LAS VEGAS (五月 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 排名竞争者 Shumenov北部 (16-2, 10 科斯) and No. 11-额定 初级 “飓风” 赖特 (15-1-1, 12 科斯) will become the WBA “定期” 重量级世界冠军. 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 丹尼斯·列别捷夫 (28-2, 21 科斯), 谁也打架 这个星期六 in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) 冠军 埃米利奥·维克多 “泰森德的Abasto Plaza” 拉米雷斯 (22-2-1, 17 科斯) 在俄罗斯.

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

周五 night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos 和No. 3 尤里·卡伦加, erroneously billed as for the WBA “定期” 称号,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.