Gervonta Davis has become one of today’s top young fighters and his media attention is commensurate with his quality in the ring. The World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion will have a new challenge in New York on Saturday and intends to get a resounding victory that reaffirms him as one of the best of…
JASON CUNNINGHAM WILL take on the biggest challenge of his career when he goes up against South African superstar Zolani Tete at the OVO Arena, Wembley on July 2, with world heavyweight contender Joe Joyce also featuring on a bumper card filled with must win fights, it’s High Stakes, live on BT Sport. Callum Johnson…
The former world heavyweight champion, American Deontay Wilder, said Wednesday that he will return to boxing after several months in which it was not known what he would do in the future. In a tribute made by his hometown, Tuscaloosa, Alabama, the American puncher was recognized with a statue and there he took the opportunity…
The public sparring sessions that took place this Wednesday in New York had the participation of the protagonists of Saturday’s evening at the Barclays Center. Erislandy Lara and Spike O’Sullivan, who will face each other for the World Boxing Association (WBA) middleweight belt, could not miss and had their moment in the ring. The Cuban…
World Boxing Association (WBA) President Gilberto Jesus Mendoza attended the invitation to the International Boxing Federation Convention being held in Long Beach, California. Mendoza has been at the organization’s event and has had the opportunity to participate in various activities, in addition to holding a meeting with the president of the IBF, Daryl Peoples, to…
Gervonta Davis and Rolando Romero participated in public training before their fight this Saturday for the World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight championship, which will take place at the Barclays Center, in Brooklyn, New York. Both fighters had short sessions in the ring and talked to the press about the fight. Romero had the first turn…
LIAM DAVIES IS on a personal mission to win the British title in honour of his late grandfather, who inspired him to take up the sport. Local man Davies takes on the champion Marc Leach for the Lonsdale belt at super bantamweight on June 11 at the Telford International Arena. Davies, 26, visited his grandfather’s…
The death of Ukrainian boxer Oleg Prudky, who fell in combat during the ongoing war between his country and Russia, was reported on Tuesday. The World Boxing Association (WBA) regrets what happened to the boxer, who was 30 years old and had represented his country in several international tournaments. He was Ukraine national champion and…
The World Boxing Association (WBA) continues to make decisions moving forward in line with its intention to have only one world champion per category. To date, the light heavyweight (Dmitry Bivol), super welterweight (Jermell Charlo), super featherweight (Roger Gutierrez), super bantamweight (Murodjon Akhmadaliev), bantamweight (Naoya Inoue) and flyweight (Artem Dalakian) categories all have a single…
Saúl “Canelo†Ãlvarez and Gennady Golovkin announced that they will step on the ring for a third fight between them on September 17 for the World Boxing Association (WBA) super championship, the WBC, WBO and IBF belts. The announcement was made on Tuesday by both boxers and Matchroom Boxing, which assured that the venue of…
It had been many years since Mike Tyson’s fists made headlines, but it happens in April when he was involved in a physical altercation with a passenger on a JetBlue airliner. Reports depicted Tyson as not being the instigator in the situation. The boxing legend, for the first time, offered his side of the story…
DANIEL DUBOIS IS ready to exert punishment on Trevor Bryan for keeping him waiting for his world title shot. Dubois goes in with the American champion on June 11 with the WBA world heavyweight championship at stake, fighting for the ultimate right to take on the super champion, which is currently Oleksandr Usyk. The 24-year-old…