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The World Boxing Association (WBA) released its December rankings and with them the individual awards, which went to Japan’s Naoya Inoue as Fighter of the Month and Daniel Dubois as Honorable Mention. Inoue became the first Japanese-born undisputed champion in history after defeating Paul Butler by technical knockout in 10 …

Gervonta Davis and Hector Garcia will star in the first world title fight of 2023 this January 7 at the Capital One Arena in Washington. The American will defend his WBA lightweight title against the Dominican in the night’s main event.  It will be the fourth defense for the 28-year-old …

Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka fight ended at split draw on Saturday, December 31 at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, so the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion retained his super flyweight title. Franco continues as champion of the pioneer organization, while Ioka remains as owner of the WBO …

FRANK WARREN AND Queensberry are delighted to announce the signing of World Youth and European Heavyweight champion Moses Itauma to a long-term promotional agreement. The highly rated Chatham-based heavy turned 18 on Thursday and joins his older brother, Olympic Youth champion Karol, in the Queensberry ranks and fighting on BT …

As the year draws to an end, it’s time to recap on what happened in 2022 in boxing around the world. The WBA team has picked out 12 important boxing moments during 2022. Claressa Shields Guinness In January of this year, the undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields received the Guinness …

Kazuto Ioka did a public training session before his fight on December 31 against the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion, Joshua Franco. The Japanese, who holds the WBO super flyweight title, is ready to defend his home and made this known during his routine, in which dozens of journalists and …

Two panthers sharpen their claws for this Friday, December 30, when they step into the ring of the Casino de Buenos Aires in Argentina. Erica Farias and Maira Moneo will fight in a World Boxing Association lightweight eliminator where Katie Taylor is the absolute champion.  Farias, better known as “La …

World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Gervonta Davis did a public workout in Miami earlier this week and talked about his fight next January 7 against Dominican Hector Garcia, which will be in Washington. The American made some moves in front of the press in attendance and also gave some …

The last fight of the year will take place at the Ota-City General Gymnasium, Tokyo, Japan, and will have World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion Joshua Franco facing WBO monarch Kazuto Ioka in a unification fight. Franco will be making his comeback fight after an absence of more than …

The municipality of Juanacatlan, in Jalisco, unveiled a statue in honor of Saul Alvarez on Tuesday, for his great boxing achievements as well as how he has left high the Mexican people both in and out of the ring. “Canelo” attended the event in the company of his wife and …

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