The one void left at tremendous middleweight will probably be crammed very quickly.
The Ring has discovered {that a} date was secured for the William Scull-Vladimir Shishkin vacant IBF 168-pound title combat. Their ordered conflict will happen on Oct. 19 in Falkansee, Germany. The occasion will probably be a co-promotion between Agon Sports activities and Kuc Boxing.
Scull and Shishkin beforehand agreed to phrases for a bout to say the belt left behind by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 knockouts). The title was dropped by Alvarez—The RING/WBA/WBC/WBO champ—for refusal to honor his obligatory versus Scull.
Heavyweight’s Dusan Veletic (8-1-1, 5 KOs) and Sanel Hasanovic (7-1-1, 6 KOs) will seem on the undercard. There’s conflicting data as as to if they are going to be in separate bouts (as listed on BoxRec.com) or face one another.
Scull (22-0, 9 KOs) turned the IBF obligatory challenger after a July 2022 unanimous determination win over Evgeny Shvendenko. He’s simply thrice since then, together with a slot on the Alvarez-Jaime Munguia undercard in Might.
The position was intentional, because the expectation was for Alvarez to honor his obligatory quickly thereafter. The IBF ordered the combat however talks by no means progressed. A handbag bid listening to was canceled when the sanctioning physique was knowledgeable that an settlement was reached.
That settlement turned out to be Alvarez shifting on to a Sept. 14 date with WBA obligatory Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) and relinquishing the IBF title.
Scull and Shishkin (16-0, 10 KOs) had been then ordered to enter talks. The specter of a handbag bid surfaced. Nonetheless, AGON Sports activities and Salita Promotions—representing Scull and Shishkin, respectively—had been capable of attain an settlement.
Shishkin, The Ring’s No. 5-rated tremendous middleweight, turned a contender after a Dec. 2022 determination win over former IBF titlist Jose Uzcategui (UD 12).
