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Andy Cruz successfully defended his WBA Continental Latin America lightweight title with a unanimous decision victory over Omar Salcido on Saturday night at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. The Cuban standout put on a clinical performance against a tough and durable opponent, overcoming Salcido’s relentless aggression to secure the win. …

Phongthep Homjui retained his WBA Asia super lightweight belt with a unanimous decision win over Yangyang Li on Wednesday at the Rangsit International Stadium in Bangkok, Thailand.  The young Thai fighter made his defense of the pioneer body’s regional belt at home and was able to handle the Chinese challenger …

Floyd Schofield retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) International lightweight crown with a unanimous decision victory over Rene Tellez Giron on Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada.  Schofield got cards of 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111 to achieve a great victory for his career that allows him …

Argentine Sol Cudos retained her World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin minimum belt by defeating Venezuelan Johanna Zuniga by technical knockout in the fifth round on Saturday night.  The headquarters of the Argentine Boxing Federation in Buenos Aires was the venue where the home fighter put on a dominant performance to …

Cuban Yoenis Tellez overcame another great test in his career and retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Latin America super welterweight belt with a seventh round technical knockout victory over Johan Gonzalez this weekend at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida.  The Cuban had a tough opponent, as …

Muslim Gadzhimagomedov retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) bridgerweight crown by defeating Leon Harth by unanimous decision at the Ufa Arena in Ufa, Russia on Thursday.  The champion of the pioneer organization made the first defense of his crown and won the cards of 120-108 by the three judges, which …

Seigo Yuri Akui made the second defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight crown last Sunday with a split decision win over Thananchai Charunphak at the Ariake Arena in Koto Ku, Japan.  The home fighter had a tough opponent in the Thai but he prevailed with cards of 117-111, …

Thammanoon Niyomtrong retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimum super champion belt after defeating Alex Winwood by majority decision on Saturday in Jondaloop, Australia.  The Thai had a tough fight in which he went from strength to strength to earn scorecards of 114-112, 114-112 and 113-113, which allow him to …

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 …

Puerto Rico’s Yankiel Rivera retained his Continental Americas featherweight belt by defeating Victor Sandoval last weekend by unanimous decision at the Juan Aubin Cruz Abreu Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico.  Rivera is one of his country’s top prospects and earned another victory to retain his regional belt after winning …

Dmitry Bivol showed his most devastating version and knocked out Malik Zinad in six rounds this weekend in Riyadh to successfuly defend his WBA Super Light Heavyweight Championship in the big event organized by the Riyadh Season.  The fight was part of this great 5v5 event and the Russian pulled …

Takuma Inoue showed great resilience and survived confusing moments on Monday to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt against Sho Ishida at the Tokyo Dome in Japan’s capital.  Inoue earned scorecards of 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111 after being dropped in the first round due to a jab from …