WBA Lightweight rumors, news

WBA Lightweight news, rumors

  • • Han and Terlep Set for WBA Lightweight Title Showdown on February 22
    The countdown is on for the vacant WBA Lightweight World Title clash between Stephanie Han and Hannah Terlep, set for February 22 at County Coliseo in El Paso, Texas. With championship gold on the line, both fighters have a career-defining opportunity in what promises to be a thrilling main event under the King’s Promotions banner. … Continue reading "Han and Terlep Set for WBA Lightweight T...2025
  • • Keyshawn Davis’s Narcissistic Rant: From Gervonta Davis to Andy Cruz, No One is Safe
    Keyshawn Davis says he wants to fight WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis in a unification ... read more Keyshawn Davis’s Narcissistic Rant: From Gervonta Davis to Andy Cruz, No One is Safe @ Boxing News 24...2025
  • Gervonta Davis Vs Shakur Stevenson: Will This Boxing Match Happen In 2025?
    • Gervonta Davis Vs Shakur Stevenson: Will This Boxing Match Happen In 2025?
    Gervonta 'Tank' Davis and Shakur Stevenson have gone back and forth for years. Will the WBC and WBA Lightweight Champions finally meet in the ring?...2025
  • • Tank’s Post-Roach Plans: Big Fights Only
    Stephen Espinoza revealed that WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis wants to fight “top tier” opposition moving forward after his title defense against Lamont Roach on March 1st. read article Tank’s Post-Roach Plans: Big Fights Only @ Boxing News 24...2025
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  • James Toney Has No Doubt Who Wins Gervonta Davis vs Shakur Stevenson: “The Experts Know Nothing”
    • James Toney Has No Doubt Who Wins Gervonta Davis vs Shakur Stevenson: “The Experts Know Nothing”
    vs has been discussed by boxing fans for a number of years. The two fighters are both reigning world champions, with Davis holding the WBA lightweight title, and Stevenson the current WBC lightweight champion. Both men return to action within 7 days of one another over the next few weeks, beginning when Stevenson puts his […]...2025
  • • Maxi Hughes Targets Andy Cruz in WBA Lightweight Eliminator
    Maxi Hughes told Matchroom that he wants to fight Andy Cruz, who is ranked #4, in a WBA lightweight title eliminator next. read article Maxi Hughes Targets Andy Cruz in WBA Lightweight Eliminator @ Boxing News 24...2025
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WBA Lightweight injury and suspension

  • • Gervonta 'Tank' Davis KOs Frank Martin With Left Hook In 8 Rounds To Retain WBA Lightweight Title
    Gervonta Davis scored a strong KO victory over Frank Martin, taking his record to 30-0. In his first fight in 14 months, Gervonta Davis took on Frank Martin at the MGM Grand Garden Arena in Las Vegas, and while he appeared to be showing some signs of rust at first, he knocked out Martin with a left hook in just shy of 90 seconds of the 8th round to successfully defend his WBA Lightweight Champion...2024
  • • Vasiliy Lomachenko expected to be out until December following shoulder surgery
    The WBA lightweight champion suffered the injury during his May 12 victory over Jorge Linares...2018
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Timeline

  • 2025
    "Valenzuela vs Russell joins Tank vs Roach on Mar. 1"

  • 2024
    "Tank vs Frank Martin, Benavidez vs Gvozdyk set for June 15"

  • 2023
    "Mayweather CEO says Gervonta Davis will eventually fight the top “guys” that fans want"

  • 2022
    "Kevin Durant, Ja Morant, NBA stars react to Gervonta Davis’ brutal KO of Rolando Romero"

  • 2018
    " Vasiliy Lomachenko expected to be out until December following shoulder surgery "

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WBA Lightweight trade rumors, contract, salary rumors

  • • Vasiliy Lomachenko Career Highlights
    The lightweight division is undoubtedly one of the most stacked in boxing. Fans of the sport recently saw two of the division's biggest stars go up against each other as Gervonta Davis defeated Ryan Garcia with a crippling body shot to win the biggest fight of the year. Attention at Big Fight Weekend has now turned to May 20 as Devin Haney prepares to go up against Ukrainian superstar Vasiliy Loma...2023
  • • Gervonta days away from his big challenge with Ryan Garcia  – World Boxing Association
    World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Gervonta Davis will face Ryan Garcia on April 22. With just over a week to go before the fight, the atmosphere in Las Vegas is heating up,  Davis is a man of challenges and did not hesitate for a moment when the offer to face Garcia came his way. …The post Gervonta days away from his big challenge with Ryan Garcia  – World Boxing Associatio...2023
  • • Gervonta days away from his big challenge with Ryan Garcia
    World Boxing Association (WBA) lightweight champion Gervonta Davis will face Ryan Garcia on April 22. With just over a week to go before the fight, the atmosphere in Las Vegas is heating up,  Davis is a man of challenges and did not hesitate for a moment when the offer to face Garcia came his way. … Continue reading "Gervonta days away from his big challenge with Ryan Garcia "...2023
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WBA Lightweight stats and results

  • Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano meet again for pride and greatness
    • Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano meet again for pride and greatness
    Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano meet again on Friday | Photo By Ed Mulholland / Sportsfile via Getty Images With their legacies secure, Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano meet again on Friday. Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano will not be fighting for legacy in their rematch Friday night, in the featured undercard bout on the much-hyped Jake Paul vs Mike Tyson fight card from Texas. That’s beca...2024
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  • Zepeda vs Hughes official for Mar. 16 at The Cosmopolitan
    • Zepeda vs Hughes official for Mar. 16 at The Cosmopolitan
    The fight will serve as a “double eliminator” for the IBF and WBA lightweight titles As revealed earlier this month, lightweight contenders William Zepeda and Maxi Hughes will square off atop a March 16th DAZN show at The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas. This will, as the press release points out, serve as a “double eliminator” for both the IBF and WBA titles. Zepeda (29-0, 25 KO) sits at...2024
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  • • Cruz vs Cabrera HIGHLIGHTS: July 29, 2023 | PBC on Showtime PPV
    Hard-hitting Mexican contender Isaac “Pitbull” Cruz (25-2-1, 17 KOs) edged out the previously unbeaten Giovanni Cabrera (21-1, 7 KOs) via split decision to emerge victorious in their WBC and WBA Lightweight Title Eliminator. Cruz, who was deducted a point in round eight due to headbutts, won the bout with scores of 115-112 and 114-113, with …The post Cruz vs Cabrera HIGHLIGHTS: July 29, 2023...2023
  • Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford: How To Stream, Betting Odds And Fight Card
    • Errol Spence vs. Terence Crawford: How To Stream, Betting Odds And Fight Card
    On July 29, two undefeated titans of the welterweight division will collide for the undisputed title at 147 lbs. Errol Spence Jr vs Terence Crawford will happen at the T-Mobile Arena in Las Vegas, Nevada. Spence Jr comes into this titanic clash – having become undisputed champion by beating Yordenis Ugas via a tenth-round TKO. The Truth has a 100% professional fight record with 28 wins. He h...2023
  • • Unsung 20th Century Fights: Eusebio Pedroza vs Rocky Lockridge
    Getty Rocky Lockridge became infamous as a meme, but his boxing career had some memorable nights and great fights, including one in 1980 against Eusebio Pedroza. If you ask people today, most would recognize Rocky Lockridge by face more than by name. A heartfelt outpour of contrition was made light of in a meme that proliferated throughout the internet for the better part of a decade. Yet...2023
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  • Valenzuela vs Russell joins Tank vs Roach on Mar. 1
    • Valenzuela vs Russell joins Tank vs Roach on Mar. 1
    PBC’s March 1st “Tank” Davis vs Lamont Roach Jr show is officially a title doubleheader, as “Rayo” Valenzuela will battle Gary Antuanne Russell in the co-feature Despite some odd comments on Gervonta “Tank” Davis’ part, he’s still officially set to defend his WBA lightweight title against Lamont Roach Jr on March 1st, and PBC announced today that Jose “Rayo” Valenzuela will meet Gary Antuanne Russ...2025
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  • Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin to reportedly headline PBC PPV
    • Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin to reportedly headline PBC PPV
    Photo by Al Bello/Getty Images Gervonta Davis will be making his first defense as sole WBA lightweight champion 10 months after last stepping foot in the ring, Gervonta “Tank” Davis has his next dance partner. Mike Coppinger reports that Davis and Frank Martin have agreed to headline a PBC pay-per-view “in late spring/early summer.” Davis (29-0, 27 KO) got off to a red-hot start in 2023, d...2024
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  • Best I Faced: Sean O’Grady
    • Best I Faced: Sean O’Grady
    Popular fighter Sean O’Grady grew up in boxing and later went on to realize his dream by becoming the WBA lightweight titleholder in 1981. O’Grady, who was the middle child of three, was born in Austin, Texas, on February 10, 1959.  “My father was a veteran of World War II; he saw 44 months of […] The post Best I Faced: Sean O’Grady appeared first on The Ring....2023
  • • Gervonta days away from his big challenge with Ryan Garcia  – World Boxing Association
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  • • Unsung 20th Century Fights: Eusebio Pedroza vs Rocky Lockridge
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Top WBA Lightweight news

