Paulina Angel and Monica Henao will fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) female Fedelatin super lightweight belt on March 16 at the Elias Chegwin Coliseum in Barranquilla, Colombia. Both Colombian fighters will be the face of this event, which will have several bouts of the WBA Future of Colombian …
Read More »“Pitufo” Diaz returned to the ring and won WBA regional belt – World Boxing Association
Christopher Diaz won the Continental Latin America super lightweight belt by knocking out Headley Scott in the second round on Saturday at the Jose Miguel Agrelot Coliseum in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The Puerto Rican got his technical knockout against the American in a fight in which he had dominance …
Read More »Cudos defeated Colmenarez to win WBA Fedelatin belt – World Boxing Association
Argentina’s Sol Cudos defeated Venezuela’s Roxana Colmenarez by wide unanimous decision to be crowned World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin minimumweight champion this weekend at the F.A.B. Stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The local fighter dominated the bout from start to finish to win by scorecards of 97-89, 97-90 and 97-90, …
Read More »WBA wishes a speedy recovery to Amanda Serrano – World Boxing Association
The bad news of the weekend was the cancellation of the featherweight world title fight between Amanda Serrano and Nina Meinke. An accident caused a chemical to enter Serrano’s eye and she was unable to step into the ring on Saturday in San Juan, Puerto Rico. The champion was returning …
Read More »Ford is the new WBA featherweight champion after knocking out Kholmatov – World Boxing Association
Raymond Ford became the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion of the world after defeating Otabek Kholmatov by technical knockout in the 12th round on Saturday night during one of the best fights of the year so far. The American was the star of the event held at the Turning …
Read More »Baraou dominates Eggington in WBA eliminator – World Boxing Association
Germany’s Abass Baraou defeated Sam Eggington by majority decision in their World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight eliminator fight on Friday in Telford, England. The visiting fighter dominated the bout on cards of 117-111, 117-112 and 114-114 against veteran Eggington in the biggest fight of his career. Baraou delivered a …
Read More »Saad Fathi crowned in Benghazi – World Boxing Association
Friday’s event in Benghazi, Libya, was a success and ended on a high note with a technical knockout of local fighter Saad Fathi Saad over Ivorian Adame Kone to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) Gold Africa belt. Two other big stars of the evening, Morocco’s Khalil El Hadri and …
Read More »WBA Africa and Mike Tyson bring boxing back to Libya – World Boxing Association
The night of Friday, March 1 was magical for boxing fans in Benghazi, Libya, because from 1979 to 2011 professional boxing was banned and they had to wait until 2024 to experience an evening of this noble art in which three WBA Africa titles were at stake, under the watchful …
Read More »Inoue and Smith awarded in February by WBA – World Boxing Association
Takuma Inoue was named Fighter of the Month by the World Boxing Association (WBA) in its February rankings publication, which comes along with the month’s top honors and also awarded Julian Smith as Honorable Mention. Inoue defended his WBA bantamweight world belt against Jerwin Ancajas last February 24, in Tokyo, …
Read More »Tyson adorns WBA Africa event in Libya – World Boxing Association
Boxing was banned in Libya since 1979 until 2011. However, no professional event had been held in the country until March 1, 2024 when, thanks to the World Boxing Association (WBA), WBA Africa titles will be disputed with a guest of honor: Mike Tyson. Tyson arrived in the country on …
Read More »Madueño dethrones Pauldo in Plant City – World Boxing Association
Miguel Madueño took the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental North America lightweight belt from Justin Pauldo on Wednesday night with a split decision victory at the Whitesands Events Center in Plant City, Florida. The Mexican surprised with a close decision of 95-95, 97-93 and 94-95 to win the regional belt …
Read More »Baraou and Eggington made weight for their WBA eliminator bout – World Boxing Association
Germany’s Abass Baraou and Britain’s Sam Eggington met the weight for their World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight eliminator bout to be held on Friday at the Telford International Centre in Telford, England. Baraou weighed in at 153.1 pounds, while Eggington weighed in at 153.8, to a fight schedulled at …
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