The World Boxing Organization (WBO) is a sanctioning organization which recognizes professional boxing world champions. It is recognized by the International Boxing Hall of Fame (IBHOF) as one of the four major world championship groups, alongside the World Boxing Association (WBA), World Boxing Council (WBC), and International Boxing Federation (IBF). The WBO's headquarters are located in San Juan, Puerto Rico.
Jose Ramirez's unified WBC and WBO light-welterweight title defence against Vikto Postol is postponed because of the coronavirus outbreak in China. BBC News - Published
Unbeaten American Terence Crawford retains his WBO welterweight title with a ninth round knockout of Egidijus Kavaliauskas at Madison Square Garden. BBC News - Published
Anthony Joshua reclaimed his world heavyweight titles with an emphatic points victory over Andy Ruiz Jr. in the Diriyah Arena in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Victory handed Joshua back the IBF, WBO..
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Anthony Joshua will bid to wrest back his IBF, WBA and WBO heavyweight titles in his rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr in Saudi Arabia on Saturday night. Take a look at how the two fighters compare.
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Anthony Joshua says he won't celebrate when he wins his heavyweight title fight against Andy Ruiz Jr in Riyadh, Saudi Arabia on Saturday December 7. Ruiz shocked the boxing world when he defeated..
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Mexican great Saul 'Canelo' Alvarez adds to his legacy by taking the WBO light-heavyweight crown from Sergey Kovalev with an 11th-round knockout in Las Vegas. BBC News - Published
Katie Taylor becomes a two-weight world champion with a classy display as she beats Christina Linardatou on points to land the WBO super-lightweight title. BBC News - Published
Nicola Adams retains her WBO world flyweight title after an unconvincing split decision draw against Mexican Maria Salinas at the Royal Albert Hall. BBC News - Published
Nicola Adams says her WBO world flyweight title defence against Maria Salinas at the Royal Albert Hall on Friday will be the biggest fight of her career. BBC News - Published
Vasyl Lomachenko produced a battling display to beat Britain's Luke Campbell on points and add the WBC lightweight title to his WBA and WBO belts. BBC News - Published
Nicola Adams becomes a world champion for the first time because Arely Mucino is injured and unable to defend her WBO flyweight belt. BBC News - Published
Nicola Adams becomes a world champion for the first time because Arely Mucino is injured and unable to defend her WBO flyweight belt. BBC News - Published
Britain's Kal Yafai makes a fifth successful defence of his WBA super-flyweight title as WBO middleweight champion Demetrius Andrade and heavyweight Joseph Parker also record wins. BBC News - Published
Ukrainian Oleksandr Usyk is named mandatory challenger for the winner of Anthony Joshua's heavyweight-title rematch with Andy Ruiz Jr by the WBO. BBC News - Published
Anthony Joshua says he has no excuses for his shock defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr, that saw the British heavyweight lose his IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles in New York on Saturday. BBC News - Published
Anthony Joshua says he has no excuses for his shock defeat by Andy Ruiz Jr, that saw the British heavyweight lose his IBF, WBO and WBA world heavyweight titles in New York on Saturday. BBC News - Published
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