The clash between World Boxing Association (WBA) Minimum Super Champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong and champion Erick Rosa will define the sole champion of the division on Wednesday, March 1, in Nakhon Sawan, Thailand. The bout is part of the WBA World Title Reduction Plan and will settle the 105 pounds, since the winner will be the…
DAVID ADELEYE IS the new WBO European heavyweight champion following a resounding stoppage victory over Dymtro Bezus at York Hall on Friday night, with both Mark Chamberlain and Henry Turner retaining their IBF and WBC belts respectively. The explosive Adeleye set about the Ukrainian from the first bell, with the previously unbeaten Bezus floored with…
Puerto Rican Jonathan Gonzalez will be going to possibly the most important fight of his career. He will challenge the World Boxing Association (WBA) light flyweight champion Kenshiro Teraji on April 8 at the Ariake Arena in Koto-Ku, Japan. Gonzalez, WBO champion, knows the difficult challenge he faces and how significant a victory could be…
Mexican Gilberto Ramirez is set to return to the ring on March 18 against veteran Gabriel Rosado in a light heavyweight bout with a venue to be confirmed. The bout was announced by Golden Boy and will mark the talented fighter’s return after his loss last November to Dmitry Bivol. Not only did he lose…
The man, an obscure screenwriter of low-budget movies and a occasional supporting actor in supporting, turned on the TV and settled into the one rickety couch in his modest apartment in West Hollywood, a suburb of Los Angeles, California, to watch live the fight in which Muhammad Ali would expose for the first time the…
Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara both made weight for their World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title bout this Saturday at the Nottingham Arena in Nottingham, England. Champion Wood stopped the scales at 126 pounds, while the challenger made a weight of 126 pounds, and both are ready for the black and gold belt bout this…
DAVID ADELEYE BIDS to join the heavyweight title-holders when he fights for a first professional belt on Friday against Dmytro Bezus at York Hall, live on BT Sport. Both unbeaten heavies hold a record of 10-0 heading into a challenge for the vacant WBO European title. The Londoner tops the KO-count with nine against the…
This Thursday was the last press conference before this Saturday’s fight between Leigh Wood and Mauricio Lara for the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title. A great atmosphere and maximum tension was felt between the British champion and the Mexican challenger, who assured to be ready for the fight and also had a very intense…
Mauricio Lara has said on several occasions that boxing is not something he likes the most, but his “brave blood†is what keeps him in the ring and, besides, he fights for other motivations. This Saturday he is facing his opportunity for the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight world title against Leigh Wood and he…
One characteristic of champion Leigh Wood’s career is that he has been able to overcome trials despite many people having doubts. The World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion has worked very hard to get to the position he is in and wants to keep the belt against Mauricio Lara this Saturday. He is fortunate to…
By Frank Warren WE ARE BACK on the Bethnal Green beat on Friday for our first York Hall show of 2023. We got off to a captivating start to our year of boxing at Wembley a couple of weeks back with Anthony Yarde’s thrilling challenge to light heavyweight General Artur Beterbiev and there are many…
Undefeated super lightweight contender Jeremias Ponce and rising trainer Andrew Council are this week’s guests on The PBC Podcast. Ponce looks ahead to his February 25 World Title bout versus Subriel Matias at The Amory in Minneapolis, live on SHOWTIME (9 p.m. ET/6 p.m. PT)Â and explains why fight fans are in for a real treat…