After their face to face this Tuesday at the Nottingham Stadium, World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion Leigh Wood and his challenger Mauricio Lara, met today, Wednesday, the Media Day organized by Matchroom Boxing. It is a promotional event in which they are interviewed by the press, participate in photo shoots and share experiences. Both…
Since the World Boxing Association (WBA) president prioritized the World Title Reduction Plan, much progress has been made towards the goal of having only one champion per division. With different decisions and resolutions, significant progress has been made and 11 of the 17 divisions are now fully resolved, while the others are on track. To…
Irish Gary Cully will face Puerto Rican Wilfredo Flores for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) Intercontinental lightweight title this Saturday at the Nottingham Arena. The bout will be part of the Matchroom event, which will feature Leigh Wood defending his world featherweight championship against Mauricio Lara in the main event. Cully is a 27-year-old…
Mauricio “Bronco†Lara, challenger to the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight crown, has the support of all of Mexico for his fight this Saturday against Leigh Wood, current WBA 126 lbs. champion, but especially the Mexico City Police is backing him. The “Bronco†has been training for two years in a gym located in the…
One of the best fights welterweight can give was confirmed on Monday. The World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight champion will face strong challenger Vergil Ortiz Jr. on April 29 at the College Park Center in Arlington, Texas. Golden Boy made official the bout that was ordered by the WBA a few months ago and that…
At 41 years young, Venezuelan fighter Liborio Solis is preparing for another world title fight and he does it with the same commitment and optimism as always. The Maracay-born fighter will be facing Japan’s Takuma Inoue, 14 years younger, on April 18, in a fight that will have the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight…
Londoner Zak Chelli became the new World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental super middleweight champion after his victory over American Anthony Sims Jr. on Saturday at Wembley Arena. In an excellent setting for him and for his career, the local fighter dominated an experienced opponent like the American and won by unanimous decision of 99-92, 98-92…
Twenty-year-old prospect Adam Azim captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental super lightweight belt this weekend by defeating Nicaraguan Santos Reyes by a wide unanimous decision at Wembley Arena in London. Azim was superior in the battle of two undefeated fighters and the 100-89 scorecards from the three ringside judges proved it. The home fighter…
Japan’s Takuma Inoue and Venezuela’s Liborio Solis will contest the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight world title on April 8 at the Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku, Japan. The pioneering organization’s Championships Committee ordered the bout between the two top-ranked featherweights after Naoya Inoue decided to vacate all 118-pound belts to move up one weight…
Kenshiro Teraji’s first appearance as unified light flyweight champion will be on April 8 at the Ariake Arena, in Koto-Ku, Japan, and he will do it against another world champion in Jonathan Gonzalez. The Japanese will make the first defense of his recently won World Boxing Association (WBA) crown and will also put his WBC…
Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara will feature in one of the most anticipated fights of the first quarter of the year. The clash of styles between the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion and his Mexican challenger promises to be a great fight this Saturday at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham. The home fighter has…
Reece Mould became the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental champion at lightweight by defeating Hamed Ghaz on Friday at the Magba Centre, Rotherham, England. Mould got the judges score 96-94, 96-94 and 97-94 in a close fight in which he brought out the best of his boxing and was able to defeat a tough opponent,…