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Cornelius Bundrage's title defense vs. Jermall Charlo postponed


Jermall Charlo will once again have to wait for his title shot.

The undefeated 25-year-old is the mandatory challenger to the IBF junior middleweight title owned by Cornelius Bundrage and was set to compete for it July 18, but Bundrage was forced to withdraw after suffering a cut in training, the result of a head-butt. The bout was formally announced earlier Monday as the co-feature to Carl Frampton's U.S. debut July 18 on CBS, before Bundrage announced the injury hours later via Twitter.

I got cut in sparring today, Very disappointed my fight is postponed. God is in control. I can only get stronger. pic.twitter.com/q7SiUrB75P- Cornelius Bundrage (@K9boxing) June 8, 2015Charlo (21-0, 16 KOs) was originally slated to fight for the strap last March, but the champ at the time, Carlos Molina, was jailed due to immigration issues. Molina then dropped the title to the 42-year-old Bundrage (34-5, 19 KOs) in October.Charlo is the mandatory, so the fight must be rescheduled. Soon, he should finally get his title opportunity.