Hopey Price will contest the World Boxing Association (WBA) continental super bantamweight belt this Saturday against veteran Thomas Masson at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, England. The bout will be one of the most important for his career as it represents a great test against a more experienced opponent, as Price said during the press…
Gilberto Ramirez will return to the ring next Saturday to face Gabriel Rosado in a light heavyweight fight to be held at the Walter Pyramid in Long Beach in a 12 round bout. The fight will mark the return of the Mexican fighter after his first professional loss last November against Dmitry Bivol, when Ramirez…
Aragua was the great protagonist in the seventh edition of the Gilberto Mendoza Boxing Festival, by winning the amateur tournament that gathered young boxers from four Venezuelan states, at the Yesterday Recreational Center in Turmero, Aragua state. In what turned out to be a great celebration of the legacy of the emeritus president of the…
Lu Bin became the new World Boxing Association (WBA) International super flyweight champion by defeating Yutthana Kaensa by first round knockout in Yongkang, China. In the same Max Power Promotions event, which was sponsored by WBA Asia, Yeerlan Nuerlanbieke also defeated Aekkawee Kaewmanee by technical knockout in six rounds to win the East Asia super…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has cancelled the auction for the minimumweight bout between Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Erick Rosa and called for a new procedure for the fight to be held soon. Niyomtrong’s team had won the rights to the fight and it was to take place last March 3, in Thailand. However,…
China will have a great evening this Thursday, March 16 with two World Boxing Association (WBA) regional title bouts. The first one will be the WBA East Asia super lightweight championship between Aekkawee Kaewmanee and Yeerlan Nuerlanbieke, while the other one will be the fight between Lu Bin and Yutthana Kaensa for the International super…
Saul “Canelo†Alvarez announced his return to the ring for next May 6. The Mexican will return home and will do so against John Ryder at the Chivas Stadium in Guadalajara to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) super middleweight belt, in addition to the WBC, IBF and WBO crowns. In a very significant press…
Cyrus Pattison and Chris Jenkins comply their public training prior to their fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) international welterweight title at the Utilita Arena in Newcastle, England. While the two are getting ready for the fight, different promotional activities are taking place and this Wednesday was the turn of the training sessions. The…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of Nicaraguan Gustavo JarquÃn, sportswriter and international judge, who was a member of our family since 2011. Different reports from the Nicaraguan national press said that JarquÃn suffered a blood pressure rise and a heart attack while broadcasting his program “Cápsulas Deportivas†in the morning hours, for…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee ordered the bout between middleweight champion Erislandy Lara and top challenger Michael Zerafa. The organization sent the communication to the parties on March 13 with a 30-day negotiation period starting on March 14 and ending on April 13. Lara became the only champion once Gennady Golovkin gave up…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee sent notification to Otabek Kholmatov and his team stating that the Uzbek has been named the mandatory challenger in the 126-pound division. Following his victory over Thomas Patrick Ward in the final eliminator, the Uzbek is now the official challenger to the title currently held by Mexico’s Mauricio…
World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight champion Terri Harper will make the first defense of her crown against legend Cecilia Braekhus on May 20 at the 3Arena in Dublin, Ireland. The bout was included in the Matchroom Boxing event whose main bout will be between Chantelle Cameron and Katie Taylor, for the undisputed super lightweight…