Matchroom Boxing confirmed that Jessica McCaskill and Sandy Ryan have reached an agreement to fight for all the welterweight belts and that the bout is signed pending confirmation of the location and date. McCaskill is the World Boxing Association (WBA), IBF and WBC champion, and will face Ryan, who has just won the WBO belt. …
Greece’s Marios Kollias stunned Felix Langberg last weekend to take the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Europe heavyweight belt with a third round technical knockout. The bout held at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany, ended with a tremendous upset by the visiting fighter, who quickly finished the fight over Langberg to take the belt and…
The activity in Oceania by the World Boxing Association (WBA) regional body, had two great protagonists this June. Australians Mostyn Niemann and Qamil Balla captured regional belts in different bouts they held during the month. In Niemann’s case, he defeated Fijian Savenaca Naliva by knockout in one round to win the vacant Oceania cruiserweight belt…
A rematch between World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian super lightweight champion Phoobadin Yoohanngoh and challenger Vanlalawmpuia will take place this Saturday at the SpacePlus Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. In their first bout held last February, Yoohanngoh defended his continental belt against Vanlalawmpuia with a disputed unanimous decision that ended on cards of 96-94, 97-93 and…
The undisputed super middleweight champion, Franchon Crews Dezurn, will defend her belts against Savannah Marshall this Saturday at the Manchester Arena, in England. The owner of the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt and the WBC, IBF and WBO belts will travel to British soil to face the home fighter and defend her belts. Crews Dezurn…
Antioquia’s John Lenon Gutierrez added another professional victory by knocking out Eddy Maita this Saturday during the third evening of the WBA Future of the Colombian Boxing project, which was held in Barranquilla, Colombia. Gutierrez worked with patience and order with punches to the leather and good combinations to the face against an opponent with…
Colombian Fran Mendoza (17-0, 7KO) defeated Canarian Jonathan Santana (9-5-1, 1KO) by unanimous decision in a bantamweight bout agreed to 8 rounds, which took place in the mythical pavilion of La Casilla, Bilbao. In the first rounds Mendoza had a hard time warming up, but from the fourth round on he managed to set the…
WBA Asia has the firm objective of further developing the continental talent and expand to different territories with good boxing. On Monday they announced the agreement with different companies such as Color Star Technology, Powerful Promotions and TL Boxing Promotions to make the Color World Cup, which will begin on August 26, in Dubai. The…
The boxer from Montevideo, Uruguay, Maira “La panterita†Moneo will be facing the complicated Venezuelan, Alys “La china†Sanchez in a fight for the interim World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight belt, which will be held at the Luna Park Stadium in the city of Buenos Aires, Argentina, next Saturday. The interim title was approved by…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) wishes a happy retirement to former super flyweight world champion Joshua Franco, who announced that he will no longer be an active boxer following his bout with Kazuto Ioka last weekend in Tokyo, Japan. Franco is a very special fighter in the history of the WBA as he became the…
Venezuelan fighter, Jonathan “El fino†Hernandez, will be defending for the first time the Fedelatin welterweight title of the World Boxing Association (WBA) against Argentine Marcelo Sanchez. The ten-round bout will be the main attraction of the event to be held on July 1 at the Luna Park stadium in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The event…
Kazuto Ioka became the new World Boxing Association super flyweight champion by defeating Joshua Franco by unanimous decision on Saturday at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan. The home fighter put on a great fight and proved to be the best man in the ring to take the 116-112, 116-112 and 115-113 scorecards in…