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 Boxing Association and showed great…
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 had been affecting Ortiz and…
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 of Alvarez, who has not…
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 in different roles and a…
The silver medalists of the World Amateur Boxing Championships in New Delhi, Angie Valdez and Yeni Arias, arrived in Colombia on Wednesday and offered a press conference in Barranquilla, in addition to being decorated by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The event was attended by the leaders of Fecolbox, staff of the Colombian Olympic Committee,…
The young American prospect, Anthony Olascuaga will be the opponent of the Japanese Kenshiro Teraji next April 8 at the Ariake Arena, in Koto Ku, Japan. Originally, the World Boxing Association (WBA) and WBC champion would face Jonathan Gonzalez, WBO belt holder. However, an illness suffered by Gonzalez forced him to withdraw from the fight….
The showdown between undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney and veteran Vasyl Lomachenko became official on Tuesday. The company announced that the American champion will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA), IBF, WBO and WBC crowns against the Ukrainian on May 20 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Haney is coming off two consecutive…
The third and final event of the seventh Gilberto Mendoza International Boxing Festival will take place this Thursday, March 30 at the Pedro “Rockero†Alcazar Gymnasium, located in Curundú, Panama with live broadcast through the World Boxing Association YouTube channel starting at 2:00 p.m. local time. After tremendous successes in Maracay, Venezuela, on March 11…
Clara Lescurat received the Boxer of the Year award from TyC Sports’ renowned TV program “Boxeo de Primeraâ€, a 30-year-old project that has become an icon throughout Argentina. The World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion had a great 2022 in which she won her crown and also made a defense. In June she faced…
British heavyweight Fabio Wardley will face American Michael Polite Coffie this Saturday for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) continental belt at the O2 Arena in London. Wardley vs Polite will be on the undercard of an event that will feature the return of Anthony Joshua vs Jermaine Franklin in the main event. Wardley is…
The former world champion, Japanese Ryota Murata, held a press conference on Tuesday, to announce that he is retiring as a boxer after a successful career in both amateur and professional boxing. Murata is one of the most outstanding Japanese fighters of an entire era, having won an Olympic medal in his career, in addition…
London will witness the return of idol Anthony Joshua, who will fight Jermaine Franklin this Saturday at the O2 Arena, London. Joshua comes from two consecutive losses to Oleksandr Usyk for world title fights, but after those setbacks he announced that he would keep working and now he is back with the intention of regaining…