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Puerto Rican Oscar Collazo scored an important victory for his career and dethroned Thammanoon Niyomtrong from his World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight championship with a seventh round technical knockout during their bout held at The Venue, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia.  Collazo ended a 10-year, 16-defense reign of the Thai, who has …

Gilberto Ramirez was the star of Latino Night this weekend in Riyadh and unified two cruiserweight belts with a convincing victory over Chris Billam-Smith in the Riyadh Season event.  The World Boxing Association (WBA) champion defended his crown and also took the WBO crown, which was held by the Briton …

This Monday it was officially announced that the World Boxing Association (WBA) super flyweight champion, Fernando “Puma” Martinez, will return to Japan for a second consecutive fight against Kazuto Ioka on December 31.  The Ota-City General Gymnasium, in Tokyo, will be the venue for the rematch between the Argentine and …

By Frank Warren LAST WEEK WE enjoyed a London gathering to put a marker down ahead of the Magnificent Seven hitting the capital for the first time on December 7. There was plenty for everybody to get stuck into, with 13 of the 14 fighters involved in the main fights …

Jonathan “Maravilla” Alonso, ambassador of the World Boxing Association (WBA), presented his book entitled Uno Entre Un Millón (One in a Million), which narrates his personal story of how a boy from the Dominican Republic moved to Spain at a very young age and fulfilled his dream of becoming a …

On Wednesday, took place the public training on the eve of the Latino Night, which will be next Saturday at The Venue, in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia. All the fighters who will participate in the event had training sessions for the press and the public present, amidst a great atmosphere. Gilberto …

A look at the 10 of the most dynamite KOs the boxing world has witnessed in this era. In sports, there is no greater finale than the knockout. Over the years, fight fans have witnessed some of the most devastating finishes on Premier Boxing Champions. Without further ado, here is a …

Veteran Roger Gutierrez and Moises Flores will face each other on Friday for the NABA lightweight title, an entity attached to the World Boxing Association (WBA). The event will take place in Maracaibo, Venezuela, and will put two fighters of great trajectory face to face.  The Venezuelan Gutierrez will be …

The third day of the WBA Future of Mexican Boxing will take place on Saturday, November 16 in the Mexican capital with the participation of more than 60 fighters of different ages.  In an effort to promote young talent from various countries, the WBA has launched this program in conjunction …

Raymond Ford captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental North America super featherweight belt by defeating Orlando Gonzalez on Saturday night at the Wells Fargo Center in Philadelphia.  The former featherweight world champion moved up a weight class to 130 pounds and put on a stellar performance in which he …

The second day of the WBA Future of Mexican Boxing took place this weekend in Mexico City with a great presence of fighters of different ages in an amateur bout that left great sensations. With the help of Ricardo Chew, Decisión Dividida and Sport Boxing MX, the second date of …

Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Oscar Collazo are set for their minimumweight unification fight this Saturday at the Riyadh Season event in the Saudi Arabian capital. The World Boxing Association (WBA) champion will face the WBO monarch in the middle of Latino Night.  Niyomtrong, one of the pioneer body’s most enduring champions, …