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The WBA and WBC have often changed the status of their inactive champions to a "Champion in Recess" or "Champion Emeritus". World Boxing Association The World Boxing Association (WBA) was founded in 1921 as the National Boxing Association (NBA), a national regulating body of the United States.
Nakatani returned to the ring on June 26, 2021 in Paradise, Nevada to face former three-division world champion Vasiliy Lomachenko, with whom he shares a common loss to Teófimo López. [6] Nakatani was knocked down twice en route to a ninth-round technical knockout loss.
Under the original version of the policy, you could win the title by either defeating the reigning champion or winning a box-off between the magazine's No. 1 and No. 2 (occasionally No. 3) ranked contenders. A fighter could not be stripped of the title unless he lost or retired.
Creed: Rise to Glory is a virtual reality boxing video game. It was released in 2018, by Survios.The game is based on the Rocky franchise.The game is compatible with both HTC Vive and Oculus Rift for Microsoft Windows, the Oculus Quest and with the PlayStation VR for PlayStation 4.
The promotion signed their first title fight in November 1990, when they organized a cruiserweight bout between Rickey Patkey and Joe Louis for December 7, 1990. [ 10 ] [ 8 ] The WBF's titles were not initially recognized by the British Boxing Board of Control and had to wait until 1995 to achieve recognition. [ 11 ]
Marvin Johnson (born April 12, 1954) [1] is an American former boxer who was a 3-time light-heavyweight champion of the world. As an amateur, Johnson fought in the 1972 Olympics in Munich, winning a bronze medal, and made his way up the professional ranks in the light heavyweight division soon thereafter.
Reggie Dwayne Johnson (born August 28, 1966) is an American former professional boxer who competed from 1984 to 2008. He is a two-weight world champion, having held the WBA middleweight title from 1992 to 1993, and the IBF light heavyweight title from 1998 to 1999.
January 13 - Former unified heavyweight champion Tyson Fury announces his third retirement from boxing after speculation linked him to a clash with fellow former unified champion Anthony Joshua January 24 - Naoya Inoue took on South Korean Ye Joon Kim in Tokyo, Japan with Inoue retaining his Undisputed crown by KO Joon Kim in R4