By Ben Jacobs

Not for the first occasion in recent times, International Boxing Federation [IBF] super featherweight champion José Pedraza (22-0, 12KOs) finds himself in a frustrating situation.

The Puerto Rican has taken to social media over the last few days to express his displeasure at not knowing when his next fight will take place.  Indeed, after a productive 2014 which included four bouts, the 27-year-old only fought twice last year and thus far his only ring action in 2016 has been a successful defence against Stephen Smith back in April.

Five days ago, Pedraza tweeted in Spanish, “Still don’t know about my next fight, very angry about this situation.”  He then posted a message yesterday which was sent out across his Twitter, Facebook and Instagram accounts describing how annoyed he is about his present situation, seemingly blaming certain people around him.

BoxingScene.com contacted Pedraza via text message to ask for an update regarding his next fight as it has been reported that he could defend his title against Liam Walsh in the United Kingdom.  The Cidra native confirmed that he is interested in the fight and that he hopes it can be made soon.

A few weeks ago, Pedraza's promoter Lou DiBella and Gary Shaw advised BoxingScene.com that Pedraza's manager/father/trainer Luis Espada, killed a potential fight with former champion Yuriorkis Gamboa.

DiBella added in - "The father said [the Gamboa fight] 'doesn't mean anything. We want a 135-pound champion.' No 135-pound champions are thinking about Pedraza. They have bigger fights on their mind. And the last thing [the father] said was 'we want to fight Robert Easter.' If he wants the fight against Robert Easter, then he has to fight for his minimum. He's an opponent against Robert Easter.  And honestly Easter is a very difficult fight.... a six-foot, 135-pounder. And Easter just won the world title, he's not fighting in the next month or two. And if he fights Easter, there is no big money in that fight. Do you think any network is going to pay big money for Easter against Pedraza."

"I was very close to terms with Gamboa's people on a very fair deal. This was a few weeks ago. The father goes out and sh*ts all over the fight. Do you think that helped me when I talked to [Showtime's Stephen] Espinoza about it.?"