The fight between the Chinese Wulan Tuolehazi and the Japanese Sho Kimura, which took place this Wednesday, in Bangkok, ended in a draw so the World Boxing Association (WBA) international flyweight belt is still vacant. It was a fight with a lot of exchanges and with two boxers who gave …
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Featherweight prospect Mirco Cuello had another great performance this weekend when he battled the undefeated Leivy Frias in Panama City. The Argentinean retained his 126-pound international crown with a first round knockout. Cuello landed a good right hand early in the fight but showed how well prepared he was by …
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Pablo Vicente retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) International super featherweight crown after defeating Angel Rodriguez by majority decision in a close bout on Saturday at the Vasco Nunez de Balboa Convention Center in Panama City. The judges’ scorecards were 95-95, 97-93 and 96-94, with which the Cuban sealed a …
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of Simone Davis, wife of former WBA world champion and boxing legend Eddie Mustafa Muhammad. The pioneer body received the news with great sadness as Davis was an important support for Mustafa’s career and was always close to him in every hard …
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Yinhuan Su and Suriya Kraimanee will step into the ring this Wednesday at the SpacePlus Arena, Bangkok, Thailand, to dispute the World Boxing Association (WBA) East Asia super flyweight belt. Both managed to stop the scales below the 115-pound limit and the bout was approved as one of the most …
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China’s Wulan Tuolehazi and Japan’s Sho Kimura made weight for their Wednesday showdown for the World Boxing Association (WBA) international flyweight title to be held at the SpacePlus Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. Both were under 112 pounds and are ready to fight for the regional crown in the main event …
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On Saturday, Ukrainian Artem Dalakian will return to the ring to put his World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight championship on the line against David Jimenez at Wembley Arena, London. Dalakian will face a tough manatory opponent like the Costa Rican, who has earned his opportunity based on his hard work …
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) closed its annual awards with the ratification of Dmitry Bivol as Boxer of the Year. The Russian was named as the best of 2022 during the Centennial convention in Orlando, in December thanks to his great performance in this calendar. Bivol kicked off his year …
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The American Claressa Shields was elected Best Female Fighter of the Year by the World Boxing Association (WBA) and the Honorable Mention went to Katie Taylor. In a year in which women’s boxing experienced great moments, Shields was one of the protagonists and managed to close the 2022 as undisputed …
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) chose the fight between Irish Katie Taylor and Puerto Rican Amanda Serrano as the Fight of the Year, in its 2022 Best of the Year awards series. This time, the nomination for the best fight of the season was not divided by gender, but the …
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) Women’s Minimumweight champion, Yesica Nery Plata, is looking forward to new challenges for her professional career and one of them would be to fight Seniesa Estada, the WBA Women’s Minimumweight champio. After her victory last Friday against Kim Clave, from whom she snatched the WBC …
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Leigh Wood is ready for the second defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title. The challenge will not be easy against Mexican Mauricio Lara next February 18 but the champion is fully confident that he will get the victory and, moreover, it will be by knockout. Wood has …
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