Rau'Shee Warren: record, next fight and profile →
In advance of Monday’s purse bids at the World Boxing Association offices in Panama, representatives of WBA Super World bantamweight champion Rau’shee Warren (14-1, 4 KOs), from Cincinnati, Ohio, and WBA World bantamweight champion Jamie McDonnell (28-2-1, 13 KOs), from Doncaster, Yorkshire, United Kingdom, have informed the WBA Championships Committee that they have reached an agreement.
The Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association has called purse bids for three fights that exceeded the deadline for reaching an agreement. The first is the fight between Luis Ortiz (25-0, 22KO) and Alexander Ustinov (33-1, 24KO) for interim heavyweight title. The second will is the clash pitting Jack Culcay (22-1, 11KO) against Demetrius Andrade (23-0, 16KO) for the junior middleweight crown, and finally Rau'shee Warren (14-1, 4KO) of the United States against Britain's Jamie McDonnell (28-2-1, 13KO) for the bantamweight super championship.
The World Championships Committee of the World Boxing Association (WBA) have ordered the start of negotiations between Rau'Shee Warren (13-1, 4KO) - the super champion at bantamweight - and British boxer Jamie McDonnell ( 28-2-1, 13KO), who holds the "regular championship" of the division.
Premier Boxing Champions on NBC from UIC Pavilion in Chicago - The opening bout of the night saw Rau'shee Warren (14-1, 4 KOs) earn a bantamweight world championship as he defeated Juan Carlos Payano (17-1, 8 KOs) in a rematch of their August 2015 world title bout.
UIC Pavilion, Chicago, Illinois - In a showdown for the IBO/WBA bantamweight world titles, three-time Olympian Rau'shee Warren (14-1, 4KOs) made good on his dream to capture a world title with a twelve round majority decision over previously unbeaten Juan Carlos Payano (17-1, 8KOs). The scores were 114-114, 115-113, 115-113.
While it isn’t the official main event, for serious fight fans the bantamweight title rematch beneath the light heavyweight bout between Andrzej Fonfara and Joe Smith (NBC, 8:30 PM EST/5:30 PM PST) might be the best reason to tune in.
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Fonfara vs. Smith weighin photos - Andrzej Fonfara and Joe Smith Jr. are all set to headline Saturday's edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC live in primetime (Saturday, 8:30pm ET/7:30pm local time) from UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois.
Andrzej Fonfara and Joe Smith Jr. are all set to headline Saturday's edition of Premier Boxing Champions (PBC) on NBC live in primetime (Saturday, 8:30pm ET/7:30pm local time) from UIC Pavilion in Chicago, Illinois. Both fighters made weight for their scheduled 12-round light heavyweight battle. Fonfara checked in at 174.5 lbs., while Smith Jr. was a fit and trim 173 lbs.
By Cliff Rold - Perhaps we can consider the current bantamweight scene as the ‘player to be named later.’ In team sports, the phrase represents the end of a trade. In boxing, it could apply to a division that could be running hot just over the horizon. Bantamweight had some good fights in 2015. The two longest running powers...