On Monday at the World Boxing Association headquarters, Caribe Promotions won the purse bid to promote the championship bout between the WBA World cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOs), from Las Vegas, Nevada, by way of Shymkent, Kazakhstan, and interim WBA World cruiserweight champion Yunier Dorticós (21- 0, 20 KOs), from Miami, Florida, by way of Havana, Cuba.
The proposed dates for this fight are February 4 in Houston or Las Vegas, or February 11 in Miami.
For Caribbean Promotions, Dorticós’ representatives, Luis Fonseca and Tony Gonzalez, were present at the purse bid, while Shumenov was represented by Zach Margules of TGB Promotion.
IN OTHER NEWS: Fresno, CA – NABF Junior Super welterweight Champion, Daniel “El Chapulin” Valdivia, (12-0, 9 KOs) of Tulare, CA has been added as the Co-Main Event for “The Fight For Water 6” December 2nd, at the Savemart Center in Fresno, CA and LIVE on Solo Boxeo Unimas at 11:00 p.m.
The previous card at the Save Mart Center was December 5th last year, headlined WBC Continental Americas Champion, Jose Ramirez Jr. and was a sell out at 13,100 with 1,600 turned away. This time Ramirez headlines once again with a powerful co-main event, Daniel Valdivia who always brings out the fans with his fan friendly exciting fighting style!
"I feel very blessed to be given this opportunity in front of such a large audience and close to my hometown. I promise to give it my all in the ring, I am nothing without my fans, I want them to feel my energy in the ring and make it a memorable night!”-Daniel Valdivia
" I’d like to thank Jose Ramirez Jr., Rick Mirigian and Top Rank for this opportunity, Boxing is a platform that helps us put the Central Valley on the map and bring awareness of the Fight for Water and a powerful message on the positive contributions immigrants do in our society and the continued importance of water issues in California.” - Daniel Valdivia
The Fight card will be televised nationally on Top Rank’s Solo Boxeo series on Unimas.
