne on the Devon Alexander-Lucan Mattyhsse undercard on June 25.