Mar 06, 2024 By PBC Editor The two-division titlist is ready to solidify himself as a Hall of Famer with yet another run at a world championship. A LOOK BACK at Danny “Swift” Garcia’s Fights at Barclays Center Two-division world champion and modern boxing great Danny “Swift” Garcia is this …
Read More »Inoue-Ishida confirmed for Tokyo Dome event – World Boxing Association
Takuma Inoue returns to the ring on May 6 for a new defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt against veteran Sho Ishida, in the undercard of the event that will feature Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery fighting for the undisputed super bantamweight title. The Tokyo Dome will …
Read More »QUOTES & PHOTOS FROM THE FINAL ‘KNOCKOUT CHAOS’ PRESS CONFERENCE
THE LAST WORDS were spoken this afternoon in Riyadh at the press conference ahead of Knockout Chaos on Friday evening at the Kingdom Arena. All the fighters assembled at Boulevard World to give their final thoughts and below is a brief recap from the main media activity featuring the headline …
Read More »Inoue-Nery was presented in Tokyo – World Boxing Association
Takuma Inoue will return to the ring on May 6 for a new defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt against veteran Sho Ishida, in the undercard of the event that will feature Naoya Inoue and Luis Nery fighting for the undisputed super bantamweight title. Both, Inoue and …
Read More »Charlo Named WBA Recess Champion – World Boxing Association
The WBA Championships Committee named the super champion of the. super welterweight division Jermell Charlo as champion in recess on Tuesday, March 5, in an effort to get the division moving after his long lapse without defending the crown. The vacant belt will be contested by Israil Madrimov and Mogamed …
Read More »Madrimov-Kurbanov for the WBA belt – World Boxing Association
Israil Madrimov and Magomed Kurbanov will contest the World Boxing Association (WBA) super welterweight world title on Friday at the Kingdom Arena in Ryad, Saudi Arabia. Madrimov is ranked No. 1 at 154 pounds, while Kurbanov is No. 2 and they will fight for the vacant belt once Jermell Charlo …
Read More »Yuri Akui will make his first defense on May 6 – World Boxing Association
This Wednesday was announced that World Boxing Association (WBA) flyweight champion Seigo Yuri Akui will defend his belt for the first time on May 6 against Taku Kawuhara at the Tokyo Dome, in the Japanese capital. Yuri Akui comes from winning the title last January 23 when he defeated Artem …
Read More »Tribute to Pambelé in Venezuela – World Boxing Association
An emotional tribute will be paid on Thursday March 07 and Friday March 08 in Venezuela to the Colombian boxing legend, Antonio Cervantes, “Kid Pambelé”, thanks to the initiative of the Universidad Bicentenaria de Aragua and the Colombian Embassy in the country. “Pambelé”, icon of Latin American boxing, returns to …
Read More »RIYADH READY TO ROCK
By Frank Warren OUT HERE IN Riyadh the party has well and truly started. The anticipation and atmosphere is building with each set piece event, with the Grand Arrivals and media workouts already completed and there is huge excitement over what will surely be an absolutely compelling night of boxing …
Read More »MORE THAN JUST A FIGHT – World Boxing Association
The almost 22 thousand people who witnessed the Ali-Frazier fight, on March 8, 1971, at Madison Square Garden in New York, the former Mecca of boxing, bought their tickets at the exorbitant price of $25, as well as the nearly 300 million people who watched it in theaters and on …
Read More »Angel and Henao fight for the WBA female Fedelatin belt in Barranquilla – World Boxing Association
Paulina Angel and Monica Henao will fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) female Fedelatin super lightweight belt on March 16 at the Elias Chegwin Coliseum in Barranquilla, Colombia. Both Colombian fighters will be the face of this event, which will have several bouts of the WBA Future of Colombian …
Read More »Rolly vs Pitbull Could Steal The Show on March 30
Two of the game’s most exciting sluggers will collide when Rolando “Rolly” Romero defends his WBA Super Lightweight Title against Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz Saturday, March 30, live from Las Vegas. It presents one of those treasures boxing fans crave. They can almost hear the punches before the fighters even put …
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