WBO #1 super middleweight Rohan Murdock (24-1, 7 KOs) will face WBO #2 rated Zach Parker (18-0, 12 KOs) at Manchester Arena on March 7, live on Sky Sports in the UK and DAZN in the US, with the winner eyeing a shot a reigning world champion Billy Joe Saunders.
The WBO has confirmed that Murdock-Parker will be for the WBO Intercontinental title, but is not an elimination bout and the winner will not become mandatory challenger.
Someone explain the difference between intercontinental and world.
#1 and #2 on the wbo ratings, and the winner will not be the mandatory? Care to explain? Silly me, I thought the #1 suppose to be the champions mandatory, always……….