The World Boxing Association (WBA) released its March rankings and its individual awards, which featured Otabek Kholmatov as Fighter of the Month. The Uzbek participated in a featherweight eliminator fight on March 4 and dominated the previously undefeated Thomas Patrick Ward in Newcastle, England with ease. Kholmatov, 24, is one of the strongest prospects in…
Devin Haney and Vasyl Lomachenko held their first press conference for the undisputed lightweight title fight on May 20. The city of Los Angeles, California, hosted this first face to face between both fighters, who will step into the ring of the MGM Grand, Las Vegas. Accompanied by their teams and under a great atmosphere,…
Venezuelan Liborio Solis, contender for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) bantamweight title, arrived in Japan and this Thursday held a public training session as part of the promotion for his April 8 bout against Takuma Inoue at the Ariake Arena in Koto Ku. Solis is a 41-year-old veteran who was active and waiting for…
Former world champion Anthony Joshua and his opponent this Saturday, Jermaine Franklin, are ready for their fight this Saturday at the O2 Arena in London. The final step to be cleared for the bout was taken on Friday when both stepped on the scales. Joshua made the highest weight of his career at 255.4 pounds,…
Britain’s Fabio Wardley and American Michael Polite Coffie complied with the weigh-in for their World Boxing Association (WBA) continental heavyweight title fight, which will take place this Saturday night at the O2 Arena in London. Wardley weighed 242.6 pounds, while Polite Coffie stopped the scales at 269.4 and both are ready for their showdown this…
The last day of the seventh edition of the Gilberto Mendoza Festival took place on Thursday at the Pedro “Rockero†Alcazar Gym, in Curundu, with the presence of more than a dozen amateur fighters from the country. The event was broadcast live through the official YouTube channel of the World Boxing Association and showed great…
Golden Boy Promotions, promoter of Vergil Ortiz Jr., announced that the World Boxing Association (WBA) welterweight title challenger will not be able to make his scheduled fight against champion Eimantas Stanionis on April 29 due to health problems. Through a statement, the company highlighted that the symptoms of the disease had been affecting Ortiz and…
Saul “Canelo†Alvarez appeared before the press for a public workout on Wednesday at his training facility in San Diego, California. The Mexican is preparing for the fight against John Ryder, in Guadalajara, on May 6, and the expectation is growing every day. The fight will mark the return home of Alvarez, who has not…
The World Boxing Association celebrates on March 30 the 80th anniversary of our president emeritus Gilberto Mendoza’s birthday. Mendoza, a central figure in the history of the WBA, left to posterity an unparalleled work at the head of the organization, to which he gave more than four decades of service in different roles and a…
The silver medalists of the World Amateur Boxing Championships in New Delhi, Angie Valdez and Yeni Arias, arrived in Colombia on Wednesday and offered a press conference in Barranquilla, in addition to being decorated by the World Boxing Association (WBA). The event was attended by the leaders of Fecolbox, staff of the Colombian Olympic Committee,…
The young American prospect, Anthony Olascuaga will be the opponent of the Japanese Kenshiro Teraji next April 8 at the Ariake Arena, in Koto Ku, Japan. Originally, the World Boxing Association (WBA) and WBC champion would face Jonathan Gonzalez, WBO belt holder. However, an illness suffered by Gonzalez forced him to withdraw from the fight….
The showdown between undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney and veteran Vasyl Lomachenko became official on Tuesday. The company announced that the American champion will defend his World Boxing Association (WBA), IBF, WBO and WBC crowns against the Ukrainian on May 20 at the MGM Grand in Las Vegas, Nevada. Haney is coming off two consecutive…