The World Boxing Association (WBA) continues making decisions for the development of the sport worldwide and its improvement. On Sunday, during the first Directorate meeting held at the Centennial Convention in Orlando, Florida, President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza made official the incorporation of Lasana Béa Diallo to the board of directors. Béa Diallo is Guinea’s Minister…
This Sunday night the World Boxing Association (WBA) KO Drugs Festival took place on the first day of the Centennial Convention at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. The card, organized by Boxlab Promotions, featured more than 15 action-packed fights and could be seen in the United States on the CBS network. The event…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Centennial Convention began this Sunday morning with the Directorate Meeting led by the president of the organization, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, all the directors were in the Main Hall of the Caribe Royale Hotel, Orlando, for the first shift of work during the celebration of the 100 years. The meeting consisted…
This convention is surrounded by many memories, anecdotes and nostalgia that are kept in our memory with pride. Among all that history, women’s boxing has a great space in Orlando, Florida, where it will celebrate and share the union of ONE BOXING with the 100 years of life of the World Boxing Association. It all…
In the World Boxing Association Centennial Convention, art will also be part of the occasion to enhance the aesthetic and cultural values of boxing. The artist Patrick J. Killian will exhibit his works at the great Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida. A hypnosis, a delight, a state of admiration that reminds us of a…
“In the WBA our policy is clear and simple: to recognize the talent, male or female, in the most remote corners of the universe, offering the alternative of individual growth and the path to social improvement, through a hierarchical, regulated, fair and fair organizational system that preserves human rights, all this combined with the love…
The Centennial Convention will be a very special occasion as it marks 100 years of history. In the age of social networks and audiovisual media, it is important to have a top-notch team and the World Boxing Association (WBA) will bring together the well-known people like the photographer Tom Hogan, the specialist in audiovisual sciences,…
In May, Canelo Alvarez raised it with the expression “it’s heavyâ€, as WBA president Gilberto Mendoza warned him. The sculpture in bronze and gold, created in detail by Colombian artist Juan Pablo Restrepo Mejia, representing the mythical character Mickey Mouse with boxing gloves on, scowling ready for the ring, will be present at the WBA’s…
The fireworks that will kick off the centennial convention of the World Boxing Association are approaching. Day two, December 11, will feature a new edition of the historic KO Drugs event, which will be held for the first time in the United States soil. The scenario will be the Caribe Royale Orlando and will be…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) is preparing to implement an ambitious organizational reorganization plan, which aims to streamline the management of the pioneer organization, which celebrates from Sunday its Centennial Convention in Orlando, Florida. This was informed by the president of the WBA, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, at the end of the meeting of the Executive…
The famous Cuban singer, Yotuel Romero, will be one of the artists in charge of the rhythm during the Centennial Convention of the World Boxing Association (WBA), which will begin this Sunday, December 11 and will end next December 14. The 46-year-old Antillean has made much of his career in the state of Florida, specifically…
White Plains, New York (December 8, 2022) – Star Boxing fighters take to the road this weekend, as Hartford, Connecticut’s own, RICHIE “POPEYE THE SAILOR MAN†RIVERA (21-1 16KO’s) is on a mission of retribution in Puerto Rico on the show headlining  former world champion Alberto Machado vs Edwin Valentin on Friday night (12/9). The following night (12/10) in…