Jonathan Hernandez retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin welterweight belt with a technical knockout victory over Marcelo Sanchez this weekend at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. El “Fino†ended the fight in the fourth round by causing a cut on the right cheekbone of Sanchez, who was not authorized to continue at that…
Jermell Charlo has gone through quite a tough process to recover from injuries and return to the ring. Last week he made the surprise announcement that he will move up in class to face “Canelo†Alvarez for the undisputed super middleweight title on September 30, a fight that generates a lot of question marks and…
Hopey Price won the World Boxing Association (WBA) continental featherweight belt on Saturday at the Sheffield Arena. The Briton defeated James Beech Jr in the seventh round after the referee decided he could not continue. Price had another great performance and continues to prove why he is one of the most highly rated young fighters…
Lightweight prospect Floyd Schofield will appear on this Saturday’s Golden Boy Promotions evening at the AT&T Center in San Antonio to face Haskell Rodhes in defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) International belt. The 20-year-old New Jersey native will be making the second defense of his belt. He won it on January 20 by…
Eimantas Stanionis and Vergil Ortiz Jr. will step into the ring this Saturday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas, to fight for the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight crown in one of the most interesting bouts of the year. Two young boxers who are going through good times in their careers and who…
Marlen Esparza and Gabriela Alaniz are set to unify their flyweight crowns this Saturday at the AT&T Center in San Antonio, Texas. Esparza holds the World Boxing Association (WBA) belt and also holds the WBC belt, while Alaniz holds the WBO belt. The bout will be part of the Golden Boy Promotions event in which…
Pat McCormack connected with a right hand to the face of Tony Dixon late in the fourth round to send him to the canvas and virtually end their bout at the Sheffield Arena to win the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental super welterweight title. The Tokyo 2020 Olympic medalist continues to work his way up…
Maira Moneo captured the World Boxing Association (WBA) interim lightweight belt with a technical knockout victory over Alys Sanchez this Saturday night at Luna Park in Buenos Aires, Argentina. The Uruguayan had a great performance against the Venezuelan and won the interim crown in a great night of boxing in the mythical Argentinean venue. Moneo…
Savannah Marshall became the new undisputed super middleweight champion by defeating Franchon Crews-Dezurn and won all four belts of the category on Saturday at the Manchester Arena in England. An exciting fight, which was the main event of the evening, ended with a good victory for the home fighter, who moved up in class and…
Young Phoobadin Yoohanngoh retained his World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian super lightweight title with a sweeping victory in his rematch against India’s Vanlalawmpuia on Saturday. The fight took place at the SpacePlus Arena in Bangkok, Thailand. The home fighter won again as he did in February against the same opponent and showed that his evolution…
World Boxing Association (WBA) women’s bantamweight champion Nina Hughes is the WBA Women’s Boxer of the Month, while undisputed bantamweight champion Claressa Shields won the Honorable Mention for June. The women’s rankings of the pioneer body were published this Saturday, July 1, with all the corresponding changes and movements, in addition to the awards given…
Kazuto Ioka was named Boxer of the Month by the World Boxing Association (WBA) Rankings Committee after becoming the super flyweight champion on June 24 at the Ota-City General Gymnasium in Tokyo. Ioka captured the vacant belt after defeating Joshua Franco by unanimous decision in a fight in which his opponent missed weight and lost…