In preparation for covering the WBA Light Heavyweight title fight between Beibut Shumenov and Viacheslav Uzelkov this Friday, I requested some information from the WBA to clear up the title picture at 175. I found out from Gilberto Jesus Mendoza that the Chris Henry-Hugo Garay fight that took place on 3-27-2010 was in fact NOT a title eliminator sanctioned by the WBA.
Mendoza wrote:
Chris Henry v. Hugo Garay was not sanction as an elimination bout because the promoter failed to fulfill with the necessary requirements.
