{"id":597477,"date":"2026-04-10T08:09:07","date_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:09:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/597477\/"},"modified":"2026-04-10T08:09:07","modified_gmt":"2026-04-10T08:09:07","slug":"osleys-iglesias-wins-ibf-super-middleweight-title-whats-next","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/597477\/","title":{"rendered":"Osleys Iglesias wins IBF super middleweight title, what\u2019s next?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Osleys Iglesias claimed the previously-vacant IBF super middleweight title tonight in Quebec, dominating Pavel Silyagin en route to a <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/live-boxing-updates\/114337\/osleys-iglesias-vs-pavel-silyagin-live-results-updates-how-to-watch\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">stoppage win after eight rounds<\/a>.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The fight was called off with Silyagin (16-1-1, 7 KO) suffering from a pretty beaten up left eye and bleeding heavily from the nose, with the Russian failing to find any way to really combat the power of Iglesias (15-0, 14 KO), who had also shown an ability to adjust to the craftiness of Silyagin.<\/p>\n<p>Who\u2019s next for Iglesias?<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The hard-punching Cuban has found it a little difficult to land bigger opponents to date, but the IBF title can give him leverage he did not have before. Now he brings something to the table beyond just being a tough matchup.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Prior to tonight\u2019s fight, Iglesias was ranked No. 1 contender by the IBF, with the No. 2 slot vacant. Canelo Alvarez was at No. 3, followed by Jaime Munguia, Hamzah Sheeraz, Troy Williamson, Silyagin, Diego Pacheco, Malik Zinad, and Jacob Bank rounding out the top 10. Simon Zachenhuber, Kevin Sadjo, Oliver Zaren, Callum Simpson, and Bektemir Melikuziev held slots 11-15.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Canelo is slated to fight in September on a Riyadh Season card, and it\u2019s been expected that he\u2019ll face WBC titleholder Christian Mbilli, though that\u2019s not official. Iglesias could be in the mix for that fight, which is obviously the biggest spotlight and payday at 168.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Munguia and Sheeraz are both tied up with other titles, as Munguia will face Armando Resendiz for the WBA belt on May 2, and Sheeraz takes on Alem Begic on May 23 to fill the final title vacancy, with the WBO belt at stake.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">The most likely outcome for Iglesias\u2019 first title challenger is someone who won\u2019t exactly excite the masses, maybe Zinad, Bank, or Zachenhuber, and Diego Pacheco would probably be the best realistic option, though Pacheco has paid more attention to his WBC and WBO rankings with minor trinkets than he has the IBF.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">But Canelo could happen. Canelo has thrown some curveballs with fight announcements in the past, both unexpectedly good and just unexpected, and Iglesias really has about as much name value as Mbilli, and isn\u2019t coming off of a draw, which Mbilli is.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Osleys Iglesias claimed the previously-vacant IBF super middleweight title tonight in Quebec, dominating Pavel Silyagin en route to&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":597478,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,10808,85],"class_list":{"0":"post-597477","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-au","9":"tag-australia","10":"tag-boxing","11":"tag-boxing-commentary-opinion","12":"tag-sports"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597477","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=597477"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/597477\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/597478"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=597477"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=597477"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=597477"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}