By Miguel Rivera

As previously reported, Ryo Miyazaki (20-0) vacated his WBA minimumweight title, because he plans to move up to the junior flyweight division. In September, Jesus "Negrito" Silvestre (27-4, 20KOs) traveled to Osaka and lost a razor thin, and some felt controversial, twelve round majority decision to Miyazaki. The scores were 115-113, 114-114 and 115-114.

Silvestre, ranked at #2 by the WBA, expects the sanctioning body to place him in a fight for the vacant belt. First, he will return in a stay busy six-roundder on January 4th in Guadalajara.