HBO, Top Rank and the Mandalay Bay Casino will have to make some adjustments to their boxing event scheduled on August 4, 2001. The event labeled "Summer Storm" has WBA super bantamweight champion Clarence "Bones" Adams defending his title against Paulie Ayala.

The letter addressed to Clarence "Bones" Adams was sent to Top Rank, Inc. The letter stated:

The Directory of the World Boxing Association has voted unanimously to vacate the Super Bantamweight title in view of your refusal to meet your mandatory obligations and your refusal to comply with the terms of the purse bid that took place at the Executive Committee meeting on April 12, 2001 at the Park Hyatt Hotel at the Belleview, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.

Accordingly, the title has been declared vacant."

The April 4th event also features Wladimir Klitschko of Germany defending his WBO heavyweight title against Las Vegas' Charles Shufford.