Note: Gustavo Padilla of the WBA presented a seminar for the officials of the Peruvian Boxing Commision in Lima. Peru.
New Weight Division
Due to popular demand, beginning this month, the WBA Womens' will rate a new division called Light Minimum, for boxers 102 lbs or less. If you would like to be rated in this new division, please contact the WBA via the contact button above.
Unbeaten WBA 105-pound champ Etsuko Tada (9-0-2, 2 KOs), 104.25, a fast-moving southpaw, kept her belt for the sixth time when she pounded out a nearly shutout decision (100-90 twice and 98-92) over ex-WBC 108-pound ruler Nongmuay Kokietgym (10-3-3, no KO), 104.5, Thailand, over ten hot rounds.
Slick-punching Japanese girl Mari Ando (8-3, 4 KOs), 101.5, impressively acquired the vacant WBA light-minimumweight belt by winning a unanimous verdict (98-92 twice and 97-93) over Amara Kokietgym ( 7-2-1, 3 KOs), 101.5, Thailand, over ten. The WBA newly established the 102-pound category, and Ando became the very first champ through this elimination bout.
Tsunami Defends Title
with TKO
TOKYO, May 18 (AP) - (Kyodo)—Japan's Tsunami Tenkai successfully defended her WBA super flyweight title for the fourth time, stopping Petchsairung Looksaikongdin of Thailand in the third round on Tuesday.
Tenkai sent Petchsairung to the canvas with a left in the second round before the referee stopped the fight 1 minute, 25 seconds into the next round at Korakuen Hall.
"I'm relieved the match is over now," said Tenkai, who was in anguish over her ring name Tsunami after tsunami caused by a massive earthquake ravaged Japan's northeastern coastline on March 11.
"I decided not to change my name because I want to send a message that we don't forget about what happened and people who passed away. I'll try to get better and stronger to face the world's top fighters in the future."
The 26-year-old from Okinawa improved her career record to 8-0, including three knockouts.
Kina Malpartida Defeats Rhonda Luna
Tada beats Zamora to unify
By Joe Koizumi
Photo: Boxing Beat
Unbeaten WBA female champ Etsuko Tada (8-0-2, 2 KOs), a Japanese southpaw, impressively unified the WBA 105-pound championship as she cleverly and constantly kept punching interim ruler Ibeth Zamora (11-3, 4 KOs), Mexico, to win a unanimous decision over ten rounds in Osaka, Japan. Judges Silvestre Abainza (Philippines) and Dr. Michael Lee (Korea) both had it 98-92 and 98-93, and Chalerm Prayadsab (Thailand) 96-94, all for the defending champ Tada. Referee was Ferlin Marsh (New Zealand) who handled the fast-moving girls very well.
Tada, a quicker southpaw, took the initiative from the outset with her superior hand speed and shifty footwork with ease. Zamora started her engine no earlier than in round six, taking a point with her persistent body attacks. But Tada came back to win the seventh and eighth with her fine display of good footwork and sharp combinations. They shared the last two sessions with their last surges.
It was a very good fight, but Tada’s speed and skills prevailed so that she successfully unified the WBA female 105-pound championships.
Last night in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Former four-time world champion, Carina "La Reina" Moreno (21-3, 6 KO's) was unsuccessful in her quest to capture Yesica Bopp's (14-0, 5 KO's) WBA and WBO Light Flyweight titles. "Yesica Bopp is a great champion and she won the fight,” said Moreno. ”It's very difficult to travel thousands of miles away from home and get a victory. When I get back, I'll look at the fight and see where I can improve."
While Moreno gave a gallant effort in defeat, it was Bopp's defense, footwork and overhand rights that were the keys to success. Moreno had her moments, but it wasn't enough to get the win. The victory solidifies Bopp as an elite fighter in her division.
Although the scorecards read 100-91, 99-91 and 98-92, it seemed as though the fight was a bit closer.
