LAS VEGAS (Μάιος 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 κατάταξης υποψήφιος Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-βαθμολογια Junior “Τυφώνας” Εργάτης (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “τακτικός” cruiserweight παγκόσμιος πρωταθλητής. 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 αυτό το Σάββατο in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) πρωταθλητής Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ραμίρεζ (22-2-1, 17 KOs) στη Ρωσία.

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 ημέρες.

Της Παρασκευής night’s fight in France between No. 2 Γιουνιέρ Dorticos και αριθ. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “τακτικός” τίτλος,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.