The World Boxing Affiliation (WBA), by means of its Championships Committee, granted a interval of 15 days to the groups of the Tremendous Featherweight Champion, Leo Santa Cruz, and the Champion Leigh Wooden, to succeed in an settlement and ship the contracts to the group; in any other case, the combat can be up for bidding on December 12 in Orlando in the course of the Centennial Conference.
The WBA will grant this era to each fighters to substantiate the combat, which is a part of the plan to cut back world titles and that seeks to go away the 126 lbs. with just one champion.
Final April 6, the WBA despatched an official letter ordering the combat between Santa Cruz and Wooden. On July 11, TGB Promotions requested particular permission for Santa Cruz to face Rey Vargas in unification, which was denied to be able to order an public sale between the Mexican and Wooden.
Then, on August 12, TGB and Matchroom knowledgeable the WBA that they’d reached an settlement and the purse bid was suspended. However on the twenty second of that very same month they reported that they’d an settlement for Santa Cruz to combat Vargas and Wooden to combat Mauricio Lara, with the winners of each fights dealing with one another 120 days later.
The WBA gave the go-ahead to that settlement however on September 13 discovered from the media that Wooden suffered an harm and couldn’t make the combat towards Lara. The WBA requested the medical report back to Wooden’s group.
This report arrived on October 20, signed by Dr. Usman Rana, who stated that the Briton ought to chorus from strenuous work along with his left arm for a interval of 4 to six to make sure a full restoration and keep away from a relapse of the harm.
That 6-week interval will expire subsequent December 1, so the WBA championships committee carried out its evaluation and regarded that it’s now time to restart the Santa Cruz-Wooden negotiations. The 15-day interval can be prolonged till December 7 and if there isn’t any settlement by that point, the purse bid can be held on the Caribe Royale Resort in Orlando, in the midst of the conference of the pioneer physique.
