Resolution - NABA Interim Titles

BACKGROUND:

Because of past difficulties in finding interested or willing challengers, the organization was forced to allow champions to fight the best available contenders without being able to enforce the mandatory rule or force the champion to fight a certain contender. Therefore, in order to establish a Mandatory Contender in each of the division, the following has been adopted effect immediately.  

RESOLUTION:

In order to determine a Mandatory Contender in each division, an Interim Title fight may be held between two qualified contenders.

The new Interim Champion will be the Mandatory Contender to the Champion.

The mandatory period for the defense of the Title has been extended to nine months.

The Champion must defend the title against the Interim Champion at least every nine months.

A Champion who defends the title five consecutive times will have the mandatory period extended to 18 months.

The Champion and Interim Champion are allowed to engage in a voluntary fight up to 60 days prior to their scheduled mandatory. At that point the Champion and Interim Champion must commence negotiations.

If after a reasonable negotiation period of time the parties can not reach an agreement the Championship Committee will call a purse bid.

The purse bid procedure will be the same used by the WBA in cases involving male boxers.

The Champion must participate in a mandatory fight with the Interim Champion. Failure to do so, will result in him being stripped of the title and the Interim Champion will recognized as the new Champion. If at the time for a mandatory defense there is no Interim Champion in place, the Champion will be allow to defend the title voluntarily.

The Interim Champion must participate in a mandatory fight with the Champion. Failure to do so will result in him being stripped of the Interim Championship and a new Interim Champion fight will be ordered. Meanwhile the current Champion may defend his title on a voluntary basis until such time as a new Interim Champion is crowned.

In the event that the Champion or the Interim Champion are not available to defend their titles for medical reasons on the prescribed date,  they will be placed as Champion or Interim Champion in “Recess”. They will have to provide Medical Report by a Physician recognized by the Boxing Commission of their jurisdiction.

In the event that the Champion is in “Recess”, the Interim Champion will be allowed to fight for the regular title against a ranked boxer.

In the event that the Interim Champion is in ”Recess” the Championship Committee will order a new Interim title to be disputed between two ranked boxers.