By Steve Kim
Light heavyweight Vyacheslav Shabranskyy (15-0, 12 KO's), who is coming off a solid ten-round decision victory over Yuniesky Gonzalez on December 19th, returns this Friday night at the Belasco Theater in Los Angeles versus veteran trialhorse Derrick Findley in an eight-rounder.
Robert Diaz, the head matchmaker for Golden Boy Promotions, told BoxingScene.com - "I'm always reading what the fans want, the comments and everything and trying to at least to give them what they want."
"But I've read a few comments where,'Oh, this is a step back after a big win on HBO Latino, he's coming to Belasco.' I don't see it as that. I see it as a stay-busy, stay-active fight."
The reality is that the Golden Boy brass did not wanted to keep 'Slava' busy because they believe a major opportunity might be on the horizon.
"Because any minute, (Sergey) Kovalev's going to need a dance partner. We've had talks with Main Events. Andre Ward's going to need a dance partner if he doesn't go straight to Kovalev,"stated Diaz."So 'Slava's in a great spot, we just gotta keep moving up, get him wins, keep him in the eye of the public.
"Then sooner or later the big fights are going to happen."
Steve Kim is the news editor for BoxingScene.com.