Kenny Bayless will be the referee of the Saturday, March 7 bout, at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, for the WBA welterweight championship bout between titlist Keith Thurman and challenger Robert Guerrero. Nevada State Athletic Commission appointed Americans Adelaide Bird, Dave Moretti and Jerry Roth as judges. The WBA …
Read More »WBA Orders Rematch Between Super Middles Ward, Froch
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee has ordered the opening of the negotiation for the mandatory fight between its super middleweight champions, “super” world champion Andre Ward and Carl Froch, the “regular”world champion. Both parties have been duly notified and have 30 days to reach an agreement to fight in …
Read More »WBA Update: Uchiyama, Nava, Gomez Chagaev, Browne
Japanese boxer Takashi Uchiyama made public his gratefulness for being elevated to Super Champion of the world of the super featherweight division by the World Championship Committee of the World Boxing Association. The Japanese fighter said he was very happy for the honor he received, and promised to keep on …
Read More »Battle Of The Alphabet Organizations: WBA KO’s EBA
The court of First Instance N° 05 in Vitoria-Gasteiz, Spain, dismissed the lawsuit of the EBA against the World Boxing Association. Last year, the Sports Cultural Association EBA filed a complaint in a court in Spain against the WBA, claiming working relationship issues.
Read More »WBA Wishes Floyd Mayweather Jr A Happy Birthday
Floyd Mayweather Jr. WBA super welterweight champion and WBA/WBC welterweight champion celebrates a new birthdate. The WBA family sends its most affectionate greetings and wishes the best for this new year of life.
Read More »WBA Update: Scott Quigg, Gennady Golovkin, Hekkie Budler
The London Ex-Boxers Association have honored WBA super bantamweight champion Scott Quigg. The boxer himself made the announcement, and publicly thanked the organization for the award “I feel very proud and honored to receive the award as the British fighter of the year by the London Ex-Boxers Association.” Quigg, 30-0-2, …
Read More »WBA Update: Sanchez, Rosas, Cordova, Martinez
With the promise of knocking out Challenger Juan “Topo” Rosas, the flyweight interim champion David “Tornado” Sanchez said he was ready for his commitment on Saturday in the Palenque of the Expo Ganadera in Hermosillo, Mexico. . Sanchez (26-2-2, 20 KO) will defend the championship he conquered in May 2014 …
Read More »WBA Mourns Passing Of Boxing Promoter Cedric Kusher
The WBA Fedecaribe welterweight title will be disputed on Saturday, February 7, at the Coliseo Guillermo Angulo of Carolina, Puerto Rico, when Rashidi Ellis and Víctor González enter the ring. The fight will have local officials and the WBA supervisor will be Luvi Callejas.
Read More »Japanese Super Feather Uchiyama Is WBA Boxer Of The Month
Japanese boxer Takashi Uchiyama, super featherweight world champion was chosen by the ratings committee as the Boxer of the Month of the World Boxing Association. So was announced in the last ratings running from December 6, 2014 to January 5, 2015. The results of the fight held after January 5 …
Read More »WBA Strips Nehomar Cermeno Of Interim Super Bantam Belt
The World Boxing Association Championships Committee stripped Venezuelan Nehomar Cermeno of his Super Bantamweight interim championship according to their regulations. The rules applied were C10, C13, C14, C16, C46 and C47. Cermeno has gone fifteen months without defending the belt won in Panama on August 10, 2013.
Read More »WBA Championships Committee Denies Moreno Rematch Appeal
The WBA Championships Committee denied the request for a direct rematch by Anselmo “Chemito” Moreno, after he was defeated by the Dominican Juan Carlos Payano, who is now bantamweight world champion. Additionally, rules E.21 and E.22 of the regulation provides that the referee has the authority to stop the bout …
Read More »WBA Update: Mayweather Jr Wins Boxer Of The Month
The North American Floyd Mayweather Jr was chosen by the World Boxing Association as September’s Boxer of the Month, in the ranking published by the entity. The WBA/WBC 147-pound welterweight unified champion defended his titles against the Argentine Marcos René Maidana, on September 13, 2014, when he won a rematch …
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