The World Boxing Association Championships committee has ordered the mandatory fight between Lithuanian welterweight world champion Eimantas Stanionis and official challenger Shakhram Giyasov.

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 ...

Former two-weight boxing world champion Dwight Muhammad Qawi has died aged 72. Qawi held the World Boxing Council (WBC) and ...

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 ...

LOS ANGELES (AP) — 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 ...

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.

World cruiserweight boxing champion Gilberto Ramirez will be sidelined indefinitely after undergoing shoulder surgery for an ...

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 ...

World Boxing will seek recognition from Olympic organisers to replace the Russian-led International Boxing Association and keep the troubled sport on the programme for the 2028 Los Angeles Games ...

World Boxing on Tuesday backed the newly-formed Asian boxing confederation to represent and promote the sport in the region, an organisation not associated with the Russian-led International ...