Yunier Dorticos: record, next fight and profile →
As part of their pledge to reduce their amount of champions, the WBA has recently ordered several fights between their super champions, "regular" champions and interim champions.
This past May, unbeaten Cuban Yuniel Dorticos (21-0 20 KOs) traveled to Paris, France and captured the WBA interim cruiserweight title with a 10th round stoppage of Youri Kalenga in a brutal battle that surely will be one of the 2016 Fight of the Year candidates.
LAS VEGAS - World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight world champion Beibut Shumenov (17-2, 10 KOs) stopped No. 11-rated Junior "Hurricane" Wright (15-2-1, 12 KOs) in the 10th round of their May 21st title fight to remain mandatory challenger for unified WBA Super/International Boxing Federation (IBF) cruiserweight world champion Denis Lebedev (29-2, 22 KOs). The WBA mandated a Lebedev-Shumenov fight within 120 days of May 21.
Cruiserweight Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20KOs) and his promoter Boris Arencibia of Caribe Promotions were at Hard Rock Hotel and Casino in Hollywood, Florida on Friday night, where they sat ringside to support to their countryman Rances Barthelemy, who retained his IBF super featherweight title against Mickey Bey.
By Alexey Sukachev - Time is of the essence. For the cruiserweight division, that time is now, as boxing fans will struggle to currently find a more exciting weight division – and not even limited to the incredible action produced in recent weeks. American cable network Showtime recently attempted to create that magic with....
MIAMI -- Yunier Dorticos could have spent his Monday any other way than going to work, yet it was just another day in the office as far as he was concerned. The unbeaten 30-year old from Miami by way of Cuba was the first one to arrive at Herman Caicedo’s boxing gym in Miami on Monday. His presence came as a bit of surprise, as he is fresh off of an interim cruiserweight title win over Youri Kalenga, scoring a 10th round win over the weekend in France. It was a brutal slugfest, one already being hailed as the leading contender for 2016 Fight of the Year, with both boxers absorbing massive punishment before Dorticos closes the show early in round ten.
According to World Boxing Association President Gilberto Mendoza Jr., WBA 'regular' cruiserweight champion Beibut Shumenov (17-2, 11KOs) will have 120 days to face WBA 'super' cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev (29-2, 22KOs). The winner will have to take on WBA interim-champion Yunier Dorticos (21-0, 20KOs).
Barely a day after their bout was downgraded from "regular" to "interim" title status, Yunier Dorticos and Youri Kalenga upgraded their game to deliver a leading candidate for 2016 Fight of the Year. A Herculean effort was put forth by the pair of cruiserweights, which ended with Dorticos scoring a 10th round stoppage to claim an interim title Friday evening at Palais des Sports in Paris, France
Unbeaten Cuban knockout artist Yuniel Dorticos (20-0 19 KOs) arrived in Paris, France Sunday for his battle against Youri Kayembre Kalenga (22-2) for the vacant WBA cruiserweight title.
LAS VEGAS - World Boxing Association (WBA) Interim cruiserweight world champion Beibut Shumenov (16-2, 10 KOs), the only Kazakhstan-native to hold world titles in two different weight classes, is disputing the WBA's sanctioning of the WBA "regular" cruiserweight world championship fight, May 20 in Paris, between two lower-ranked WBA fighters, No. 2 Yunier Dorticos and No. 5 Youri Kalenga (recently upgraded to No. 3).