With the WBA seeking a resolution to unify all the ‘Super’ and ‘Regular’ belts in every division as a part of their ‘World Title Reduction Plan’, the lowest weight class in the sport – Minimumweight, previously known as the Mini-Flyweight division – has not escaped its attention.

The WBA had ordered Erick Rosa – the Minimumweight division’s ‘Regular’ world champion – and Knockout CP Freshmart – the ‘Super’ champion of the division – to fight since September of last year, and the two parties had seemingly worked everything out with their match originally scheduled for March 1st.

It would have been an exciting spectacle between a talented youngster with a fierce and decorated background in the amateurs in Erick Rosa, and a longtime experienced champion in Knockout CP Freshmart – who also had strong roots in Muay Thai as a world champion before taking up the sport of boxing. The scheduled fight was postponed, however, after it came to light that Rosa had troubles entering the country due to issues with travel documentation.

These issues would later be attributed to Freshmart’s own promoters according to Rosa’s promoter Bélgica Peña of Shuan Promotions. who shared her side of the story of what occurred with her fighter. She alleged that the promoters had been lax in handling the proper documentation for Rosa to enter the country and stay temporarily to fight Freshmart, and a result Rosa was detained for 16 hours in Thailand at an airport.

Though Erick Rosa eventually managed to make it back home, by March 1st, the fight was canceled as Rosa was not in a state to fight physically or mentally. The WBA has since then investigated the case and ruled both parties responsible for what they ultimately considered to be “extraordinary circumstances” which has prompted them to order new purse bids to commence as of March 28th.

Neither the Dominican Republic or Thailand will be allowed to host the title bout as a result of WBA’s ruling, and a replacement fight between the next two highest-ranked contenders might be scheduled if the two parties cannot come to a timely agreement. This indicates that the WBA may have lost patience with both Freshmart’s and Rosa’s teams which could mean the titles of both fighters may be forcibly vacated if their teams fail to negotiate a fight.