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The online judges and referees seminar “How to score a round and refereeing procedure,” given by the World Boxing Association (WBA) through the WBA Academy, brought together more than a hundred participants for about three hours to learn from the experts about the complex job of rendering justice in boxing.

WBA President Gilberto Jesús Mendoza was present at the seminar and welcomed all the participants. He gave the floor to speakers Gustavo Padilla, Luis Pabón, Roberto Torres, Raúl Caíz Jr. and Octavio Rodríguez. The online seminar was the first of its kind and was very dynamic, allowing participants to ask questions while complementary slides were shown on the screens. Continue reading “WBA Judges and Referees seminar a success”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Former two-time world heavyweight champion George Foreman was impressed with Mike Tyson after viewing a video clip of him hitting the pads and thinks he could be a contender if he dedicates himself to training.

”I was so happy. He looked like he had turned the clock back at least 20 years,” Foreman told IFL TV. “He was looking fit and those punches were coming sharp. If he’s able to go into the woods and dedicate himself to that for about 10 months, he could come back and really be a top contender…I would like to see him back in the ring. He’s an older fella, but a record is always waiting to be broke.”

Although everyone fought in different generations and eras, Mikey García, Brandon Ríos, Juan Laporte and Rubén Castillo, gave us an incredible hour with all their anecdotes, antidotes, jokes, experiences, memories of fights and much, much more.

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John Ryder says a win over former IBF Middleweight ruler Danny Jacobs in New York would fire him back in line for another shot at WBA super middleweight world champion Callum Smith in the latest episode of Matchroom Boxing’s podcast ‘The Lockdown Tapes’.

Ryder (28-5, 16 KOs) pushed Smith all the way at the M&S Bank Arena Liverpool in November but lost out in what many thought was a controversial decision. A rematch with ‘Mundo’ is at the top of Ryder’s wish-list but the Islington man accepts he may have to earn another shot.

“The fight that I really want is the rematch with Callum but I know that Chudinov is now in the mandatory position,” said Ryder. “In order to get myself back there then why not someone like Danny Jacobs in New York. He’s a great fighter and I want to test myself against the best. Continue reading “Ryder eyes NYC showdown with Jacobs”

Update:

47-year-old “Golden Boy” Oscar de la Hoya hasn’t fought since 2008. Will he come out of retirement to face MMA star Conor McGregor?

Oscar stated on a CBS Sports podcast that in a hypothetical fight he’d take out McGregor in two rounds. “Oh come on, brother. Two rounds. One thing about me is I went for the kill, always. Look, Conor McGregor, I love him in the Octagon, I respect him, I watch him all the time. But the boxing ring is a whole different story, it’s a whole different story.”

McGregor responded via Twitter, “I accept your challenge, Oscar de la Hoya.”

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Australian football legend and heavyweight boxer Paul Gallen (9-0-1, 5 KOs) would happily get in the ring with Mike Tyson if the former world champion comes to Australia for charity exhibition bouts. But not for free.

“I’d be happy for a charity to be involved, but I’d be getting paid for it,” Gallen told Wild World of Sports. “You’ve got to remember, Mike Tyson is Mike Tyson – he hasn’t got an off switch, he hasn’t got an exhibition fight switch. If he gets in the ring with someone, we’ve all seen what he’s done to people in the past and that mentality’s not going to change.

“How could you not want to get in the ring with Mike Tyson, to be honest? …but as far as being a legitimate fight or a charity bout, it’s not something you’d do just for charity, jump in the ring with that bloke.”

Ring legend Prince Naseem Hamed has confidently predicted that 22-year-old Daniel ‘Dynamite’ Dubois will “take over heavyweight boxing”. Speaking on the latest installment of Frank Warren’s Heavyweight Podcast, the Sheffield icon expressed his admiration for promoter Warren’s eye for talent and spoke of the qualities that he believes make Dubois a surefire superstar.

“Frank knows how to pick the best fighters,” he said, “and at the moment I think he’s got one in Daniel Dubois who I really think is going to light up the world.” Continue reading “Hamed: Dubois takes over heavyweight boxing”

Panel
Ted Barret, Umpire
Steve Morrow, Judge
Barry Lindenman, Judge
Shaun Clancy, Foley’s NY Pub & Restaurant
Jill Diamond, WBC
Victor Silva, WBC
Mauricio Sulaiman, WBC President

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The WBC has announced that its 58th annual convention will not be canceled, so three options are contemplated:

1. Carry it out as planned, at the end of August in Saint Petersburg, Russia.

2. Carry out at some other venue on a date to be defined

3. Hold a virtual convention

This depends entirely on the sanitary conditions that occur in the coming weeks. More details will be released soon.

By Ray Wheatley – World of Boxing

Hall of Famer Jeff Fenech is confident that former world heavyweight champion Mike Tyson will come to Australia for exhibition bouts. Fenech told the Wide World of Sports, “It’s exciting. I know he’s not going to fight for the world title again. But listen, while I would never let one of my friends get hurt, I would let him fight Deontay Wilder. Give me three months training with him. I’d have no problem at all with Mike fighting. Continue reading “Fenech: I would let Tyson fight Wilder”

WBC Talks devoted an entire show to speaking with legendary Hall of Fame trainer Ignacio “Nacho” Beristaín.

Born in Actopan, Veracruz, Don Nacho fell in love with boxing since he was a child, he even had a brief career as a boxer; However, fate had another story for him, because after hanging up the gloves he started his career as a coach.

At the beginning with amateur boxers whom he took to participate in the Olympics, the last of them in Moscow 80 – a passage that Don Nacho prefers to forget. On that occasion, he remembers that, despite the great performance of his pupils, they were unfairly eliminated, so this was the last time he had a relationship with amateur boxing where it is worth mentioning, he brought 4 medals to Mexico. Continue reading “WBC Talks: Nacho Beristain”