{"id":746412,"date":"2026-06-19T03:25:11","date_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:25:11","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/746412\/"},"modified":"2026-06-19T03:25:11","modified_gmt":"2026-06-19T03:25:11","slug":"collazo-vs-valdez-bout-will-not-have-wba-title-at-stake-world-boxing-association","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/746412\/","title":{"rendered":"Collazo vs. Valdez Bout Will Not Have WBA Title at Stake \u2013 World Boxing Association"},"content":{"rendered":"<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championship Committee, informs that the bout between WBA Minimumweight World Champion Oscar Collazo and Mexico\u2019s Neider Valdez has not been approved as a world title fight because Valdez is not currently ranked in the organization\u2019s official ratings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The decision was communicated by the Committee after learning that Joey Canoy, the challenger originally scheduled to face Collazo, will be unable to participate due to visa-related issues.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">As a result, Valdez was selected as the replacement opponent. However, under current WBA regulations, boxers seeking to compete for a world championship must meet the eligibility requirements established by the organization, including being listed in the corresponding official rankings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For that reason, it has been determined that the bout between Collazo and Valdez cannot be sanctioned as an official title defense.<\/p>\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">The WBA also expressed its willingness to review any alternative proposal that complies with the organization\u2019s rules and requirements.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"The World Boxing Association (WBA), through its Championship Committee, informs that the bout between WBA Minimumweight World Champion&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":746413,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[447],"tags":[703,49,48,82],"class_list":["post-746412","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","category-boxing","tag-boxing","tag-ca","tag-canada","tag-sports"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746412","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=746412"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/746412\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/746413"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=746412"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=746412"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/ca\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=746412"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}