Jose Salas and Landile Ngxeke will contest the vacant IBF bantamweight title in Mexico City on December 13.

The two will meet after Junto Nakatani vacated his Ring, IBF and WBC 118-pound titles to move up to junior featherweight.

The IBF No. 1 and No. 2 positions are currently vacant, but the No. 3 and No. 4 positions are filled by Salas and Ngxeke respectively.

Salas (16-0, 10 KOs) has been a professional since 2020. The 23-year-old Mexican southpaw took the unbeaten record of Prince Dzanie (UD 10) on his American debut in April 2023.

Since then, the Tijuana native has continued to move up the rankings, notably stopping former world title challenger Aston Palicte (TKO 4) on the undercard of Terence Crawford-Errol Spence in July 2023. He has won three fights since.

Ngxeke (16-1-1, 8 KOs) turned professional with a draw against future IBF 115-pound titlist Phumelela Cafu (D 4) in June 2018. In just his fifth fight he beat compatriot Sabelo Ngebinyana (UD 12) for the African junior bantamweight title and later added the South African national title when he beat Athenkosi Dumezweni (TKO 10) in April 2022.

The 30-year-old lost to dangerous Jayr Raquinel (TKO 2) in October 2022 but moved to bantamweight and has rebounded with seven wins since.