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  • WBA grants special permit for Lamont Roach to fight for the lightweight title   – World Boxing Association

    WBA grants special permit for Lamont Roach to fight for the lightweight title   – World Boxing Association


    The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has granted special permission to super featherweight world champion Lamont Roach Jr. to move up in class to face Gervonta Davis for the lightweight championship on December 14. 

    NoXcuse Boxing Promotions sent the formal request on September 13, which was received by the committee to be considered and consulted with the team of Albert Batyrgaziev, who is the mandatory 130 lbs. challenger. 

    After the respective analysis and based on the internal rules of the organization, it was decided to grant the request to Roach under certain conditions. 

    If Roach beats Davis in the fight, he will be given five days to send his decision to the WBA on which of the two titles he will keep and defend. On the other hand, if he were to lose the bout, he will be required to fight the official 130-pound challenger within 120 days of the Davis fight. 

    Rule C.16 states that the WBA may modify the periods for mandatory defenses for good cause, either in response to a request for special permission or on its own initiative. For its part, rules C.46.a e and g read that the body may modify or suspend the strict application of these rules when the WBA believes them to be justified in its sole discretion to accommodate special circumstances. Those reasons include “participating in an optional title defense,” “participating in a bout of recognized importance and significance to the boxing world,” or “extending or otherwise modifying a mandatory defense period.”

    Roach has a long history within the WBA in which he won regional titles and eliminator fights before becoming champion on November 25, 2023 when he defeated Hector Garcia, in Las Vegas. On June 28, he completed his first defense against Feargal McCrory in Washington with a knockout win.



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  • WBA grants special permission for Morrell- Kalajdzic for light heavyweight world title fight  – World Boxing Association


    The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee granted special permission for David Morrell to move up a division and fight for the light heavyweight championship against No. 6 ranked Radivoje Kalajdzic in June of this year. 

    The pioneer body approved the request of TGB Promotions, representative of the Cuban fighter, whose argument was based on the history Morrell has had with the WBA and all the achievements he has made in his career. 

    The approval was made with specific conditions, among which is that Morrell must vacate his super middleweight title if he wins his 175-pound bout, which would make him a “regular” champion in the category in which Bivol is Super Champion and will have an undisputed championship bout against Artur Beterbiev in June. 

    Berlanga mandatory challenger 

    Meanwhile, the committee decided that with Morrell’s weight move, Edgar Berlanga will be the mandatory super middleweight challenger. The Puerto Rican has just defeated Padraig McCrory in a final eliminator and now he will have the opportunity to be the mandatory challenger by the organization. 

    Any other situation that arises with respect to these divisions will be resolved by interpretation of the WBA; in addition, this resolution cancels all previous ones that have been published.




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  • WBA grants special permit for Lara-Garcia fight  – World Boxing Association

    WBA grants special permit for Lara-Garcia fight  – World Boxing Association


    The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, granted special permit to middleweight champion Erislandy Lara to fight Danny Garcia on August 5.

    The company TGB Promotions sent the request to the entity, which was studied in depth to determine the most appropriate decision. Team Zerafa was consulted and after arduous negotiations it was possible to reach an agreement between both parties.

    According to the WBA rules in section C.16, it states that the body may modify the periods of mandatory defenses for good cause, either in response to a request for a Special Permit, or on its own initiative. On the other hand, rule C.46.a states that the WBA may modify or suspend the strict application of these rules when the WBA deems it justified in its sole discretion to accommodate special circumstances. The rules also state that the agency may require conditions for granting a permit. 

    In this case, the committee decided to grant the request to the Lara team as long as they comply with all championship rules. On the other hand, the winner between Lara and Garcia, or Lara should the fight end in a draw, is obligated to fight Zerafa within 120 days after their bout. 

    In the case of Zerafa, he may make an optional fight against a body-approved contender while awaiting a world title fight in his mandatory challenger’s position.




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  • WBA grants permission for Spence-Thurman. Stanionis faces Vergil Ortiz Jr.  – World Boxing Association

    WBA grants permission for Spence-Thurman. Stanionis faces Vergil Ortiz Jr.  – World Boxing Association


    The World Boxing Association (WBA) as it continues to develop its world title reduction plan, took the next steps in the welterweight division. After a thorough review of the situation, it was determined that Errol Spence Jr., WBA Super Champion, will be granted special permission to fight Keith Thurman, while the champion of the category, Eimantas Stanionis, will face Vergil Ortiz. 

    The winners of these bouts will square off in the near future to determine the pioneer body’s sole 147-pound champion. 

    Initially, former Super Champion Yordenis Ugas was allowed to face Spence in a unification bout, while Butaev and Stanionis fought for the championship title. In these cases, the winners were Spence and Stanionis, respectively.

    On November 14, 2022, TGB Promotions applied for special permission on behalf of Spence to fight Thurman in February 2023, but with specific mandatory conditions. Pursuant to WBA rule C.16, which states that mandatory defense periods can be modified for cause, either by special permission request or on its own initiative, the WBA decided that Spence can face Thurman.

    Stanionis will remain the mandatory challenger to the welterweight super championship. He will now face Vergil Ortiz, who defeated Michael McKinson in a WBA eliminator on August 8. The winner of the bout, or Stanionis if it ends in a draw, will face the winner of Spence-Thurman within 180 days of their bouts.

    The winner of the Spence-Thurman bout is obligated to meet the winner of Stanionis-Ortiz. This ruling supersedes all previous rulings and any issues that arise along the way will be resolved under WBA rules.




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