saturday 15th Sept: 7.30pm UK, 8.30pm CET, 2.30pm EST
Yoan Pablo Hernandez will defend the IBF cruiserweight title against Troy Ross on September 15. (Photo by Christof Koepsel/Bongarts/Getty Images)
The cruiserweight division is often overlooked and is usually seen a bridge between light heavyweights and heavyweights, but on this day the spotlight turns to this IBF cruiserweight title fight. Troy Ross (25-2) challenges the champion Yoan Pablo Hernandez (26-1) in this showdown which will tip off a very eventfully and exciting Saturday boxing card.
The veteran Troy Ross, formerly the winner of the 2009 “The Contender”, gets another shot at the IBF cruiserweight title after he suffered a cut in his 5th round TKO loss against Steve Cunningham for the vacant title back in 2012. The 37 year old appeared to be in command of the fight and even had Cunningham down in the 4th round but the tables turned in the next round. A bad cut opened over the eye of Ross and the ref determined he would not allow the fight to go on despite multiple protests from Ross. It appeared to be a questionable stoppage but that’s how boxing goes some times. Since the loss to Cunningham, Ross has won against solid cruiserweight fighters in Carl Handy and Lukasz Rusiewicz. It appears this will probably be the last title shot for Ross and he is hoping to make the most of it.
