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…
Tomorrow night, standout prospect Kurt Scoby (11-0, 9 KOs) will enter the ring for the first time since signing a multi-year promotional deal with DiBella Entertainment. Scoby will face Hank Lundy in the eight-round main event at Sony Hall in Times Square, New York City. When he steps into the ring on Thursday, among the many eyes who…
Franchon Crews Dezurn and Savannah Marshall held their public workout in Manchester on Wednesday prior to Saturday’s undisputed super middleweight title fight. On a big day with plenty of press and fans in attendance, all the fighters of the event had their turns to work out and show their fitness. Obviously, Crews and Marshall were…
Super welterweight prospect and Tokyo 2020 Olympic medalist Pat McCormack will seek his first professional title this Saturday when he takes on Tony Dixon for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental title. McCormack won a silver medal at welterweight during Tokyo 2020 and two years later made his professional boxing debut. He is currently 28…
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…