Undisputed flyweight champion Gabriela Fundora is ready to step back through the ropes on September 20, when she takes on Argentina’s Ayelen Granadino at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. The American star of Mexican heritage will put her World Boxing Association (WBA) black-and-gold belt on the line, …
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This Saturday, August 16, at the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Britain’s Moses Itauma (12-0, 10 KOs) will face seasoned veteran Dillian Whyte (31-3, 21 KOs) for the WBA International heavyweight crown—a true clash of generations between one of the UK’s most explosive rising stars and a former world …
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Oscar Collazo will return to the ring on September 20 to defend his WBA black-and-gold minimumweight crown—alongside his WBO title—against Jayson Vayson at the Fantasy Springs Resort Casino in Indio, California. This will mark the Puerto Rican’s first defense of the WBA belt he claimed last November 16, when he …
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Jaron “Boots” Ennis and Uisma Lima will square off on October 25 in a WBA super welterweight world title eliminator at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia, headlining a Matchroom Boxing card announced earlier this week. Ennis, the former WBA welterweight world champion, has moved up to 154 pounds and …
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This Saturday, August 16, inside the Kingdom Arena in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia, Britain’s Nick Ball (22-0-1, 13 KOs) will put his WBA featherweight world title on the line for the third time, facing the unbeaten Australian Sam Goodman (20-0, 8 KOs). The bout is part of the main card for …
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Undefeated Venezuelan powerhouse Albert Ramírez (22-0, 19 KOs) delivered a statement performance Friday night, August 8, stopping British-New Zealander Jerome Pampellone (19-3, 12 KOs) via seventh-round TKO at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya. The bout headlined the international KO to Drugs card, and the victory earned Ramírez …
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Argentina has a new world champion — and he needed less than two rounds to get the job done. Mirco Cuello (16-0, 13 KOs), the 24-year-old phenom from Arroyo Seco, Santa Fe, captured the WBA Interim Featherweight Title with a blistering second-round TKO over Mexico’s Sergio Ríos Jiménez (19-1, 7 …
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This Friday, August 8, at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya, French standout Sofiane Oumiha will square off against Nicaragua’s battle-tested Francisco Fonseca for the WBA Gold lightweight title, in a ten-round showdown that headlines one of the featured bouts on the KO to Drugs international card, hosted …
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Does the name Guglielmo Papaleo ring a bell, fight fans? Probably not. But if you’re over 50, maybe even if you’re in your 40s, chances are your head nods instinctively when you hear the name Willie Pep—a name that, according to 8 out of 10 boxing historians, belongs to the …
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This Friday, August 8, Venezuela’s Albert Ramírez (21-0, 18 KOs) will lock horns with British-New Zealander Jerome Pampellone (19-2, 12 KOs) in a high-stakes WBA light heavyweight world title eliminator, part of the international KO to Drugs card set for the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya. Ramírez, the …
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Next Friday, August 8, Argentina’s Mirco Cuello (15-0, 12 KOs) will step into the biggest fight of his career, squaring off against Mexico’s Sergio Ríos Jiménez (19-0, 7 KOs) for the WBA Interim Featherweight World Title. The bout will take place at the Martyrs of Benina Stadium in Benghazi, Libya, …
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The Noche de Leyendas card, held Saturday, August 2, at the Hotel Tamanaco in Caracas, produced two emphatic performances. Venezuela’s Douglas “La Guabina” González and Mexico’s Iván “El Tsunami” García were crowned regional champions of the World Boxing Association (WBA) after scoring knockout victories in their respective title fights. In …
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