ਲਾਸ ਵੇਗਾਸ (ਮਈ 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 ਦਾ ਦਰਜਾ ਦਿੱਤਾ ਗਿਆ ਦਾਅਵੇਦਾਰ Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 ਕੋਸ) and No. 11-ਰੇਟਿੰਗ Junior “Hurricane” Wright (15-1-1, 12 ਕੋਸ) will become the WBA “ਰੈਗੂਲਰ” cruiserweight ਵਿਸ਼ਵ ਜੇਤੂ. 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 ਡੇਨਿਸ ਯੂਰੇਲਿਬਿਡਿਵ (28-2, 21 ਕੋਸ), who also fights ਇਸ ਨੂੰ ਸ਼ਨੀਵਾਰ ਨੂੰ in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) ਜੇਤੂ ਵਿਕਟਰ ਏਮਿਲਯੋ “ਟਾਇਸਨ de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 ਕੋਸ) ਰੂਸ ਵਿਚ.

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 ਦਿਨ.

ਸ਼ੁੱਕਰਵਾਰ ਦੀ night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos ਅਤੇ ਕੋਈ. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “ਰੈਗੂਲਰ” ਦਾ ਸਿਰਲੇਖ,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.