Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Madiyev (17-2, 6 KOs) retained his WBA Asia Welterweight title with a hard-fought unanimous decision victory (96-93, 96-93, 98-91) over the Philippines’ Ali Canega (11-2-1, 7 KOs) at the Suamlum Night Bazaar in Bangkok. The bout was competitive from start to finish, with Madiyev utilizing his reach and precision punching to keep Canega…
Russian Pavel Sosulin defended his WBA Asia middleweight crown on Friday in a convincing performance against Carlo Bacaro at the Karen Demirchyan Sports Complex in Yerevan, Armenia. Sosulin lived a dream fight and defined it in the third round with a knockout with punches to the body. In the second round he had already connected…
On February 1, a great event will take place in Bangkok, Thailand, when Kazakhstan’s Ruslan Madiyev and Filipino Ali Canega will fight for the WBA Asia welterweight belt at the Suanlum Night Bazar. Madiyev is coming off the biggest fight of his career when he defeated Tigran Sogoyan by a 10-round unanimous decision to retain…
Kazakhstan’s Yelshat Nikhemttolla will face Indonesia’s Flasidus Nuno on February 1 for the vacant WBA Asia bantamweight title in Bangkok, Thailand. WBA Asia announced the bout on Friday with great expectation as the fight will pit two top level fighters who are looking to move up in world boxing and know that a win in…
Phongthep Homjui retained his WBA Asia super lightweight belt with a unanimous decision win over Yangyang Li on Wednesday at the Rangsit International Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand. The young Thai fighter made his defense of the pioneer body’s regional belt at home and was able to handle the Chinese challenger to win on the cards…
Namibia’s Immanuel Josef defeated Vasiliy Egorov by technical decision on Thursday in Ufa, Russia, and won the WBA Asia East belt, in a good performance as a visitor. An accidental clash of heads caused a cut on the forehead of the home fighter, who was unable to continue, so the fight went to the cards…
The WBA Asia Convention that took place in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, from last Friday came to an end this Sunday, August 11. A boxing evening concluded the event, with several regional titles fought between talented boxers and the presence of the President of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Gilberto Jesus Mendoza. After two…
All is set. On Friday, August 9, WBA Asia will mark a milestone in its nearly three decades of existence with the celebration of its convention in Vietnam. Until August 11, Ho Chi Minh City will be the capital of Asian boxing as part of an extraordinary event. The initiative led by the WBA Asia,…
Vietnam will make history in Asian boxing when it kicks off the WBA Asia Tournament or WBA Asia Vietnam Tournament, the new boxing development program promoted by the World Boxing Association’s regional office. With a regional scope but locally driven, the national tournament aims to develop the grassroots of professional boxing in every country on…
Filipino Arvin Jhon Paciones will defend his WBA Asia light flyweight title in the main event of the first WBA Asia Convention, to be held on August 9-11 in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam. Paciones will fight Thailand’s Nanthanon Thogchai at the Saigon Sports Club Arena in an attempt to extend his undefeated record to…
WBA Asia and the Vietnam Boxing Commission will hold the Officials Seminar, within the framework of the WBA Asia Convention, which will be held from August 9 to 11 in the majestic city of Ho Chi Ming City, Vietnam. The activity, reserved for convention registrants, will be led by WBA Asia representatives Silvestre Daz Abainza,…
WBA Asia is living a great moment. The regional body of the WBA will soon hold its convention in Vietnam and is preparing to celebrate its first 30 years of institutional life. Founded in March 1995 in China as Pan Asian Boxing Association or WBA PABA, it has been a fundamental pillar for the systematic…