Hanna Gabriels will defend her World Boxing Association (WBA) light heavyweight title on August 13 against Angie Paola Rocha, in Cali, Colombia. The Costa Rican champion will face the Colombian at the Pascual Guerrero Stadium, in what means her return to the ring and her first defense of the crown. Gabriels won the belt in…
Alejandra Ayala continues in her recovery after going through a dramatic episode following her fight in Scotland against Hannah Rankin last May 13, in which she lost by knockout in 10 rounds. The following days were of uncertainty, as she was in a coma and needed 10 days to wake up, but finally she has…
Filipino Charly Suarez will return to the ring next August 7 to defend his World Boxing Association (WBA) Asian belt against fellow Filipino Mark John Yap at The Flash Grand Ballroom of the Elorde Sports Complex in Paranaque City, Metro Manila. The continental champion will make the first defense of the crown he won in…
One of the most interesting fights in September will be the clash between Andy Ruiz and Luis Ortiz, which will take place at the beginning of this month. Both heavyweights will step into the ring on September 4 in a fight that generates a lot of expectations and whose promotion began this Wednesday with a…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Super Featherweight Champion Leo Santa Cruz’s team informed the Championships Committee that he will make his mandatory bout with the champion of the category, Leigh Wood. The pioneer entity ordered the fight as part of the world title reduction plan and the winner will be the only WBA 126-pound champion. …
Germans Tom Schwarz and Emir Ahmatovic will meet next Friday, July 29, for the World Boxing Association (WBA) continental heavyweight title in the main event to be held at the Bill Clinton Arena in Ferizaj, Kosovo. The fight will be for the vacant title and they will both be looking for a victory that will…
Gennady Golovkin received special permission to move up in weight to face undisputed super middleweight champion Saul “Canelo†Alvarez on September 17 in Las Vegas. The Kazakh is middleweight champion and requested to keep his crown to the World Boxing Association (WBA) championships committee. “GGG†won the title last April 9 by defeating Ryota Murata…
Thammanoon Niyomtrong made another defense of his World Boxing Association (WBA) Minimum Super Championship with a unanimous decision over legend Chayaphon Moonsri on Wednesday in Chonburi, Thailand. The WBA champion won via unanimous decision (116-112, 119-109 and 117-111) in a fight in which he came from less to more and knew how to decipher an…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) continues working to reduce the amount of world champions and, in accordance with that objective, it ordered the mandatory cruiserweight bout between the Super Champion of the category, Arsen Goulamirian and the champion, Ryad Merhy. The Championships Committee sent the communication to both parties and requested a response in the…
The former three-division champ tells all in this candid conversation ahead of his showdown against Miguel Flores Saturday, September 4 on FOX Sports Pay-Per-View. Former three-division champion and modern boxing legend Abner Mares joins The PBC Podcast this week to discuss his bout versus Miguel Flores Saturday, September 4, at Crypto.com Arena in Los Angeles,…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) Championships Committee denied the special permit request to unify sent by the team of the organization’s Featherweight Super Champion, Leo Santa Cruz, and ratified that he must face the champion of the category, Leigh Wood, to define the sole 126-pound monarch. The Mexican had submitted a request on July 11…
A look back at the two-division champ’s biggest and best moments at the famed Brooklyn venue as he prepares to face Jose Benavidez Jr. in that same arena Saturday, July 30 on PBC on SHOWTIME. If Danny “Swift†Garcia were to retire today, he would’ve already enjoyed a successful Hall Of Fame-caliber career. However, Garcia…