Team Moreno has mentioned that her next fight will not be taken on short notice as it was in this fight. Look for Moreno to be back in action sometime later this year.
On Dec 6, 2010, at Korakuen hall, in Tokyo, Japan, there were two women bouts on the card.
WBA super flyweight champion Tenkai Tsunami defeated by RTD after the eighth round over challenger former OPBF champion Rie Fujimoto.
WBA 2010 Awards Banquet
By Boxing Bob Newman
On a beautiful Nicaraguan night at the Crowne Plaza Hotel’s poolside, the WBA held their annual Best of the Year Awards Banquet, with honors bestowed in several categories, honored the late Nicaraguan legend Alexis Arguello and his fellow native Nicaraguan champion boxers and awarded belts to the newest WBA champions.
In the most touching moment of the night, a posthumous homage was paid to Nicaragua’s first world champion and their most legendary- the late Alexis Arguello. The award was accepted by the hall of famer’s daughter Dora Arguello, who broke into tears while accepting the red, white and blue WBA Super Champion’s belt. It was the untimely passing of the ring icon that prompted the WBA to choose Managua, Nicaragua as the site of this year’s convention. MORE
Braekhus Destroys Lauren
WBA, WBC & WBO female welterweight champion Cecilia Braekhus clinched her 15th win in as many fights, destroying Mikaela Lauren (6-1, 1 KO) – in seven one-sided rounds. The First Lady displayed her superior boxing skills from the first bell, constantly hitting her Swedish opponent with her jab, her strong right and body shots. In the seventh, two right uppercuts followed by a left sent Lauren down. She scrambled back to her feet but the referee called the bout off. “This was a great win for me,” Braekhus said. “I want to keep improving, keep winning titles and defend my collection against the best fighters out there.”
KOs) will defend her impressive title collection against Sweden’s Mikaela Lauren (6-0, 1 KO) on October 30.
The duo will battle out a Scandinavian derby in Rostock, Germany, on the undercard of IBF Middleweight Champion Sebastian Sylvester’s title defense against Mahir Oral.
Lauren, a former famous Swedish swimmer, has conquered the rankings in a heartbeat and is currently listed as BoxRecs number two, second only to Braekhus. “This is going to be a tough fight,” Braekhus said. “Mikaela Lauren has been very successful in her short boxing career. She might not have the best boxing technique, but she certainly has a superb condition and a lot of power. I am prepared for a hard challenge and I will defend my titles.” MORE
Kentikian Retains Title
The fight between WBO/WBA/WIBF flyweight champion Susi Kentikian (27-0, 16 KOs) and Arely Mucino (11-0-1, 6 KOs) ended in a third round technical draw after the “Killer Queen” suffered a bad cut on her hairline after an unintentional head clash. Kentikian keeps her world titles.
Weights from Schwerin
Photos: Eroll Popova
Alexander Alekseev 199.7 vs Denis Lebedev 198.4
(WBO cruiserweight eliminator) Susi Kentikian 112 vs. Arely Mucino 111.3
(WBA/WBO/WIBF female flyweight championship)
Eddy Gutknecht 174.2 vs. Michal Bilak 173.3
Christian Hammer 242.5 vs. Mariusz Wach 263.5
Marcel Meyerdiercks 128.3 vs. Hermin Isava 128.5
Vikapita Meroro 174.8 vs. Jevgenijs Andrejevs 175
Venue: Sport- Und Kongresshall, Schwerin, Germany
Promoter: Universum Box-Promotion
TV: ZDF (Germany)
Hometown favorite WBA female super featherweight champion Kina Malpartida (12-3, 3 KOs) retained her title with a ten round unanimous decision over Colombian Liliana Palmera (19-7-2, 12 KOs) on Saturday night in front of 8000+ fans at the Jockey Club in Lima, Peru. Other than a flash knockdown in the second round, Malpartida was in command the whole way, winning 98-91 on all cards.
