IBF SAYS ONLY COURT ORDER CAN STOP CONDES TITLE DEFENSE
By Ronnie Nathanielsz
PhilBoxing.com
Sat, 22 Dec 2007
The IBF says only a court order can stop the world organization from pushing through with the minimum weight title defense of champion Florante Condes against No. 6 ranked Raul Garcia of Mexico in La Paz, Mexico on February 16.
IBF Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker told Viva Sports/Manila Standard Today that the IBF ?is happy that Condes is going to make an optional defense? because he personally hates to see an IBF chamnpion ?sitting for seven months until its time for me to notify them to do their mandatory.?
However, in the wake of a threat by promoter Bobby Bostick to take legal action to stop the title fight in Garcia?s hometown Tucker disclosed that ?the fight will be push through unless we get a court order that we can?t.?
Condes? promoter Bobby Bostick had earlier informed IBF Championship Committee chairman Lindsey Tucker that Condes ?never saw the contract and never signed the contract? which was contrary to claims by Tucker that he had a contract ?that appears to be signed by Condes? which Condes himself later admitted he signed.
Based on the contract he had, the IBF had approved the fight against Garcia but Tucker told Bostick that ?if Condes does not come to Mexico, I will notify all the parties involved with Condes on February 7 that the Filipino ?must fight his mandatory against the leading available contender.?
Tucker disclosed that Bostick had told him he ?wants to promote Condes vs (Muhammad) Rachman in the Philippines in the last Saturday in February? but that he had told Bostick ?it will not happen because its too far past Condes? notification date.?
Bostick indicated he would try to arrange for the fight to happen on February 16. However, Tucker said ?the IBF will not accept any postponements and Condes must then go directly to his mandatory.?
The IBF official emphasized that if Condes did sign the contract to fight Garcia ?I will not approve Condes vs Rachman? and indicated that Bostick and co-manager Dante Ortiz would have to resolve their dispute in court. Tucker revealed that Bostick ?may in fact take legal action against Ortiz and (Morris) East? who apparently got Condes to sign the Garcia contract.
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