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 …
Read More »WBA Update: Rigondeaux, Moreno, Ali, Frazier, Freshmart
The WBA-WBO unified super bantamweight 122 lb champion Guillermo “El Chacal” Rigondeaux is celebrating a new birthday and we send him our best wishes and congratulations. Rigondeaux was born 34 years ago Santiago de Cuba. He was a role model boxer of the national team, he won two Olympic golds, …
Read More »Walters Defends WBA Title Against Donaire On Golovkin vs. Rubio Bill
On October 18, 2014 in Carson, California, the World Boxing Association featherweight champion Nicholas Walters will face the undisputed champion Nonito Donaire. The fight was officially announced by the promoter of the WBA middleweight title fight between the super champion Gennady Golovkin and Marcos “Veneno” Rubio, which will be the …
Read More »WBA Celebrates 41st Birthday Of Nikolai Valuev
Today is the 41st birthday of former heavyweight world champion Nikolai Valuev, and the World Boxing Association family sends its best wishes to the “Russian Giant” on his birthday. Valuev was born on August 21, 1973 in Saint Petersburg, and at age 20 started in boxing, after practicing disk launching …
Read More »WBA Celebrates Legendary Promoter Don King’s 83 Birthday
Today, promoter Don King celebrates a new year of life. He has been a great ally and part of the World Boxing Association family, and we send our warmest greeting. He was born 83 years ago in Cleveland, Ohio, United States. He began to build his name among the great …
Read More »WBA Update: Tello vs. Petalcorin For Interim 108 Pound Title
Raul Caiz Sr. from the USA will be the referee of the 108 interim WBA title fight between the Panamanian Walter Tello and the Filippino Randy Petalcorin on August 23 in China. The fight venue will be the Mercedes Benz Arena of Shanghai, Caíz Sr will be accompanied by judges …
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