By Daily Sports on June 7, 2017
The International Boxing Federation has ordered an IBF 147 pound title eliminator between Konstantin Ponomarev (32-0, 13 KOs) and Carlos Ocampo (21-0, 12 KOs) to pick out the next mandatory challenger for IBF welterweight champion Errol Spence Jr. (22-0, 19 KOs).
Spence won’t be facing the winner of the Ponomarev-Ocampo fight next, however, as he plans on fighting in three months from now in September in a fight in Dallas, Texas.
This will be a voluntary defense for Spence. It’s unclear who Spence’s management from Premier Boxing Champions will select. If it’s someone from the IBF’s top 15, then it could be Luis Collazo.
He’s with PBC, and he’s rated No.4 by the IBF. It would be a tough fight for a voluntary defense for the 27-year-old Spence, but it would give him an opponent that many of the casual boxing fans are familiar with at least.
Spence has got to be able to beat guys like Collazo for him to dominate the welterweight division.
Ponomarev, 24, and Ocampo are on board with the IBF’s eliminator bout. It makes sense for them to fight in the eliminator, as they would likely wait a long, long time if they were to sit back and count on Spence Jr. to pick them out for one of his voluntary defenses for his IBF belt.
*Photo shows Konstantin Ponomarev.
Source Daily Sports
Posted June 7, 2017
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