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The WBA has stripped Shane Mosley of the their welterweight title. Mosley was recognized as the WBA's "super" welterweight champion. Vyacheslav Senchenko (30-0, 20KOs) of Ukraine was the WBA's "regular" champion at the weight and will now be recognized as the full title-holder at 147-pounds. Senchenko defends his title against Charlie Jose Navarro on August 30 in Ukraine.
Undefeated Edwin Valero and his team appreciate the efforts made by the Governor of Vargas, Jorge Luis García Carneiro. The Venezuelan champion Valero will take a plane to Cuba on Friday. The boxer shall stay for at least a month in Havana, training with the Mario Morales, who has been in the corner for his last two defenses.
The WBA has issued a ruling that will leave Gabriel Campillo as the number one contender in the light heavyweight rankings so he is able to get a title shot in the near future. The WBA's Intercontinental champion Vyacheslav Uzelkov (22-0, 14KOs) gets first crack at full champion Beibut Shumenov (9-1, 6KOs). Campillo lost a very controversial decision to Shumenov in their rematch earlier this year. The WBA rejected Campillo's petition for an immediate rematch but decided to leave him as the number one contender to allow him a chance to possibly fight the winner.
The WBA's board of 21 executives have reviewed a filed protest and issued a vote that calls for an immediate rematch between WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (29-1-1, 10KOs) and interim-champion Nehomar Cermeno (19-1, 11KOs). On March 27 in Venezuela, Moreno won a close split-decision over a previously undefeated Cermeno. Judges Uriel Aguilera (114-113) and Nelson Vasquez (115-112) for the champion and judge Levi Martinez saw the interim-champion take it with 115-112.
The WBA's Vice President Gilbert Mendoza wants a board of 21 WBA executives to review and issue a vote on Saturday's controversial bantamweight fight from the Polideportivo José María Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela. The fight saw WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (29-1-1, 10KOs) win a controversial twelve round split-decision over previously undefeated interim-champion Nehomar Cermeno (19-1, 11KOs). Mendoza thinks Cermeno was the clear winner and wants the fighters to have an immediate rematch.
At the Polideportivo José María Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela, WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo Moreno (29-1-1, 10KOs) won a controversial twelve round split-decision over previously undefeated interim-champion Nehomar Cermeno (19-1, 11KOs). Judges Uriel Aguilera (114-113) and Nelson Vasquez (115-112) for the champion and judge Levi Martinez saw the interim-champion take it with 115-112. The crowd booed the decision. A rematch is being discussed.
At the Polideportivo José María Vargas in La Guaira, Venezuela, WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno stepped on the scale and weighed 118-pounds, and challenger, hometown fan favorite and interim-champ Nehomar Cermeno, was also 118-pounds.
WBA bantamweight champion Anselmo "Chemito" Moreno has arrived in Venezuela for next Saturday's title defense against hometown fan favorite, interim-champ Nehomar Cermeno. In the co-feature, former super featherweight champion Jorge Linares will take his first fight since the knockout loss to Juan Carlos Salgado from last September. The opponent is tough veteran Francisco Lorenzo.
Caracas, Venezuela - The world champion lightweight of WBC, Edwin Valero, opened up his training camp on Tuesday, preparing for the forthcoming commitment to hold a fight in Venezuela in December.