Issues are transferring remarkably rapidly in boxing’s smallest division. WBO minimumweight champion Oscar Collazo scored a formidable knockout on DAZN lower than two weeks in the past, WBC and IBF champs Yudai and Ginjiro Shigeoka revealed March thirty first title defenses earlier this week, and now the WBA has ordered long-reigning champ Knockout CP Freshmart to defend his title towards Hasanboy Dusmatov.
The pair have till March eighth to come back to phrases, although they could not want that lengthy; Dusmatov’s (6-0, 5 KO) promoter tells Julius Julianus that they’re simply ready to verify the date.
Knockout (24-0, 9 KO), who’s held at the least some type of the WBA belt for practically a decade and been The Man at 105 because the fall of Wanheng Menayothin, hasn’t fought since beating Menayothin of their overdue showdown two Julys in the past. There’s really a bizarre story there, although; he bought the decision to struggle secondary titlist Erick Rosa and was slated to face him in Thailand final March after profitable the purse bid, however immigration authorities detained Rosa on the airport as a result of visa points and subsequently took his passport.
The WBA wound up scheduling one other purse bid, however per Jake Donovan, Rosa’s promoter did not stage the bout as a result of Showtime-PBC fallout and Rosa wound up vacating in favor of a transfer to 108.
Dusmatov is a hell of an ask after a 12 months and a half on the sidelines. The 2016 Rio gold medalist is among the many better of the Uzbek dream crew and a real menace to Knockout’s reign. Fingers crossed the struggle comes collectively and we get some authorized option to watch it.
