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Former Interim Cruiserweight World Champion Youri Kalenga added to “Battle of Casablanca” kort

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World amateur champion Mohammad Rabii
To make pro debut at home in main event
Februari. 18 in Casablanca, Marocko
CASABLANCA, Marocko (Februari 2, 2017) – Former Interim cruiserweight world champion Yuri “El Toro” Kalenga will provide chief support Februari 18 for pro-debuting Moroccan amateur boxing sensation Mohammad Rabii på “Battle of Casablanca” kort, presented by Nowhere2Hyde, at Complexe de Sportif Mohammed V Arena in Casablanca, Marocko.
Kalenga (22-3, 15 Kos), fighting out of France by way of The Congo, is currently rated No. 12 av World Boxing Association (WBA) och nr. 16 av World Boxing Council (WBC). The knockout artist takes on Garrett “The Ultimate Warrior” Wilson (17-11-1, 9 Kos), av Philadelphia, who is a former United States Boxing Association (USBA) and North American Boxing Federation (NABF) mästare.
I 2014, Kalenga captured the WBA Interim title with a 12-round split decision over 32-1 Mateusz Masternak in Monaco, followed with a successful title defense in Canada against 12-0 Denton Daley by way of a 12th round technical knockout.
Kalenga has never been in a dull fight. Two of his three career losses have been to current WBA Super cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (26-2), who Kalenga dropped in the fourth round, by way of a 12-round unanimous decision in Russia, and last June he was stopped for the first time in his seven-year pro career by 20-0 yunier Dorticos in Paris for the Interim WBA strap.
The 23-year-old Rabii defeated 2016 OS-guldmedaljören Daniyar Yeleussinov in the welterweight division championship finale of the 2015 AIBA World Amateur Championships to capture a gold for his native Morocco. Rabii won a bronze medal at the 2016 OS i Brasilien, dropping a highly-disputed decision (0-3) in the semifinals to Uzebek boxer Shakhram Giyasov, the eventual silver medalist.
The ultra-charismatic Rabii has reached “rock star” status in Morocco, testament by an average of 6-million Moroccans viewing each of Rabbi’s Olympic matches on Arryadia Television. “We are very excited to work with our television partners, Arryadia, on our February 18th show as the first of five shows in 2017 featuring Mohammed Rabii,” promotor Gary Hyde sa. “Rabii has the entire nation of Morocco behind him and he will be challenging for top welterweight honors in no time at all.”
Rabii will take on veteran Hungarian boxer Adam “Dålig pojke” Mate (24-10, 17 Kos) in the six-round main event.
Also in action on “Battle of Casablanca” will be former World Boxing Association (WBA) and International Boxing Organization (IBO) world featherweight champion, Simpiwe Vetyeka (29-3, 17 Kos), who is world ranked No. 4 genom WBA, LÅT BLI. 6 av The Ring magazine, och nr. 7 av WBC. The gifted South African faces undefeated Hungarian prospect David Nerna (8-0, 8 Kos) i en 10-runda bout.
Netherlands light middleweight Gevorg Khatchikian (24-2, 12 Kos) will also be in action against Ugandan Med “Kabona” Sebyala (16-8-1. 13 Kos) in another 10-rounder. Khatchikian, who will be fighting as a 154-pounder for the first time as a professional, has only lost twice as a pro, both to present super middleweight world champions, James Degale (IBF) och Gilberto Ramirez (WBO).
Hyde manages Rabii, Kalanga and Vetyeka.
Tickets are now on sale for the Februari. 18 show in Casablanca.
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World champion Beibut Shumenov to defend title vs. Junior Wright this Saturday night in Las Vegas

