It seems that not only Ivan Calderon could go after a unification fight against a champion of the International Boxing Federation (IBF).
The owner of the 130-pound World Boxing Organization (WBO) title, Roman "Rocky" Martinez, who on Saturday retained his title with a knockout in the ninth round over Colombian Feider Viloria, could unify his crown against American Robert Guerrero before the end of the year.
But before we shall see what happens with the mandatory fight in which Martinez has in agenda with Kevin Mitchell.
"Rocky" is an elite fighter. He had a head injury in his fight with Viloria and I understand the Commission suspended him for 30 or 40 days, but also has a mandatory fight in agenda against Kevin Mitchell in December, "said Ivan Rivera, president of Puerto Rico Best Boxing .
However, the manager of Martinez did not rule out that this mandatory fight go to an auction that could dilate-and could allow the Puerto Rican to make his dream come trough with a match against Guerrero.
"At one point, we made an offer (to fight with Mitchell), but it is quite possible that as this is a mandatory then it will have to go through an auction process. Meanwhile, we are attentive to Guerrero or even Humberto Soto (World Boxing Council champion), "he said.
With his win on Saturday, Martinez improved its record to 23-0-1 and 14 knockouts.
The owner of the 130-pound World Boxing Organization (WBO) title, Roman "Rocky" Martinez, who on Saturday retained his title with a knockout in the ninth round over Colombian Feider Viloria, could unify his crown against American Robert Guerrero before the end of the year.
But before we shall see what happens with the mandatory fight in which Martinez has in agenda with Kevin Mitchell.
"Rocky" is an elite fighter. He had a head injury in his fight with Viloria and I understand the Commission suspended him for 30 or 40 days, but also has a mandatory fight in agenda against Kevin Mitchell in December, "said Ivan Rivera, president of Puerto Rico Best Boxing .
However, the manager of Martinez did not rule out that this mandatory fight go to an auction that could dilate-and could allow the Puerto Rican to make his dream come trough with a match against Guerrero.
"At one point, we made an offer (to fight with Mitchell), but it is quite possible that as this is a mandatory then it will have to go through an auction process. Meanwhile, we are attentive to Guerrero or even Humberto Soto (World Boxing Council champion), "he said.
With his win on Saturday, Martinez improved its record to 23-0-1 and 14 knockouts.
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