On August 7th, the IBF ordered its cruiserweight champion, Jai Opetaia (pictured), to begin negotiating a mandatory defense against Huseyin Cinkara. On August 14th, Opetaia's representative, Michael Francis of Tasman Fighters, advised that Opetaia would like to proceed to a purse bid. The IBF has now scheduled a purse bid for Tuesday, August 26th. The Australian Opetaia is 28-0 and last fought in June, a fifth-round stoppage of Claudio Squeo. Cinkara, age 40, is Turkish born but fights out of Germany. His record is 23-0 and last fought in April, a win over Juan Diaz, who was coming off a TKO loss at the time.