Púgil cubano confía en combatir, Caribe cede derechos ganados en subasta
Todavía es muy pronto para saber si lo que sucede conviene, pero todo apunta a que Yunier Dorticós podría estar en mejores condiciones de promoción para su próxima pelea, sea con Beibut Shumenov o con cualquier otro.
Aunque Caribe Promotions, entidad que lleva la carrera del cubano, cedió los derechos de organizar un potencial combate contra Shumenov a mediados de febrero, fuentes aseguraron que se hizo con las mejores intenciones de su boxeador en mente.
Un comunicado de prensa, aparentemente escrito por personas cercanas a Shumenov, notificaba que la Asociación Mundial del Boxeo (AMB) le había retirado los derechos a Caribe para organizar el combate contra el kazajo.
"Yo había firmado un pacto para pelear contra Dorticós el 11 de febrero en Miami, pero Dorticós y su promotora desaparecieron después de que firmé'', comentó Shumenov en un comunicado reproducido por varios medios. “Estoy cansado de ellos. No puedo esperar para noquearlo. Estoy esperando a que mi manager me llame para que me diga de una nueva cita con TGB''.
Dorticós, por su parte, comentó que estaba convencido de que la pelea se iba a dar en algún momento del mes de marzo.
"Sí, se va producir este combate en marzo, pero no puedo dar detalles'', indicó el guerrero de La Habana, aunque otra fuente -que no quiso revelar su nombre- indicó que Caribe podría estar buscando una nueva alianza con otra entidad para relanzar la carrera de Dorticós.
Para algunos, lo del comunicado se trata de una cortina de viento generada desde el campamento de Shumenov, quien es entrenado por el profesor Ismael Salas, para evitar un futuro enfrentamiento con Dorticós.
De acuerdo con un comunicado de prensa difundido este martes, "la incapacidad o el poco deseo de promover la pelea fueron cuestionados en enero del 2017. Debido a que Caribe fue incapaz de confirmar sus intenciones, la AMB no tuvo más remedio que conceder los derechos a la segunda oferta más alta de la subasta, sometida por Tom Brown de TGB Promotions''.
En otra parte del comunicado se explica que Caribe se vio obligada a perder los $35,000 de depósito, con un 10 por ciento para la AMB y el resto ($31,000) para ser distribuido entre Shumenov y Dorticós de acuerdo a un porcentaje de 75-25.
Resulta difícil de creer que Dorticós se haya mantenido fuera de acción desde el 20 de mayo del 2016, cuando derrotó en una de las mejores peleas de la temporada en París al congolés Youry Kalenga.
No son pocos los expertos que consideran a Dorticós uno de los púgiles con mayor potencial para convertirse en campeón del mundo y reinar durante mucho tiempo, pero su principal escollo es el mismo que ha plagado la carrera de tantos de sus compatriotas: la inactividad.
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Caribe Promotions loses rights to Shumenov-Dorticos WBA cruiserweight title fight TGB Promotions awarded rights |
LAS VEGAS (January 31, 2017) - 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. Dorticos' promoter, Caribe Promotions, originally won the Shumenov vs. Dorticos title fight rights last November with a winning purse bid of $350,001, which required a fight date within 90 days. Although rumored to be held in mid-February in either Miami or Las Vegas, Caribe's ability and willingness to actually promote the fight came into question in January, 2017. The WBA demanded that Caribe confirm its intentions and even granted Caribe additional time to respond, but Caribe failed to file confirmation of a fight date with the WBA. Because Caribe was unable to confirm its intentions, the WBA had little choice but to award rights to the second-highest purse bidder, Tom Brown's TGB Promotions. "I last fought May 21st and I have been in the gym since June because I was supposed to fight Lebedev in September," said a terribly frustrated Shumenov. "But he backed out of the fight with me once again and I have been ready to fight since then. I signed a bout agreement to fight Dorticos on February 11th in Miami, but Dorticos and his promoter disappeared after I signed. They're full of it; all they do is talk. I can't wait to knock him out. I am waiting on my manager to call me right now to tell me the new fight date with TGB." Caribe Promotions has been forced to also forfeit its $35,000 purse bid deposit with 10-percent off the top going to the WBA and remainder ($31,500) distributed to Shumenov and Dorticos, respectively, on a 75-25 percent basis due to its failure to promote the fight. Shumenov (17-2, 11 KOs), fighting out of Las Vegas by way of Kazakhstan, fought last May 21, when he stopped 15-1-1 Junior Wright in the 10th round of their Las Vegas fight for the vacant WBA World cruiserweight title. The WBA had ruled that the Shumenov-Wright winner would be the mandatory challenger for its "Super" champion, Lebedev, within 90 days, however, it later allowed unified cruiserweight titlist Lebedev (against Shumenov's strong objections) to fight his International Boxing Federation (IBF) mandatory defense against challengerMurat Gassiev, effectively mandating an eliminator between Shumenov and Dorticos with that winner to fight the winner of Lebedev-Gassiev. Only days prior to the Lebedev-Gassiev title fight, Lebedev was inexplicably allowed to fight Gassiev without defending his WBA title, as only his IBF belt was on the line. Gassiev (24-0) defeated Lebedev (29-3) by way of a 12-round split decision in Moscow to become the IBF cruiserweight world champion and Lebedev remains the WBA Super cruiserweight world champion, at least for now. The WBA is expected to rule on Shumenov's objections to Lebedev's fight against Gassiev, Lebedev's status and whether Lebedev will remain champion having lost his last fight. Dorticos has made false claims in the media that Shumenov, who had been waiting for the WBA to rule on his petitions to force Lebedev to fight him without further delay, had been avoiding him. It is ironic now that Dorticos' own promoter first sought to delay and has now defaulted on the long-awaited confrontation by failing to promote the Shumenov-Dorticos title fight within the WBA deadline. A former WBA Super light heavyweight world champion, the 33-year-old Shumenov is the first two-division world champion from a Soviet-bloc country. |
Esta historia fue publicada originalmente el 31 de enero de 2017, 6:33 p. m. with the headline "Púgil cubano confía en combatir, Caribe cede derechos ganados en subasta."