On Saturday night, under the lights of the glamorous Casino of Buenos Aires, the World Boxing Association KO Drugs concluded with the second day of fights and the attendance of this noble art’s family. Each stage of this prestigious social festival, which has been supporting different institutions that fight against drugs since the 90’s, was…
Nunez’s clash with Marriaga completes the card in Carson, where an all-Mexican war stands out, as Arturo Cardenas takes on Jesus Arechiga. Cardenas (14-0-1 8 KOs) defends his Continental Americas Super-Bantamweight title for the second time in LA, having edged out Danny Flores via majority decision in Phoenix in June to defend the strap for…
The World Boxing Association’s KO Drugs event in Buenos Aires will culminate with a double day of fights starting on Saturday afternoon and the athletes have already met the scales. The main event of the second and double day on Saturday will be the WBA super bantamweight world title fight between Argentinean fighter Nazarena Romero…
The KO Drugs bouts started on Friday night with the Fedelatin World Boxing Association bantamweight crowning of Argentinian fighter Lucrecia Arrieta, who beat Veronica Zuluaga on the scorecards. The boxers Arrieta and Zuluaga kicked off an afternoon that, as usual, seeks to promote clean sport and its practice for a better quality of life. Going…
To support and motivate the boxers of the region, several World Boxing Association regional belts were contested during the first KO Drugs event, which took place at the Casino de Buenos Aires. Fans witness different styles on a ring framed in an arena that has already become the home of the KO Drugs in Argentina. …
The historic KO Drugs Festival, promoted by the World Boxing Association in its third consecutive presentation on Argentinean soil, has been officially opened with the first weigh-in day. The atmosphere began to heat up with all the boxers successfully passing the first test on the scales and with the call of the local press and…
Third time’s the charm. Argentina’s Nazarena “Capricho†Romero is looking for her third consecutive WBA super bantamweight world title, when she takes on Mexico’s Paulette Valenzuela Cuesta this Saturday, August 24, in the closing day of the KO a las Drogas International Boxing Festival, at the Casino Buenos Aires in the Argentine capital. Romero and…
The International Boxing Festival KO Drugs returns to Argentina this week and it is inevitable to review the history of this flagship program of the World Boxing Association. Three decades of hard work, of effort of the boxing family in different countries that, as it will happen once again in Buenos Aires, come together to…
Eddie Hearn and Matchroom are delighted to announce the signing of one of boxing’s biggest megastars in Shakur Stevenson. The WBC World Lightweight Champion (22-0, 10 KOs) will defend his championship against former IBF Super-Featherweight king Joe Cordina on October 12 in the upcoming Riyadh Season spectacle in the Kingdom of Saudi Arabia. His Excellency…
Mexico’s Jackie Calvo and Argentina’s MarÃa Magdalena Rivera will fight on Friday, August 23 for the World Boxing Association interim flyweight world title at the opening of the International Boxing Festival KO Drugs. Calvo and Rivera will star in an electrifying opening show of the KO Drugs, to be held at the Casino Buenos Aires…
Argentina will pay special recognition to the World Boxing Association on Friday, August 23rd. On that day, the Legislatura de la Ciudad Autónoma de Buenos Aires will present the WBA president, Gilberto Jesús Mendoza, with the recognition of Distinguished Visitor of this capital city. Gilberto Mendoza will be the guest of honor of the Buenos…
FRANK WARREN AND Queensberry are delighted to announce the signing of British, Commonwealth, WBO European and WBA Continental Heavyweight champion Fabio Wardley to a mult-fight promotional agreement. The highly regarded undefeated 29-year-old heavy (17-0-1) from Ipswich joins the Queensberry ranks ahead of the much-anticipated rematch with Frazer Clarke on the stacked undercard of Artur Beterbiev…