Las Vegas (May 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 praeferebantur CONCERTATOR Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-rated Junior “Procellae” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “regular” cruiserweight mundi fortissimus. 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 hoc Saturday in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) fortissimus Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) in 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 within 120 diebus.

Tuesday scriptor night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticós et non. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “regular” title,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.