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WBC Bridgerweight World Champion Oscar Rivas Returns Home
To Defend Title vs. Luckaz Rozanski
Groupe Yvon Michel (GYM), Probellum and Global Jabes 77 held
a joint press conference today in Bogota, Colombia, to
announce World Boxing Council Bridgerweight World Champion
Oscar “Kaboom” Rivas (28-1, 19 KOs) will make his first
title defense August 13th at home against undefeated Polish
challenger Luckaz Rozanski (14-0, 13 KOs), in the 12-round
main event on the “Batalla en Cali” card in the Estadio
Olimpico Pascual Guerrero stadium (40,000 capacity) in Cali,
Colombia.
“Battle in Cali” will be distributed worldwide (details
coming). There will be five to seven bouts, including one or
possibly two other world title fights, which are expected to
be announced within the week.
A native of Colombia and a 2008 Colombian Olympian, Rivas
will be fighting at home for the first time as a
professional boxer having settled in his adopted home of
Montreal 13 years ago when he signed his initial promotional
contract with GYM.
Rivas, who was born in Cali, captured the inaugural WBC
Bridgerweight World (201-224 lbs.) Championship last
October, taking a 12-round unanimous decision from Nova
Scotia’s previously undefeated Ryan Rozicki (13-0).
“I have three dreams I want to realize before the end of my
boxing career,” Rivas said. “I want to establish myself as
the absolute best bridgerweight fighter, defend my title in
Colombia, and become World Heavyweight Champion.”
Rozanski is the WBC International Bridgerweight champion, in
addition to being a former Polish National Heavyweight
Champion, who is the WBC No. 2 rated bridgerweight
contender. In his most recent action (May 30, 2021),
Rozanski registered his statement victory to date, upsetting
fellow Pole Artur Szpilka (24-4), a former world heavyweight
title challenger, by way of an explosive first-round
knockout to capture the WBC Bridgerweight International
crown.
“I’m highly motivated and in the best shape of my life,”
Rozanski commented. “I have what it takes to win this
fight.”
The fighters also announced where their training camps will
be held: Rivas in Bogata, Rozanski in Chicago. Ronzanski
will work there with his fellow countryman, former World
Light Heavyweight Champion Andrzej Fonfara, who moved from
Poland to Chicago, which has nearly 2-million Poles living
there.
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