Filed under: WBC, WBO, Boxing Rumors, HBO, FanHouse Exclusive, Top Rank Promotions
Unbeaten Philadelphia welterweight (147 pounds) Mike Jones will procede with his planned bout against Mexican-born Jesus Soto Karass on the under card of the Manny Pacquiao-Antonio Margarito fight at the Dallas Cowboys Stadium, foregoing an opportunity to face England's unbeaten Kell Brook in London in December for the WBO interim crown.
BoxingScene.com reported that English promoter Frank Warren recently approached Top Rank Promotions' CEO, Bob Arum, concerning the prospect of the 27-year-old Jones (22-0, 18 knockouts) meeting the 24-year-old Brook (22-0, 15 KOs) for the crown.
But that would mean that the nearly 6-foot-1, Jones would have to pull out of his fight with Karass (24-4-3, 16 KOs) of Los Angeles, losing a chance at plenty of visability and exposure.
"I sent [Top Rank Promotions Vice President] Carl Moretti an e-mail today and said, 'Listen, we're fighting in Dallas, because I could have made this fight on my own, and they've been calling me on this fight [with Brook] for a month,'" said Peltz. "I mean, it would have made sense at the time, but with a chance to fight in Dallas, it doesn't really make sense. Unless the finances are through the cieling for a fight with Brook, we're fighting in Dallas. I mean, how much through the cieling are they going to be?"
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