Two-time Venezuelan Olympian Gabriel Maestre (3-0, 3 KOs) will get a title shot in his fourth fight. Maestre, 34, will face Cody Crowley (19-0, 9 KOs) for the WBA interim welterweight title on an August 7 telecast from The Armory in Minneapolis. Maestre is rated WBA #4, while Crowley is rated WBA #12.
The card will also include WBA #1 welter Eimantas Stanionis (13-0, 9 KOs) in a non-tltle ten-rounder against former world champion Luis Collazo (39-8, 20 KOs) and former-two division world champion Devon Alexander “The Great” (27-6-1, 14 KOs) against Luke Santamaría (11-2-1, 7 KOs) in another welterweight ten-rounder.
How do you get an eliminator bout as the #12 contender? Oh I forgot it’s the WBA.
Hmmm. Okay let me understand this correctly. The #4 guy is fighting the #12 guy for the vacant belt. And THE NUMBER ONE GUY is fighting on the same card. Why isn’t he…. fighting…. for…… Forget it, nevermind. Pardon me. I’ll leave now.
Plus the current #1 will be replaced by the winner between #4 and #12, as interim champion always gets #1 rating. This action will bring the number of WBA welterweight champions to five, matching heavyweight.
Excited for the fight still thought they were super welterweights but I agree with all that is said
Isn’t it time for fightnews to start eliminating all mention of these laughable parasites aka self-appointed sanctioning bodies?
Could very well do that as their titles have become so diluted that they are basically meaningless.
Alexander? Collazo? What year is this again?