The IBF welterweight title eliminator has been a talking point of late. After the IBF revealed that Amir Khan’s team turned down the eliminator opportunity against Timothy Bradley, it was offered to next in line, Frankie Gavin. Gavin turned down the opportunity as he was already in talks with IBF champion Kell Brook about a domestic clash, which resulted in the fight being made between the two for May 30. The IBF have now turned to number six in the IBF rankings, Shawn Porter to compete against Bradley for a title opportunity.
Lindsey Tucker, IBF Championships Chairman, confirmed this last week as he told World News Boxing, “I have not heard from Eddie Hearn and the deadline has now passed for Frankie Gavin to agree the eliminator with Timothy Bradley. I will send a letter to number six in the rankings, Shawn Porter.”
Porter is willing to take the IBF eliminator and get his chance to win back the belt he lost in August 2014 to now champion Kell Brook. Speaking to FightHype, Porter confirmed his ambition on Saturday night to take on the IBF title eliminator if offered.
“For me, speaking on the IBF, if they want to get me back in there and give me another shot at Kell [Brook], I’ll take that.” Porter told FightHype. “Right now we are hearing its Timothy Bradley in a title eliminator so we’ll handle that business if that’s what it is.”
Kenny Porter, father to Shawn Porter and acts as his manager and trainer, reiterated Team Porter’s desire to take on Bradley if offered the opportunity in an IBF title eliminator.
“Tim Bradley is a great fighter, his trainers a great trainer and we want to be great. In order to do that you got to go up against great fighters.”
– Oun Abbas Hussain / @ouney86
– UK Correspondent for Behind the Gloves.
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