The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee approved the request made by the teams of Gilberto Ramirez and Yuniel Dorticos to extend the negotiation period for their cruiserweight title bout by 10 days. This Tuesday, August 27, the auction for the fight was due to take place, but at the request of the parties, the…
Next Saturday, August 31, the two fighters from Anzoátegui state, Venezuela, will meet, where Jonathan Hernández, undefeated, will defend for the fifth time his World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin title against the tough Eddy ‘El Terrible’ Colmenares. The 10-round Welterweight bout will be the co-main event of the fight between Aldana Florencia López (10-0) and…
With the aim of continuing to evolve in the noble art, the World Boxing Association was part of a solidarity event in the town of Lugano, in the province of Buenos Aires where the WBA KIDS project was presented. The Saturday morning event, which started in Barrio 20 of Lugano and was called ‘High Impact’,…
The second KO Drugs Day was held on Saturday at the Casino de Buenos Aires and one of the main moments was the consecration of the local Nazarena ‘Capricho’ Romero as World Boxing Association 122 lbs. absolute champion after defeating the Mexican Pailette Valenzuela Cuesta by technical knockout. It was a bout that received a…
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…