Tenkai keeps WBA female belt
By Joe Koizumi
WBA female super-fly champ Tsunami Tenkai (14-3, 5 KOs), 113.75, Japan, kept her belt as she battered ex-national amateur bantam titlist, compatriot Kayoko Ebata (3-3, 2 KOs; amateur 14-3), 113.5, and pounded out a unanimous decision (98-92, 97-92 and 96-93) over ten frames on Monday in Saitama, Japan. Tenkai, making her second defense since dethroning Chinese southpaw Xian Xi Yang in February 2009, took the leadoff with her trade-mark left hooks to the elusive challenger. Ebata, a 34-year-old footworker, attempted to counter the onrushing champ and took a point in round four. Tenkai, however, overpowered the lanky counterpuncher all the way from the fifth onward. Ebata was penalized a point for pushing down the champ’s back-head repeatedly midway in the eighth. The full champ Tenkai, 25, will face WBA interim ruler Carolina Gutierrez of Argentina in her next defense. Promoter: Yamaki Promotions in association with Watanabe Promotions.
Defecter Girl Boxer Victorious 19-year-old champion retains WBA belt
By Cho Eun-sang/boxingnews.co.kr
Unbeaten 19-year-old WBA female featherweight champion “Defector Girl Boxer” Hyun-Mi Choi (4-0-1, 1 KO) retained her world title for the third time with by ten round split decision over interim champion Claudia Andrea Lopez (14-5, 3 KOs) on Friday night at the Sungkyunkwan University Gymnasium in Suwon, South Korea. Scores were 96-95, 96-95 for Hyun-Mi and 98-93 for Lopez.
The popular Hyun-Mi, who defected with her family from North Korea in 2004, won the WBA belt in her second pro fight at the age of 17.
Q&A: Susi Kentikian
Four days after her split decision win over Nadia Raoui, unbeaten WBA/WBO/WIBF female flyweight world champion Susi Kentikian is taking it easy visiting her grandfather Hayk from Los Angeles and enjoying her new pink WBO weomen’s championship belt.
Susi, have you looked at your fight on video yet?
“Yes, that was a very close result. And when I saw it on TV, I admit that Nadia made a super strong impression. But I didn’t feel her pressure in the ring.”
It was not a dominating victory this time – what do you attribute that to?
“In the last year I’ve boxed against four world champions and won four times. That says something about the matter. I wasn’t in top form, which I had expected of myself. Still the win was justified.” MORE
Kentikian Wins Split Decision!
In an all action female world title fight, undefeated WBA, WBO and WIBF flyweight champion “Killer Queen” Susi Kentikian (27-0, 16 KOs) won a controversial split decision over previously unbeaten WIBA titleholder Nadia “The Beauty Beast” Raoui (11-1-1, 3 KOs). Kentikian was ahead 96-94, 96-95 on two cards, Raoui was ahead 96-94 on the other card.
The "Killer Queen" is back - Susi Kentikian returns to action on April 24th!
At the Sporthalle Hamburg another boxing highlight will feature the triple world champion Susi Kentikian (26-0, 16 KOs). On April 24 the flyweight sensation will be in the center of attention when she returns to the ring in front of her hometown fans.
The unbeaten "Killer Queen" from Hamburg will be facing the also unbeaten challenger Nadia Raoui (11-0-1, 3 KOs) who is also a world champion as she helds the fairly minor WIBA belt. It will be another touch challenger for Susi Kentikian but she proved that she is ready for this as she defeated two rivals with Elena Reid and former world champion Julia Sahin in a convincing fashion in 2009.
Susi Kentikian:"I'm always excited and very happy when I have a fight in my hometown. It will be a difficult and tough fight but I'm used to that. Have your fingers crossed - so come and see my fight live!"
The battle for the WBA, WIBF and WBO flyweight belts will be Kentikians first fight as the headlining fighter on ZDF. Susi Kentikian received an honourable awards by the city of Hamburg (the so called Sports Oscar) and was named "Fighter of the year 2009" by the boxing magazine Boxsport.
