Tag: World Boxing Association
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Rolando Romero claims WBA Title via TKO
Rolando Romero captured his first world title last night with a controversial ninth round technical knockout of Ismael Barroso. This fight was altogether unsatisfying as a last minute replacement was brought in following title holder Alberto Puello’s positive test for performance enhancing drugs. Despite the vast criticism of Barroso for looking sixty-five years old in…
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Mauricio Lara vs Leigh Wood: Previewing an early FOTY in the making
Mauricio Lara and Leigh Wood are on a collision course for the WBA Featherweight Title tonight in Nottingham, England. This fight is a slugfest on paper and despite an underwhelming event calendar, this bout is cannot miss action in a year of interesting fights so far. In 2023 we have seen Artur Beterbiev behind on…
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Manny Pacquiao vs Keith Thurman: Revisited Fight
With the all time great boxing icon Manny Pacquiao set to face Yordenis Ugas in a WBA welterweight championship fight I decided to revisit his last performance. I missed this fight when it happened live as I am less tolerant of buying pay-per-view fights and I had struggled to find quality uploads of this online.…
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