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fter forfeiting a planned rematch due to illness, WBA featherweight boxing champion Chris "The Dragon" John is expecting his rescheduled bout against Rocky Juarez to take place either September or October.

"It hasn't been decided yet when and where the rematch will be held, but it'll be sometime around September or October. Chris may have totally recovered his fitness by then," Haryo Yuniarto, from the Indonesian Professional Sports Development and Supervisory Body, said Friday.

Haryo was recently sent by the sports ministry to Los Angeles to monitor the 29-year-old boxer's health condition.

"His medical condition will still be closely monitored for the next four to six weeks," Haryo said.

The Chris-Juarez match would have been an undercard for Saturday's event at the Staples Center.

Haryo said Chris would still be in the ring to pick up the World Boxing Association's Super Champion belt, for his feat of 11 successful title defenses, before a match between Victor Ortiz and Carlos Maidana.

The rescheduling of the rematch is still under discussion with Golden Boy Promotion, according to Haryo.

Juarez demanded a rematch after he failed in his first attempt to win the belt from Chris during the Feb. 28 bout in Houston. The Indonesian camp agreed, on the condition the rematch was moved to LA.

In preparing for the rematch, Chris has been sparring intensively with Australian No. 1 featherweight fighter William Kickett at the Flores Boxing Gym in the US since May 29.

However, Chris has had to postpone the defense after he suffered a blackout during a training session.

Reports said he had fainting, which Haryo denied.

"In the fifth round of last Saturday's sparring session, Chris' heart rate went unusually high. Chris also had difficulty breathing, but he did not faint. Thus the session was stopped in the sixth round," Haryo said. "He had an oxygen intoxication syndrome, as shown by a medical examination by DHP Elite Training in California.

"We're still unsure about the cause of the symptoms," he added, pointing out the change in weather, intensive training and weight-trimming program might have contributed.

Chris recently acknowledged he had to reduce his weight a bit to reach the ideal weight for the featherweight fight, which is 57.1 kilograms. "Chris has never experienced this kind of medical problem before," Haryo said.