Earlier this week, Hearn revealed to BoxingScene that the plan for Rodriguez, who unified the WBA, WBC and WBO junior bantamweight titles with a win over Fernando Vargas on November 22, is to not sit around and wait for the fourth, and final, belt. Willibaldo Garcia is the owner of the IBF strap, and will defend his title against Kenshiro Teraji on December 27 as part of the “Night of The Samurai” card in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. The winner has been ordered to face mandatory challenger Andrew Moloney in their first defense, and Moloney is refusing to step aside, meaning Rodriguez would be forced to wait for “undisputed”.
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