Boxing News
After signing a new contract this year, Seniesa “Super Bad†Estrada will make the second defense of her World Boxing Association Minimum belt against Argentinean fighter JazmÃn “La Jefa†Villarino. This will be the co-main event of a promising event to be held on November 12 at the Palms Casino Resorts in Las Vegas, Nevada….
Puerto Rican legend Miguel Cotto will attend the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA), to be held from December 11 to 14 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The former world champion confirmed his attendance to the event that promises to be one of the most important in recent years as…
The World Boxing Association has a queen at 102 lbs. who continues to demonstrate her power. On Friday night, Brenda Montserrat Alarcon made another successful defense of her belt against her Mexican compatriot Brenda Balderas. After 10 rounds at the BB Auditorium in Mexico City, the judges unanimously awarded the victory to Montserrat: 100-94/97-93/98-92. The…
Saul “Canelo†Alvarez won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Boxer of the Month award after his great victory over Gennady Golovkin last September 17 at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. The pioneer organization published its September ranking with all the changes in each category and, in addition, granted the award to the Mexican…
Venezuelan Leonardo Sanchez retained his national welterweight title last Saturday in Caracas, Venezuela, with a ninth round technical knockout win over compatriot Simon Gonzalez. Sanchez made the first defense of his title against a highly motivated opponent who put up a war in the main fight of the evening organized by Morón Promotions. However, the…
Oleksandr Usyk has been committed to his country at all times since the conflict between Ukraine and Russia broke out this year. The World Boxing Association (WBA) Heavyweight Super Champion was in his country supporting the soldiers defending it from the invasion in a grand gesture. In an interview with Talk Sports, his manager Egis…
DENZEL BENTLEY WILL fight for the WBO world middleweight championship when he takes on the champion, Janibek Alimkhanuly at the Palms Casino Resort in Las Vegas on November 12, exclusively live on BT Sport in the UK. Promoted by Top Rank, in association with Frank Warren’s Queensberry, two-time British champion Bentley challenges the unbeaten Kazakh…
Sunday, October 2, brought the sad news of the passing of Eder Jofre, the greatest legend of Brazilian boxing and the most important bantamweight of all time. The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the departure of Jofre, who passed away in São Paulo at the age of 86 after complications derived from pneumonia with which…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the departure of our friend and member, Francisco MartÃnez, who had been struggling with various health complications in recent days. MartÃnez was one of the most honorable members of the WBA and a man who knew how to reach remote places in favor of boxing and the pioneer organization. …
The two-division world champion is recognized for his work in the community and being an inspiration to Latino children in Philadelphia. Danny Garcia laughs at the recollection. He was 26 years old the first time he bought a suit. He remembers busting on Amir Khan because he wore suits. The former two-division world champion used…
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its championships committee in an extensive review of the feather division, decided that Leigh Wood must face Leo Santa Cruz in his return to the ring after his injury as part of the World Title Reduction Plan. The WBA has requested Wood’s team to provide reports and examinations of…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of Colombian boxer Luis Quiñones, who was fighting for his life for the past four days after his fight on Saturday. Quiñones’ family and medical team confirmed that the 25-year-old fighter passed away at dawn this Friday morning. Last Saturday he fought Luis Muñoz in Barranquilla and…