LAS VEGAS (Մայիս 19, 2016) – The World Boxing Association (WBA) has declared Saturday night’s fight between No. 1 տեղում թեկնածու Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Նոկաուտով) and No. 11-Գնահատված Junior “Փոթորիկ” Wright (15-1-1, 12 Նոկաուտով) will become the WBA “կանոնավոր” cruiserweight աշխարհի չեմպիոն. 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 Լեբեդեւը (28-2, 21 Նոկաուտով), who also fights Այս շաբաթ in a unification match against International Boxing Federation (IBF) չեմպիոն Վիկտոր Էմիլիո “Tyson de abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Նոկաուտով) ՌԴ-ում.

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 օր.

Ուրբաթ night’s fight in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos եւ ոչ. 3 Youri Kalenga, erroneously billed as for the WBA “կանոնավոր” վերնագիր,will now be for the WBA “interim” cruiserweight world championship.