Emanuel Navarrete and Jessie Magdaleno could fight for the vacant WBO featherweight title in October.
Top Rank, which handles both fighters, won a purse bid to stage the fight and the sides have agreed to terms. The promotional company is targeting either Oct. 17 or 24 in the MGM Grand bubble in Las Vegas. It would be available on an ESPN platform.
The 126-pound title became vacant when Shakur Stevenson gave it up recently to move up to 130.
Navarrete (31-1, 27 KOs) won the WBO 122-pound title when he outpointed previously unbeaten Isaac Dogboe in December 2018 and then stopped Dogboe in the rematch five months later. He made five successful defenses before moving up to 126.
The Mexican stopped Uriel Lopez in his featherweight debut on June 20 at the MGM Grand.
Magdaleno (28-1, 18 KOs) also is a former junior featherweight titleholder. He lost his belt to Dogboe by 11th-round stoppage in April 2018.
The native of Las Vegas is coming off a disqualification victory over Yenifel Vicente on June 11 in the MGM Grand bubble.
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