Floyd Schofield retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) International lightweight crown with a unanimous decision victory over Rene Tellez Giron on Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. Schofield got cards of 118-109, 118-109 and 116-111 to achieve a great victory for his career that allows him …
Read More »Fundora made history and is the youngest undisputed title holder – World Boxing Association
Gabriela Fundora became the youngest fighter to win the undisputed title after knocking out Celeste Alaniz last Saturday. The 22 year-old American won in the seventh round over the Argentinean and took the four flyweight crowns (WBA, WBO, IBF and WBC) in a stunning performance at the Virgin Hotels in …
Read More »Venezuela holds professional boxing convention – World Boxing Association
Venezuela will celebrate its first Professional Boxing Convention from November 5 to 8, a conclave that will gather all the actors of the Venezuelan sport in Caracas to analyze the current state of boxing and design new policies to relaunch its future. The event is organized by the Venezuelan Professional …
Read More »Jennifer Miranda was the most outstanding of October – World Boxing Association
Jennifer Miranda was named Boxer of the Month by the Women’s Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) after winning the WBA interim featherweight belt on October 20. The Spanish fighter defeated Panamanian Teresa Almengor at the Las Vegas Theater in Madrid, Spain, in a wide unanimous decision in …
Read More »Beterbiev Boxer of the Month and Tsutsumi Honorable Mention – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee released its October rankings lists, and with them the individual awards, in which Artur Beterbiev was awarded Boxer of the Month and Seiya Tsutsumi took Honorable Mention. Beterbiev became the WBA new light heavyweight super champion by defeating Dmitry Bivol in one of …
Read More »Fulghum defends his WBA regional belt against Pearson on Saturday – World Boxing Association
Darius Fulghum will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental USA super middleweight belt against Christopher Pearson this Saturday night at Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada. The Houston, Texas native will make another defense of his regional crown from the pioneering body and hopes to continue advancing in his …
Read More »Schofield and Giron to square off in Las Vegas – World Boxing Association
Floyd Schofield will be one of the headliners this Saturday night at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas, Nevada, when he steps into the ring to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) international lightweight belt against René Téllez Girón. Schofield has the clear objective of fighting for a world title …
Read More »Stanionis-Giyasov purse bid scheduled for November 8th – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, has scheduled the purse bid for the mandatory title fight between welterweight champion Eimantas Stanionis and his mandatory challenger Shakhram Giysov for November 8. The bidding will take place in Houston, Texas, at 11:00 a.m. (local time) and will be directed …
Read More »Ortiz and Mini fight for the WBA Continental Americas crown – World Boxing Association
American Jermaine Ortiz will return to the ring against Cristian Mino this Friday night to fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Americas super lightweight belt at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Ortiz lost to Teofimo Lopez in a world title fight on February 8 in Las …
Read More »Alaniz vs Fundora this Saturday in Las Vegas – World Boxing Association
Celeste Alaniz and Gabriela Fundora will step into the ring at the Virgin Hotels in Las Vegas to fight for the undisputed flyweight championship this Saturday night. The World Boxing Association (WBA) belt, as well as the WBC and WBO belts are held by Alaniz, who will face IBF champion …
Read More »HALF A CENTURY OF “ALI BUMAYE” – World Boxing Association
“Ali understood that, to be great, he needed an outside force. If you fight for yourself, it’s you against others, and that motivates you, but it will never be with the strength that Ali had. Muhammad fought for more than just himself. He fought for God; his mission was very …
Read More »Cudos demolished Zuniga and retained her WBA Fedelatin crown – World Boxing Association
Argentine Sol Cudos retained her World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin minimum belt by defeating Venezuelan Johanna Zuniga by technical knockout in the fifth round on Saturday night. The headquarters of the Argentine Boxing Federation in Buenos Aires was the venue where the home fighter put on a dominant performance to …
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