 On August 17, 2009, Top Rank won a bid to organize a fight between Santos and the WBA's first contender, Yuri Foreman.The promotion scheduled the contest to take place as part of the undercard of "Firepower", a card featuring a fight between Miguel Cotto and Manny Pacquiao in the main event.On that date, Santos lost the championship by unanimous decision to Foreman, with scores of 116–110 and 117–109 twice.