LAS VEGAS (Mayo 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (AMB) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 clasificado contendiente Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-Calificación Júnior “Huracán” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “regular” campeón mundial de peso crucero. 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), quien tambien pelea este sábado in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (FIB) campeón Victor Emilio “El Tyson de Abasto” Ramírez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) En Rusia.

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

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