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This past weekend the news stunned a lot of people, when it was revealed that WBA super middleweight world champion Felix Sturm tested positive for stanozolol after winning his world championship rematch with Russia's Fedor Chudinov.
As previously reported, Lucas Browne, who recently captured the 'regular' world heavyweight championship of the World Boxing Association, has tested positive for Clenbuterol - according to the Voluntary Anti-Doping Association (VADA).
The super champion of the World Boxing Association at super featherweight, Takashi Uchiyama of Japan, has received special permission by the World Championships Committee to defend his WBA title against Panamanian Jezreel Corrales on the 27th of April at the General Gymnasium in Tokyo, Japan.
Earlier this year, the World Boxing Association (WBA) announced a resolution earlier this year which ordered a heavyweight tournament with a series of fights to create a single world champion. At the moment the WBA super champion is Tyson Fury, the WBA regular champion is Ruslan Chagaev and the WBA interim champion is Luis Ortiz.
The World Boxing Association (WBA) has ordered a mandatory fight between their "super" champion at bantamweight, unbeaten Dominican fighter Juan Carlos Payano (17-0, 8KO), and the "regular" of the same division, British boxer Jamie McDonnell (27-2-1, 12KO).
The Championship Committee of the World Boxing Association has made a decision to elevate minimumweight champion Hekkie Budler of South Africa to the status of "super champion."
Argentine contender Juan Carlos Reveco is getting ready in Osaka, where on December 31 he will look to recover the 112 pound world titl of the World Boxing Association that he lost to Kazuto Ioka last April.
Through a letter read by Dr. Gilberto Mendoza, from Caracas, Venezuela, at the first meeting of the Board during the 94th Convention of the World Boxing Association - it became official that Mendoza was stepping down as President of the sanctioning body. "Parting with the Presidency of the WBA is due to health reasons that you know have already hampered the implementation of my daily duties," said Mendoza, who firmly held the position since 1982.
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association has given "regular" champion Ruslan Chagaev and mandatory challenger Lucas Browne additional time to finalize the terms for their showdown in 2016. As BoxingScene.com reported a few days ago, the two sides have reached a deal in principle to square off in early 2016 in Grozny, Russia. A few items related to the deal have to be tightened up.
Venezuelan Patrick Lopez will be the opponent for former three division world champion Shane Mosley as part of the KO Drugs event at the Arena Roberto Duran in Panama. The card takes place on December 17. The program is part of the agenda of activities for the 94th Convention of the World Boxing Association, which is being held from the 13th to 19th of December in the Panamanian capital.