The WBC has ordered 160-pound champion Carlos Adames to face the winner of the September 19 bout between Jesus Ramos Jr. and Meiirim Nursultanov.
Dan Rafael reported Monday that the WBC notified all teams of the ruling. Adames is barred from taking an intervening bout before meeting the winner.
That restriction rules out an immediate fight with Denzel Bentley. Adames recently called out the newly elevated WBO middleweight champion for a unification, a fight Bentley wanted as well.
Adames had also explored moving to super middleweight to challenge IBF champion Osleys Iglesias. Talks for that match stalled
