The Judges and Referees Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) fulfilled the first part of their seminar on Tuesday at the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA) at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The WBA team, led by Luis Pabon, with top officials like Raul Caiz Jr., Octavio Rodriguez, Gustavo…
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The World Boxing Association (WBA) Medical Seminar at the Centennial Convention was one of the most significant in recent years because it addressed the present and urgent issue of mental health. Specialists Nina Radcliff, Shivana Inalsigh, Adriana Valbuena and Joseph Estwanik, were accompanied by the testimony of the great Bernard Hopkins in a series of…
THE WBA WORLD flyweight championship clash between the champion Artem Dalakian from Ukraine and Costa Rican challenger David Jiminez will take place in support of the forthcoming Artur Beterbiev-Anthony Yarde blockbuster at the OVO Arena, Wembley on January 28, live on BT Sport. Ilford man Yarde challenges for the WBC, WBO and IBF world light…
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee and Ratings Committee, issued a statement in which it decided to reinstate Russian and Belarusian boxers to their place in the rankings. The athletes from this country are not soldiers or part of the government, so they have nothing to do with the war against Ukraine…
The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championships Committee, ordered the mandatory heavyweight bout between Oleksandr Usyk and Daniel Dibois during the Centennial Convention in Orlando, this Monday. The Championships Committee had its customary meeting, in which it made several important decisions, and one of them was just this showdown between the two heavyweight champions…
Petchyindee Boxing Promotions won the bidding for the fight between World Boxing Association (WBA) Minimum Weight Super Champion Thammanoon Niyomtrong and champion Erick Rosa. The team representing Niyomtrong put on the table a bid of US$ 140,000, which exceeded the US$ 122,000 of Shuan Boxing, Rosa’s promotion company, and now the fight will take place…
This Monday took place the bidding for the mandatory welterweight bout between the World Boxing Association (WBA) champion, Lithuanian Eimantas Stanionis, and his mandatory challenger, American Vergil Ortiz Jr.  The bid took place during the WBA Centennial Convention being held from December 11-14 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. Golden Boy, represented…
Japan’s Naoya Inoue took another big step in his sterling career with an 11-round technical knockout victory over Paul Butler on Tuesday to become the undisputed bantamweight champion. The World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Champion, who also held the WBC and IBF belts, added to his trophy cabinet the WBO belt, which was held by…
Dmitry Bivol received the award of Boxer of the Year during the gala dinner that took place on Monday on the second day of the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA). A star-studded dinner closed the day at the pioneering body’s event and featured Bivol’s nomination as the main event. The World Boxing…
Leigh Wood is the only featherweight champion by the World Boxing Association (WBA) after the Super Champion, Leo Santa Cruz, relinquished the title on Monday, the same day the purse bid was was scheduled to take place. The pioneer organization had approved the fight between both 126 lbs. champions and the bidding would be held…
Professional boxer and influencer Jake Paul arrived on Monday at the Caribe Royale Hotel, in Orlando, to participate in the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA). Paul was welcomed by WBA President, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, and joined the Ratings committee meeting in the morning hours, where he gave a presentation about his perception…