The WBA awards its vacant "Super" Heavyweight belt to Joshua vs. Fury on December 11, sidelining active champion Murat Gassiev in a money-driven move.

The WBA has announced that it is reducing the number of divisions it will sanction fights for. This comes as part of their initiative to reduce the number of world champions under their sanctioning ...

The World Boxing Association is set to sanction Tyson Fury against Anthony Joshua as a fight for its vacant “super” heavyweight title when the pair meet on December 11 at Principality Stadium in ...

There are 17 weight classes in professional boxing, and five major recognised belts for each of the divisions: The WBA (World ...

The WBA has pledged to reduce the number of its world champions after announcing it will no longer recognize the bridgerweight division. The bridgerweight, named as such because it bridges the gap ...

Teofimo Lopez appears headed to defend the WBA 'super' welterweight title against 'regular' champion Jack Catterall ...

It was partly a reflection of the bewildering number of boxing belts available when the oldest major sanctioning organisation in the world, the World Boxing Association, announced plans in late 2021 ...

Valentina Shevchenko has done a remarkable job of resisting Father Time. By any reasonable standard, Shevchenko’s run at the top should have ended for good in 2023 when Alexa Grasso choked her out in ...