LAS VEGAS (მაისი 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 ადგილზეა კანდიდატი Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos) and No. 11-რეიტინგული Junior “Hurricane” Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos) will become the WBA “რეგულარული” cruiserweight მსოფლიო ჩემპიონი. 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 ლებედევი (28-2, 21 Kos), who also fights ამ შაბათს in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) ჩემპიონი ვიქტორ Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Kos) რუსეთში.

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 დღის.

პარასკევი night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos და არა. 3 იური Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “რეგულარული” სათაური,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.