Executive Committee of World Boxing Association (WBA) approved creation of a new weight division, “super-cruiserweight”. The division will be between 90.71 kg and 101.6 kg. WBA is second federation after WBC that created new weight division between cruiserweight and heavyweight. WBC created bridgerweight division. “The pioneer organization made several analyses during the last months before […]
The Australians dominated the first part of the finals at the Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands earning six Olympic quotas for Paris 2024. Samoa’s Ato Plodzicki Faoagali bagged the seventh quota and he qualified for his second Olympics after Tokyo. Altogether 39 female and 107 male boxers are competing for the 25 titles in […]
Ebanie Bridges (9-1, 4KOs) was originally scheduled to defend her IBF World bantamweight title in an all-Australian fight on the Prograis-Haney undercard on December 9. But her opponent Avril Mathie (8-1-1, 3KOs) was injured and the promoters were forced to look for a new challenger. Bridges new opponent will be a Japanese former world super […]
In a recent interview, former undisputed lightweight champion Devin Haney (30-0, 15KOs) revealed several things about his future plans. The first and most important news is that Haney will relinquish his lightweight belts before his WBC super-lightweight world title fight against Regis Prograis (29-1, 24KOs) on December 9. This means that the current WBA regular […]
Several top finals will be held at the boxing tournament of the Pacific Games in Honiara, Solomon Islands after the first part of the semi-finals. Australia’s Tiana Echegaray eliminated one of her main rivals already in the semi-finals, she bowed out New Zealand’s Christine Gillespie and after that success she needs only one further […]
The boxing tournament of the Pacific Games had knockouts, stoppages in the second day in Honiara, Solomon Islands and the super heavyweight was sensational. The finals will be taking place in the tropical island in two competition days, on December 1 and 2. Following an Aussie boxer’s Yusuf Chothia’s success at the flyweight (51kg), their […]
EBU European heavyweight champion Agit Kabayel (23-0-0), will face his toughest opponent to yet, when he will meet Russian based in Canada, Arslanbek Makhmudov (18-0-0) in a duel of the unbeaten heavyweights. Kabayel after his spectacular victory in March of this year, against Croatian Agron Smakici (19-1-0), deserves a caliber of this fight to show […]
The Opening Ceremony of the Pacific Games was held in Honiara, Solomon Islands on November 19 but the boxing competition opened only on November 27. The finals will be taking place in the tropical island in two competition days, on December 1 and 2. Australia and New Zealand are the strongest countries in the Oceanian […]
A few hours after Jermell Charlo relinquished his super-welterweight IBF World title, the sanctioning body has designated the two highest ranked boxers, German Jack Culcay (33-4-0) and unbeaten Russian, Bakram Murtazaliev (21-0-0) to fight for vacant title. The negotiation had already begun between the representatives of both boxers, Agon Sports and Main Events.
Jermall Charlo (33-0) has ended his 29-month layoff on Saturday night. In Las Vegas on Saturday night the unbeaten WBC middleweight champion defeated Jose Benavidez (28-3-1) by unanimous decision in their 10-round super-middleweight fight. Judges Max De Luca (100:90), Dave Moretti (99:91) and Zachary Young (98:92) all scored the fight in favor of Charlo. For […]