ZDF will televise the fight between Kentikian vs. Raoui live from 11:30 pm. Additional fights will be announced within the next days.
Tickets for the "Universum Champions Night" on April 24th 2010 at the Sporthalle Hamburg are available at Universum Ticket Hotline: +49-40-696 559 59
Brown Beats Fil-Am Boxer Julaton for Female Super Bantamweight Crown
Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton fought like a wounded Filipino warrior but proved to be no match against the durable Lisa "Bad News" Brown.
Julaton, with blood flowing from both eyebrows, managed to survive 10 rounds with Brown, but suffered a unanimous decision defeat during their title bout for the vacant World Boxing Association (WBA) female super bantamweight crown at the Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada on Saturday (Sunday in Manila).
All three judges scored the fight in favor of Brown (99-92, 99-91 and 100-91), with Julaton winning only the first round. — GMANews.TV.
Susi Kentikian will be Challenged by Nadia Raoui
"Universum Champions Night“ on April 24, 2010, at the Sporthalle Hamburg.First ever headlining fight on ZDF for the "Female Fighter of the Year": "I'm always excited and very happy when I have a fight in my hometown!“
(live on ZDF from 11:.30 pm)
The „Universum Champions Night“ returns to Hamburg! At the Sporthalle Hamburg another boxing highlight will feature the triple world champion Susi Kentikian (26-0, 16 KOs). On April 24 the flyweight sensation will be in the center of attention when she returns to the ring in front of her hometown fans.
The unbeaten „Killer Queen“ from Hamburg will be facing the also unbeaten challenger Nadia Raoui (11-0-1, 3 KOs) who is also a world champion as she helds the WIBA belt. It will be another touch challenger for Susi Kentikian but she proved that she is ready for this as she defeated two rivals with Elena Reid and former world champion Julia Sahin in a convincing fashion in 2009. Read More
Ana Julaton Vs. Lisa Brown
On March 27 For WBA Title
By David A. Avila
Two-time world champion Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton has agreed to venture north of the border to meet four-time world champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown for the vacant WBA junior featherweight title.
“I’m looking forward to it,” said Brown.
Canada’s Brown (16-4-3) has always wanted the WBA belt and so does Northern California’s Julaton (6-1-1). Both will meet on Saturday March 27 at Casino Rama in Ontario, Canada. It’s a home town fight for the Canadian.
“It’s definitely harder,” said Brown of fighting in front of hometown fans. “I like being the underdog with everybody cheering against me.” Read More
Choi Hyun-mi, teen boxing champ, spurs fellow North Korean defectors to keep fighting
By Geoffrey Cain Geoffrey Cain – Wed Feb 17, 3:14 pm ET
Seoul, South Korea – For the thousands of North Korean defectors living in hardship around the world, champion boxer Choi Hyun-mi has become their Mohammad Ali.
The young woman who fled from North Korea has become one of South Korea’s most revered faces since winning the 2008 featherweight championship of the World Boxing Association, a title she still holds today.
Her promoters call her the “Defector Boxer Girl,” and the media have dubbed her the “Million Dollar Baby” from North Korea, a reference to the 2004 film starring Hillary Swank about a boxer who rises from penury to fame.
“She overcame all the difficulties and achieved her dreams, though she might have faced discrimination as North Korean woman,” says Kim Kyung-soo, a defector in Seoul, using an alias because he fears government reprisals against his family still in North Korea. “She motivates me to get over the difficulties in front of me.” Read More
Lisa Brown is Ready to Go Through the Hurricane at Rumble at Rama XI!
By: Rick McLean
February 24, 2010
I recently had the opportunity to speak to multi time world champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown about what she has been up to since her controversial loss in Korea and her upcoming WBA Super Bantamweight world title fight against Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton on March 27th at Casino Rama for Rumble at Rama XI. Read More
North Korea defector fights her way to the top
AFP - Teenager Choi Hyun-Mi, struggling to make a new life in South Korea after fleeing North Korea with her parents, literally fought her way to the top.
