By Keith Idec
VLADIMIR SHISHKIN hasn’t been granted an instantaneous rematch with William Scull.
The IBF has assured Shishkin, nonetheless, that he’ll get one other alternative in 2025 to struggle for its tremendous middleweight title. Boxing Information has discovered that the Springfield, New Jersey-based sanctioning group knowledgeable Dmitriy Salita, Shishkin’s promoter, that the Russian contender will preserve the quantity two spot in its 168-pound rankings and is at the very least assured to field the winner of Scull’s subsequent bout earlier than August 17.
David Berlin, an lawyer for Shishkin and Salita Promotions, beforehand cited “the shameful verdict of the judges” and the conduct of referee Oliver Brien of their official request to the Affiliation of German Skilled Boxers, which was requested to reverse the official consequence of their October 19 bout at Stadthalle in Falkensee, a suburb of Berlin, from a 12-round, unanimous-decision victory for Scull to a win for Shishkin. That enchantment wasn’t profitable, both, however Salita expressed optimism relating to Shishkin’s scenario throughout an interview Monday with BN.
The Cuban-born Scull, 23-0 (9 KOs), resides and trains in Germany, the place his promoter, Berlin-based AGON Sports activities & Occasions, placed on their foremost occasion after reaching a cope with Salita Promotions. Shishkin, 16-1 (10 KOs), trains in Detroit.
“I’m very grateful that the IBF did the appropriate factor for the game of boxing,” Salita mentioned. “Like I mentioned earlier than, in comparison with different sports activities, a world file for 100 metres must be the identical in America, in Germany, in China. You recognize, everywhere in the world it must be the identical. Vladimir is gonna get one other shot on the world title. We all know the boxing world is a flowing state, so we’ll see how that develops. However we’re excited and grateful for this outcome.”
The IBF additionally acknowledged in its letter to Salita Promotions that Scull should make a mandated defence of his title on or earlier than April 19, presumably in opposition to the winner of elimination match it ordered between third-ranked Christian Mbilli, 28-0 (23 KOs), and fourth-ranked Diego Pacheco, 22-0 (18 KOs).
Mbilli and Pacheco might pursue different tremendous middleweight title pictures, although, which might expedite Shishkin’s second championship likelihood. Primarily based on the IBF’s timeline, Mbilli and Pacheco must field one another, and the winner must problem Scull inside lower than the following 5 months.
All three judges – Germany’s Rene Fiebig (116-113), the US’ Robert Hoyle (116-112) and France’s Ammar Sakraoui (115-113) – scored Scull the winner over Shishkin final month. Fiebig credited Scull for successful every of the final 4 rounds.
Fiebig had Shishkin forward 77-76 by way of eight rounds, but oddly credited Scull for successful the ultimate spherical, which Shishkin received in response to Hoyle and Sakraoui. Again-to-back jabs by Shishkin surprised Scull lower than 30 seconds into the 12th spherical, which left the newly topped champion holding Shishkin.
After Brien separated them, Scull spit out his mouthpiece, which afforded him roughly 17 seconds from the time Brien broke Shiskhin and Scull aside to when the motion resumed. Scull principally held all through the 12th spherical to make it to the ultimate bell.
Berlin wrote in his protest that Brien and Fiebig exhibited “gross incompetence” by officiating and scoring the 12th spherical the best way that they did. Berlin additionally famous that Brien didn’t warn Scull for hitting Shishkin on the again of his head and after the bell a number of occasions.
CompuBox credited Shishkin unofficially for touchdown 30 extra punches total than Scull (110-of-746 to 80-of-359). Shishkin related on practically twice as many energy punches as Scull (68-of-224 to 36-of-154) and two fewer jabs (44-of-205 to 42-of-522), in response to CompuBox.
Scull, 32, and Shishkin, 33, fought for the IBF’s unclaimed championship as a result of Canelo Alvarez vacated that title to field Brooklyn’s Edgar Berlanga, an non-compulsory opponent. Mexico’s Alvarez, 62-2-2 (39 KOs), beat Berlanga, 22-1 (17 KOs), by unanimous resolution September 14 at T-Cell Enviornment in Las Vegas.
