{"id":347554,"date":"2026-01-02T04:58:07","date_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:58:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347554\/"},"modified":"2026-01-02T04:58:07","modified_gmt":"2026-01-02T04:58:07","slug":"wba-elevates-jose-armando-resendiz-to-full-wba-168-pound-champion","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/347554\/","title":{"rendered":"WBA elevates Jose Armando Resendiz To Full WBA 168-pound Champion"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/fighters\/jose-armando-resendiz-3101147\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Jose Armando Resendiz<\/a>\u2019s 2026 is off to a great start.<br \/><a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/terence-crawford-38-retires-from-boxing-three-months-after-beating-canelo-alvarez\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">Following the retirement of former undisputed super middleweight champion, Terence Crawford<\/a>, the WBA has elevated its interim titlist, Resendiz, to full champion. <br \/>Crawford\u2019s decision to retire came just months after his <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/canelo-alvarez-vs-terence-crawford-result-netflix-undisputed-super-middleweight-champion\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">September win over Canelo Alvarez<\/a> at Allegiant Stadium in Las Vegas. Initially, the former five-division champion flirted with the idea of moving down in weight to chase a middleweight title. However, Crawford (42-0, 31 KOs), at the age of 38, decided to walk away.<br \/>Resendiz, the immediate beneficiary of that decision, grabbed the WBA\u2019s interim strap thanks to his <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/photos-armando-resendiz-shocks-caleb-plant-in-las-vegas\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">upset win over Caleb Plant<\/a> on May 31. Although he was viewed as a gigantic underdog, Resendiz (16-2, 11 KOs) applied relentless pressure throughout their clash and snatched victory. <\/p>\n<p>In addition to the WBA elevating Resendiz, the sanctioning body placed Bektemir Melikuziev as their No. 1 contender. <\/p>\n<p>A mandatory bout between them could be ordered; however, as <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/reps-for-edgar-berlanga-armando-resendiz-in-talks-for-fight-early-in-2026\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">first reported by The Ring<\/a>, Resendiz is currently negotiating a matchup with hard-hitting, popular star Edgar Berlanga.<br \/>The 28-year-old contender is currently ranked No. 12 with the WBA. He was last in action against Hamzah Sheeraz on &#8216;Ring III&#8217; and was  <a class=\"underline hover:text-redColor\" href=\"https:\/\/ringmagazine.com\/en\/news\/hamzah-sheeraz-knocks-out-edgar-berlanga-round-five-new-york-city\" rel=\"nofollow noopener\" target=\"_blank\">brutally stopped in five rounds<\/a> on July 12 at Louis Armstrong Stadium in New York. <\/p>\n<p>If Resendiz vs. Berlanga (23-2, 18 KOs) does take place, it will fall in the first quarter of the year. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"Jose Armando Resendiz\u2019s 2026 is off to a great start.Following the retirement of former undisputed super middleweight champion,&hellip;\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":347555,"comment_status":"","ping_status":"","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[41],"tags":[2560,6842,6836,6841,6840,6834,6102,6837,6838,6839,6835,6588,6847,6846,6830,6828,6829,6844,6831,6827,6848,6843,101,6845,6826,6833,56,54,55,6832],"class_list":{"0":"post-347554","1":"post","2":"type-post","3":"status-publish","4":"format-standard","5":"has-post-thumbnail","7":"category-boxing","8":"tag-boxing","9":"tag-boxing-community","10":"tag-boxing-fights","11":"tag-boxing-history","12":"tag-boxing-interviews","13":"tag-boxing-magazine","14":"tag-boxing-news","15":"tag-boxing-photos","16":"tag-boxing-rankings","17":"tag-boxing-schedule","18":"tag-boxing-videos","19":"tag-boxing-results","20":"tag-disqualification","21":"tag-draw","22":"tag-fight","23":"tag-fighter","24":"tag-fighter-news","25":"tag-knockout","26":"tag-latest-boxing-matches","27":"tag-ring","28":"tag-ring-magazine","29":"tag-split-decision","30":"tag-sports","31":"tag-technical-knockout","32":"tag-the-ring","33":"tag-top-fighters","34":"tag-uk","35":"tag-united-kingdom","36":"tag-unitedkingdom","37":"tag-upcoming-boxing-matches"},"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347554","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/2"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=347554"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/347554\/revisions"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/347555"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=347554"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=347554"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.newsbeep.com\/uk\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=347554"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}