Las Vegas (May 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 ditingkat contender Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-rated Junior “Hurricane” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “biasa” juara donya 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 Setu iki in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) juara Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) ing 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 within 120 dina.

Ana kang night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticós lan Ora Ana. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “biasa” title,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.