{"id":486100,"date":"2026-03-20T16:09:17","date_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:09:17","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486100\/"},"modified":"2026-03-20T16:09:17","modified_gmt":"2026-03-20T16:09:17","slug":"shakhram-giyasov-vs-raul-curiel-interim-title-fight-in-talks-for-may-2","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/486100\/","title":{"rendered":"Shakhram Giyasov vs Raul Curiel interim title fight in talks for May 2"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">It seems the effort may have been for naught. As Romero <a href=\"https:\/\/www.badlefthook.com\/boxing-news\/113711\/devin-haney-vs-rolly-romero-unification-rumored-for-may-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">tees up a unification bout with Devin Haney<\/a>, Dan Rafael <a href=\"https:\/\/x.com\/DanRafael1\/status\/2033618817973100734\" rel=\"nofollow\">reports<\/a> that there have \u201c[b]een some talks\u201d about pitting Giyasov (17-0, 10 KO) against Raul Curiel (17-0-1, 14 KO) for the interim belt on PBC\u2019s May 2nd \u201cZurdo\u201d Ramirez vs David Benavidez show.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">For comparison\u2019s sake, the WBA ordered Nick Ball vs Brandon Figueroa at the same time and the pair shared the ring last month. They also, in a detail that may be relevant here, completely skipped over interim champion Mirco Cuello in the process.<\/p>\n<p class=\"duet--article--dangerously-set-cms-markup duet--article--standard-paragraph _1nfb3k4i _16w9vov1 _16w9vov0 ls9zuh1\">Rafael does note that neither Romero-Haney nor Giyasov-Curiel have been finalized, so things could change. I recognize that nobody wants to see Romero vs Giyasov, but the whole reason we put up with sanctioning bodies is so that fighters who\u2019ve jumped through the appropriate hoops can get their opportunities. Say what you will about Giyasov, he\u2019s done what the WBA\u2019s asked of him, even stepping aside previously to let Eimantas Stanionis unify with Jaron Ennis. Give him his shot, and if Romero decides the money\u2019s not worth it, let him fight Haney without a belt around his waist.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"It seems the effort may have been for naught. As Romero tees up a unification bout with Devin&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":486101,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6102,101,56,54,55],"class_list":["post-486100","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-boxing-news","tag-sports","tag-uk","tag-united-kingdom","tag-unitedkingdom"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486100","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=486100"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/486100\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/486101"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=486100"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=486100"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=486100"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}