By Cliff Rold - For those paying attention, cruiserweight long ago shed its position as a sort of bastard child stuck between the classic light heavyweight and heavyweight classes. No longer just the house Holyfield built, the 200 lb. division has been one of the most consistently loaded, and entertaining, of boxing’s seventeen stops along the scale in...
Latvia, Riga - In the first semi-final bout of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight tournament, Yunier Dorticos (24-1, 22 KOs) is once again a world champion as he knocked unbeaten Andrew Tabiti (17-1, 13 KOs) out cold in the tenth round
Dorticos, Tabiti Scorecard BoxingScene Live - Mairis Briedis & Krzysztof Glowacki and Yunier Dorticos & Andrew Tabiti made weight in front of a large crowd ahead of their hotly anticipated WBSS Cruiserweight Semi-Finals and World Championship bouts tomorrow at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.
Aleksandr Usyk no longer officially possesses any ties to the cruiserweight division. Ten months after becoming just the fourth male boxer in history to claim undisputed championship status in the four-belt era, Usyk has relinquished the last of his alphabet titles. The last remaining link, the International Boxing Federation (IBF) title will now be at stake in Saturday’s World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semifinals clash between Yunier Dorticos and Andrew Tabiti in Riga, Latvia.
Maybe we are soon to find out who has taken over cruiserweight in a post-Usyk landscape. Maybe Usyk surprises all and comes back down the scale to defend his crown one more time. Regardless, after this weekend we will be down to a two-man debate. Lots of leather will fly before then as four of the best cruiserweights in the world battle over three major sanctioning body titles and a chance to advance.
Photos Gallery - Mairis Briedis & Krzysztof Glowacki and Yunier Dorticos & Andrew Tabiti made weight in front of a large crowd ahead of their hotly anticipated WBSS Cruiserweight Semi-Finals and World Championship bouts tomorrow at the Arena Riga in Riga, Latvia.
The next generation of cruiserweight hierarchy is officially set. All four participants easily made weight ahead of the World Boxing Super Series cruiserweight semifinals, which takes place Saturday evening at Arena Riga in Riga, Lativa.
Among the concerns heading into the second season of the World Boxing Super Series tournament was the staging of another cruiserweight eight-man set when its predecessor already crowned an active divisional king. It’s beginning to appear more likely that a new king will be crowned by tournament’s end, which works just fine for returning former titlist Yunier Dorticos.
Yunier ‘The KO Doctor’ Dorticos (23-1, 21 KOs) and Andrew ‘Beast’ Tabiti (17-0, 13 KOs) are both oozing confidence ahead of their WBSS Semi-Final at the Arena Riga on Saturday for the vacant IBF Interim World Championship and a place in the Ali Trophy Final.
By Cliff Rold - Oleksandr Usyk remains the king at cruiserweight. Technically. That will only last so much longer. Usyk was supposed to make his move to heavyweight a few weeks back but an injury messed up the timeline. His arrival will come. His hold on belts in his division is ending a hair slower. The WBA already put Denis Lebedev back in place as their top titlist. The WBC belt is n..