On or about August 26, 2015, the WBA received a request from Golden Boy Promotions to sanction a fight between #7 ranked Luis Ortiz (24-0, 21 KOs), from Miami by way of Camaguey, Cuba, and #15 ranked Matias Vidondo (20-2-1, 18 KOs) for the vacant Int...
The vice president of the World Boxing Association, Gilberto Jesus Mendoza, is being treated at a hospital in Panama City, after suffering a "mild heart attack," according to Dr. Themistocles Diaz, who work in the Punta Pacifica Hospital, where Mendo...
WBA featherweight world champion Yuriorkis Gamboa is visiting Panama with his attorney Tony Gonzalez, and they will be guests, at the world championship fight for the interim WBA flyweight title clash between Luis "El Nica" Concepcion and Eric Ortiz...
After the tragic events that took place this weekend in the city of Valencia, Venezuela, that ended the life of Mrs. Jennifer Carolina Viera Valero, and her husband Venezuelan boxer Edwin "Inca" Valero, the family of the World Boxing Association is i...
LAS VEGAS – The World Boxing Association has rejected a request for a rematch made on behalf of former champion, Gabriel Campillo, who lost his WBA light heavyweight title to Beibut Shumenov by a 12-round majority decision this past January 29. Shume...
The WBA has called a purse bid for the fight between WBA Super-Middleweight Champion Mikkel Kessler and mandatory challenger Gusmyl Perdomo. The bidding will take place on Monday, July 20th (18:00) at the European Boxing Association main office in Vi...
After the fact finding hearing on the cancellation of Chagaev vs. Valuev II held in Helsinki, Finland last May 30th, 2009 various parties requested additional time to submit more information and materials related to this case thus extending the timel...