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Junior Witter is set to face the winner of the Juan Lazcano and Vivian Harris fight in his next bout after disposing of Arturo Morua on Saturday night.
Lazcano and Harris meet on February 10, with the winner scheduled to tackle Bradford's WBC light-welterweight world champion Witter later in the year.
Witter retained his title with a ninth-round stoppage of Mexican Morua at London's Alexandra Palace.
Promoter Mick Hennesey said: "Junior is going to fight the winner of Juan Lazcano and Vivian Harris. They are fighting on February 10 on the Shane Mosley bill.
"I'll probably be able to do a private negotiation for that fight because Lazcano is with Golden Boy, so that would be an easy fight to make and if Vivian Harris comes through then I'm obviously going to try my best to get it in this country. But it could be subject to purse bids if we can't do a private negotiation.
"Diego Corrales had problems contractually but there was big interest in that fight and we were trying to make that happen.
"Corrales was very interested and I think we could have done it as Junior's first voluntary defence, but obviously Corrales had to sort his situation out.
"He's done that now but unfortunately we've got to deal with these mandatory defences. There is big interest in the fight, American television want the fight, so do we and I understand Corrales' camp do.
"My co-promoter in the US, Oscar De La Hoya, has had good talks with Gary Shaw (Corrales' promoter).
"If Junior fights the winner of Lazcano-Harris they might put Corrales on the same bill against someone like Demetrius Hopkins with the winners squaring off against each other.
"So I'm quite confident the Corrales fight will be made. TV will dictate where the fights happen."
Witter, meanwhile, insists he is not concerned about the identity of his next opponent.
"It's a case of get me a ring, get me a fighter and I'll beat them up, whether I have to box them or fight them.
"I'm not fussed about opponents. I'm not worried about anybody in the world. As long as the match is made and the money is right, I'm there."
Lazcano and Harris meet on February 10, with the winner scheduled to tackle Bradford's WBC light-welterweight world champion Witter later in the year.
Witter retained his title with a ninth-round stoppage of Mexican Morua at London's Alexandra Palace.
Promoter Mick Hennesey said: "Junior is going to fight the winner of Juan Lazcano and Vivian Harris. They are fighting on February 10 on the Shane Mosley bill.
"I'll probably be able to do a private negotiation for that fight because Lazcano is with Golden Boy, so that would be an easy fight to make and if Vivian Harris comes through then I'm obviously going to try my best to get it in this country. But it could be subject to purse bids if we can't do a private negotiation.
"Diego Corrales had problems contractually but there was big interest in that fight and we were trying to make that happen.
"Corrales was very interested and I think we could have done it as Junior's first voluntary defence, but obviously Corrales had to sort his situation out.
"He's done that now but unfortunately we've got to deal with these mandatory defences. There is big interest in the fight, American television want the fight, so do we and I understand Corrales' camp do.
"My co-promoter in the US, Oscar De La Hoya, has had good talks with Gary Shaw (Corrales' promoter).
"If Junior fights the winner of Lazcano-Harris they might put Corrales on the same bill against someone like Demetrius Hopkins with the winners squaring off against each other.
"So I'm quite confident the Corrales fight will be made. TV will dictate where the fights happen."
Witter, meanwhile, insists he is not concerned about the identity of his next opponent.
"It's a case of get me a ring, get me a fighter and I'll beat them up, whether I have to box them or fight them.
"I'm not fussed about opponents. I'm not worried about anybody in the world. As long as the match is made and the money is right, I'm there."
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