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GOLDEN BOY SIGNS LIGHTWEIGHT PROSPECT JOHNNY “SUGARCANE” CAÑAS OF SANTA ANA, CALIF.  LOS ANGELES, CA (March 27, 2023): Golden Boy Promotions announced today the signing of 20-year-old lightweight prospect Johnny “Sugarcane” Cañas to its promotional banner. “I want to thank Oscar De La Hoya, Eric Gomez and the entire Golden Boy …

GOLDEN BOY FIGHT NIGHT ON DAZN RETURNS WITH FAN FAVORITES INCLUDING SAN DIEGO’S JORGE CHAVEZ AND COACHELLA’S GRANT FLORES COMPLETE UNDERCARD SET FOR ANGEL “TITO” ACOSTA VS. ANGELINO “HURACÁN” CORDOVA  LIVE FROM FANTASY SPRINGS RESORT CASINO TICKETS STILL ON SALE! INDIO, CA (April 4, 2023) – The fight card has been …

Argentine Mirco Cuello defeated Flecher Silva this weekend in South American title fight held at the Radisson Victoria Plaza in Montevideo, Uruguay.  The featherweight prospect scored a sixth round technical knockout in a fight in which he was superior and showed his power from the start to finish it in …

VERGIL ORTIZ, JR. PULLS OUT OF FIGHT AGAINST EIMANTAS STANIONIS SCHEDULED FOR APRIL 29 ORTIZ, JR. SUFFERS FLARE-UP FROM RHABDOMYOLYSIS LOS ANGELES, CA (March 29, 2023) – In preparation for his upcoming fight on April 29 in Arlington, Texas, Vergil Ortiz, Jr. has had to pull out of his main event …

World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Americas featherweight champion Raymond Ford will make another defense of his regional crown against veteran Jessie Magdaleno at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio. Ford, 24, is a technically gifted fighter who has held the championship since 2021. The American has been …

A new presentation of the World Boxing Association (WBA) light flyweight champion, Kenshiro Teraji, will mark the main fight of the night this Saturday at the Ariake Arena, in Koto Ku, Japan. The unified champion of the division will face young Anthony Olascuaga in an interesting fight.  Kenshiro is coming …

Takuma Inoue and Liborio Solis will step into the ring at the Ariake Arena in Koto Ku, Japan, to contest the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt this Saturday. The black and gold belt is currently unowned because Naoya Inoue decided to move up in class and drop all …

Murodjon Akhmadaliev will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Bantamweight Super Championship for the fourth time next Saturday against Marlon Tapales at the Boeing Center at Tech Port in San Antonio, Texas. The Uzbek, who is one of the most outstanding fighters of the division and is also IBF …

The U.S. District Court for the Northern District of Illinois (Eastern Division) granted the World Boxing Association’s (WBA) legal team’s motion to dismiss a lawsuit against the body made by Fres Oquendo in January 2021.  Judge Andrea Wood determined, in applying the relevant WBA rules, that federal court was not …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee ordered negotiations for the world title fight between Super Heavyweight Champion Oleksaandr Usyk and Champion Daniel Dubois. The official communication was sent to the parties on Monday. The teams of both fighters will have 30 days to negotiate, which will start this April …

Thailand’s Phoobadin Yoohanngoh retained his WBA Asia super lightweight crown by defeating Filipino Jose Rosa Jr. by 10th round technical knockout.  A new performance by the 19-year-old fighter at Bangkok’s SpacePlus Arena marked another step in his career and a victory that keeps him as the youngest WBA Asia champion.  …

This Saturday was confirmed the second fight between the champion Mauricio Lara and his now challenger to the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title Leigh Wood, which will be on May 27 at the Manchester Arena.  After a first meeting on February 18 in Nottingham, in which Lara delivered a …