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Australian prospect Skye Nicolson was named 2022 World Boxing Association (WBA) Female Revelation of the Year thanks to her strong performance during the year.  Nicolson stormed into the 126-pound division earlier this year. The 27-year-old fighter made her debut in March 2022 with a win over then-undefeated American Jessica Juarez …

The World Boxing Association (WBA) released its December rankings and with them the individual awards, which went to Japan’s Naoya Inoue as Fighter of the Month and Daniel Dubois as Honorable Mention. Inoue became the first Japanese-born undisputed champion in history after defeating Paul Butler by technical knockout in 10 …

Gervonta Davis and Hector Garcia will star in the first world title fight of 2023 this January 7 at the Capital One Arena in Washington. The American will defend his WBA lightweight title against the Dominican in the night’s main event.  It will be the fourth defense for the 28-year-old …

Joshua Franco and Kazuto Ioka fight ended at split draw on Saturday, December 31 at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan, so the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion retained his super flyweight title. Franco continues as champion of the pioneer organization, while Ioka remains as owner of the WBO …

FRANK WARREN AND Queensberry are delighted to announce the signing of World Youth and European Heavyweight champion Moses Itauma to a long-term promotional agreement. The highly rated Chatham-based heavy turned 18 on Thursday and joins his older brother, Olympic Youth champion Karol, in the Queensberry ranks and fighting on BT …

White Plains, New York (December 30, 2022) – Before looking ahead to all of the possibilities the new year may bring, we look back through 2022 – a year that saw thrilling action and, at long last, the return of a full year of the sweet science. 2022 commenced with the …

As the year draws to an end, it’s time to recap on what happened in 2022 in boxing around the world. The WBA team has picked out 12 important boxing moments during 2022. Claressa Shields Guinness In January of this year, the undisputed middleweight champion Claressa Shields received the Guinness …

Charlo’s stirring stoppage win over Brian Castano made him the first ever undisputed 154-pound champion in the four-belt era — and to many, proved he is the best fighter in the sport today. Undisputed. To some it might seem such a simple word. Who could think that a mere 10 …

By Frank Warren LOOKING BACK ON the year 2022, one man stands head and shoulders above everyone in more ways than one and that is our heavyweight King of the Ring, Tyson Fury. It was the year where Tyson parked up his roadshow firmly back here in the UK and …

An epic back and forth between top 154-pounders ends with Sebastian Fundora scoring his biggest victory to date and a valiant Erickson Lubin gaining a new legion of fans. Sebastian Fundora knew what was going on inside. The 6-foot, 5½-inch “Towering Inferno” has known all along. It was just a …

Salute to Hector Luis Garcia, who shocked the world with his brilliant victory over then-unbeaten Chris Colbert in February. Sometimes success in boxing is the product of being in the right place at the right time. Chris Colbert, a fast-rising young star, was scheduled to challenge WBA super featherweight champion …

In a battle of former super middleweight champions, “Sweethands” Plant delivers a brilliant one-punch KO win and reminds the 168-pound division that he remains one of the very elite. In boxing, bad blood often leads to good fights.  Caleb “Sweethands” Plant and Anthony “The Dog” Dirrell had been circling each …