The Future of CUBA in the Pros, by Weightclasses. (List Inside) ***UPDATED/VIDEO***

Rances Barthelemy vs Denis Shafikov december 5 for the IBF lightweight title.

 

Artur Beterbiev vs Yunieski Gonzalez might happen late november

 

Light heavyweight contender Sullivan Barrera was in perfect position, the one he has worked his whole career for.

He was going to fight Artur Beterbiev in a title eliminator for the right to become the mandatory challenger for three-belt titleholder Sergey Kovalev. There was a date on Showtime set and what his promoter, Kathy Duva of Main Events, termed “a very good offer” to do the fight on Nov. 28 on the James DeGale-Lucian Bute undercard in Quebec City.

But now Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs) will sit by and watch somebody else face Beterbiev with the title shot at stake. The reason being Barrera, a Cuban defector, cannot get a visa to go to Canada for the fight, at least not in time for the purse bid.

It had been scheduled for Monday, but with Barrera's visa status unresolved, Main Events informed the IBF it could not participate in the purse bid, and it was canceled.
Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs), a former two-time Russian Olympian living in Montreal, instead was ordered to face the next leading available contender, Yunieski Gonzalez (16-1, 12 KOs), who has until Thursday morning to accept or pass on the spot, Gonzalez's promoter Joe DeGuardia told ESPN.com. One way or the other, Beterbiev will get an eliminator.

The 33-year-old Barrera, however, is out of luck.

“We tried to give Barrera’s lawyers a bit more time by calling for the purse bid, but, unfortunately, they were not able to work a miracle,” Duva told ESPN.com. “So, once I became convinced that [Beterbiev promoter] GYM’s show is firmly in place for Nov. 28, we decided to call off the purse bid as Sullivan would not be able to travel out of the country just yet.

“Based upon GYM’s initial offer to Sullivan it was clear that they were ready to bid over $400,000 for the fight because we were on the short end of a 75-25 split. Nobody could compete with that. It would have made no sense for HBO to invest in this particular bout. And Showtime was already backing GYM. So, I am talking to HBO about finding another opportunity for Sullivan in the near future. Hopefully, we will be able to work something out with them.
According to Duva, Barrera’s lawyer said his status would be resolved within six months, but that doesn’t help him for a fight in November.

“[GYM CEO] Yvon Michel made a very good offer to put the eliminator in Canada,” Duva said. “I explained to him that Sullivan may not be able to get into Canada by November and asked him to either ask the IBF to give us more time to stage the fight once Barrera gets his U.S. passport, or see if they could put the fight in the U.S. After all, Beterbiev's last fight was in the U.S.

“Unfortunately, Yvon refused and said that if I didn't agree to withdraw Sullivan from the eliminator that he would call for a purse bid. And he did.”

Barrera was bitterly disappointed he couldn't get a visa in time to go to Canada, but accepted the situation.

“I understand,” Barrera said. “I’m ready and willing but [it’s] out of my control now.”

 

When Sullivan Barrera (16-0, 11 KOs) was forced to pass on a light heavyweight title eliminator against Artur Beterbiev (9-0, 9 KOs) on Nov. 28 in Quebec City (Showtime) because of visa issues, the IBF gave Yuniesky Gonzalez (16-1, 12 KOs) the opportunity to participate.

But Star Boxing’s Joe DeGuardia, Gonzalez’s promoter, told ESPN.com Thursday they passed because DeGuardia has another fight in the works for Gonzalez, who made a lot of fans as a result of a memorable slugfest and debatable decision loss to former world champion Jean Pascal in July. DeGuardia declined to say what the other fight was.

 

Ramon Luis Nicolas vs tba october 9

 

“In the case of [Yunieski] Gonzalez, he’s just not interested, said Yvon Michel, the promoter of Beterbiev to RDS.ca. “He believes he does not need to go through Beterbiev to get a world title fight. As for Barrera, we were ready to fight the battle in the United States with a similar offer, but Kathy Duva (president of Main Events) told us she could not offer the same conditions, since it does not have an interested television network.”

 

Ya Deporte Cubano USA se encuentra detrás bastidor con Livan Navarro desde Florida de donde debutará esta noche como Boxeador Profesional.
Livan Navarro y Ramón Luis están firmado con KingKong Boxing.

 

cubans are all highly skilled old guys with glass jaws, 3 rounds in the amateurs suits them much better

 

Yunieski Gonzales probably returns to the ring december 12.

 

Dan Rafael ‏@danrafaelespn
Nicholas Walters is on that Dec 19 HBO co-feature. If Ali-Vargas is dead for good Luis Ortiz could headline if he wins Saturday

 

Luis Ortiz 237.8 , Matias Ariel Vidondo 261 #GGGLemieux #boxing

 

Event Gold Silver Bronze
Light flyweight
details Joahnys Argilagos
Cuba Vasilii Egorov
Russia Rogen Ladon
Philippines
Dmytro Zamotayev
Ukraine
Flyweight
details Elvin Mamishzada
Azerbaijan Yosvany Veitía
Cuba Hu Jianguan
China
Mohamed Flissi
Algeria
Bantamweight
details Michael Conlan
Ireland Murodjon Akhmadaliev
Uzbekistan Shiva Thapa
India
Dzmitry Asanau
Belarus
Lightweight
details Lázaro Álvarez
Cuba Albert Selimov
Azerbaijan Elnur Abduraimov
Uzbekistan
Robson Conceição
Brazil
Light welterweight
details Vitaly Dunaytsev
Russia Fazliddin Gaibnazarov
Uzbekistan Yasniel Toledo
Cuba
Wuttichai Masuk
Thailand
Welterweight
details Mohammed Rabii
Morocco Daniyar Yeleussinov
Kazakhstan Parviz Baghirov
Azerbaijan
Liu Wei
China
Middleweight
details Arlen López
Cuba Bektemir Melikuziev
Uzbekistan Hosam Abdin
Egypt
Michael O'Reilly
Ireland
Light heavyweight
details Julio César La Cruz
Cuba Joe Ward
Ireland Elshod Rasulov
Uzbekistan
Pavel Silyagin
Russia
Heavyweight
details Evgeny Tishchenko
Russia Erislandy Savón
Cuba Abdulkadir Abdullayev
Azerbaijan
Gevorg Manukian
Ukraine
Super heavyweight
details Tony Yoka
France Ivan Dychko
Kazakhstan Bakhodyr Jalolov
Uzbekistan
Joseph Joyce
United Kingdom

 

Ortiz scored knockdown in rd 2. Vidondo not going to last much longer
Ortiz KO3. Big KO

 

koooooooooooo

 

Lara opponent named: Jan Zaveck
WBA “regular” super welterweight champion Erislandy “The American Dream” Lara (21-2-2, 12 KOs) will defend his title against former world champion Jan Zaveck (35-3, 19 KOs) on ESPN November 25 from Hialeah Park Racing and Casino in Miami. “I’m very excited to be defending my title in my hometown of Miami,” said Lara. “Getting in the ring with a former world champion and an experienced fighter like Jan Zaveck is something I’m very much looking forward to. On November 25 I will put on a show for all my fans and especially all my Cuban fans watching on ESPN.”