The agreement is significant because Foster had grown tired of waiting for a Navarrete fight. He said in June that the unification needed to happen next or he saw little reason to remain at 130 pounds.
Only days ago, Navarrete manager Alejandro Brito denied that a deal had been completed. That made it unclear if the negotiations would finally produce a fight after Foster had unsuccessfully pursued Navarrete in the past.
Navarrete unified the WBO and IBF belts by stopping Eduardo Nunez in the 11th round in February. Foster kept his WBC title by defeating Raymond Ford in May. The Ring currently has Navarrete and Foster as the top two...
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