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LAS VEGAS (Maj 18, 2016) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Interimscruiser Världsmästaren Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos) makes his first title defense denna lördag natt (Maj 21) against WBA No. 11-Topplista Junior “Orkan” Wright (15-1-1, 12 Kos) at The Chelsea inside of The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas.
“I’m happy to get the opportunity to fight denna lördag natt,” Shumenov sa, “but I wish that I could fight more often. I’ve been ready since January. Every training session I gain new knowledge. I am a completely different fighter than in my last fight.”
Shumenov’s last fight was back in July, in which he defeated B.J. Blommor (31-1-1, 20 Kos) by 12-round unanimous decision in Las Vegas to capture the vacant WBA Interim title, making the former WBA light heavyweight champion Shumenov the first professional boxer from Kazakhstan to be a two-division world champion.
By becoming the WBA Interim cruiserweight champion, Shumenov also became the No. 1 ranked mandatory challenger for WBA Super cruiserweight titlist Denis Lebedev (28-2, 21 Kos), who also fights denna lördag in Russia against International Boxing Federation (IBF) mästare Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Kos) in a unification match.
The WBA has already mandated that the Lebedev-Ramirez must fight Shumenovwithin 120 dagar. The WBA, emellertid, has failed to explain why it also declared a WBA “vanlig” cruiserweight world title fight denna fredag night in France between No. 2 yunier Dorticos och nr. 5 Youri Kalenga (since upgraded to No. 3), especially after announcing that it would work this year to have only one world champion in each weight class.
Shumenov, Naturligtvis, is risking his mandatory position by fighting Wright, the former 5-time Chicago Golden Gloves champion. “I need to stay active,” Shumenov explained why he’s taking such a risk. “Varje kamp, I gain experience and it also helps me develop my fighting skills.”
The 12-round Shumenov vs. Wright title fight is on the non-televised portion of The Cosmopolitan show.
Fans kan vän Beibut Shumenov på sin Facebook Fan Page påwww.facebook.com/BeibutShumenov.
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WBA Interim cruiserweight world champion & Mandatory challenger Beibut Shumenov protests Dorticos-Kalenga WBA “vanlig” world cruiserweight title fight

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LAS VEGAS (April 29, 2016) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim cruiserweight world champion Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos), the only Kazakhstan-native to hold world titles in two different weight classes, is disputing the WBA’s sanctioning of the WBA “vanlig” cruiserweight world championship fight, Maj 20 i Paris, between two lower-ranked WBA fighters, LÅT BLI. 2 yunier Dorticos och nr. 5 Youri Kalenga (recently upgraded to No. 3).
I juli förra året, Shumenov defeated B.J. Blommor by way of a 12-round unanimous decision to become the mandatory challenger for WBA “vanlig” Cruiser mästare Denis Lebedev, who was later elevated to “Super” mästare.
Lebedev hasn’t fought a mandatory defense i ett år, ironiskt, when he won a 12-round decision over Kalenga, who had earned his world title shot, like Shumenov, by becoming WBA Interim world champion. The WBA granted Lebedev an extension in terms of his due mandatory defense because of the Russian’s unification fight Maj 21 in Moscow against International Boxing Federation (IBF) titelhållare Victor Emelio Ramirez.
“I’m very disappointed the WBA is sanctioning Dorticos-Kalenga for its ‘regular’ cruiserweight title, when I am the No. 1 ranked and current WBA Interim champion,” Shumenov sa. “I repeatedly informed the WBA through emails, texts and verbally that I was ready to fight back in January. I preferred to fight Lebedev but I was willing to fight Dorticos or anybody else in the top 15. For the past few months, I’ve been laboring over what I believe is a very bad decision, letting two lower-ranked fighters, No. 2 och nr. 3 killar, fight for the WBA ‘regular’ titel. I am shocked and bewildered and do not understand the WBA’s rationale to have either of these fighters declared the WBA ‘regular’ champion without first defeating either Lebedev or me, the Interim champion and No. 1 rank contender.
“I appealed the decision but, än så länge, the WBA has done little in response to my appeals other than delay and stall before finally ruling that I will fight the Lebedev-Ramirez winner months from now, än, ignoring my appeal to stop the regular title status of Dorticos-Kalenga and still sanction a fight between them, its No. 2 och nr. 3 rated fighters, for the WBA ‘regular’ titel. This is unfair to fans, who deserve to watch the best fighting the best, especially when a world championship is at stake! We now have this odd situation where there will be three separate WBA cruiserweight fights in May, all for a different version of WBA world title I just don’t feel anyone should get the WBA ‘regular’ title without first defeating a champion or at least the top-ranked fighter in the division. The WBA knew I was and am ready to fight. Its decision makes no sense and, enligt min åsikt, diminishes the prestige and meaning of the title. I have respect for Dorticos and Kalenga but I think the legitimacy of any world title resulting from a fight between the No. 2 och nr. 3 ranked contenders, when the No 1 mandatory contender who already holds the WBA Interim champion is ready and available, minst sagt, is highly questionable.
“The WBA told me and announced to the media that it was working to have only one world champion in each division. While I’ve been sitting out the last four months waiting to fight, the WBA has decided to allow six different guys to fight for tre WBA cruiserweight world titles, practically on the same day, instead of crowning only one WBA cruiserweight world champion. I look forward to returning to the ring and my manager, Al Haymon, has advised me that I will fight in May and we will announce next week. I want to thank everyone for their support and I apologize to my family, vänner, fans and my country, Kazakstan, for this chaos the WBA has caused that has damaged and delayed my professional boxing career. I will move forward and continue to fight inside the ring, letting my attorneys and manager fight this unfair situation outside the ring.”
Fans kan vän Beibut Shumenov på sin Facebook Fan Page på www.facebook.com/BeibutShumenov.
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Beibut Shumenov targeting Lebedev-Ramirez Cruiser enhetliga titel slåss vinnaren

