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Rolly Romero is now a two-weight world titleholder after he was elevated to full champion status by the World Boxing ...
There are 17 weight classes in professional boxing, and five major recognised belts for each of the divisions: The WBA (World Boxing Association), WBC (World Boxing Council), IBF (International ...
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World Boxing was founded in April 2023 in an attempt to preserve the sport's Olympic future after the International Boxing Association was suspended in 2019 and banished from the Olympic movement ...
The president of the World Boxing Association (WBA) told Yahoo Sports on Monday that the sanctioning body expanded the number of world titles it offers as a result of financial strains caused by ...
Jake Paul has entered the World Boxing Association’s cruiserweight rankings, making the YouTuber-turned-boxer eligible to fight for a world title. The WBA slotted Paul (12-1, 7 KOs) at No. 14 in ...
The World Boxing Association Championships committee has ordered the mandatory fight between Lithuanian welterweight world champion Eimantas Stanionis and official challenger Shakhram Giyasov.
The World Boxing Association ranked Paul at No. 14 after Saturday's win over former WBC middleweight champion Julio Cesar Chavez Jr. The WBA previously expressed openness to ranking Paul if he won.
The 55-member World Boxing is looking to fill the void left by the Russian-led IBA, which was stripped of recognition last year by the IOC.
A new federation has launched to try to keep boxing in the Olympic Games; the sport is on course to be dropped from 2028 onwards; the International Olympic Committee excluded the sport from the LA ...
The European Boxing Association, EBA, have filed a lawsuit against the WBA in a Spanish court for 1.5 million EUR. The WBA ousted the EBA in 2011 for reasons they never made public. The EBA was ...