The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has ordered the mandatory fight between bantamweight champion Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and challenger Leon Harth. The organization sent the statement to both parties, informing that both will have 30 days to negotiate, which will end on September 14, 2024. Championships rule C.11 ‘vacant title defence periods’ states that the…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) announced the launch of a new course for trainers that will be held online starting September 15. The training is open to all parts of the world and is supported by the WBA Academy in an effort to continue updating and delivering certifications to those who have the responsibility to…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) team, led by its president, Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, visited the Sports Medicine Institute Memorial Herman, in Houston, Texas, where he held a meeting with doctors Walter Lowe and Adan RÃos. During the productive day, different topics of sports medicine and different disciplines were discussed. This was President Mendoza’s first activity…
On Sunday, July 21, the boxing world was rocked by the sad news of the death of former World Boxing Association lineal Bantamweight world champion Richie Sandoval of a heart attack at the age of 63. Sandoval, of Mexican descent and born in Pomona, Southern California, on October 18, 1960, was an elite fighter who…
Deon Nicholson and Sergio Jimenez will step into the ring this Friday to fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental North America light heavyweight belt at the Tuscaloosa Rivermarket in Tuscaloosa, Alabama. The American will face the Mexican in a fight where a knockout is in the air due to the power both fighters…
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…
On Friday, August 9, the first WBA-Asia Convention was officially opened in Ho Chi Minh City, Vietnam, where the regional organization, together with the World Boxing Association (WBA), are committed to the systematic development of boxing in the region with the firm conviction that by working together promoters, managers, boxers and the organization, the continent…
Won Kim, director of WBA-Asia, officially announced a regional tournament to strengthen the development of boxing in the Asian continent to get more solid champions. This presentation was made during the first WBA-Asia convention and was well received by all attendees. The first phase of the tournament consists of national competitions which will be led…
The young Colombian, Carlos Utria extends his good moment on the ring as well as his undefeated record, by defeating the Venezuelan Helber Rojas, by knockout in the second round. Utria retained his Fedecaribe super lightweight belt of the World Boxing Association (WBA) for the first time. It was the stellar duel of the evening…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) will return to Argentina for a new KO a las Drogas, where two events will take place, one on Friday, August 23 and Saturday, August 24 at the Casino de Buenos Aires. Two world titles and several regional titles will be contested between the two days. The most important fight…
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,…
Saul “Canelo†Alvarez and Edgar Berlanga met face to face for the first time during the start of the promotional tour before their fight on September 14 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The first press conference was in New York, a very important place for boxing and where both men spoke to…