On Tuesday, the ceremonial arrival of all the fighters participating in this Saturday’s Riyadh Season at the Kingdom Arena took place; Dmitry Bivol, World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion and his challenger Malik Zinad, as well as the rest of the participants of the 5v5 match between Matchroom Boxing and Queensberry Promotions, made their…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) congratulates Uruguayan promoter Sampson Lewkowicz on his induction into the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame, recently announced along with the other inductees. . In addition to Lewkowicz, the class includes fighters Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez, Tyrone Mitchell Frazier, James Douglas, among others. Lewkowicz enters the list in the “Special…
Russian-born Australian Alexander Devyatov and India’s Karthik Kumar clash this Friday, May 31, at the Gold Coast Turf Club in Bundall, Queensland, Australia, for the WBA Oceania lightweight title. Devyatov, 26, will use all his punching power, which has seen him win 14 of his 15 fights by knockout, to try and capture the vacant…
Thailand’s Yuttapong Tongdee will defend his WBA Asia bantamweight title for the third time on Saturday, June 1 against Frenchman Giuliano Fantone at the Spaceplus Bangkok RCA in Bangkok, Thailand. Tongdee goes undefeated into his 15th fight, looking to crown his 10th win by KO. Last March he dispatched fellow Thai Thanachai Khamoon in three…
Next Saturday, June 1, undefeated Argentinean heavyweight Agustin Marini will be facing the experienced compatriot Mariano Angel Gudiño. In the 10-round bout, the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin cruiserweight belt (vacant) and the Argentine national title of the division will be at stake. It will also be the main event of the card to be…
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 cards are stacked and Raymond Ford will be hoping to have the better hand this Saturday when he defendes his featherweight World Boxing Association title for the first time against the dangerous Englishman, Nick Ball.  In one of the main fights on the Riyadh Seasons “5 vs 5†programme, all eyes are on…
WBA Asia confirmed the celebration of its first regional convention, which will be held in HoChiMin City, Vietnam, on August 9-11. Won Kim, director of WBA Asia, informed that the online registration to participate in this historic event is now open.  Those interested in participating in the WBA Asia Regional Convention can register at…
Gary Cully won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental lightweight belt with a unanimous decision victory over Francesco Patera on Saturday at the First Direct Arena in Leeds, UK. Cully prevailed in a tough fight in which the judges gave scorecards of 98-92, 96-94 and 96-94 to decide fight in his favour against an opponent…
Paddy Donovan picked up another career win, this time over veteran Lewis Ritson, and remains the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental welterweight champion. Saturday’s Matchroom Boxing event in Leeds featured some great fights and Donovan was one of the highlights as he defeated Ritson by a ninth round technical knockout in one of the back-up…
Christian Mbilli retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) International super bantamweight belt with a knockout over Mark Heffron on Saturday night at the Centre Gervais Auto in Shawinigan, Canada. The Cameroonian-born Frenchman made his superiority known from the opening bell and gave his British opponent no quarter, knocking him out in the very first round…
A new fight week kicks off for the Riyadh Season, which will feature a big 5 vs 5 event between Matchroom and Queensberry teams, which will feature Dmitry Bivol and Malik Zinad in contention for the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight belt. Bivol and Zinad will be in the main fight of the card…