Miel Fajardo displayed his vaunted arsenal on Friday as the International Boxing Federation (IBF) mandatory flyweight challenger keenly awaits progress on his shot at Japanese Masamichi Yabuki’s coveted crown.

“My handlers are handling the negotiations,” said the Agusan del Sur-born Fajardo during an open workout at the Elorde Sports Center in Parañaque.

Late last month, the IBF issued an advisory ordering the camps of Yabuki and Fajardo to start holding talks for a fight.

Based on the timetable, that fight will happen in October or November most probably in Japan.

While Fajardo and his team are confident that Yabuki will have no choice but to agree on a fight, there is also the likelihood that he will just vacate the throne.

If that happens, the IBF will order a fight for the vacant throne between Fajardo and Mexico’s Joselito Velasquez, the next highest available contender.

But that is another story and Fajardo is solely focused on Yabuki alone given the IBF’s order.

In his three-round sparring session with undefeated super-fly CJ Villarosa, Fajardo didn’t hold back his punches and neither did Villarosa.

At the sound of the bell, the two tried to tear each other apart by throwing hellacious combinations, leaving everyone in attendance, including manager Lennon Tsoi of Hong Kong and members of their team nodding in appreciation.

“That’s how Miel spars — full of action,” Anthony Arieta, the team’s point man, said.

Fajardo packs a 14-3-2 win-loss-draw card with 12 knockouts, including seven in the first round.

In becoming the IBF’s mandatory challenger, Fajardo needed just 65 seconds to crush Tobias Reyes of Argentina last April in a remote town of Galvez in Sante Fe province.

As Fajardo anxiously waits for the result of the ongoing talks with Yabuki, American fight figure Sean Gibbons is silently moving and trying to get the best possible deal for his prized puncher.