Hopey Price will make another defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental featherweight championship when he takes on James Beech Jnr this Saturday at the Sheffield Arena. Price, one of British boxing’s top prospects, is a regional champion of the pioneer organization and has been growing with every performance. The 23 year old southpaw…
That June 25, 71 years ago, the thermometer read 40 degrees Celsius (104 Fahrenheit), the hottest night in New York that summer and possibly to this day. Around the ring placed in the center of the now extinct Yankee Stadium in the Bronx — “The house that Ruth built,†as baseball fans called it —…
Germany’s Nina Meinke won the World Boxing Association (WBA) Gold featherweight belt with a unanimous decision over Japanese veteran Kimika Miyoshi last weekend at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany. The local fighter got a wide victory in the cards 100-90, 99-91 and 99-91, which evidenced the dominance she had in the course of the fight…
Matchroom Boxing confirmed that Jessica McCaskill and Sandy Ryan have reached an agreement to fight for all the welterweight belts and that the bout is signed pending confirmation of the location and date. McCaskill is the World Boxing Association (WBA), IBF and WBC champion, and will face Ryan, who has just won the WBO belt. …
The hard-hitting lightweight contender is ready to assert himself among the upper crust, as he explains on this week’s episode. Star lightweight contender Isaac “Pitbull†Cruz joins The PBC Podcast this week to discuss Gervonta Davis, the state of the 135-pound division and, of course, his upcoming showdown versus undefeated Giovanni Cabrera Saturday, July 29…
Greece’s Marios Kollias stunned Felix Langberg last weekend to take the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Europe heavyweight belt with a third round technical knockout. The bout held at the Stadthalle in Rostock, Germany, ended with a tremendous upset by the visiting fighter, who quickly finished the fight over Langberg to take the belt and…
The activity in Oceania by the World Boxing Association (WBA) regional body, had two great protagonists this June. Australians Mostyn Niemann and Qamil Balla captured regional belts in different bouts they held during the month. In Niemann’s case, he defeated Fijian Savenaca Naliva by knockout in one round to win the vacant Oceania cruiserweight belt…
A rematch between World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian super lightweight champion Phoobadin Yoohanngoh and challenger Vanlalawmpuia will take place this Saturday at the SpacePlus Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. In their first bout held last February, Yoohanngoh defended his continental belt against Vanlalawmpuia with a disputed unanimous decision that ended on cards of 96-94, 97-93 and…
The undisputed super middleweight champion, Franchon Crews Dezurn, will defend her belts against Savannah Marshall this Saturday at the Manchester Arena, in England. The owner of the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt and the WBC, IBF and WBO belts will travel to British soil to face the home fighter and defend her belts. Crews Dezurn…
Antioquia’s John Lenon Gutierrez added another professional victory by knocking out Eddy Maita this Saturday during the third evening of the WBA Future of the Colombian Boxing project, which was held in Barranquilla, Colombia. Gutierrez worked with patience and order with punches to the leather and good combinations to the face against an opponent with…
Colombian Fran Mendoza (17-0, 7KO) defeated Canarian Jonathan Santana (9-5-1, 1KO) by unanimous decision in a bantamweight bout agreed to 8 rounds, which took place in the mythical pavilion of La Casilla, Bilbao. In the first rounds Mendoza had a hard time warming up, but from the fourth round on he managed to set the…
WBA Asia has the firm objective of further developing the continental talent and expand to different territories with good boxing. On Monday they announced the agreement with different companies such as Color Star Technology, Powerful Promotions and TL Boxing Promotions to make the Color World Cup, which will begin on August 26, in Dubai. The…