The judges of the bout are the Americans Tony Crebs, Max de Luca and Raúl Caiz Jr. WBA supervisor will be George Martínez.

This will be the Colombian’s second attempt for a WBA world championship. The first attempt failed before the Venezuelan Nehomar Cermeno by split decision on August 10, 2013; while for Cave, it will be the first opportunity. He owns the NABA title belt since April 2014.

Escandon is 23-1, 16 KO and Cave is 24-2, 8 KO.