{"id":773082,"date":"2026-07-01T23:40:11","date_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:40:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773082\/"},"modified":"2026-07-01T23:40:11","modified_gmt":"2026-07-01T23:40:11","slug":"wba-eliminates-bridgerweight-division-effective-immediately-world-boxing-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/773082\/","title":{"rendered":"WBA Eliminates Bridgerweight Division Effective Immediately \u2013 World Boxing Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Boxing Association (WBA) has officially eliminated the Bridgerweight division, effective immediately as of June 30, 2026. The decision was communicated directly to the division\u2019s reigning champions and is now being made public through this official statement.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The move was approved by WBA President and the organization\u2019s Championship Committee during the Association\u2019s most recent World Convention in Orlando, Florida. Since then, the WBA has been working on a structured plan to phase out championship bouts in the division.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision is part of the WBA\u2019s ongoing efforts to streamline its championship structure and strengthen the competitive landscape across all weight classes.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As for the division\u2019s reigning titleholders, Muslim Gadzhimagomedov and Vartan Arutyunyan, both have been informed that they will be incorporated into the WBA rankings in their respective weight classes. Gadzhimagomedov will be ranked at cruiserweight, while Arutyunyan will move into the heavyweight rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WBA remains committed to building the strongest possible championship structure for modern-day boxing while continuing to enhance the sport\u2019s overall level of competition worldwide.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Boxing Association (WBA) has officially eliminated the Bridgerweight division, effective immediately as of June 30, 2026.&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":773083,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[571],"tags":[64,63,802,85],"class_list":["post-773082","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-au","tag-australia","tag-boxing","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773082","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=773082"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/773082\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/773083"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=773082"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=773082"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/au\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=773082"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}