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LAS VEGAS (Mars 22, 2016) – World Boxing Association (WBA) Interimscruiser Världsmästaren Shumenov Beibu (16-2, 10 Kos) är inriktade på 21 maj enande titel vinnare mellan WBA titlist Denis Lebedev(28-2, 21 Kos) och International Boxing Federation (IBF) mästare Victor Emilio “Tyson de Abasto” Ramirez (22-2-1, 17 Kos).
När Shumenov besegras B.J. Blommor(31-1-1, 20 Kos) i juli förra året i Las Vegas, tidigare lätt tungvikt WBA blev WBA interims mästare liksom dess Nej. 1 obligatorisk utmanare.
Lebedev, emellertid, har inte kämpat en obligatorisk kamp sedan förra April 10 i vilken han vann en 12-runda beslut över sedan interims WBA mästare Youri Kalenga. Lebedev made a voluntary tittle offense last November, stoppa Lateef Kayode i den åttonde omgången.
Shumenov kommer att vara tillbaka i ringen nästa månad (April), fullständig information kommande, och då han kommer att utmana Lebedev-Ramirez vinnare inom 90/120 dagar efter utgången.
“Jag ser fram emot att ha möjlighet att bekämpa Lebedev-Ramirez vinnare eftersom det alltid varit mitt mål att förena titlarna,” Shumenov förklarade. “Lebedev has always been my target. Ramirez is the other fighter I’ve really wanted to fight and my manager tried to make a fight between us, alltför.
“Jag har varit på gymmet sedan min sista match, hårdträning för att fullända min kompetens. Nu, I am a completely different fighter since I fought last July. My team is extremely happy and confident that I can beat all of the other world cruiserweight champions.”
I december förra året, Shumenov var planerad att försvara sin interims WBA kronan mot tvåfaldiga världscruiser mästare Krzyesztof “Diablo” Wlodarczyk (50-3-1, 36 Kos), men en allvarlig medicinsk fråga om en familjemedlem tvingade Shumenov att dra sig ur den tidigare nämnda kampen.
“Möjligheten att bekämpa vinnaren av Lebedev / Ramirez i en stor enande kamp kom bara om detta år och jag har inte det alternativet tillbaka när jag kommit överens om att först slå Wlodarczyk tillbaka i december och jag kunde inte förutse vad som skulle hända med min familj personligen,” 32-year-old Shumenov said. “Jag har inga problem slåss Wlodarczyk i framtiden, but only after I fight the Lebedev-Ramirez unification winner. Dessutom, närsomhelst, Jag har inga problem att kämpa WBA Nej. 2-rankad yunier Dorticos.
“Just nu, Jag är på min kämpar prime ändå förbättra, utbildning med min tränare, Ismael Salas. I want to show the world my skills before I get too old. Literally, Jag är redo att slåssi morgon and I’ve been ready for months. I’ll be back in the ring next month and then I’ll get my shot at the Lebedev-Ramirez winner.”
Fans kan vän Beibut Shumenov på sin Facebook Fan Page på www.facebook.com/BeibutShumenov.
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Kubanska amatör stjärnan Marcos Fore Göra pro debut i morgon i Queens, NY fredag, Februari. 13

