Thailand's Wanheng Menayothin will defend his WBC minimumweight title against Melvin Jerusalem of the Philippines on Jan 25 in Phitsanulok.
The fight will be the sixth defence of the crown for the Thai while the Filipino, the No.9-ranked challenger, will be making his first world title attempt.
"The fight is confirmed to take place on Jan 25 in Phitsanulok," said promoter Piyarat Wachirarattanawongs. "More details will be made available at the press meet on Jan 11."
There will be a lot of personal pride at stake in the fight as both Wanheng and Jerusalem are unbeaten in their professional careers.
The 22-year-old Jerusalem has so far won all his 11 professional fights, including seven knockouts, while the unbeaten Thai, whose real name is Chayaphon Moonsri, has registered 17 knockouts in his 44 wins.
The 31-year-old Thai landed the 105-pound belt by stopping Oswaldo Novoa of Mexico in the ninth round in November 2014.
Since then, the Maha Sarakham native has successfully defended his title five times with his last win coming in August last year, when he beat Mexico's Saul Juarez in Chon Buri.
In his five title defences so far, Wanheng has beaten two Filipinos -- Jerry Tomogdan and Jerry Tomogdan.
Wanheng is one of Thailand's two current world champions with the other being Knockout CP Freshmart, holder of WBA title.
Meanwhile, Britain's Anthony Crolla will get his chance to regain the WBA lightweight title in a rematch with Venezuelan Jorge Linares in Manchester on March 25, AFP reported.
Crolla lost the belt he won in November 2015 on his second defence last September on points but the 30-year-old believes he is capable of avenging that defeat.
"There had been lots of talk on the rematch since the first fight with Jorge so I'm delighted to finally get this announced," said Crolla, whose record reads 31 wins -- 13 inside the distance -- five losses and three draws.
"I'm working hard and making improvements, I will have to show improvements in the rematch if I am to win. I came up short on the night against the better man -- with those improvements I believe I can change the result this time around.
"I see Jorge as the best lightweight in the world and I want to be the best lightweight in the world."
Linares said he was looking forward to clashing with Crolla again.
"Crolla is a tremendous fighter with a lot of heart so I know I must train twice as hard for another tough fight," said the 31-year-old, who has also held world titles at featherweight and super featherweight.
"I promise another great performance and assure that the belts are returning home with me," added Linares, who boasts a record of 41 wins -- 27 inside the distance -- and only three defeats.
Eddie Hearn, the fight promoter, said the bout promised to be another crowd-pleaser, if the previous one was anything to go by.
"I'm delighted Anthony will get a chance to win his WBA title back along with the WBC Diamond and Ring magazine belts," said Hearn. "The last fight was a Fight of the Year contender and Linares boxed out of his skin, but one thing we know about Anthony is his ability to bounce back and he is so determined to win this fight."