Next Saturday, December 16, the undefeated American with Mexican origin, Arturo Popoca, will face the tough Venezuelan, Carlos Mujica. The 8 round bantamweight bout will be the co-main event of the evening between Murodjon Akhmadaliev and Kevin Gonzalez. The fight will take place at the Desert Diamond Arena, Glendale, Arizona, …
Read More »Erika Cruz is the new WBA Super Bantamweight World Champion – World Boxing Association
After ten rounds, Mexican Erika Cruz defeated Venezuelan Mayerlin Rivas by majority decision of the judges and won the World Boxing Association super bantamweight belt in Inglewood, United States. These two Latin boxers put on an explosive boxing show for the audience inside the YouTube Theater. Mayerlin Rivas was in …
Read More »WBA Convention changes its date from December 11 to December 15 – World Boxing Association
In the World Boxing Association (WBA) we were ready to celebrate our annual convention with the usual excitement, with three days of good boxing, the reunion of the WBA family, and the expectation of good things for our organization and for the sport. But it won’t be like that anymore. It …
Read More »Rivas and Cruz thirsty for victory – World Boxing Association
Mayerlin Rivas and Erika Cruz declared themselves ready to fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight title this Saturday night at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. The official pre-fight press conference was held on Thursday and the two fighters met for the first time in a calm …
Read More »Bivol-Arthur confirmed for December 23rd – World Boxing Association
Dmitry Bivol will return to the ring on December 23 in Ryad, Saudi Arabia, to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight belt against Lyndon Arthur. The Kingdom Arena of the stunning Saudi Arabian city will be the venue for the return of the Kyrgyzstan native fighter who has …
Read More »“Manotas” Gonzalez dominated Schramm in great fight – World Boxing Association
Johan Gonzalez defeated Guaidó Schramm on Wednesday night at the Whitesands Events Center, in Plant City, Florida, after an excellent main event fight in the Probox TV event. The Venezuelan fighter won a majority decision with scorecards of 97-93, 96-94 and 95-95 in a tough fight in which he had …
Read More »Justin Pauldo won the WBA North American continental belt – World Boxing Association
Orlando’s Justin Pauldo defeated Jerry Perez at the beginning of the fourth round in an excellent performance to win the World Boxing Association’s North American Continental regional title on Wednesday night in Plant City, Florida. With a clear and forceful rhythm of actions, Pauldo displayed his technical skills loaded with …
Read More »Tapales-Inoue for all belts on December 26th – World Boxing Association
Marlon Tapales and Naoya Inoue will have a huge super bantamweight showdown for the 122 lbs. undisputed title on December 26. One day after Christmas, the Filipino will face the Asian at the Ariake Arena in Koto Ku, Japan. Tapales is the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion and also holds …
Read More »Yafai-Rodriguez will challenge for the WBA regional title – World Boxing Association
Khalid Yafai and Jonathan Rodriguez will contest the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight intercontinental belt this Saturday at the YouTube Theater in Inglewood, California. Yafai, a former world super flyweight champion, returned to boxing last year after a long absence and has been regaining his rhythm to return to …
Read More »Judge and referee Enzo Montero passed away – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA) regrets the death of Venezuelan Enzo Montero on Monday, November 13 at the age of 71, who was a judge and international referee of the pioneer organization. Montero, a native of the state of Zulia, died of an infection after having been hospitalized for several …
Read More »WBA has called Kholmatov-Ford for purse bid – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee has called for the purse bidding of the Vacant Featherweight title fight between Otabek Kholmatov and Raymond Ford for next Monday, November 27th. The pioneer body sent the official notification to both teams on Tuesday, November 14, with all the information and details …
Read More »Heaney defends WBA Continental belt against Bentley this Saturday – World Boxing Association
Undefeated Nathan Heaney will face Denzel Bentley in defense of the World Boxing Associstion (WBA) continental bantamweight belt this Saturday at the Manchester Arena, in the United Kingdom. It will be Heaney’s first defense and he is coming off a unanimous decision win over Jack Flatley in March of this …
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