LAS VEGAS (May 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 inteqrasiya iddiaçı Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos) and No. 11-faizli Kiçik “Qasırğa” Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos) will become the WBA “müntəzəm” cruiserweight dünya çempionu. The 12-round off-TV bout will take place at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas.

Shumenov had been the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world champion and mandatory challenger for WBA Super cruiserweight titlist Denis Lebedev (28-2, 21 Kos), who also fights bu şənbə in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) çempion Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Kos) Rusiya.

The WBA has mandated that the Shumenov-Wright winner will be the mandatory challenger for the Lebedev-Ramirez unified winner, which must take place within 120 gün.

Cümə night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos və No. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “müntəzəm” sərlövhə,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.