Yunier Dorticos: record, next fight and profile →
Cruiserweight world champion Beibut Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOs) suffered an eye injury in training on Wednesday and will not be able to defend his title against Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOs) in the main event of a special Saturday night edition of Premier Boxing Champions on FS1 and FOX Deportes, April 29 from Sam's Town Live in Las Vegas.
Last night, multiple sources advised BoxingScene.com that WBA "regular" cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov had suffered an eye injury in one of his final sparring sessions before his April 29th fight against WBA "interim" cruiserweight champion Yunier Dorticos (21-0). The injury will reportedly require surgery.
Last week, BoxingScene.com's Elisinio Castillo reported that WBA "regular" cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (17-2) and WBA interim champion Yunier Dorticos (21-0) will finally face each other in Las Vegas on April 29th.
It appears that WBA "regular" cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOs) and challenger Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KOs), who holds the WBA interim-cruiserweight title, is heading to a date of April 29 in Las Vegas.
Warriors Boxing and Caribe Promotions proudly announce they have teamed up to sign Miami via Cuba's interim WBA World Cruiserweight Champion, Cuba's Yunier Dorticos, to a co-promotional agreement
LAS VEGAS - The World Boxing Association (WBA) has notified WBA cruiserweight world champion Beibut Shumenov and WBA Interim cruiserweight title-holder Yunier Dorticos, as well as their representatives, that Caribe Promotions has lost its rights to promote the WBA mandated Shumenov vs. Dorticos title fight.
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When Cuba's Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20 KO) received the news that his promoter had won the rights to organize his next fight against WBA "regular" champion Beibut Shumenov, the cruiserweight rubbed his hands together and uttered a resounding phrase: "it's about time."
WBA cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev is under threat of losing his remaining world title. World Boxing Association (WBA) President Gilberto Mendoza has confirmed that both Beibut Shumenov and Yunier Dorticos are petitioning the WBA to strip Lebedev of his belt.
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 Dorticos (21- 0, 20 KOs), from Miami, Florida, by way of Havana, Cuba.