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Former world champion Jamie Mitchell returned to the ring this Friday night and defeated Lindsay Garbatt by majority decision to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) International bantamweight title at the Kendal G. L. Isaacs National Gymnasium in Nassau, Bahamas.  Mitchell put on an aggressive, exchange fight to get the …

British Ohara Davies won the Honorable Mention awarded by the World Boxing Association (WBA) every month with the publication of the official rankings.  Davies was recognized for his good performance in March, a period in which Otabek Kholmatov won the award as the boxer of the month for the pioneering …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Boxer of the Month award was given to Seniesa Estrada. The American managed to unify the WBA and WBC minimumweight crowns last March 25 against Tina Rupprecht and remains firm in her goal of becoming undisputed 105-pound champion.  Estrada faced an undefeated champion like the …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) released its March rankings and its individual awards, which featured Otabek Kholmatov as Fighter of the Month.  The Uzbek participated in a featherweight eliminator fight on March 4 and dominated the previously undefeated Thomas Patrick Ward in Newcastle, England with ease. Kholmatov, 24, is one …

Devin Haney and Vasyl Lomachenko held their first press conference for the undisputed lightweight title fight on May 20. The city of Los Angeles, California, hosted this first face to face between both fighters, who will step into the ring of the MGM Grand, Las Vegas.  Accompanied by their teams …

Venezuelan Liborio Solis, contender for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title, arrived in Japan and this Thursday held a public training session as part of the promotion for his April 8 bout against Takuma Inoue at the Ariake Arena in Koto Ku.  Solis is a 41-year-old veteran who …

Former world champion Anthony Joshua and his opponent this Saturday, Jermaine Franklin, are ready for their fight this Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. The final step to be cleared for the bout was taken on Friday when both stepped on the scales.  Joshua made the highest weight of …

Britain’s Fabio Wardley and American Michael Polite Coffie complied with the weigh-in for their World Boxing Association (WBA) continental heavyweight title fight, which will take place this Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London.  Wardley weighed 242.6 pounds, while Polite Coffie stopped the scales at 269.4 and both are …

The last day of the seventh edition of the Gilberto Mendoza Festival took place on Thursday at the Pedro “Rockero” Alcazar Gym, in Curundu, with the presence of more than a dozen amateur fighters from the country.  The event was broadcast live through the official YouTube channel of the World …

Golden Boy Promotions, promoter of Vergil Ortiz Jr., announced that the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title challenger will not be able to make his scheduled fight against champion Eimantas Stanionis on April 29 due to health problems.  Through a statement, the company highlighted that the symptoms of the disease …

Saul “Canelo” Alvarez appeared before the press for a public workout on Wednesday at his training facility in San Diego, California. The Mexican is preparing for the fight against John Ryder, in Guadalajara, on May 6, and the expectation is growing every day.  The fight will mark the return home …

The World Boxing Association celebrates on March 30 the 80th anniversary of our president emeritus Gilberto Mendoza’s birthday. Mendoza, a central figure in the history of the WBA, left to posterity an unparalleled work at the head of the organization, to which he gave more than four decades of service …