LAS VEGAS (Có thể 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 contender xếp hạng Shumenov Bắc Bộ (16-2, 10 Kos) and No. 11-rated Junior “Bão” Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos) will become the WBA “bình thường” vô địch thế giới 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 Thứ bảy này in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) quán quân Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Kos) ở Nga.

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

Thứ sáu của night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticós và Không. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “bình thường” tiêu đề,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.