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After my last fight against Joey De Richardo, whom I dismantled in one round, I was so looking forward to fighting for an IBF eliminator against Ben Rabah. However, two days later I got the news that the IBF had declared me unavailable to contest in an elimination bout, and a decision had been made instead for Ben Rabah and Arturo Morua to contest for that eliminator. Accordingly, I wasn’t supposed to take part in any fight whatsoever prior to the elimination bout as it is a rule of the IBF. Upon hearing this, I wrote a letter to the President of the IBF, Her Majesty Marian Muhammad, explaining why I went ahead with my IBF Pan Pacific title defence on July 01, 2005. This is what I wrote to her:
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