LAS VEGAS (Maio 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 classificado contendor Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 KOs) and No. 11-Classificado Junior “Furacão” Wright (15-1-1, 12 KOs) will become the WBA “regular” campeão mundial 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 neste sábado in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) campeão Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 KOs) na Rússia.

The WBA has mandated that the Shumenov-Wright winner will be the mandatory challenger for the Lebedev-Ramirez unified winner, which must take place dentro de 120 dias.

Sexta-feira night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticós e n. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “regular” título,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.