The time has come and the Riyadh Season will have its awaited showdown between Quernsberry Promotions and Matchroom Boxing, an event in which different fighters will face each other and that will also have as a special attraction the clash between Dmitry Bivol and Malik Zinad for the World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title. …
After having reread our last article published on this page about a brief summary of the history of heavyweight boxing, we have belatedly noticed the inexcusable omission of the name of an icon of the ring, the first great box office magnet of boxing and, obviously, an immortal with a special place in the Canastota…
This Saturday’s 5v5 Riyadh Season is raising expectations as the date draws nearer. The official Open Workout was held on Wednesday, with all the fighters of the event, including World Boxing Association (WBA) world champions Dmitry Bivol and Raymond Ford. All the boxers took their turns to step into the ring with their crews and…
THE QUEENSBERRY SKIPPER Hamzah Sheeraz agrees that his experience of trading friendly fire in the gyms across the USA will prove invaluable when he comes up against American hotshot Austin ‘Ammo’ Williams in the middleweight segment of Saturday’s 5 vs 5 extravaganza in Riyadh. The unbeaten man from Ilford takes on the unbeaten southpaw from…
Kevin Hayler Brown will fight Idalberto Umara for the World Boxing Association (WBA) continental super lightweight crown this Friday night at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. It will be a great duel of Cuban fighters for the regional belt of the pioneer body, which will be the main fight of the event organised…
On Tuesday, the ceremonial arrival of all the fighters participating in this Saturday’s Riyadh Season at the Kingdom Arena took place; Dmitry Bivol, World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight champion and his challenger Malik Zinad, as well as the rest of the participants of the 5v5 match between Matchroom Boxing and Queensberry Promotions, made their…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) congratulates Uruguayan promoter Sampson Lewkowicz on his induction into the Atlantic City Boxing Hall of Fame, recently announced along with the other inductees. . In addition to Lewkowicz, the class includes fighters Paul Williams, Sergio Martinez, Tyrone Mitchell Frazier, James Douglas, among others. Lewkowicz enters the list in the “Special…
Russian-born Australian Alexander Devyatov and India’s Karthik Kumar clash this Friday, May 31, at the Gold Coast Turf Club in Bundall, Queensland, Australia, for the WBA Oceania lightweight title. Devyatov, 26, will use all his punching power, which has seen him win 14 of his 15 fights by knockout, to try and capture the vacant…
Thailand’s Yuttapong Tongdee will defend his WBA Asia bantamweight title for the third time on Saturday, June 1 against Frenchman Giuliano Fantone at the Spaceplus Bangkok RCA in Bangkok, Thailand. Tongdee goes undefeated into his 15th fight, looking to crown his 10th win by KO. Last March he dispatched fellow Thai Thanachai Khamoon in three…
Next Saturday, June 1, undefeated Argentinean heavyweight Agustin Marini will be facing the experienced compatriot Mariano Angel Gudiño. In the 10-round bout, the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin cruiserweight belt (vacant) and the Argentine national title of the division will be at stake. It will also be the main event of the card to be…
The bidding for the World Boxing Association (WBA) minimumweight world championship bout between Thammanoon Niyomtrong and Hasanboy Dusmatov scheduled to take place on Monday has been called off after the latter applied for a leave of absence to participate in the Olympic Games. The Uzbek challenger and his team sent a formal request to the…
The cards are stacked and Raymond Ford will be hoping to have the better hand this Saturday when he defendes his featherweight World Boxing Association title for the first time against the dangerous Englishman, Nick Ball.  In one of the main fights on the Riyadh Seasons “5 vs 5†programme, all eyes are on…