With the beginning of September came many announcements for the remaining of 2022. This weekend, it was announced that World Boxing Association Women’s World Light Flyweight Champion Jessica Nery Plata will face Canadian Kim Clavel on December 1 at the Place Bell in Quebec, Canada. This will be a unification …
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They met again and the Mexican warrior imposed her boxing. Erika Cruz Hernandez remains the World Boxing Association featherweight champion after unanimously defeating Jelena Mrdjenovich this Saturday night in Hermosillo, Mexico. The first bell rang and both fighters advanced with determination to center of the ring. From the moment she …
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of boxing legend, former American heavyweight fighter, Earnie Shavers, on Tuesday as he neared his 78th birthday. Several media around the world reported the passing of the Garland, Alabama native, an outstanding fighter whose professional career spanned from the late 1960s to …
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“As long as I box, I’ll do it any way I want and with whoever they put in front of me” (Carlos Monzon). Once a journalist asked Muhammad Ali’s famous trainer, Angelo Dundee, who was his perfect fighter among his trainees. “There have been many excellent boxers. But if …
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The rivalry between Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin is one of the most notorious in recent years and September will bring the third part of this rivalry with the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super championship at stake, in addition to the WBC, IBF and WBO belts. The bout will take …
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From the city of Metro City, in Perth, Australia, local Sarah Higginson will face Philippine Charimae Salvador to dispute the vacant World Boxing Association mini flyweight Oceania belt. The bout will take place on Friday, September 2 on the Thunderdome 39 card on Dragon Fire Boxing. For Higginson, this …
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After some great women’s fights this year, another great clash of champions is coming up. The 147 women’s Queen, Jessica McCaskill, has decided to move down the division again to face the rising British Chantelle Cameron. This fight will be part of the event where Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez …
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Alberto Puello won the Honorable Mention of the month of August by the World Boxing Association (WBA) thanks to his great victory over Batyr Akhmedov in Hollywood, Florida. The Dominican had a great fight against a strong opponent who kept a frantic pace throughout the fight. Puello had to appeal …
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) published its male and female rankings for the month of August with all the changes corresponding to the period after a month of good activity. The eighth month of the year had three world championship fights, all held on August 20. In Hollywood, Florida, Hector …
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Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk was awarded the World Boxing Association (WBA) Boxer of the Month thanks to his defense of the body’s Super Heavyweight Championship last August 20 against Anthony Joshua. Usyk retained his black and gold crown, as well as the IBF and WBO versions with a split decision over …
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Regional championships offer the possibility of climbing a step towards the ultimate dream. Next Friday, September 2, at Club Defensores de Villa Cassini, in Argentina, Jose “Sanson” Rosa will defend his World Boxing Association Fedelatin Welterweight belt against Brazilian Anderson Dener. In one of the main bouts, the undefeated fighter …
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Dmitry Bivol and Gilberto Ramirez had their first face-to-face at the press conference to present their fight on November 5 for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Light Heavyweight Championship in Abu Dhabi. The conference was well attended by local and international journalists, who gathered to cover the first exchange …
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