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William Scull-Vladimir Shishkin IBF Title Fight Eyed For Oct. 19 In Falkansee, Germany

Fighters Network
06
Sep

The one void left at super middleweight will be filled very soon.

The Ring has learned that a date was secured for the William Scull-Vladimir Shishkin vacant IBF 168-pound title fight. Their ordered clash will take place on Oct. 19 in Falkansee, Germany. The event will be a co-promotion between Agon Sports and Kuc Boxing.

Scull and Shishkin previously agreed to terms for a bout to claim the belt left behind by Saul ‘Canelo’ Alvarez (61-2-2, 39 knockouts). The title was dropped by Alvarez—The RING/WBA/WBC/WBO champ—for refusal to honor his mandatory versus Scull.

Heavyweight’s Dusan Veletic (8-1-1, 5 KOs) and Sanel Hasanovic (7-1-1, 6 KOs) will appear in separate bouts on the undercard.



Scull (22-0, 9 KOs) became the IBF mandatory challenger after a July 2022 unanimous decision win over Evgeny Shvedenko. He’s just three times since then, including a slot on the Alvarez-Jaime Munguia undercard in May.

The placement was intentional, as the expectation was for Alvarez to honor his mandatory soon thereafter. The IBF ordered the fight but talks never progressed. A purse bid hearing was canceled when the sanctioning body was informed that an agreement was reached.

That agreement turned out to be Alvarez moving on to a Sept. 14 date with WBA mandatory Edgar Berlanga (22-0, 17 KOs) and relinquishing the IBF title.

Scull and Shishkin (16-0, 10 KOs) were then ordered to enter talks. The threat of a purse bid surfaced. However, AGON Sports and Salita Promotions—representing Scull and Shishkin, respectively—were able to reach an agreement.

Shishkin, The Ring’s No. 5-rated super middleweight, became a contender after a Dec. 2022 decision win over former IBF titlist Jose Uzcategui (UD 12).

Questions and/or comments can be sent to Anson at [email protected].