Shannon Briggs vs. Lucas Browne winner must face Fres Oquendo

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By Scott Gilfoid: The World Boxing Association surprised a lot of fans on Tuesday when they ordered 44-year-old Shannon ”The Cannon” Briggs (60-6-1, 53 KOs) and Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) to fight for their vacant WBA ‘regular’ heavyweight title. The winner Briggs-Browne fight must face 43-year-old Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KOs) within 120 days.

Oquendo hasn’t fought in the past two years since losing to Ruslan Chagaev by a 12 round majority decision in July 2014. However, even a rusty Oquendo might prove more than a handful for the Browne vs. Briggs winner. They’re both flawed heavyweights, and both are up there in age. Browne is no spring chicken at 37.

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Lucas Browne’s management wants Haye, Fury or Joshua

browne54By Scott Gilfoid: With 42-year-old Fres Oquendo’s status unclear for him being able to be ready by June, the management for newly crowned WBA heavyweight champion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) are looking at other potential fights for Browne’s first defense of his WBA title in the next three months or so.

Browne knocked out champion Ruslan Chagaev (34-3-1, 21 KOs) in the 10th round last Saturday night to claim his WBA heavyweight title in Grozny, Russia. Browne was losing the fight, and had been knocked out previously in the 10th round.

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Lucas Browne likely to face Fres Oquendo next

browne600By Scott Gilfoid: Well, I hope newly crowned WBA heavyweight campion Lucas “Big Daddy” Browne (24-0, 21 KOs) enjoys his reign as the WBA champion after his 10th round knockout win over Ruslan Chagaev (34-3-1, 21 KOs) last Saturday night at the Colosseum Sport Hall in Grozny, Chechnya, Russia.

It’s looking like Browne will need to defend his title next against 42-year-old Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KOs) next unless Browne can get a unification lined up against one of the other heavyweight champions. From what I hear, Oquendo is the mandatory challenger for Browne’s WBA title right now, and it doesn’t look like there’s any way around that fight for the 36-year-old Browne unless he can get a unification clash against one of the other champions like WBC champ Deontay Wilder.

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Kovalev fight in Russia is off

kovalev778By Allan Fox: IBF/WBA/WBO light heavyweight champion Sergey Kovalev (28-0-1, 25 KOs) won’t be able to fight in November in his home country of Russia like he had been planning on doing. According to Kovalev’s promoters at Main Events, there are scheduling issues that will prevent him from fighting in November like he had wanted to.

The idea is now for the 32-year-old Kovalev to fight in January 2016 against an opponent still to be determined.

“11/28 Krusher Kovalev fight in Russia is off. He will instead fight Jan on HBO boxing as he moves toward a fight with Andre Ward in 2016,” Dan Rafael said on his Twitter.

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Yoan Pablo Hernandez vs. Victor Emilio Ramirez on October 2nd in Buenos Aires, Argentina

hernandez3434By Scott Gilfoid: IBF cruiserweight champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (29-1, 14 KOs) will be defending his title against IBF interim champion and former WBO belt holder Victor Emilio Ramirez (22-2, 17 KOs) on October 2nd in Buenos Aires, Argentina, according to news from Dan Rafael. This venue will give the 31-year-old Ramirez the home country advantage, which might help him a bit but not a whole lot.

Ramirez is a pretty primitive fighter in the Marco Huck mold, and he’s very beatable against certain types of fighters. Huck was able to beat Ramirez at his own game in defeating him by a 12 round unanimous decision to take his WBO cruiserweight title in 2009 in a slugfest.

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Fres Oquendo tested positive after WBA heavyweight championship against Ruslan Chagaev in Grozny

Press release by Team Chagaev: As confirmed by the Russian Anti-Doping Agency (RUSADA) and the World Boxing Association (WBA) ring veteran Fres Oquendo tested positive for the prohibited substances tamoxifin and anastrozole at the mandatory test taken after his WBA world heavyweight championship fight against Ruslan Chagaev on July 6th in Grozny (Russia). Oquendo now faces a suspension and will have to pay back his purse according to the bout agreement.

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Chagaev beats Oquendo in boring fight

By Scott Gilfoid: Former WBA heavyweight title holder Ruslan Chagaev (33-2-1, 20 KO’s) defeated 41-year-old Fres Oquendo (37-8, 24 KO’s) by a 12 round majority decision on Sunday night tow in the vacant WBA heavyweight title at the Akhmat Arena in Grozny, Russia.

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Oquendo to fight Chagaev after all

By Allan Fox: 41-year-old Fres Oquendo (37-7, 24 KO’s) has decided to take the fight with Ruslan Chagaev (32-2-1, 20 KO’s) after all, and he’s currently on a flight to Grozny, Russia to face Chagaev on Sunday for the vacant WBA heavyweight title at the Ahmat Arena.

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Chagaev vs. Oquendo for vacant WBA heavyweight title this Sunday, July 7th in Grozny, Russia

chagaev6453By Allan Fox: This Sunday, 35-year-old former WBA heavyweight champion Ruslan Chagaev (32-2-1, 20 KO’s) will be trying to become a 2-time world champion when he faces 41-year-old Fres Oquendo (37-7, 24 KOs) for the vacant WBA World heavyweight title at the Ahmat Arena in Grozny, Russia. The venue is perfect for the southpaw Chagaev, nicknamed “White Tyson, to try and capture another world title.

The WBA has Chagaev ranked #3 by their organization and Oquendo #4. It’s kind of controversial, because it’s difficult to picture either of them beating the likes of Tyson Fury, Deontay Wilder and Alexander Povetkin, all of which are for some reason ranked below them in the WBA’s rankings.

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Ruslan Chagaev vs. Fres Oquendo possible for June 7th for vacant WBA regular heavyweight title

By Dan Ambrose: #3 WBA Ruslan Chagaev (32-2-1, 20 KO’s) has a potential bout against 41-year-old #6 WBA Fres Oquendo (37-7, 24 KO’s) for the vacant regular WBA heavyweight world title on June 7th Grozny, Russia, according to the BILD. This is for the WBA title that was previously held by Alexander Povetkin. The World Boxing Association has two world champion belts for the heavyweight division. Wladimir Klitschko has the upper level WBA Super World heavyweight title in his possession.

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