The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) ordered the eliminator fight for the light flyweight title between Cuban Daniel Matellon and Venezuelan Carlos Cañizales. The pioneer organization sent the official communication to both teams on Tuesday afternoon, granting them 30 days to negotiate. The period begins on September 20, 2022 and will last…
After starring the most important fight of the golden girls of women’s boxing, the undisputed 135 lbs. champion, owner of the World Boxing Association belt, Katie Taylor, returns to the ring. On this occasion, she will seek to reaffirm her title against Argentina’s undefeated Karen Carabajal on October 29th under the lights of the OVO…
World Boxing Association (WBA) Light Flyweight Super Champion Hiroto Kyoguchi has shown progress in his preparation for his fight with Kenshiro Teraji on November 1 at the Saitama Super Arena. While waiting for the unification against the WBC champion, Kyoguchi works in Tokyo with world champion Masataka Taniguchi in work sessions that both have shown…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Centennial Convention, to be held from December 11 to 14 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, will be attended by the WBA Asia team. One of the objectives of the organization’s president, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, has been the expansion of boxing around the world aiming to help less fortunate…
By Frank Warren PUTTING TOGETHER A boxing card can put you in mind of the memorable line uttered by Tom Hanks in the movie Forrest Gump, where he likens life to a box of chocolates and concludes ‘you never know what you’re gonna get’. Boxing can be a bit like that at times but, on…
The 48-month long awaited closing of the trilogy between Mexico’s Saul “Canelo†Alvarez and Kazakhstan’s Gennady Golovkin was translated into 12 rounds that ended with a unanimous decision victory of 116-112 and a double 115-113 in favor of Canelo, a verdict received with resounding boos from a good part of the more than 20 thousand…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) featherweight champion, British Leigh Wood, will not be able to make his September 24 defense against Mauricio Lara due to a biceps injury. Matchroom Boxing released the news and later Wood himself left a message on his social networks regretting the situation and recognizing the work of his opponent, whom…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Centennial Convention to be held from December 11 to 14 at the Caribe Royale Hotel in Orlando, Florida, will be one of the most important and significant in history. The pioneer organization will have a key moment in the history of world boxing since a century of history will be…
Montreal, Canada (September 17, 2022) — Montreal fight fans were treated to an excellent heavyweight main event on Friday night when CARLOS TAKAM (now, 39-7-1 28KO’s), traveled to Montreal to face hometown favorite, NABF Champion and #6 world rated heavyweight (WBA, WBC), ARSLANBEK MAKHMUDOV (now 15-0 14KO’s) at the Montreal Casino for the WBC Silver, NABF and NABA heavyweight titles….
The American Austin Williams conquered the WBA International middleweight title by defeating the English Kieron Conway, in Las Vegas, in the Canelo and GGG undercard. The scorecards were 97-92, 97-92 and 96-93, all for “Ammoâ€, who gave a great fight made a good impression and won the vacant WBA regional title. The 26-year-old fighter noted…
Saul “Canelo†Alvarez proved that he is the big man at 168 pounds and defeated Gennady Golovkin on Saturday night by scores of 116-112, 115-113 and 115-113, during the third fight between the two for his World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Middleweight Super Championship and his WBC, IBF and WBO titles. The T-Mobile Arena, Las…
Hiroto Kyoguchi will face Kenshiro Teraji on November 1 at the Super Arena in Saitama in a unification bout for the World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Light Flyweight Championship and the WBC title. Both are probably the two best fighters in the division and their bout has been talked about for the past few years,…