WBA order Saludar Vs Rosa!
Earlier today the excellent Carlos Toro reported that the WBA had ordered Filipino fighter Vic Saludar (21-4, 11) to defend his WBA "regular" Minimumweight world title against 21 year old Erick Rosa Pacheco (4-0, 1), the current "interim" champion.
The WBA has ordered minimumweight champion Vic Saludar to fight mandatory challenger Erick Rosa Pacheco. Both sides have until September 26 to reach a deal or a purse bid will be ordered. Saludar would get a 55/45 split of the winning bid if it did go to purse bids.
— Carlos Toro (@CarlosToroMedia) August 27, 2021
The bout, which could go to purse bids if a deal isn't agreed in the next 30 days, is part of the WBA's latest push to get rid of their made up titles. The ones that they have spoken about getting rid of for years, made a token effort with and then been happy to collect sanctioning fees for again.
Whilst this is an interesting match up, especially from a styles perspective with Saludar being a heavy handed but slow foot fighter and Rosa being a fleet footed but feather fisted one, it becomes even more interesting knowing that the winner would become the leading contender to face WBA "super" champion Knockout CP Freshmart (21-0, 7), who we've not seen in the ring since March 2020 when he defended his title against Norihito Tanaka.
Whilst we'd love to see the WBA getting back to a single world champion, we've followed this sport long enough to fairly say this is all a PR move, and will quickly be forgotten, like so many other bouts they've ordered over the past few years and like their various plans to sort out the mess they've happily created.
Whilst this is an interesting match up, especially from a styles perspective with Saludar being a heavy handed but slow foot fighter and Rosa being a fleet footed but feather fisted one, it becomes even more interesting knowing that the winner would become the leading contender to face WBA "super" champion Knockout CP Freshmart (21-0, 7), who we've not seen in the ring since March 2020 when he defended his title against Norihito Tanaka.
Whilst we'd love to see the WBA getting back to a single world champion, we've followed this sport long enough to fairly say this is all a PR move, and will quickly be forgotten, like so many other bouts they've ordered over the past few years and like their various plans to sort out the mess they've happily created.