WBA president Gilberto Mendoza plans to push for a rematch between lightweight champion Gervonta Davis and Lamont Roach due to the ninth-round knockdown the referee failed to call last Saturday night at the Barclays Center in Brooklyn, New York.
Ryan Garcia (24-1, 20 KOs) and Rolando ‘Rolly’ Romero (16-2, 13 KOs) will fight for the WBA secondary [‘regular’] welterweight title in May at Times Square.
Terence Crawford has vacated his WBA welterweight title, giving up the 147-lb division to focus on continuing his pursuit of a fight against Canelo Alvarez at 168.
Gervonta Davis has received an unwanted upgrade to WBA lightweight title from the sanctioning body, with Devin Haney relinquishing it.
Before this, the unbeaten Tank had held the ‘regular’ WBA 135-lb belt, and he’d said he didn’t want to be elevated to full champion.
In what has to be viewed as cause for concern, the WBA has dropped Anthony Joshua to #5 in their top 15 boxing rankings ahead of his second fight against IBF/WBA/WBO heavyweight champion Oleksandr Usyk in April.