British boxer of Pakistan origin Amir Khan who holds a record 31-3 with 19 knockouts will be the mandatory challenger for the winner of the fight between Danny Garcia and Roberto Guerrero scheduled to be held on Saturday.
After Floyd Mayweather Jr. announced his retirement last September the title was vacated.
Garcia and Guerrero will be fist to fist on January 23 for the said vacant WBC welterweight title at the Staples Center in Los Angeles California.
In their official announcement WBC said Danny Garcia vs. Robert Guerrero will fight for the WBC welterweight championship.
Amir Khan is ratified as (WBC) mandatory contender.
Lamont Peterson vs. Andre Berto for a final elimination bout to determine the second mandatory reported on Tuesday.
He said Anyone with remote knowledge of recent results would have to scratch their head with regard to Guerrero getting a title shot when you consider he had his clock cleaned in a one sided loss to Keith Thurman in March for another organization s welterweight title.
Guerrero currently holds a record of 33-3 1 with 18 knockouts but was easily defeated by Mayweather Jr. in their welterweight title bout in 2013. He also had another chance to get the title from a different organization with his fight against Keith Thruman last March and a close shave with Aaron Martinez in June.
He was as lucky as whomever will win the Powerball jackpot when he was given a generous split decision against Aaron Martinez in June but even if you can stomach Guerrero in a world title fight the WBC clearly is violating its rules since it only ranks Guerrero sixth Rafael added.
Meanwhile in case Garcia gets the win it will be the second time that he and Khan will fight against a title.
Garcia who holds the record 31-0 with 18 knockout victories already fought with Khan for the junior welterweight title in 2012.
