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By Scott Shaffer
17/10/2019
The WBA just cant leave the cruiserweight division alone without creating paper titles that confuse the division. The WBA will sanction Belgium's Ryad Merhy (28-1) against Hungary's Imre Szello (24-0) for its vacant interim championship this Saturday in Charleroi, Belgium. Merhy already failed once against the previous interim champion, Arsen Goulamirian. With only one soft win since beating Merhy followed by a year of inactivity, Goulamirian somehow finds himself listed as the WBA super champion. Beibut Shumenov, inactive for 15 months, is listed as the regular champion. The WBA offers no explanation why it hasn't ordered a Goulamirian-Shumenov fight or Merhy vs. either guy before creating this third-tier interim title.