Takuma Inoue retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight world belt with a nine-round knockout win over Jerwin Ancajas on Saturday night. The Kokugikan arena in Tokyo, Japan, experienced an atmosphere like no other, and the home fighter shined against an experienced challenger to consolidate his position as champion of the pioneer organization. Speed and…
Argentina’s Josue Agüero defended his World Boxing Association FedeLatin super featherweight belt for the first time with an explosive first round technical knockout over Aztec Francisco Lucero at the Casino de Buenos Aires. On the banks of the Rio de La Plata, Agüero brought the crowd to their feet in an evening of luxury boxing. …
At the Casino de Buenos Aires and with the encouragement of her fans, Clara Lescurat kept her World Boxing Association super flyweight title after defeating Mexican Regina Chavez in ten rounds by unanimous decision. The bout did not have a first round of analysis. Both fighters walked to the center of the ring and immediately…
Mahmoud Charr and Kubrat Pulev met at the press conference to present their fight on March 31, to be held on March 30 at the Arwna Armeec in Sofia, Bulgaria, with the World Boxing Association (WBA) heavyweight title at stake. Charr is champion of the pioneer organization and will be defending his belt after a…
Golden Boy Promotions officially announced that World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight champion Arsen Goulamirian will face Gilberto Ramirez on March 30 at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Both teams had reported that they reached an agreement days ago, but it was not until this week that it was made official with the place and…
Next Sunday the 25th will be the 60th anniversary of the night a young man born in Louisville, Kentucky, 22 years and 2 months old and who 4 years earlier had won the gold medal in light heavyweight at the Rome-60 Olympic Games, born Cassius Marcellus Clay, years later known as Muhammad Ali-as the world…
On March 1st, a big event will take place in Libya where the World Boxing Association (WBA) will say present with two regional title fights. The Frenchman of Moroccan origin, Khalil El Hadri, will face the Tanzanian Oscar Duge for the WBA African super featherweight title in a 10-round bout that will mean a great…
Takuma Inoue and Jerwin Ancajas attended the final press conference on Wednesday before their bantamweight world title showdown next Saturday in Kokugikan, Tokyo. Both fighters were face to face with the media and talked about the fight and what they expect this Saturday in their fight to dispute for the black and gold world title. …
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of one of its most illustrious and longtime members, the Panamanian Manuel Landero. Born in the midst of the Kuna revolution on June 17, 1925,in David, Chiriqui, was a great supporter of the sport and contributed many things throughout his life. He was a man of great…
Federici defends his NABA Gold belt against Caparello Italian Simone Federici will defend his North American Boxing Association (NABA) Gold belt against Australian Blake Caparello this Friday at the Paramount Theatre in Huntington, New York. The cruiserweight bout will feature two experienced fighters in a power fight between two good quality fighters who know how…
Jerwin Ancajas did his public workout on Tuesday as part of the promotion ahead of his Saturday bout against World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight champion Takuma Inoue in Kokugikan, Tokyo. The Filipino will challenge the Japanese in a 118-pound bout and is already on Japanese soil. His first official activity was this workout, where he…
Wendy Toussaint and Mponda Kalunga will contest the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental USA super welterweight belt this Friday at the Paramount Theatre in New York. Toussaint, a native of Haiti and U.S. citizen, is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jerome Jones, whom he knocked out in the third round on October 28….