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(L-R) – Mark Forest & tränare Joe Goossen

KORK, Irland (Februari. 12, 2015) – Firade kubanska amatör boxare Mark Forest kommer att göra sin professionella debut i morgon natt (Fre, Februari. 13) i en fyra-runda super bantamvikt bout mot veteran Ignac “Test” Kassai vid 5 Star festvåning i Queens, New York.

 

En tre-tiden kubanska national mästare, den 25-årige Fore besegrade 2012 OS-guldmedaljören Robeisy Rameriez 14 månader sedan i en sensationell nationellt mästerskap final.

 

Kämpar som en semi-proffs i World Series of Boxing (WSB) för obesegrad 2014 laget mästare Kuba Domadores, Fore var obesegrad i tre WSB matcher innan han hoppade till USA i april.

 

Fore tecknat ett kontrakt här tidigare oktober med Irlandsbaserade, Internationell boxning manager Gary Hyde, president av Nowhere2Hyde Hantering. Hyde förvaltar också närvarande, tidigare och framtida världsmästare som World Boxing Association (WBA) Super & World Boxing Organization (WBO) super bantamvikt mästare och två-tiden kubanska OS-guldmedaljören, Räkning “Schakalen” Rigondeaux (15-0, 10 Kos), WBA Interim Cruiser mästare Yuri “El Toro” Kalenga (21-1, 14 Kos), tidigare mellanvikt mästare WBO och nuvarande International Boxing Federation (IBF) LÅT BLI. 1 obligatorisk utmanare Hassan N'Dam N'Jikam (31-1, 18 Kos), och världsamatörmästare Blagoy Naydenov.

 

“Marcos Fore är en utmärkt ung kämpe som har en fartfylld stil,” Hyde sa. “Han har vad som krävs för att bli världsmästare. Vi kunde inte hitta en USA-baserad motståndare att slåss Marcos eftersom de sa att han var en annan Rigondeaux och olympisk mästare. Medan han slog en olympisk mästare, Marcus var inte en Olympian. Vi flög sin motståndare från Ungern. Kasai är en 56-kamp veteran som har kämpat några av de bästa européerna som IBF super bantamvikt mästare Carl Frampton, VM-titel utmanare Martin Ward, Pulver Ps och Alexander Miskirtchian, och tidigare europeiska mästare Anthony Settoul.”

 

Fore är en 5′ 8″ Southpaw som kommer kampanjen i 122-pound super bantamvikt division, samma vikt klass sin landsman och stall Rigondeaux regler.

 

“Guillermo Rigondeaux är en super mästare och på Kuba jag såg upp till honom som sin yngre bror,” Fore tillsatt. “Han har dominerat super bantamvikt division och jag kommer snart att gå med honom i toppen.”

 

Att bo i Los Angeles och tränade där av Joe Goossen, Fore andra pro slagsmål är preliminärt planerad till Mars 6 i närliggande Glendale, Kalifornien.

 

Följ Hyde på Twitter på @ NoWhere2Hyde och vän honom påwww.facebook.com/gary.hyde.50?fref = ts.