LAS VEGAS (Mei 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 pencabar kedudukan Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-rated Junior “Hurricane” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “tetap” cruiserweight juara dunia. 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 Sabtu ini in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) juara Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) di 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 hari.

Jumaat night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos dan Tiada. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “tetap” tajuk,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.