Championships Committee orders mandatory fight between Veyteka and Walters

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Championships Committee orders mandatory fight between Veyteka and Walters
Walters retains WBA Featherweight Title. Photo Chris Farina / Top Rank

Championships Committee orders mandatory fight between Veyteka and Walters

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Championships Committee orders mandatory fight between Veyteka and Walters
Walters retains WBA Featherweight Title. Photo Chris Farina / Top Rank

Walters retains WBA Featherweight Title
Walters retains WBA Featherweight Title. Photo Chris Farina / Top Rank

The World Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association has decided to order the negotiations for the mandatory fight between featherweight super champion, Simpiwe Vetyeka and the regular champion Nicholas Walters.

Both parties were notified and grants them 120 days to fight, that is to say, before April 5, 2014.

Vetyeka won the belt las Friday Dcember 6, 2013 when he defeaed by TKO the Indonesian Chris John. On his part, Jamaican Nicholas Walters has the regular champion belt since december 2012, and has already defended it once.


Simpiwe Vetyeka

Simpiwe Vetyeka



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