Nam has one likely IBF title contender
The MTC Nestor 'Sunshine' Tobias Boxing and Fitness Academy so far heavily relies on their former world champion to fight for the IBF super featherweight division world title.
Promoter Nestor Tobias has revealed that former world champion Julius 'Blue Machine' Indongo is the likeliest to fight for IBF super lightweight world title in his stable.
Indongo lost the belt to America's Terence Crawford last month in a title unification bout.
Crawford however vacated the IBF belts after he was mandated to defend the title against Sergey Lipinets just a few days after snatching it from Indongo.
Therefore, Lipinets who is a mandatory challenger will have to face a top rank boxer in that division for the IBF world title.
At this point, the most likely boxer to face Lipinets is said to be Akihiro Kondo of Japan.
Tobias however explained that the prospects for Indongo to fight for the title again just after Lipinets fight for the title are highly likely.
According to Tobias, Indongo is the only super lightweight boxer he has that can quickly get a chance to fight for the title given the rankings he will get.
“We are however waiting to see what will happen after a meeting where Indongo will be rated in that division.
“I am saying that it is difficult for other boxers in our stable to fight for the super lightweight world title now because of the rankings.
“I am however positive that Indongo will get a positive rating that can make it easy for him to become a challenger for that title again,” Tobias said.
Indongo is currently said to be taking a break in order to recover from the defeat he suffered last month.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
Indongo lost the belt to America's Terence Crawford last month in a title unification bout.
Crawford however vacated the IBF belts after he was mandated to defend the title against Sergey Lipinets just a few days after snatching it from Indongo.
Therefore, Lipinets who is a mandatory challenger will have to face a top rank boxer in that division for the IBF world title.
At this point, the most likely boxer to face Lipinets is said to be Akihiro Kondo of Japan.
Tobias however explained that the prospects for Indongo to fight for the title again just after Lipinets fight for the title are highly likely.
According to Tobias, Indongo is the only super lightweight boxer he has that can quickly get a chance to fight for the title given the rankings he will get.
“We are however waiting to see what will happen after a meeting where Indongo will be rated in that division.
“I am saying that it is difficult for other boxers in our stable to fight for the super lightweight world title now because of the rankings.
“I am however positive that Indongo will get a positive rating that can make it easy for him to become a challenger for that title again,” Tobias said.
Indongo is currently said to be taking a break in order to recover from the defeat he suffered last month.
Jesse Jackson Kauraisa
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