By Ruslan Chikov

According to WBA "regular" junior welterweight champion Khabib Allakhverdiev (19-0, 9KOs), he is possibly going to defend his title in the fall against Karim Mayfield (17-0-1, 10KOs). Both fighters recently signed contracts with Top Rank.

Khabib says the fight might possibly land on the Manny Pacquiao-Brandon Rios undercard on November 23rd in Macau. Mayfield has a stay busy fight on September 7th as part of the Julio Cesar Chavez Jr.-Brian Vera undercard at Staples Center in Los Angeles, California.