Y2 Boxing won the promotional rights for the World Boxing Association (WBA) cruiserweight title fight between champion Arsen Gulamirian and mandatory challenger Aleksei Egorov. The company, was represented by Yohan Zaoui and David Berlin, made an offer of US$ 364,000.00, which exceeded those of the other participants and set the …
Read More »Andy Ruiz Drops Luis Ortiz Three Times, Wins Unanimous Decision
The former unified heavyweight champion puts on a power punching display, taking a major step toward another world title shot in the main event of FOX Sports PBC Pay-Per-View from Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles. Andy “The Destroyer” Ruiz doesn’t throw a lot of punches. It’s probably because the Mexican-American …
Read More »Joey Spencer, Ra’eese Aleem Shine On The Big Stage
Spencer proves he’s a force in the 154-pound division as he cruises past Kevin Salgado on FOX while super bantam Aleem moves one step closer to a world title with a dominant win over Mike Plania on FS1. It’s easy to forget Joey Spencer is 22 years old. It’s as …
Read More »Rolly Lambert Fogoum, the New WBA Asia King, Aiming to Global Dominance in the Cruiserweight Division – World Boxing Association
Being the WBO African Champ as well as the newly crowned WBA Asian Cruiserweight Champion is not enough for big power-puncher Rolly Lambert Fogoum (14-1-1, 12 KO’s), the poet-boxer craves for more. Indeed, the multi-lingual fighter, fluent in Spanish, Bandjoun, French, Bamendjou and English, the Cameroon-native – now a resident …
Read More »“Sanson” Rosa defended his WBA Fedelatin belt – World Boxing Association
The young Argentine prospect, José “Sanson” Rosa, made the first defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Fedelatin welterweight title by defeating Brazilian Anderson Dener by technical knockout in five rounds this Friday night. The fighter from La Rioja gave a great show to the audience that gathered at the …
Read More »Sarah Higginson is the new WBA Oceania Regional Champion – World Boxing Association
From Australia to the world, the local Sarah Higginson won an eight round fight over Philippine Charimae Salvador to win the World Boxing Association Oceania Regional Light Flyweight belt on Friday at the Metro City in Perth. In a tough back and forth bout, where the local had to put …
Read More »Jessica Nery Plata and the opportunity to unify at 108 lbs – World Boxing Association
With the beginning of September came many announcements for the remaining of 2022. This weekend, it was announced that World Boxing Association Women’s World Light Flyweight Champion Jessica Nery Plata will face Canadian Kim Clavel on December 1 at the Place Bell in Quebec, Canada. This will be a unification …
Read More »Erika Cruz reaffirmed her reign – World Boxing Association
They met again and the Mexican warrior imposed her boxing. Erika Cruz Hernandez remains the World Boxing Association featherweight champion after unanimously defeating Jelena Mrdjenovich this Saturday night in Hermosillo, Mexico. The first bell rang and both fighters advanced with determination to center of the ring. From the moment she …
Read More »WBA mourns the passing of Earnie Shavers – World Boxing Association
The World Boxing Association (WBA) mourns the passing of boxing legend, former American heavyweight fighter, Earnie Shavers, on Tuesday as he neared his 78th birthday. Several media around the world reported the passing of the Garland, Alabama native, an outstanding fighter whose professional career spanned from the late 1960s to …
Read More »Remembering Monzon – World Boxing Association
“As long as I box, I’ll do it any way I want and with whoever they put in front of me” (Carlos Monzon). Once a journalist asked Muhammad Ali’s famous trainer, Angelo Dundee, who was his perfect fighter among his trainees. “There have been many excellent boxers. But if …
Read More »September brings Canelo-GGG 3 – World Boxing Association
The rivalry between Saul Alvarez and Gennady Golovkin is one of the most notorious in recent years and September will bring the third part of this rivalry with the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super championship at stake, in addition to the WBC, IBF and WBO belts. The bout will take …
Read More »BENTLEY RECALLS MORRISON SNUB | Frank Warren
DENZEL BENTLEY HAS revealed that a fight with Marcus Morrison could have happened back in 2020 but he was told to ‘wait his turn’ by the now challenger for the British middleweight title. Bentley makes a first defence of his Lonsdale belt against the Manchester man on September 16 at …
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