  • Tank vs Frank Martin, Benavidez vs Gvozdyk set for June 15
    • Tank vs Frank Martin, Benavidez vs Gvozdyk set for June 15
    Erick W. Rasco/Sports Illustrated via Getty Images Gervonta Davis and David Benavidez will both return in June. Gervonta “Tank” Davis and David Benavidez will both return to the ring on June 15 in a PBC on Prime Video pay-per-view from the MGM Grand in Las Vegas. Davis will be facing Frank Martin, as expected, with Davis defending his WBA lightweight title. Benavidez is moving up to light ...2024
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  • Marlen Esparza-Gabriela Alaniz rematch joins a stacked undercard for Zepeda-Hughes
    • Marlen Esparza-Gabriela Alaniz rematch joins a stacked undercard for Zepeda-Hughes
    Oon Saturday, March 16, a 12-round IBF and WBA lightweight title eliminator will feature William Zepeda (29-0, 25 KOs) of San Mateo Atenco, Mexico and English fighter Maxi Hughes (26-6-2, 5 KOs) and will take place live from The Chelsea at The Cosmopolitan of Las Vegas and broadcast around the world on DAZN. In the […] The post Marlen Esparza-Gabriela Alaniz rematch joins a stacked undercard...2024
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  • • Valenzuela vs Russell joins Tank vs Roach on Mar. 1
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  • • Gervonta Davis vs Frank Martin to reportedly headline PBC PPV
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  • • Katie Taylor and Amanda Serrano meet again for pride and greatness
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  • • Gervonta Davis elevated, now WBA lightweight Champion, but will he keep it?
    The WBA has reportedly elevated Gervonta Davis from ‘regular’ to ‘super’ lightweight champion due to ... read more Gervonta Davis elevated, now WBA lightweight Champion, but will he keep it? @ Boxing News 24...2024
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  • • Mayweather CEO says Gervonta Davis will eventually fight the top “guys” that fans want
    Mayweather Promotions CEO Leonard Ellerbe assured fans today that secondary WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis will eventually get around to ... more Mayweather CEO says Gervonta Davis will eventually fight the top “guys” that fans want @ Boxing News 24/7...2023
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  • • Gervonta Davis Looks Like a Total Fraud,” Says Tim Bradley
    Tim Bradley lit into WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis over his choice for his next ... read more Gervonta Davis Looks Like a Total Fraud,” Says Tim Bradley @ Boxing News 24...2024
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WBA Lightweight schedule, game

  • • Tank vs Roach Pay Per View undercard set for March 1
    Three title bouts, including two explosive 140-pound world championship showdowns and a 154-pound crossroads matchup between a rising star and former unified champion, will round out a loaded PBC Pay-Per-View event on Prime Video taking place Saturday, March 1 headlined by a lightweight title showdown between boxing superstar and reigning WBA Lightweight World Champion Gervonta…  The po...2025
  • • Tank Davis Begins Training for Title Defense Against Lamont Roach
    WBA lightweight champion Gervonta Davis has started training for his title defense in 56 days ... read more Tank Davis Begins Training for Title Defense Against Lamont Roach @ Boxing News 24...2025
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  • • Gervonta 'Tank' Davis KOs Frank Martin With Left Hook In 8 Rounds To Retain WBA Lightweight Title
    2024
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  • • William Zepeda Stops Maxie Hughes In Four
    By: Sean Crose An IBF and WBA lightweight title eliminator between the undefeated, 29-0 William Zepeda and the 26-6-2 Maxie Hughes went down at the Cosmopolitan in Las Vegas on Saturday. The scheduled 12 rounder was the main event of a DAZN broadcast card. Both men took to trading jabs in a close opening round before they took to trading trading power shots. The high octane Zepeda turned up the ...2024
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  • Gervonta Davis scheduled to defend his lightweight belt against Frank Martin
    • Gervonta Davis scheduled to defend his lightweight belt against Frank Martin
    It has been confirmed to The Ring that Gervonta Davis will defend his WBA lightweight title against Frank Martin in late spring/early summer on Amazon Prime, headlining a Premier Boxing Champions event on Pay-Per-View. Davis hasn’t fought since his win over Ryan Garcia in a mega-event last April. The Baltimore native served 44 days in […] The post Gervonta Davis scheduled to defend his...2024
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  • • Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis: ‘Representing Baltimore Means A Lot To Me’
    WBA lightweight champion Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis held his media workout in Las Vegas ahead of his April 22 fight against Ryan Garcia. We are a little over two weeks away as Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis will face off against Ryan Garcia in one of the most anticipated matchups in and out of boxing in quite some […] The post Gervonta ‘Tank’ Davis: ‘Representin...2023
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  • • Unsung 20th Century Fights: Eusebio Pedroza vs Rocky Lockridge
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