The WBO announced Tuesday it will convene a special meeting Wednesday to rule on a request to replace sidelined minimumweight title challenger Joey Canoy with Luis “Flechita” Castillo.
Canoy 25-5-2 (15 KOs), from the Philippines, is out of Saturday’s title fight in Oceanside, California, due to “the unfortunate inability … to secure the necessary work visa to compete,” WBO President Gustavo Olivieri posted on “X.”