During Friday and Saturday, Las Vegas will see in action seven boxers who have been world champions or currently own the World Boxing Association black and gold championship. The first to get into the ring, will the featherweight Interim champion Jesus Cuellar from Argentina, who will fight Rico Ramos, who was bantamweight world champion during…
Vic Drakulich will be the referee of the international welterweight title fight and World Boxing Association eliminator on Saturday in Las Vegas, between Amir Khan and Luis Collazo. The Nevada Athletic Commission also appointed U.S. judges Adalaide Byrd, Jerry Roth and Cathy Leonard to keep the scores. Collazo, former world champion and current WBA International…
Panamanian boxer Guillermo “Felino†Jones reportedly tested positive in the antidoping test made on Wednesday in Moscow, in preparation to the scheduled rematch with the World Boxing Association cruiserweight champion Denis Lebedev from Russia. The sample was taken before the weigh-in, and the results were announced before the fight. the antidoping countrol was made by…
Nicaraguan Alexis Arguello was not only an outstanding athlete, but also managed a successful political career in his native Nicaragua. Today we commemorate what would have been Arguello’s 62nd birthday in Managua. Of humble origin, Arguello entered into the sport to become three-time world champion. He debuted in 1971, and in 1974 he won his…
Today, our world champion Erislandy Lara is celebrating his 30th birthday. On behalf of his World Boxing Association family, we send him our warmest congratulations. Lara was born in Guantanamo, Cuba, in 1983. He was always linked to the sport; he was a star member of the national team, winning several titles for his country,…
The World Boxing Association 140 lb champion Danny Garcia was selected as boxer of the month of March, according to that March ratings. Garcia managed to come out victorious of his fourth defense when he defeated Mauricio Herrera in Puerto Rico, on March 15. The honorable mention was awarded to Japanese Kohei Kono, who won…
Germany’s Juergen Braehmer will defend his WBA light heavyweight title for the first time on Saturday April 5 against Enzo Maccarinelli. The fight will take place in Germany and the referee will be Giuseppe Quarterone (Ita), while the judges in charge of the score cards will be Jean Legland (Fra), Octavio RodrÃguez (Pan) and Ove…
The World Boxing Association family is on holiday today for the birthday celebration of our President, Gilberto Mendoza, and we join the celebration and send him our best wishes of health, success and happiness. Mr. Mendoza is known for his conciliatory speech, his practice of loyalty and friendship values, for promoting friendship among boxing organizations….
Raúl CaÃz Sr will be the refereee of the World Boxing Association super flyweight title fight between Denkaosan Kaovichit and Kohei Kono at Korakuen Hall de Tokyo, Japan next Wednesday. The fight will be for the 115 lb vacant title and will be scored by Guillermo Pérez Pineda (PAN), Stanley Christodoulou (RSA) and Pasquale Procopio…
American Tony Weeks will be the referee of the World Boxing Association 112 lb title fight between champion Juan Carlos Reveco and challenger Manuel Vines, on Friday, March 21, in Argentina. The judges appointed to score the bout are John Poturaj (USA), Reina Urbaez (VEN) and Gustavo JarquÃn (NIC).The WBA supervisor will be Francisco Piña…
The officials were announced for the bout between the 140 lb super champion of the World Boxing Association, Danny “Swift” Garcia and Challenger Mauricio Herrera, to be held on Saturday at the Coliseo Ruben Rodriguez in Bayamon, Puerto Rico.
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association announced that Martin Murray does not hold the Middleweight interim title of the organization anymore. The decision was made according to the regulation because Murray did not make any defense since he won the title. In addition, the Committee decided to withdraw Murray from the first challenger…