Las Vegas (Tej zaum 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 ranked contender Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos) and No. 11-Rated Junior “Nag xob nag cua” Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos) will become the WBA “kev” cruiserweight ntiaj teb no yeej. 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 no hnub vas xaum in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) champion Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Kos) nyob rau hauv Russia.

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

Friday tus night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos thiab tsis. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “kev” title,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.