Choi, who switched from amateur to professional boxing to support her family, is now the World Boxing Association (WBA) women's featherweight champion -- still deeply in love with the sport she took up in Pyongyang at age 13.
"I think I was born to box," said Choi, now 19, recalling how she switched from track after a school boxing coach in the North Korean capital persuaded her to visit the gym.
Fellow 13-year-olds were working up a sweat punching bags, but to Choi their efforts looked beautiful. She then had to win over her parents, who were firmly opposed to a daughter in the ring.
"So I recorded a video of me defeating other fighters and showed it to my parents after practising for three months secretly," Choi told AFP in an interview. Read More
Tenkai keeps WBA 115lb belt Calls out 'Killer Queen' Kentikian
By Joe Koizumi
Busy-punching and fast-moving Tsunami Tenkai (14-3, 4 KOs), 114, very impressively kept her WBA female super-flyweight belt as she swept all rounds with a beautiful display of speed, skills and power in scoring a nearly shutout decision (100-90 twice and 99-91) over game and durable British challenger Shanee Martin (9-5-1, 5 KOs), also 114, over ten fast rounds on Sunday in Kobe, Japan. The referee was Firlin Marsh of New Zealand. Tenkai, a cute 25-year-old Japanese champ, simply stunned the audience who hadn’t seen so many female boxing bouts by showing her excellent form, reflexes, quickness, skills and stamina. Even this reporter previously thought that Tenkai was only a non-stop warrior, but she completely changed her image tonight so that our people realized that we might be proud of Tenkai being the most outstanding female boxer.
It was amazing that Tenkai so finely penetrated the tight guard of the taller and skillful Martin with stinging lefts, left-right combinations and quick combos upstairs and downstairs. The champ had the fading but still game challenger at bay in rounds five, seven and eight. Tenkai tried to finish Martin with a flurry of punches, but the resilient challenger refused to go down until the end.
Her manager/promoter Toshihiro Yamaki, formerly a well-known kick-boxer in 1980s, proudly said, “This was one of her best performances so far in her career, but Tenkai is still improving technically. Our target is her confrontation with WBA flyweight champ Susi Kentikian in Germany, as Tenkai, though being the WBA 115-pound ruler, is a legitimate 112-pounder. Tenkai may be the first boxer to defeat the unbeaten queen Kentikian.” Tenkai may move down to 112 pounds to fight the German champ with both WBA fly and super-fly belts on the line.
Tenkai’s good jabs and solid rights had the pretty Martin’s left optic badly swollen as if it was a black egg. Her improvements on speed and precision tonight might carry her status to the top among our female boxers.
Promoter: Kameda Promotions in association with Yamaki Promotions.
American Boxing Promotions hosts their inaugural card “The Rematch” this Friday at the South Point Hotel & Casino in Las Vegas, Nevada. The main event features WBA and lightweight champion Layla McCarter (31-13-5, 7 KOs) of Las Vegas against Fujin Raika (18-5-1, 6 KOs) of Tokyo, Japan in a rematch that’s been seven years in the making. In April of 2002, McCarter traveled to Tokyo Japan and won a majority 8-round decision over then undefeated Raika. McCarter would go on to win four world titles while Raika vowed to exact revenge.
Malpartida defiende con exito (by wbanews.com - Jun 21, 2009 - 10:22:03 AM)
La campeona mundial AMB, Kina Malpartida celebró por todo lo alto la retención de su cinturón ante la brasileña Halana Dos Santos y en emotivas palabras se dirigió al país para agradecerles por todo el apoyo demostrado desde su arribo a la capital. Al término de la pelea en la que ponía en juego su título mundial de boxeo super pluma de la de la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB) nuestra compatriota fue levantada en hombros por su comando técnico y le dedicó el triunfo a la de escasos recursos existente en el país."¡Viva el Perú! Gracias por acompañarme esta noche y este titulo va para todos los pobres del Perú, a esas personas luchadoras de la vida", dijo muy emocionada y derramando lágrimas de felicidad por la victoria.
