Ordering is now available for Friday’s world title twinbill at DonKing.com. Who specifically will be fighting isn’t mentioned in the latest promo copy.
Return to Greatness: WBA Heavyweight Championship
It’s a new year and the world’s greatest boxing promoter, Don King, is ready to present two world title fights at the Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, FL on Friday, Jan. 29. While the boxing card will not be open to a live audience, King will present two world title fights–one for the WBA heavyweight championship and the other for the WBA cruiserweight championship plus three other classic fights of the past on Don King TV live-streamed worldwide for $19.95 (www.donking.com).
The scheduled headliner is WBA heavyweight champion Manuel Charr against WBA interim titleholder Trevor Bryan. The Charr camp claims he has obtained a visa, but as of now he’s apparently still in Germany. If Charr is a no-show, Bryan is expected to face Bermaine Stiverne instead.
The co-feature is WBA cruiser champion Beibut Shumenov vs. Raphael Murphy, although there may be some issues with Shumanov.
So lots of drama behind the scenes in South Florida. Stay tuned…
Ahhhh, so now I understand. This was to freeze Charr out to get him stripped, then two King fighters fight for the title behind closed doors somewhere in Florida with no audience (Hard Rock Casino still has no news of the event). Even if Charr shows up to the Hard Rock, they’ll say, what fight? Meanwhile, the Bryan-Stiverne WBA title fight happens in some warehouse in Tampa…
And the Bryan-Stiverne winner becomes WBA mandatory for the Joshua-Fury winner.
lolol
Pretend for a second this fight was for an actual title, any legitimate organization would step in and say -“Listen you senile old clown, what the hell are you trying to pull off?” The WBA is just as shady and culpable as Don King! Theoretically boxing is supposed to run like football or tennis, where rankings are based on merit and titles are earned through competion. Such is far from the case in boxing with slime balls like Don King
Friday’s co-feature a joke with weak opponent. Fulton becomes Philly’s only world champion at this time! Plant and Truax Saturday on FOX!
Cant see anyone buying this crap.