The clash between Cuban Daniel Matellon and Venezuelan Carlos Cañizales will be one of the most interesting fights at the World Boxing Association (WBA) KO Drugs, which will take place on Friday and Saturday in Argentina in a double card. Matellon and Cañizales are the highest ranked fighters in the pioneering organization and the winner…
Nina Hughes will make the first defense of her World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight belt against Katie Healy this Saturday at Wembley Arena in London. The bout will be part of the Matchroom Boxing evening in the capital of England where two undefeated women will fight for the crown. For Hughes it has been a…
This Friday, when the bell rings for the first bout of the event to be staged at the Casino Buenos Aires in the Argentine capital, the World Boxing Association will begin celebrating the 30th anniversary of its flagship program, the KO Drugs International Boxing Festival, which has provided so many opportunities for emerging boxing talent…
World Boxing Association middleweight champion, self-proclaimed Greatest Woman Of All Time, Claressa Shields, successfully defended all the belts on Saturday night against Maricela Cornejo in Detroit. When the bout ended you could see the emotion of both fighters. On the one hand, Shields had performed beyond the standard, she never underestimated her opponent, she was…
Leandro Jose Blanc captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin flyweight title with a unanimous decision win over Kervin Romero at the Club Atletico Huracan in Buenos Aires last weekend. The former Argentine Olympian got scorecards of 99-90, 97-92 and 97-92 in a good fight over the Venezuelan, in which he knocked him down in…
DiBella Entertainment has inked a promotional agreement with rising featherweight contender Edward “Kid†Vazquez (14-1, 3 KOs), from Fort Worth, TX. Vazquez hails from a fighting family. His grandfather and uncle were both fighters, along with several cousins. On his seventh birthday, Vazquez asked his father to take him to the local boxing gym in Fort Worth; a…
The World Boxing Association’s KO Drugs International Boxing Festival returns to Argentina this June 9 and 10, and is once again welcomed by the Casino Buenos Aires, home of great boxing events in the southern capital. A double date that promises excitement, with a world title fight between the Venezuelan Mayerlin Rivas, WBA super bantamweight…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee approved on Monday, June 5, 2023, that Marlon Tapales, WBA super bantamweight champion, will unify his belt against the winner of Naoya Inoue and Stephen Fulton. Meanwhile, Murodjon Akhmadaliev and Tomoki Kameda must meet in a final eliminator to determine the division’s mandatory challenger. Tapales defeated Akhmadaliev last…
Mayerlin Rivas will defend her World Boxing Association (WBA) super bantamweight belt against Nazarena Romero on Saturday night during the XXXIX edition of the pioneer organization’s KO Drugs KO at the Casino in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Venezuelan champion will defend her belt for the second time against the Argentinean boxer in the main fight…
The World Boxing Association’s KO Drugs International Boxing Festival, to be held on June 9 and 10 at the Buenos Aires Casino in the Argentine capital, promises two days full of electrifying fights, with a world title at stake, a world eliminator and the dispute of several regional titles. In addition to the main bouts…
The July 8 World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title fight between Eimantas Stanionis and Vergil Ortiz Jr. is one of the most anticipated bouts of the year as it pits two young, undefeated fighters looking to move to the top of the division. Stanionis is the belt owner with a great amateur background, while Ortiz…
Detroit, Michigan (June 5, 2023) — It seemed as though from the onset, Saturday night (6/3) would be a memorable one for WENDY “HAITIAN FIRE†TOUSSAINT (now 14-2 6KO’s) in Detroit. Toussaint squared up with local fan favorite and undefeated super welterweight ARDREAL “BOSSMAN†HOLMES JR. (Now 14-0 5KO’s) for the vacant IBF-USBA Super Welterweight Title at Little Caesars Arena on DAZN. The Holmes-Toussaint co-feature…