The battle for the vacant IBF lightweight championship between Rances Barthelemy (23-0, 13KOs) and Denis Shafikov (36-1-1, 20KOs) is heading to a Premier Boxing Champions card in the fall, according to Alexey Vasiliev of Urlal Boxing Promotions, who co-promote Shafiov with Top Rank. Barthelemy is advised by Al Haymon.
Shafikov became the mandatory challenger to champion Mickey Bey, who vacated the belt several weeks. The sanctioning organization then ordered Barthelemy and Shafikov to fight each other for the vacant belt.
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Shafikov became the mandatory challenger to champion Mickey Bey, who vacated the belt several weeks. The sanctioning organization then ordered Barthelemy and Shafikov to fight each other for the vacant belt.
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