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Pacquiao-Barrera latest
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Published 11/12/2006 at 23:00 GMT
The World Boxing Council has notified the camps of WBC super featherweight champion Marco Antonio Barrera and mandatory contender Manny Pacquiao that the free negotiations period for their mandatory title defense has begun.
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If no agreement is reached, the WBC will conduct a purse offer on January 12, 2007, in Mexico City.
WBC super-flyweight champ Masamori Tokuyama, Japan, officially renounced his belt through the Japan Boxing Commission.
He kept his throne by outscoring the top contender Jose Navarro last February, and hasn't fought since for some 10 months.
He will move up to the bantamweight category to anticipate a shot at the WBC 118-pound belt against Japan's Hozumi Hasegawa, who, however, seems reluctant to face Tokuyama in a voluntary defense.
If so, it might be a question whether Tokuyama will go on fighting until he becomes the WBC's official challenger, since he declares that he will sing a swan song in his one and only big game next.
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