LAS VEGAS (Maig 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (AMB) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 classificat contendent Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-Qualificació Junior “Huracà” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “regular” campió mundial de pes creuer. 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 aquest dissabte in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (FIB) campió Victor Emilio “El Tyson de Proveïment” Ramírez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) a Rússia.

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 dia.

Divendres de night’s fight in France between No. 2 Yunier Dorticós i n. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “regular” títol,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.