Featherweight Michael Conlan (proper) vs. Nicola Cipolletta. Photograph credit score: Mikey Williams/Prime Rank
Seems to be like Conlan and Wooden are being compelled again to the negotiating desk.
After a failed preliminary negotiation, a suspended purse bid and one other interval of fruitless negotiations, The World Boxing Affiliation (WBA) Championships Committee has known as for the featherweight title combat between Britain’s Leigh Wooden and Eire’s Michael Conlan to purse bid subsequent Monday, November 1st.
As soon as the deadline for negotiations was over, and there was no settlement from the events, the committee determined to open the combat to purse bid on November 1, by way of Zoom. The bidding had been beforehand scheduled for October 11, however each groups requested an extension, and even with that deadline the events couldn’t agree on the combat.
The minimal bid will probably be US $ 120,000, and the disbursement will probably be 55% for the titlist Wooden and 45% for the challenger Conlan.
In line with the WBA, the necessary combat is a part of the title discount plan, and the 126 lbs. champion should combat Conlan, who was the interim champion earlier than the emptiness of all these belts. The winner of the bout should subsequent face Mexican Leo Santa Cruz, who’s the tremendous champion of the division.
The Ring acknowledges solely Santa Cruz because the true WBA titleholder.
