This Saturday was confirmed the second fight between the champion Mauricio Lara and his now challenger to the World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight title Leigh Wood, which will be on May 27 at the Manchester Arena. After a first meeting on February 18 in Nottingham, in which Lara delivered a spectacular knockout to Wood to…
Fabio Wardley became the new World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental heavyweight champion after defeating Michael Petite Coffie by technical knockout in the fourth round on Saturday at the O2 Arena, London, England. The Briton established his power in a fight that was a test for his career and the referee stopped the actions before a…
Former world champion Jamie Mitchell returned to the ring this Friday night and defeated Lindsay Garbatt by majority decision to capture the World Boxing Association (WBA) International bantamweight title at the Kendal G. L. Isaacs National Gymnasium in Nassau, Bahamas. Mitchell put on an aggressive, exchange fight to get the win on the 97-93, 97-93…
British Ohara Davies won the Honorable Mention awarded by the World Boxing Association (WBA) every month with the publication of the official rankings. Davies was recognized for his good performance in March, a period in which Otabek Kholmatov won the award as the boxer of the month for the pioneering organization. Davies had a super…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Boxer of the Month award was given to Seniesa Estrada. The American managed to unify the WBA and WBC minimumweight crowns last March 25 against Tina Rupprecht and remains firm in her goal of becoming undisputed 105-pound champion. Estrada faced an undefeated champion like the German and managed to dominate…
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…