SYDNEY - Anthony Mundine and Ryan Waters are set to meet in an all-Australian WBA light middleweight world title eliminator, with the details to be announced in Wollongong tomorrow.
Waters, 32, the seventh-ranked contender for the title, challenged Mundine after the latter's most recent bout against Argentinian Carlos Jerez last month.
Sydneysider Waters (20-2-2, 12 KOs) holds the WBO Asia Pacific and WBO Oriental light middleweight titles.
A win would move Mundine closer to his objective of winning a world title bout in a third division.
Having already won belts at super middleweight and middleweight, Mundine is endeavouring to achieve the feat of earning titles going down in a weight. Mundine, 35, (39-3, 23 KOs) is one of the top two contenders for the WBA title, formidable Puerto Rican Miguel Cotto is the current WBA light middleweight champion, while Japan's Nobuhiro Ishida holds the WBC interim title in that division.
Like his father Tony, Mundine has never lost a professional fight to another Australian.
However, dropping down weight divisions appears to have lessened the younger Mundine's power.
Waters will be taking a substantial step up in class.