LAS VEGAS (Mai 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 classé aspirant Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-Évalué Junior “Ouragan” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “régulier” champion du monde cruiserweight. 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 ce samedi in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) en Russie.

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

Vendredi de night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos et n. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “régulier” titre,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.