By Hisao Adachi, notifight.com
A press conference was held at the Teiken Boxing Gym in Tokyo to officially announce that a deal was finalized for a fight between Venezuelan two division champion Jorge Linares (30-1, 19 KOs) and Francisco "Volcano" Cordero (24-1, 16 KOs) of Barranquilla, Colombia. The fight happens on May 28 in Mazatlan, Mexico for the vacant lightweight Fedelatin title, which is endorsed by the World Boxing Association. Linares is gunning for a third world divisional title. In October 2010 in Tokyo, Linares stopped former two-time champion Jesus "El Matador" Chavez in four rounds.