‘Big Truck’ to face Corbin in eliminator

-Winner to face Troy Ross for spot on WBC Cup of Champions

After a humiliating first round defeat at the hands of Barbados’ Shawn ‘The Sniper’ Cox during the WBC CABOFE Caribbean Cup Eliminator in February, Guyana’s ex-world champion, Wayne ‘Big Truck’ Braithwaite, will be given a chance to redeem himself when he faces Trinidad and Tobago-based Guyanese, Sean Corbin, in the WBC Cup of Champions Eliminator bout.

The fight will be the main attraction on the September 2 card being promoted by the Guyana Boxing Board of Control (GBBC) and fixed for the Banks DIH ground, Thirst Park.
Cruiserweight Braithwaite, 36, has been out of action since being knocked down thrice in the opening round by Cox at the Cliff Anderson Sports Hall, and the upcoming bout will provide him with an opportunity of cashing in on the lucrative WBC Cup of Champions. The cruiser weight division was recently added to the Cup of Champions, the WBC’s 50th anniversary event.
According to information coming out of the GBBC, the winner of the Braithwaite/ Corbin clash will subsequently face Canadian Troy Ross to qualify for the Cup of Champions, but that fight is tentative.
Ross is slated to take on Germany-based Cuban, Yoan Pablo Hernandez, on September 15 for the IBF cruiserweight title in Germany, and should he (Ross) win that fight, he will have to forfeit entering the WBC Cup of Champions since the IBF has a higher rating.
If such a scenario occurs, it would mean a straightforward entry to the WBC Cup of Champions for the winner of the Braithwaite/ Corbin fixture.
Southpaw Ross, 37, has notched up 25 wins with 16 coming by way of knockout and two losses from 27 fights.
The Braithwaite/ Corbin encounter is a critical one for both boxers, who are seeking to get their careers back on the right path following unconvincing performances in their last journey to the ‘square jungle’.
Like Braithwaite, Corbin endured a knockout in his most recent fight, losing in round four of a scheduled 10-rounder to Polish Dawid Kostecki for the vacant WBC Baltic light heavyweight title in Warsaw. The 37-year-old Corbin has 14 wins with 10 knockouts, losing his other three fights within the distance.
Braithwaite, who will celebrate his 37th birthday on August 9, won the vacant WBC cruiserweight title in 2002 with a 10th round TKO of Vincenzo Cantatore, but after three successful defenses of the title and an unbeaten record at the time of 21-0, his career has gone downhill.

He has won just three of his last eight fights, with the most embarrassing of defeats coming against Cox earlier this year, when he was completely decimated by the massively-built Bajan.
His record now stands at 24 victories (20 KOs) and five losses from 29 fights.
According to the GBBC matchmaker, Eion Jardine, several other fights are billed for the September 2 card and those will be released in due course.