Puerto Rican legend Miguel Cotto will attend the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA), to be held from December 11 to 14 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The former world champion confirmed his attendance to the event that promises to be one of the most important in recent years as…
The World Boxing Association has a queen at 102 lbs. who continues to demonstrate her power. On Friday night, Brenda Montserrat Alarcon made another successful defense of her belt against her Mexican compatriot Brenda Balderas. After 10 rounds at the BB Auditorium in Mexico City, the judges unanimously awarded the victory to Montserrat: 100-94/97-93/98-92. The…
Saul “Canelo†Alvarez won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Boxer of the Month award after his great victory over Gennady Golovkin last September 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pioneer organization published its September ranking with all the changes in each category and, in addition, granted the award to the Mexican…
Venezuelan Leonardo Sanchez retained his national welterweight title last Saturday in Caracas, Venezuela, with a ninth round technical knockout win over compatriot Simon Gonzalez. Sanchez made the first defense of his title against a highly motivated opponent who put up a war in the main fight of the evening organized by Morón Promotions. However, the…
Oleksandr Usyk has been committed to his country at all times since the conflict between Ukraine and Russia broke out this year. The World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Super Champion was in his country supporting the soldiers defending it from the invasion in a grand gesture. In an interview with Talk Sports, his manager Egis…
Sunday, October 2, brought the sad news of the passing of Eder Jofre, the greatest legend of Brazilian boxing and the most important bantamweight of all time. The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the departure of Jofre, who passed away in São Paulo at the age of 86 after complications derived from pneumonia with which…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the departure of our friend and member, Francisco MartÃnez, who had been struggling with various health complications in recent days. MartÃnez was one of the most honorable members of the WBA and a man who knew how to reach remote places in favor of boxing and the pioneer organization. …
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its championships committee in an extensive review of the feather division, decided that Leigh Wood must face Leo Santa Cruz in his return to the ring after his injury as part of the World Title Reduction Plan. The WBA has requested Wood’s team to provide reports and examinations of…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of Colombian boxer Luis Quiñones, who was fighting for his life for the past four days after his fight on Saturday. Quiñones’ family and medical team confirmed that the 25-year-old fighter passed away at dawn this Friday morning. Last Saturday he fought Luis Muñoz in Barranquilla and…
Undefeated Raymond Ford returns to the ring on November 12 at the Rocket Mortgage Fieldhouse in Cleveland, Ohio, to defend his WBA Continental Americas featherweight title against Sakaria Lucas. The 23-year-old continental champion will have another test in his career and wants to keep the winning pace. He comes from defending his crown against Richard…
Argentine Marcos Rene Maidana is the first figure who has confirmed his attendance at the World Boxing Association (WBA) Centennial Convention, to be held in Orlando, Florida, from December 11 to 14. Maidana was one of the most impressive punchers boxing has seen in recent years and represents all the values of the organization, since…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee notified Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Erick Rosa that they must fight to determine the only minimum weight champion for the pioneer organization. This Thursday, September 29, the communication was sent to both parties for the beginning of the negotiation period, which will be 30 days and will end next…