The scheduled June 7th bout between Norair Mikaeljan and Ryan Rozicki has been postponed after Mikaeljan was discovered to have suffered a cut injury during training. The original bouts set to feature on the Don King Productions card, including the headlining match between Adrien Broner and Blair Cobbs, are still set to commence on June 7th at the Seminole Hard Rock Hotel & Casino in Hollywood, Florida.
The now-postponed cruiserweight title match between Armenian WBC champion Norair Mikaeljan (27-2, 12 KO’s) and Canadian contender Ryan Rozicki (20-1, 19 KO’s) was the only legitimate world title fight on the card and one of the more pivotal bouts to occur in the cruiserweight division this year.
However, despite the circumstance of Mikaeljan’s injury which forced his fight with Rozicki to be scrapped, the heavyweight bout between American contenders Michael Hunter (22-1-2, 16 KO’s) and Cassius Chaney (23-1, 16 KO’s) is now the closest to a world title bout on the card as the vacant interim WBA heavyweight title has been made available for their fight.
Further mitigating the disappointment of the cancellation of the Mikaeljan-Rozicki fight is the confirmation of Cuban former cruiserweight world champion Yuniel Dorticos’ official return to the ring after an absence of two years. Dorticos will be facing Mexican fighter Alan Campa (19-9, 13 KO’s) who notably will be moving up from the light-heavyweight division in a clear attempt by [likely] Don King Productions to accommodate Dorticos following his bout of inactivity. Their non-title bout has been set for a total of 10 rounds.
Adrien Broner (35-4-1, 24 KO’s) and Blair Cobbs will be main-eventing in a non-title welterweight bout with the number of rounds they will fight not yet officially confirmed. This might be of some significance, with a 12-round non-title bout virtually indicating the importance of their match, and the likely contending position the winning fighter will attain on all sanctioning bodies’ ranking boards. A 10-round bout, in comparison, would be of less significance profile-wise, and competitively.
