Jack Culcay: record, next fight and profile →
AGON Sports has done it again. The Germany-based promotional company secured promotional rights to the Bakhram Murtazaliev-Jack Culcay vacant IBF junior middleweight title fight. AGON—Culcay’s promoter—submitted $666,300 to outpace TGB Promotions’ $500,000 bid for the ordered matchup.
Bakhram Murtazaliev and Jack Culcay now have their marching orders. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has scheduled a purse bid hearing for January 11 to determine promotional rights for the ordered vacant IBF junior middleweight title fight. Both camps previously informed Boxing Scene that a deal
The teams for Bakhram Murtazaliev and Jack Culcay will wait until the new year for instructions on next steps. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the ordered vacant IBF junior middleweight title fight will head to a purse bid hearing. The development comes one day after the sanctioning body-imposed deadline passed without a deal in place following a negotiation period of more than 30 days.
Lots of action in Europe this on Saturday (Nov 25) and here's some of the more important events: In Charleroi, Belgium, national super welterweight champ Jan Helin (13-3) defends the title against Ibrahima Diallo (7-0-1). At stake is also the vacant WBC Youth title.
Immediate action has been taken to fill the latest vacancy left behind by Jermell Charlo. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that the IBF has ordered a vacant junior middleweight title fight between Bakhram Murtazaliev and Jack Culcay. The winner will win the title recently relinquished by Houston’s Charlo, though there is still the matter of reaching a deal to get to that point.
Jermell Charlo remains the true junior middleweight champion but is now two belts removed from undisputed status. BoxingScene.com has confirmed that Houston’s Charlo has vacated the IBF 154-pound title, in lieu of honoring an overdue mandatory title defense versus Bakhram Murtazaliev. A purse bid hearing scheduled for Tuesday was canceled given the circumstances, an IBF spokesperson confirmed. Russia’s Murtazaliev will likely be ordered to next face Germany’s Jack Culcay as the two highest ranked contenders in the IBF ratings. Both fighters not only anticipated such a move but previously confirmed a willingness to move forward with such a fight if it reached that point.
Wuppertal, Germany - German middleweight Vincenzo "El Capo" Gualtieri (21-0-1 won the vacant IBF title in a big upset with a unanimous decision over Brazilian Esquiva Falcao (30-1).
Berlin, Germany - AGON Sports returned to the AGON Sportspark (actually a tennis court) for tonight's show with seven fights on the bill and it was streamed live by the AGON network.
IBF # 2 junior middleweight Jack Culcay (31-4) will take on Italian Damiano Falcinelli (15-1) in the headliner of AGON Sports show at the AGON Arena in Berlin on November 12. This is what is called a stay busy fight for Culcay.
Former EBU welterweight champ Kerman Lejarraga (34-3) is looking to get his career back on track on November 12 in Bilbao, Spain, against French veteran Fouad El Massoudi (18-18-1) in a scheduled eight rounder.