Y2 Boxing won the promotional rights for the World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight title fight between champion Arsen Gulamirian and mandatory challenger Aleksei Egorov. The company, was represented by Yohan Zaoui and David Berlin, made an offer of US$ 364,000.00, which exceeded those of the other participants and set the date for the fight on…
Being the WBO African Champ as well as the newly crowned WBA Asian Cruiserweight Champion is not enough for big power-puncher Rolly Lambert Fogoum (14-1-1, 12 KO’s), the poet-boxer craves for more. Indeed, the multi-lingual fighter, fluent in Spanish, Bandjoun, French, Bamendjou and English, the Cameroon-native – now a resident in Dubai, United Araba Emirates…
The young Argentine prospect, José “Sanson†Rosa, made the first defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin welterweight title by defeating Brazilian Anderson Dener by technical knockout in five rounds this Friday night. The fighter from La Rioja gave a great show to the audience that gathered at the Escuela de Educación Técnica No….
From Australia to the world, the local Sarah Higginson won an eight round fight over Philippine Charimae Salvador to win the World Boxing Association Oceania Regional Light Flyweight belt on Friday at the Metro City in Perth. In a tough back and forth bout, where the local had to put all her efforts to overcome…
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 bout, since Kim Clavel won…
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 threw her first jab from…
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 the mid-1990s in a long-lived…
“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 my opinion counts, for me…
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 place five years and one…
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. Â For Higginson, this will be her third fight…
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 will fight for the World…
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 to his reach and his…