The 154-pound division is the gift that keeps giving.
Stephen Edwards, the manager and trainer of junior middleweight titleholder Julian Williams, said on the Showtime boxing podcast that should his fighter defeat Jeison Rosario on Jan. 18 in Philadelphia, he is expected to face the winner of the Dec. 21 rematch between Tony Harrison and Jermell Charlo.
Williams holds two of the four major 154-pound titles, Harrison one.
“We’ve already signed a unification match to fight the winner of Jermell and Tony,” Edwards said.
Williams (27-1-1, 16 knockouts) is expected to beat Rosario (19-1-1, 13 KOs), a Miami-based Dominican who enters the fight as a heavy underdog.
After the title-unification bout, Edwards said that a rematch with 160-pound titleholder Jermall Charlo would be appealing. Charlo blitzed Williams with a vicious fifth-round knockout in 2016.
Most of the top 154-pounders are aligned with Premier Boxing Champions, including former titleholders in Erislandy Lara and Jarrett Hurd.