By Rick Reeno
The world title situation with Omar Figueroa (24-0-1, 18KOs) is still being worked out by the World Boxing Council.
Figueroa suffered a severe cut during his August TKO win over Daniel Estrada at the StubHub in Carson, California.
Because of his cut, and informing the WBC that he might move up in weight to 140-pounds, the sanctioning body made him the champion in-recess and vacated the title.
No. 1 ranked Jorge Linares of Venezuela will fight No. 2 ranked Javier Prieto of Mexico for the vacant title on December 30 in Tokyo.
The sanctioning body has now ordered two final eliminators to set two mandatory challengers.
No. 4 ranked Hank Lundy will face Dejan Zlaticanin for the first mandatory crack. And No. 6 ranked Daniel Estrada takes on Kevin Mitchell on January 31 for the second mandatory shot.
