Unified super lightweight champion Terence Crawford left the vacant his IBF title, as the Federation began to demand from the American for mandatory defense against Sergei Lipinets. Crawford's promoters Top Rank plan for their fighter meeting against Manny Pacquiao vs Jeff Horn rematch winner, that is tentatively scheduled for November.
Thus Lipinets can fight for a vacant title against the Japanese Akihiro Kondo.
"Today the Crawford team left vacant IBF title. We are negotiating with a boxer from Japan, who takes the next position in the ranking. We hope that the fight will be held in New York in November,"- said the manager of the Russian Alex Weissfeld.