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Bopp retuvo su corona (by notifight.com - Jun 21, 2009 - 10:06:30 AM)
La argentina Yesica "La Tuti" Bopp retuvo su campeonato mundial minimosca de la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB) al vencer por nocaut técnico en el segundo round a la colombiana Paulina Cardona en el Club Libertad de Sunchales, Santa Fé, el sábado por la noche. El boxeo y el poder de la local fue demasiado para la cafetera, quien se mostró muy frágil ante cada envío de la campeona. El referí panameño Guillermo Pérez Pineda decidió detener las acciones a 1'12" del segundo episodio, cuando la visitante se refugiaba en las cuerdas sin poder responder a las combinaciones de la campeona mundial.Con esta victoria, Bopp retiene por segunda vez su corona y mejora su historial a 9-0, con 4 KOs.por su parte, Cardona cae a 14-6-3, 6 KOs.
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Malpartida y Dos Santos
en peso! (by wbanews.com - Jun 20, 2009 - 11:52:24 AM)
La campeona mundial superpluma AMB Kina Malpartida y Halana Dos Santos volvieron a encontrarse, esta vez en el pesaje reglamentario que se realizó en el Country Club Lima Hotel. Una balanza romana determinó que la 'Dinamita' y la 'Leoparda' tienen el peso reglamentario de 59 kilos para disputar el título de la categoría de la Asociación Mundial de Boxeo (AMB). Luego del pesaje, ambas boxeadoras estuvieron por unos segundos cara a cara. Kina con la mirada seria y Halana diciéndole algo a la campeona mundial, que hoy por la noche defenderá su título en el Coliseo Dibós, de Lima Read More
IMPORTANT NEWS
Future Fights
JANUARY 28
TIJUANA, MEXICO
Super Bantamweight (defense)
Shantal Martinez (Pan) vs Jackie Nava (Mex)
FEBRUARY 19
OSAKA, JAPAN
Minimumweight (defense)
Etsuko Tada (Japan) vs Maria Salinas (Mexico)
FEBRUARY 19
OSAKA, JAPAN
Light Minimum weight (defense)
Mari Ando (Japan) vs Maria Cuca Jimenez (Mexico)
Resolution
RE: MARCELA ACUNA
Marcela Acuna obtuvo el titulo vacante de la AMB el 12 de Agosto 2006. Defendio el titulo 5 veces, En Abril del 2009 pidio permiso para defender solamente el titulo del CMB y le fue otorgado. MORE
New Ranking Rules
Starting March 1, 2010, the WBA Female rankings will consist of a list of qualified boxers in each division. The boxers will be arranged in their division by alphabetical order. The Champion shall comply with her mandatory defense every nine months, against a boxer ranked in the same division.
If the title is vacant in a division, two qualified boxers may apply to fight for the vacant title. Applications will be considered on a first-come first-served basis.
Because of past difficulties in finding interested or willing challengers, the organization was forced to allow champions to fight the best available contenders without being able to enforce the mandatory rule or force the champion to fight a certain contender. Therefore, in order to establish a Mandatory Contender in each division, the following has been adopted, effective immediately. MORE
Ana "The Hurricane" Julaton fought like a wounded Filipino warrior but proved to be no match against the durable Lisa "Bad News" Brown.
Two-time world champion Ana “The Hurricane” Julaton has agreed to venture north of the border to meet four-time world champion Lisa “Bad News” Brown for the vacant WBA junior featherweight title.
AFP - Teenager Choi Hyun-Mi, struggling to make a new life in South Korea after fleeing North Korea with her parents, literally fought her way to the top.
