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King planning 154lb tourney!

7 Oct 2005 14:08       hits 4702 Print version

Promoter Don King, who promotes all four world jr middleweight champions (Ricardo Mayorga/WBC, Alex Terra Garcia/WBA, Roman Karmazin/IBF, Daniel Santos/WBO) is planning a tournament to sort out the 154lb division. The first round would likely land on January 7, Roberto Sandoval, Terra Garcia's manager, told Fightnews.com. Sandoval added that the preference is for Garcia (25-1, 24 KO’s) to face Mayorga.


Source: fightnews.com

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