Fight fans are getting an early Holiday gift in the form of one of the best matchups of 2022 as unbeaten lightweights Michel Rivera and Frank Martin throw down Saturday night in a PBC main event on SHOWTIME. This Saturday, December 17, at The Chelsea inside The Cosmopolitan of Las …
Read More »For Frank Martin, The Moment Of Truth Has Arrived
The unbeaten lightweight contender will lay it all on the line when he faces fellow unbeaten 135-pounder Michel Rivera in a highly anticipated PBC main event Saturday night on SHOWTIME. There is a slender line separating hopeful from confident, and another separating confident from arrogant. How any fighter on the …
Read More »Judges had their first round of seminar – World Boxing Association
The Judges and Referees Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) fulfilled the first part of their seminar on Tuesday at the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA) at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The WBA team, led by Luis Pabon, with top officials like Raul …
Read More »The PBC Podcast, Derrick James, Rivera vs. Martin
Dec 14, 2022 By PBC Editor The Dallas-based trainer breaks down Saturday night’s PBC headliner on SHOWTIME and much more. Michel Rivera vs Frank Martin PREVIEW: December 17, 2022 | PBC on SHOWTIME Derrick James, arguably the best trainer in boxing today, joins The PBC Podcast this week to break …
Read More »Committee addressed mental health issue with Hopkins – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Medical Seminar at the Centennial Convention was one of the most significant in recent years because it addressed the present and urgent issue of mental health. Specialists Nina Radcliff, Shivana Inalsigh, Adriana Valbuena and Joseph Estwanik, were accompanied by the testimony of the great Bernard …
Read More »WORLD FLYWEIGHT TITLE LANDS AT WEMBLEY ON YARDE’S BIG NIGHT – ITAUMA & HUTCHINSON GO FOR TITLES
THE WBA WORLD flyweight championship clash between the champion Artem Dalakian from Ukraine and Costa Rican challenger David Jiminez will take place in support of the forthcoming Artur Beterbiev-Anthony Yarde blockbuster at the OVO Arena, Wembley on January 28, live on BT Sport. Ilford man Yarde challenges for the WBC, …
Read More »Russian and Belarusian boxers return to WBA rankings – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee and Ratings Committee, issued a statement in which it decided to reinstate Russian and Belarusian boxers to their place in the rankings. The athletes from this country are not soldiers or part of the government, so they have nothing to do …
Read More »WBA ordered Usyk-Dubois during the Convention – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, ordered the mandatory heavyweight bout between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dibois during the Centennial Convention in Orlando, this Monday. The Championships Committee had its customary meeting, in which it made several important decisions, and one of them was just this showdown …
Read More »Petchyindee Boxing Promotions won the Niyomtrong-Rosa bidding – World Boxing Association
Petchyindee Boxing Promotions won the bidding for the fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) Minimum Weight Super Champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong and champion Erick Rosa. The team representing Niyomtrong put on the table a bid of US$ 140,000, which exceeded the US$ 122,000 of Shuan Boxing, Rosa’s promotion company, and now …
Read More »Golden Boy won the bidding for Stanionis vs Ortiz Jr. – World Boxing Association
This Monday took place the bidding for the mandatory welterweight bout between the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion, Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis, and his mandatory challenger, American Vergil Ortiz Jr. The bid took place during the WBA Centennial Convention being held from December 11-14 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in …
Read More »Inoue made history winning the undisputed bantamweight title victory – World Boxing Association
Japan’s Naoya Inoue took another big step in his sterling career with an 11-round technical knockout victory over Paul Butler on Tuesday to become the undisputed bantamweight champion. The World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Champion, who also held the WBC and IBF belts, added to his trophy cabinet the WBO …
Read More »Bivol is the Boxer of the year – World Boxing Association
Dmitry Bivol received the award of Boxer of the Year during the gala dinner that took place on Monday on the second day of the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA). A star-studded dinner closed the day at the pioneering body’s event and featured Bivol’s nomination as the …
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