The has ordered the purse bid for the bridgerweight title bout between Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and Julio César La Cruz to take place on May 18. Through its Championships Committee, the WBA officially called the purse bid hearing, which will be held at the WBA’s United States office in Cypress at 10:00 a.m. local time. The…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has officially called a purse bid for the heavyweight world title bout between reigning champion Kubrat Pulev and mandatory challenger Michael Hunter. The purse bid is scheduled for Tuesday, May 27, in Houston, Texas, and will be conducted by WBA Championships Committee Vice-Chairman Julio Thyme. After granting both camps a…
Marlen Esparza took care of business against Ibeth Zamora Silva in her first bid to become a world champion. Winning the belt wasn’t easy for Esparaza, as she was dropped in the opening round, but once she got her barrings, she outboxed the long-reigning champion and walked away with the WBC flyweight title. Ibeth Zamora…
The teams of Eimantas Stanionis and Shakhram Giyasov informed the World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee that they reached an agreement to make the mandatory fight and the bidding that was scheduled for this afternoon was officially suspended. The pioneer body had scheduled the purse bid after not having received a response from the parties…
The Championships Committee confirmed that the bidding for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title fight between Eimantas Stanionis and Shakhram Giyasov will be held on Tuesday, November 19. The organization sent the formal communication to the parties, after having granted an extra period of time for negotiations without getting any answer about an agreement…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee granted an extra deadline for the purse bid of the mandatory bout between welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis and challenger Shakhram Giyasov, which was originally scheduled for November 8. Both teams requested an extension of the deadline and the pioneer body decided to approve it, so now the purse…
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, has scheduled the purse bid for the mandatory title fight between welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis and his mandatory challenger Shakhram Giysov for November 8. The bidding will take place in Houston, Texas, at 11:00 a.m. (local time) and will be directed by the Vice Chairman of…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee called off the purse bid scheduled for Tuesday, August 27 to grant the promotional rights for the Muslim Gadzhimagomedov-Leon Harth bout as both teams announced that they have reached an agreement to make the bout. The mandatory WBA bridgerweight title fight had been ordered on August 14 and…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has called for the Purse bid to grant the promotional right of the cruiserweight championship bout between Gilberto Ramirez and Yuniel Dorticos, which will take place in Houston, Texas, on August 27th. On Friday the communication was sent to both fighters’ teams through official channels. The auction will…
The bidding for the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight world championship bout between Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Hasanboy Dusmatov scheduled to take place on Monday has been called off after the latter applied for a leave of absence to participate in the Olympic Games. The Uzbek challenger and his team sent a formal request to the…
The fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimum world super championship between champion Thamannon Niyomtrong and mandatory challenger Hasanboy Dusmatov has been called for auction by the Championships Committee of the organization for Monday, May 27. The pioneer body sent the official communication to both teams, who are already aware of the bidding and…
We catchup with Eddie Hearn just a few days on from Ryan Garcia’s big win over Devin Haney to reflect on the fight and assess Haney’s next move. We also react to breaking news of Matchroom’s winning purse bid for Jaron Ennis’ next fight against Cody Crowley, Wednesday’s press conference here in New York, this…