The death of Ukrainian boxer Oleg Prudky, who fell in combat during the ongoing war between his country and Russia, was reported on Tuesday. The World Boxing Association (WBA) regrets what happened to the boxer, who was 30 years old and had represented his country in several international tournaments. He was Ukraine national champion and…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) continues to make decisions moving forward in line with its intention to have only one world champion per category. To date, the light heavyweight (Dmitry Bivol), super welterweight (Jermell Charlo), super featherweight (Roger Gutierrez), super bantamweight (Murodjon Akhmadaliev), bantamweight (Naoya Inoue) and flyweight (Artem Dalakian) categories all have a single…
Saúl “Canelo†Ãlvarez and Gennady Golovkin announced that they will step on the ring for a third fight between them on September 17 for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super championship, the WBC, WBO and IBF belts. The announcement was made on Tuesday by both boxers and Matchroom Boxing, which assured that the venue of…
The president of the World Boxing Association (WBA), Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, was in Venezuela last week, where he met with several local authorities with the intention of finalizing a project that will contribute to the growth of boxing in this country. The pioneering body has always had the globalization of the sport as one of…
Connor Coyle captured the vacant WBA-NABA middleweight weight title this weekend after defeating Antonio Todd by split decision at the Caribe Royale Orlando in Florida. The 31-year-old Irishman took the won on two cards of 97-93 and 96-94, 94-96 to maintain his undefeated record and continue his climb up the 160-pound division. It was a…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of Gary Russell Sr., trainer of great fighters and a great boxing man. Father of the talented Gary Russell Jr., Gary Antuanne Russell and Gary Antonio Russell, he was a key part of their careers and left great teachings in both boxing and life. Russell, who was…
This Monday, Mexican Alejandra Ayala has shown great signs of recovery and was taken out of the induced coma after the operation performed last week. The world title challenger had been admitted to Glasgow’s Queen Elizabeth University Hospital after her fight with Hannah Rankin on May 13. She was placed in an induced coma and…
Robbie Davies Jr. retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) super lightweight continental belt with a split decision win over American Javier Molina on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England. The home fighter had a tough night against the American but was able to win via split decision 96-94, 94-97 and 96-94. Davies knew…
Joshua Buatsi defeated Craig Richards by unanimous decision in their World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight eliminator fight on Saturday at the O2 Arena in London, England. The scorecards for the fight were 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113, giving the victory to the 175-pound prospect, who continues to make progress in his goal of becoming a…
Filipino Nonito Donaire is already in Japan to face Naoya Inoue next June 7 at the Saitama Super Arena in a three world titles unification fight. The WBC champion will challenge the World Boxing Association (WBA) and IBF monarch in a rematch fight after a memorable exhibition in 2019. On that occasion, Inoue won by…
World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight champion Erislandy Lara will face Spike O’Sullivan this Saturday as part of the main event back-up to be held at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. The bout will be part of the big event in which Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero will feature the main event in a…
The highly anticipated mandatory fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Gervonta Davis and challenger Rolando Romero will take place this Saturday under great anticipation at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York. Two young and talented fighters will be in the ring in a bout that has sold very well since the promotion…