But, if the WBC strip Klitschko, the next two in line for the vacant title would be... Maskaev and Arreola.
stripped Millett of the title and is allowing Judah and Bergman to fight for the vacant title.
To fill its vacant title, FIDE organized a match between Mr. Karpov and Jan Timman, a Dutch player.
I felt like I'd improved as a boxer and the opportunity was there to fight for the vacant title.
Ruiz and Holyfield are scheduled to fight on May 20; if Lewis is stripped of the title, that bout could be for the vacant title.
The W.B.C. ruled that Eric Lucas of Montreal, who is ranked first, and Glenn Catley of Britain, ranked second, would fight for the vacant title.
After Becerra retired, Halimi regained the vacant title on Oct. 25, 1960, with a 15-round victory over European champion Freddie Gilroy of Belfast, N.Ire., but he lost it on May 30 , 1961 to another Belfast fighter, John Caldwell.
America's reigning world champion Terence Crawford is expected to vacate the belt and move up to junior welterweight so Ormond or Flanagan will face Juan Diaz for the vacant title.
Morales was himself lucky to get a crack at the vacant title a few months earlier; the WBC, which is based in Mexico City, always favours old legends and cash cows over genuine contenders.
As soon as Paul Nicholls put the message out that his record-breaking staying hurdler had suffered a leg injury and would be out for the whole season, trainers up and down Britain and Ireland were scouring their yards for likely contenders for the vacant title at Cheltenham.
Johnson, who won the vacant title in February with a victory over Clinton Woods in Sheffield, England, was leading on all three judges' cards when, at 48 seconds of the 9th round, he nailed Jones with a right cross to the head.
