Given 10 days to decide which of the two world titles he planned to defend, Mikey Garcia (38-0, 30 KOs) has notified the IBF in writing that he plans to keep its junior welterweight title. Garcia also holds the WBC’s lightweight title but is not allowed to hold both at the same time. Garcia outpointed Sergey Lipinets on March 10 to win a 140-pound title to give him belts in four divisions for his career. On Wednesday, Garcia sent the IBF a letter saying he was keeping the junior welterweight belt. By doing so, Garcia knew that a stipulation of that decision was that he had to make a mandatory defense against Ivan Baranchyk (18-0, 11 KOs) next and that fight was formally ordered on Thursday.