The WBA addressed the inactivity of its welterweight champion Rolly Romero Thursday, ensuring a full sanctioning fee by designating Saturday’s Shakhram Giyasov-Jack Catterall fight in Egypt as the official title fight.

The WBA promoted Rolly Romero to Super Champion status despite a year-long layoff, allowing Jack Catterall's Saturday fight with Shakhram Giyasov to become a full title bout.

A sport in which Jews have a particularly long connection is boxing, with a legacy dating back over a century. It is a legacy that includes legendary pugilists Benny Leonard and Barney Ross, ranked not just among the best Jewish boxers of all time, but among the very best boxers ever to step into the ring.

Jake Paul’s WBA Ranking Exposes Everything Wrong With Modern Boxing originally appeared on Athlon Sports. Boxing has always had its carnival acts, but never before has one been handed a direct path to a world title without facing a single active, ranked ...

Red Owl Boxing today announced its next live event, a stacked 10-bout fight card headlined by a super featherweight (130 pounds) showdown between undefeated, reigning World Boxing Association (WBA) Continental Americas Champion Deonte “Lay ‘Em Down” Brown (17-0,

Mauricio Lara has been barred from boxing. Former WBA featherweight world champion Lara has been given a two-year suspension from the game after failing a post-bout doping test, UK Anti-Doping (UKAD) declared Wednesday. The Mexican – Lara (26-3-2, 19 KOs ...

ORLANDO – A WBA official believes the ongoing dispute between record-keeping websites BoxRec and Fight Fax — which has led to the WBA’s title fights being removed from BoxRec to anyone who is not a paid subscriber — is a pay-to-play situation.

As far as the World Boxing Association is concerned, Bosque Farms’ Katherine Lindenmuth said on Wednesday, she is the WBA Gold super flyweight champion. She‘s listed as such on the organization’s website. It thus appears she’ll get to keep the ...