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Shortly after Lucas Browne's knockout of Ruslan Chagaev, we passed along word that Browne would first defend his title against longtime veteran Fres Oquendo. With Browne now stripped of his title due to a failed drug test for clenbuterol, the burden falls to Chagaev, whom the organization has reinstated as their heavyweight champion.
Chagaev, who will be 34-2-1 (21 KO) once the fight is changed to a no-contest, narrowly edged Oquendo (37-8, 24 KO) two Julys ago via majority decision, yet another title near-miss for Oquendo in a career full of them. The two have a combined age of eighty, making it questionable whether the winner has any real chance of taking out the Wilders and Joshuas of the modern heavyweight division, but it's not a bad fight in terms of competitiveness.
Anyone interested enough to to tune in, or is this a novelty to click over between BoxNation fights so as to minimize Bunce exposure?